Not So Zen
Melissa & Alia
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"Not So Zen" where real life meets real talk. 🎙️ Join Melissa - a Philadelphia lawyer helping sexual assault survivors reclaim their voices 🤍 - and Alia - a Philly transplant from Chicago who is a spiritual healer and certified reiki master 🧘🏻♀️ - as they share short, candid conversation about life in our 40s. From parenting chaos to healing old wounds, from purpose to personal growth, nothing's off limits and nothing's sugar-coated. Think less monk-on-a-mountain 🏔️ and more moms in their unfinished zen garden after a long day 🪷 - its raw, funny and refreshingly real.
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S1E7 Purgatory
In Episode 7, Melissa and Alia, kick things off with our weekly Not So Zen moments — from porch raccoons to unfinished zen gardens — and talk about how to transmute life’s chaos back to calm. Then we…
S1E6 1.0.3. Dig a Lil Bit Deeper
🎙️ In this episode, hear Alia and Melissa take things beneath the surface — exploring the magic of angel signs, synchronicities, and the subtle ways the Universe speaks to us. ✨But first, we start…
S1E5 J.O.M.O.
When life gives you kidney scares, failed podcast recordings, and 4 hour ER wait times… you discover JOMO. In this episode, we swap FOMO for JOMO after a week of hospital runs, tech fails, and…
S1E4 The Big "D"
To stay or to go....that is the question....?#NotSoZenPodcast #PodcastLaunch #NewPodcastAlert #PodcastCommunity #HealingJourney #SpiritualPodcast #JusticeAndSpirituality #ReikiEnergy #RealTalkPodcast…
S1E3 W.T.F.
From Laughter to Legal Truth 🎙️ Starting with a hilariously “Not So Zen” moment before diving deep into finding justice through the legal system for sexual assault survivors. Trauma thrives in…
S1E2 The Not So Zen Side of Death
In this episode of Not So Zen, Melissa, the advocator, opens up about her experience with reiki at death when Alia, the healer, gave her father Reiki just days before he passed. From that personal…
S1E1 The Unfinished Zen Garden
Welcome to the Unzen Den: Chaos Meets Calm! Get ready for a wild ride as we welcome you to the not-so-zen garden, where we embrace the raw, messy reality of life. Join the Healer and the Advocator as…
S1 Not So Zen Trailer Episode
Life in your 40s isn’t all green juice and gratitude journals. Join a lawyer and a spiritual healer as they get candid about purpose, parenting, and patching yourself back together — one honest laugh…
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Not So Zen has published 8 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Comedy, Health & Fitness.
Not So Zen is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 26m.
