Episode 117 - Terri is taking a break from Piloting Your Life to explore the wild world of YouTube.

Show Highlights 

• Terri is taking a break from Piloting Your Life (the podcast) to focus on her YouTube channel 

• She shares her thoughts on how we can use this time to plant the seeds for what we want in the world moving forward 

• Terri is planting seeds for a more equitable and just society 

• Stay safe and healthy, my friends 

Terri’s Key Takeaway 

Think about what you want to keep from this time of sheltering in place and the big reset.  

References in the Podcast 

• Terri Mead YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDlEQPOq3_sBGKmSMyjMZQ 

Contact 

You can find Terri on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDlEQPOq3_sBGKmSMyjMZQ 

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.  

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.   

Terri is active on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/terrihansonmead/ 

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. 

Episode 116 - Terri talks with Crystal Cannon Flores about how, through death, she learned about living

Show Highlights

·      Crystal explains what a death doula does, how they are difference from hospice care and how they complement each other

·      Terri asked about who pays for a death doula and who tends to bring one in

·      Crystal shares her experience with the death of her parents and how it led to her becoming a death doula and how through death, she learned about living

·      Crystal talks about the different ways in which people use death doula services and the different services that are available

·      Crystal explains why we need death doulas and how we are getting back to death and dying being part of the human experience

·      Crystal explains that death doulas meet the dying person and their families where they are at

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Through death and grieving, we can learn how to live. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life (the book):  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Crystal can be reached through her website, www.thegratefuldeath.org and by email crystal@thegratefuldeath.org.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 115 - Terri is flying solo and shares what’s top of mind for her this week.

Show Highlights

·      Terri is focusing on self-care and finding peace within this month

·      Terri shares what she’s been listening to the past two weeks

·      Terri talks about how Melinda Gates influenced her to change her investing thesis to focus on the startups who have products and services that expand the influence and power of women

·      Terri purchased a new sports bra from Bloom Bras and is focusing on getting fit before 50

·      Terri talks about recapping 2019 and planning for 2020 in all aspects of her life

·      Terri offers to be a part of book club conversations in 2020

·      Terri is looking to do more library talks in 2020 and is open to suggestions and connections

·      Terri shares her plans for the Terri Hanson Mead YouTube channel

·      Terri talks about her 2019 investments including SendaRide, Astarte Medical, Via Global Health, Silk + Sonder, SMBX:  Bernal Cutlery, CrowdFund MainStreet:  Absinthia, and Jane VC.

·      Terri reminisces about Slush in Helsinki in 2016 and 2017.  Sigh.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

The holiday season is a great time to focus on finding peace within. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      It’s Been a Minute: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/779757232/alicia-menendez-wants-women-to-stop-falling-into-the-likeability-trap

·      The Secret Lives of Black Women: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/the-secret-lives-of-black-women

·      Likeability Trap by Alicia Mendez:  https://www.harperacademic.com/book/9780062838766/the-likeability-trap/

·      Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250313577

·      ReedsyDiscovery:  https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/piloting-your-life-terri-mead

·      C.E. Flores:  https://ceflores.com/

·      Magnus Chase series:  http://rickriordan.com/series/magnus-chase-and-the-gods-of-asgard/

·      Bloom Bras:  https://www.bloombras.com/

·      SendaRide: https://www.sendaride.com/

·      Astarte Medical: http://astartemedical.com/

·      Via Global Health: https://www.viaglobalhealth.com/

·      Silk + Sonder: https://www.silkandsonder.com/

·      SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/

·      Bernal Cutlery: https://bernalcutlery.com/

·      Absinthia: https://www.absinthia.com/

·      CrowdFund MainStreet: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/

·      Jane VC:  https://www.janevc.com/

·      The Coven: https://thecoven.com/

·      Slush:  https://www.slush.org/events/helsinki/

·      Slush panel on Shifting Demographics:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-1LQ3838s&feature=emb_logo

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 114 - Terri talks with Emma Payne about how to support loved ones through grief and how it has inspired her to take more risks.

