274. Comedy, Dating, and Sex in Midlife with Erin Keating

You Are Not Broken

Kelly Casperson, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

5 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Erin Keating, founder of Hotter Than Ever, joins Kelly Casperson on the You Are Not Broken podcast to discuss women in comedy, the power of humor, and the journey of self-discovery and reinvention in midlife. Erin shares her personal story of leaving a successful career, going through a divorce, and reclaiming pleasure and joy in her life. She emphasizes the importance of women embracing their power and agency and the need for deeper conversations and connections in midlife. Erin also talks about her experiences with dating and sex in midlife and the process of reconnecting with her body and desires. In this conversation, Erin Keating shares her experiences with online dating and how it helped her reconnect with herself and her pleasure. She emphasizes the importance of being honest, direct, and authentic in online dating and encourages women to date like grown-ass women. Erin also discusses the significance of setting boundaries and communicating openly in relationships. She advises women to prioritize their happiness and joy, challenge societal expectations, and embrace their authentic selves. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the connection between stand-up comedy and sobriety. Takeaways Comedians are truth tellers who say the things on our minds that we wish we could say. Women in comedy often face personal risks and challenges, but their voices are essential. Comedy is a coping mechanism and a way to share joy and laughter. Midlife is a time for women to prioritize pleasure, joy, and fun, and to not be scared of taking risks and trying new things. Women have never been more powerful and have more agency than they do now. Reclaiming pleasure, including sexual pleasure, is an important part of self-discovery and reinvention in midlife. Online dating can be a powerful tool for reconnecting with oneself and exploring pleasure. Being honest, direct, and authentic in online dating can lead to more meaningful connections. Setting boundaries and communicating openly are essential in relationships. Prioritizing personal happiness and joy is crucial, and it's important to challenge societal expectations. Stand-up comedy and sobriety often go hand in hand, as both require facing and expressing emotions. https://www.instagram.com/erindkeating/ https://www.hotterthaneverpod.com/ https://hotterthanever.substack.com/ Special thanks to our sponsors! Solv Wellness To learn more about Via vaginal moisturizer from Solv Wellness, visit via4her.com for 30% off your first purchase of any product, automatically applied at checkout. For an additional $5 off, use coupon code DRKELLY5 ADDYI Thanks to our sponsor Sprout Pharmaceuticals. To find out if Addyi is right for you, go to addyi.com/notbroken and use code NOTBROKEN for a $10 telemedicine appointment. Preorder my book "You Are Not Broken: Stop "Should-ing" All Over You Sex Life" Listen to my Tedx Talk: Why we need adult sex ed Take my NEW Adult Sex Ed Master Class: https://www.kellycaspersonmd.com/adult-sex-ed Join my membership to get these episodes ASAP, a private facebook group to discuss and my private accountability group for your health, hormones and life support! www.kellycaspersonmd.com/membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the You Are Not Broken Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kelly Casperson, a board certified
0:09.8	jurologist, thought leader, and conversation starter on midlife living, hormones, and sexuality.
0:16.6	Enjoy the show. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the You Are Not Broken podcast. Today I'm going to have a very awesome funny. I'm already like projecting that we're going to be funny, Aaron.
0:27.0	Podcast with Aaron Keating, who makes hot stuff for women over 40. She's the founder of the hotter than ever, a media and lifestyle company that creates media experiences and products that empower and light up the lives of women
0:38.2	over 40. She hosts a hotter than ever podcast, which is amazing, and she's an Emmy and Peabody
0:43.9	award-winning media expert who has combined her producing acumen with her irreverent and authentic
0:50.5	voice. Thank you for being here. Oh my god, Kelly. I'm so happy to be here.
0:55.2	How did we meet? I'm so glad we did. Like, thank God we podcast so we can be friends.
1:00.3	I know exactly. I think we met because of the internets. Yeah. We're both like, we need guests for our
1:07.5	podcasts. And then we're like, oh, you're funny. And then we see it in each other.
1:12.8	Yeah.
1:13.4	Yeah, we just want to hang.
1:14.5	I literally want to write comedy and laugh as a job.
1:20.8	And I'm collecting friends who do this now.
1:23.7	Yeah, I mean, that was my career.
1:25.1	I was a TV executive for 20 years and my focus was comedy. And the best thing about it was I got to laugh every day. It was like officially part of my job. Like, did this make you laugh? I mean, joy. Dude, let's let's go there because I love comedy and we're talking about women. Women in comedy. Yeah. I didn't even know we would go here, but I'm happy to go here because women in comedy
1:46.3	is my favorite favorite. I mean, comedy is my heart and soul because comedians are the truth
1:51.0	tellers. They're the modern philosophers. Yeah, yeah. And they say the things that are on all of our
1:56.7	minds that we wish we could say. And they take a lot of personal risk to do that. And I don't just
2:02.0	mean like, oh, it's scary to get up on stage. But like for women to orient their lives around,
2:07.3	especially stand up, no, that's a hard life. That's a challenging life. And it's not set up for women.
2:12.7	So, you know, the women out there who are doing it, the moms out there who are doing it,
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