Show Highlights

·      Emma shares why she is so interested in improving our ability to process grief and support others

·      Emma talks about how we can better support our friends and family members as they are grieving for lost loved ones

·      Emma talks about how it is reasonable to feel angry, or guilty, and extraordinarily sad when someone is no longer in our life

·      Emma says that every grieving person she talks to says they hate the platitudes; that we don’t need to put a positive spin on death and loss

·      Terri asks Emma about supporting grieving teenagers

·      Emma explains grief.coach and who can benefit from the text based service

·      Terri asked about grieving when family members are older or there were longer declines before death

·      Emma talks about how her work with grief has expanded her risk tolerance and has fueled her determination to live life to the fullest

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Extra kindness matters.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Grief.Coach:  www.grief.coach

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Emma can be reached through the website www.grief.coach and on Instragram @grief.coach. 

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 113 - Terri talks with Candice Smith about caring for loved ones during their end of life journey.

Show Highlights

·      70-80% of caregivers are women and caring for aging parents is the new ‘mommy shaming’

·      Candice talks about how difficult it is to be in the position of taking care of an aging or disabled parent because of the decisions made by or the actions of a parent

·      Candice shared that the average caregiver journey for a senior or someone with a serious illness, is four years

·      Candice shared the statistics around the caregivers in the workplace and what is happening to women in senior leadership and the impact on women’s financial situation

·      Terri asked if anything is being done to address the gaps in caregiving

·      Baby boomers are driving change in this space because they recognize the gaps in caregiving for the aging

·      Women want to continue to have the choice around caring for their aging parents

·      Terri asked about how employers are viewing this issue and whether they are becoming more sensitive to the issues

·      Candice talks about how difficult this time is when you know you are going to lose the battle and feel like you are failing at work and at home and with your aging parent.

·      Candice talks about why she created Caregiven based on her experience with her own father’s life ending

·      Candice shared the gap in caregivers and those who need it

·      Terri asked how we can better support our friends who are struggling with the caregiving and Candice offered some practical suggestions

Terri’s Key Takeaway

By having this conversation, we can begin to make positive changes toward addressing the gaps in caregiving and the negative impact on women.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Death Over Dinner: https://deathoverdinner.org/

·      Caregiven: https://caregiven.co/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Candice can be reached by email at candice@caregiven.co or through the Caregiven website https://www.caregiven.co

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com

Episode 112 - Terri talks with De’Anna Nunez about how we can eliminate mental blocks to achieve personal freedom.

Show Highlights

·      De’Anna shares why she loves to work with women to encourage them to be explorers of their own truths in finding their life’s purpose

·      Terri asks De’Anna about the roadblocks or mental blocks women encounter in midlife in achieving personal freedom

·      De’Anna believes we are all born worthy and shares why

·      De’Anna believes that we shouldn’t bring the troubles from our 20s and 30s into our 40s and 50s and beyond

·      De’Anna explains how we can go in and out of the state of consciousness to tap into our creativity and suggestibility to move into a more purpose driven state

·      Coaching prompt after taking a breath and closing your eyes:  what did I make it mean that it doesn’t? 

·      Terri asks De’Anna about how important it is for women to get back to a heart connected space, especially in a male dominated world

·      Terri shares how she’s been motivated by fear but is exhausted and wants a healthier, more value aligned way to be motivated

·      De’Anna believes that when we aren’t heart centered, we cannot be fulfilled

·      Coaching prompt after taking a breath and closing your eyes:  based on the past, based on my struggles, what do I now value?

·      De’Anna shares her FIT method: focus, inward target to create meaningful goals and heart centered peak performance

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Anyone with a goal is worthy of the goal – De’Anna Nunez

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Letting Go by David Hawkins: https://veritaspub.com/product-category/dr-hawkins-published-books/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

De’Anna can be reached through her website wakeupyourbest.com, by email deanna@deannanunez.com, or by phone 619-993-9855.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Terri talks with Naama Barnea-Goraly about the tech savvy and socially minded Gen Z.

Show Highlights

·      Naama explains that Gen Z covers people born between 1997-2010/2012 but it’s not just the year they were born.

·      Naama shares that Gen Z grew up after 9/11, in an era of war, during the financial crisis, and with technology

·      Naama explains that Gen Xers grew up after Watergate, with high divorce rates for their parents, and grew up to be cynical; this influences the way Gen Xers parent their kids along with having access to technology and resources on parenting

·      Naama said that the data shows that Gen Z is the largest generation in terms of numbers, is the most diverse, is shaping up to be the best educated, is very socially minded, and is less trusting of institutions

·      Naama said that the data shows that Gen Z tends to stay at home more, gets into less trouble, starts having sex later, has fewer teen pregnancies, do less drugs and drink less, but they do feel lonelier and are more depressed.

·      Terri asks Naama about Gen Z and the gender spectrum

·      Naama shares what she and her team have learned about what girls are looking for and why they’ve create an app for them

·      Terri asks Naama for ideas to get her second child to interact and socialize in real life with their friends

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Even though her second child isn’t getting out more to meet with their friends in real life, the interaction that they are having in chats, through Facetime and other means of communicating are just fine to build relationships and feel connected to others.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Telle App:  https://telleapp.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Naama can be reached at naama@telleapp.com or through their website www.telleapp.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Terri talks with Erin Levine of Hello Divorce about a healthier approach to divorce.

Show Highlights

·      Erin provided her background and the trends she is seeing in divorce and how divorce has changed over the last 15 years

·      Erin said that women want to feel alive and make deliberate choices; we want to live more intentionally

·      Erin shared the following:

o   It takes 5-7 years of relationship trouble or contemplating divorce before a woman files for divorce

o   75% of divorces are filed by women

o   Women want to feel alive, we want to make deliberate choices, and we want to live more intentionally

o   Women want to model positive relationships for their children

o   The divorce industry is $50B/year

·      Divorce is the dissolving of the most complicated financial contract we will be involved in

·      Divorce does not mean failure; a lot of relationships don’t work out; people shouldn’t feel terrible and ashamed if they get divorced

·      Erin talked about how the fear of the unknown is terrifying in divorce; the fear can turn into anger and a messy divorce which can be avoided through education, self-care, and goal-setting for after the divorce

·      Terri asked Erin for ways in which we can better support our friends and family going through divorce

·      Erin talked about how millennials love their pets and there are pre-nups, post-nups that address this in relationships

Terri’s Key Takeaway

There are healthier ways to end marriages than in years past with a shift from attorney-centered to individually centered and leveraging the services of divorce coaches, co-parenting coaches, financial planners, and other non-legal resources. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Hello Divorce:  https://hellodivorce.com/

·      Divorceify:  https://divorceify.com/home

·      Breaking Free:  A Modern Divorce podcast:  https://www.breakingfreepod.com/

·      F It, Get a Divorce:  The Guide for Optimists by Steven Kane: https://www.amazon.com/F-Get-Divorce-Steve-Kane/dp/1794600795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572114806&sr=8-3

·      October Crew Chat topic on Money:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/piloting-your-life-crew-chat-money-beeba0ffa570

·      Sluts and Scholars:  Spooky Sex with Dr. Amie Harwick:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/123-spooky-sex-with-dr-amie-harwick/id1223781930?i=1000454766632

·      Finding My Yum:  https://www.facebook.com/findingmyyumpodcast/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Erin can be reached by email at hello@hellodivorce.com, through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinlevine/ and on Twitter @hellodivorce.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 109 -Terri talks with Stephanie Sammons, CFP about the four steps to improve your financial health.

Show Highlights

·      Stephanie shares what she is seeing with the midlife women she works with as a Certified Financial Planner and how they are asking, “Where am I going next?”

·      Stephanie includes your mental health, physical health, spiritual health, financial health when defining your financial life

·      Stephanie believes the first step to taking charge of your financial situation is to be aware of the need to do so.

·      Stephanie shares the four steps for women to take charge of their finances and wealth in midlife

o   Create a master inventory of your assets, debts, insurance policies, employee benefits, wills, etc.

o   Define your life vision

o   Shore up your health and wellness

o   Identify and close the gaps

·      Terri shares her quarterly financial summary process and how she has a death binder to capture her family’s inventory

·      Terri asks Stephanie about how to handle the emotional baggage we might have around financial planning or money in general

·      Stephanie offers up some suggestions for how to view your wealth, and some tools to help with it, when you don’t feel wealthy

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Our financial health includes our mental health, physical health, spiritual health, and our finances.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      LGBTQ Midlife Money Gal podcast: https://lgbtqmidlifemoney.com/category/podcast/

·      Stephanie Sammons CFP blog: https://sammonswealth.com/blog/

·      Funerals360:  https://www.funerals360.com/

·      Death binder alternative:  https://www.everplans.com/

·      True WELLth podcast: https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Stephanie can be reached through her website https://sammonswealth.com/or https://lgbtqmidlifemoney.com/.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 108 -Terri talks with Susan Bratton, the Trusted Hot Sex Advisor to Millions about opportunities for great sex in midlife.

Show Highlights

·      Susan shares how she decided on the title ‘Trusted Hot Sex Advisor to Millions’

·      Susan answered Terri’s question about how to get our sexy back in midlife

·      Susan shares the differences between estrogen driven and testosterone driven humans

·      Susan shares some things we can be doing as women to wake up our inner sex kitten

·      Susan emphasizes the need for a sexual soulmate pact to create trust in the bedroom

·      Susan talks about libido, desire and arousal

·      Terri asks about rebuilding trust in the bedroom in long term relationships

·      Susan shares her favorite vibrators and the results of a 30-day masturbation challenge

·      Susan goes into detail about the entire clitoris and the importance of self-pleasure

·      Terri summarizes opportunities for women in midlife:

o   Let go of body image issues

o   Ask for what we want

o   Self-pleasure

o   Sexploration

o   Getting the blood flowing (engorgement)

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Women follow a monthly cycle while men adhere to a daily cycle. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      PYL008:  Piloting Your Life interview with Andrea Barrica of O.School : http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/2017/10/2/piloting-your-life-episode-8-andrea-barrica

·      Susan Bratton:  https://susanbratton.com/

·      Sexual Soulmates by Susan Bratton (includes the sexual soulmate pact): https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/sexandrelationships

·      Finding My Yum podcast episode with Amy Harwick: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rebroadcast-15-theres-doctor-in-house-dr-amie-harwick/id1446362861?i=1000452164707

·      Lady Bi Vibrator:  https://us.funfactory.com/en/vibrators/lady-bi/

·      #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/liftnotdrag-31-day-challenge-6395dc27e37b

·      Pinterest #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge:  https://pin.it/62iluqdk226qal

 Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Susan Bratton on Instagram @susanbratton, on YouTube on her Better Lover channel, and learn more on her website www.personallifemedia.com. 

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 107 -Terri talks with Meha Agrawal about health, happiness, community, purpose and meaning for women.

Show Highlights

·      Meha talks about how we learn from our community and are able to apply these learnings within our own lives

·      Meha suggests giving time and space to yourself to reflect on your own needs

·      Terri and Meha discuss the grounding effect of daily journaling

·      Meha shares how journaling helped her get out of a vicious spiral of negativity

·      Meha discussed the research around the healing power of bringing pen to paper

·      Terri and Meha discuss the power of community, listening to others and the importance of reflection, intention and action

·      Meha encourages women to take the pressure off the long term when defining your purpose and meaning (ikigai) and appreciating the small things

·      Terri emphasizes the importance of women focusing on their own journeys and learning through exploration, experimentation, and failure

·      Meha reminds us that happier women make for a happier world.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Bringing pen to paper slows the brain down. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Silk & Sonder: https://www.silkandsonder.com/

·      #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/liftnotdrag-31-day-challenge-6395dc27e37b

·      Pinterest #LiftNotDrag 31 Day Challenge:  https://pin.it/62iluqdk226qal

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

Meha Agrawal can be reached through Instragram @mehaagrawal and @silkandsonder and through the Silk & Sonder website silkandsonder.com. Or by email at hello@silkandsonder.com.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

Episode 106 -Terri talks with Annie Rogaski about the 31 day #LiftNotDrag challenge to lift up women.

Show Highlights

·      Terri and Annie talk about the importance of actively supporting and promoting other women

·      Terri raises the challenge for all of us women to do one thing every day in the month of October:  #LiftNotDrag

·      Terri and Annie discuss ways in which we can provide lift for other women each and every day during the month of October in ways that might just become second nature.

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s time for us to actively look for opportunities to promote and lift other women.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Unraveling Pink podcast: https://unravelingpink.com/blog/

·      Piloting Your Life book signing event on October 5, 2019 at Pomegranate Seeds in Redwood City: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-signing-with-terri-hanson-mead-author-of-piloting-your-life-tickets-72151050735

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Annie on Twitter https://twitter.com/AnnieRogaski and reach her through her personal website http://www.annierogaski.com/ and the podcast website https://unravelingpink.com/ .

Episode 105 -Terri and Jacqueline discuss how we as women can claim and wield our power to change the world for the better.

Show Highlights

·      Terri and Jacqueline discuss the power of transitions

·      Terri and Jacqueline discuss how we as women can claim our power as women beginning with voting with the #powerofthepurse

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk about how the world is generally not designed by or for women and how we continue to adjust and adapt to fit in

·      Terri is encouraging women to claim our space in the startup and investor ecosystem and come together to create a more inclusive and diverse ecosystem

·      Jacqueline talks about her story about not being good with money

·      Terri encourages women to be unapologetically ourselves and asks, “What if we don’t give a shit?”  We are here; get used to it.

·      Terri encourages women to support, believe and stand up for other women; don’t be a drain on other women

·      Terri rejects the notion of a zero sum game

·      Terri wants every woman to do one thing for one woman every day in the month of October #liftnotdrag

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Ladies, like Dorothy, we had the power all along.

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Midlife Money Gal podcast: https://midlifemoneygal.com/category/podcast/

·      Unraveling Pink podcast: https://unravelingpink.com/blog/

·      Darryl Grant (Inspiring Connectivity) PYL episode:  http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl064

·      Invisible Women: https://amzn.to/2kuXvds

·      Brotopia: https://amzn.to/2kJ39Jb

·      Dame Magazine: https://www.damemagazine.com/

·      Jennifer LeBlanc: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferleblanc/

·      Dough:  https://www.joindough.com/

·      @HeyBerna:  https://www.youtube.com/user/HeyBerna

·      Teri Ijeoma:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/teri-ijeoma-3aa0757/

·      Laura Lippman Whole 60:  https://longreads.com/2019/07/16/whole-60/

·      Kiki Mwiti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikimwiti/

·      Women’s Venture Summit: https://www.womensventuresummit.org/

·      Women’s Startup Lab: https://www.womenstartuplab.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot and Instagram @jacqste. 

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 104 -Terri shares with Jacqueline how we can use Flight Plans to explore and reach our midlife destinations.

Show Highlights

·      Terri talks about how Flight Plan came about and how to use it to explore, experiment, and achieve our goals in midlife

·      Terri and Jacqueline share how they use vision boards (spoiler alert: they view them differently)

·      Terri completes a Flight Plan for putting together a plan to get as healthy as possible by the time she turns 50

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk more about being intentional about connecting with other people, Snapchat filters, and video calls with friends

·      Weekly challenge:  create a flight plan, share it out on social media, tag @PilotingYourLife on IG, and learn from each other

·      Get planning!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Create your Flight Plans and begin exploring and achieving!

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Susan Bratton: https://susanbratton.com/

·      More Sexual Vitality:  https://moresexualvitality.com/

·      Lioness:  http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code:  PILOT to save $25.

·      True WELLth Podcast:  https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth/gretchen-rubin/

·      Get your own Flight Plan:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/flightplan

·      Get Marlow:  https://getmarlow.com/

·      Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/

·      Piloting Your Life IG: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot and Instagram @jacqste. 

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 103 -Terri and Jacqueline discuss why making investments in friendships should be one of our highest priorities, especially in midlife

Terri and Jacqueline discuss why making investments in friendships should be one of our highest priorities, especially in midlife

Show Highlights

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk about how loneliness is harmful to your health and shared research around this along with how friendships improve your health

·      Jacqueline talks about how it can feel so good to tap into the empathy in celebrating a friend’s success

·      Terri will be digging into why women have trouble supporting other women and launching an October challenge to actively support other women daily

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk about how expressing gratitude daily reprograms your brain

·      Crew chat idea:  conduct a friend audit and discuss ways to be grateful for certain friendships, where there are gaps and what are we bringing to our friendships

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk about the importance of understanding our Love Languages and those of our friends to have better relationships (Note: it doesn’t look like there is a quiz for friendship, but I did the singles one and found out mine)

·      Terri shared how her self-imposed exile in the winter 2018/2019 was not healthy for her

·      Terri shares the concept of the Crew Chat outlined in the book and suggests this month’s assignment is:

o   Assemble a flight crew (max 4-5 women)

o   Schedule 2-3 hours together this month

o   Do the love language assessment

o   Discuss your friendships, what you are grateful for, gaps, what you are bringing to your friendships

o   Post a pic on IG story and tag @pilotingyourlife #crewchat #flightcrew and/or share in the Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group

·      Go get friendly!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Investing time in friendships is time well spent. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Lioness:  http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code:  PILOT to save $25.

·      Life Reimagined:  http://www.barbarabradleyhagerty.com/life-reimagined

·      Amy Gross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycgross/

·      Maria Malavenda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmalavenda/

·      Mandi Bateman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandibateman/

·      Kiki Mwiti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikimwiti/

·      Love Languages:  https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/

·      Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/

·      Piloting Your Life IG: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot. 

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 102 -launching the book and what to expect this season

Terri talks with Jacqueline about launching her first book, Piloting Your Life and what to expect this season on the podcast.

Show Highlights

·      Terri shares why she wrote Piloting Your Life (the book) and what it’s all about

·      Terri and Jacqueline talk about what to expect this season on Piloting Your Life (the podcast)

o   Deeper dives into topics including sex, health, purpose, self-confidence, gynecology,

o   Crew chats

o   Stories from inspiration women who embody the notion of being the pilots in their own lives

o   Areas not covered or just touched upon in the book (parenting younger kids in midlife, divorce, never having been married, etc.)

·      Terri and her second child Rei have started a French food cooking journey and have started blogging on Medium under #ThymeandChampagne

·      Terri asks the listeners to be on the ready to share their stories of being the pilots in their own lives each week

·      Terri talks about her next book, Piloting Your Health, to cover health for midlife women

·      Terri shares the idea of House Parties and how we can come together as women to build community, to begin to break the taboos and normalize the conversations around midlife.

·      Terri asks for reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, asks for feedback, and asks for follows on Instagram @pilotingyourlife, Twitter @PilotingLife, and Facebook Piloting Your Life (the book). Soon:  Pinterest and YouTube.

·      Terri loves being 49 years old and learning something new and being able to bring all of her experience and knowledge and curiosity together to create her next big thing. It’s all coming together.

·      Terri asks her audience to add Piloting Your Life to book club reading lists. Terri is available to speak at book club events either in person or virtually.

·      Piloting Your Life is not just a book, it’s a movement. 

·      Terri reminds the audience that she is still consulting, doing expert witness work, and investing in digital health.

·      Jacqueline comments on the challenges associated with guiding Terri’s marketing strategy since Terri has an octopus approach to life.

·      Terri announced her first signing event at Pomegranate Seeds in Redwood City on Sunday September 8th from 3-5 PM.

·      Terri suggested that listeners purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) as gifts for friends.  Terri is willing to personalize, sign, and wrap in the cutest wrapping paper.

·      Check out the book for the Flight Plan!

Terri’s Key Takeaway

Piloting Your Life is not just a book, it’s a movement. 

References in the Podcast

·      Piloting Your Life:  https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/

·      Lioness:  http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code:  PILOT to save $25.

·      Katie Cross Ghostwriting:  http://katiecrossghostwriting.com/

·      Ironhorse Vineyards:  https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/

·      Lizzo on VMA:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0RK_olDb4

·      Missy Elliott:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_Elliott

·      Hells Belles Burlesque:  https://www.hellsbellesburlesque.com/

·      Hello Divorce:  https://hellodivorce.com/

·      Julie Gordon White:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliegordonwhite/

·      Susanne Biro:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-biro-executivecoach/

·      True Wellth Podcast: https://www.brightonjones.com/podcast/true-wellth/

·      Molly Alliman:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyalliman/

·      Bev Joyce, MD: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/

·      Manisha Thakor:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishathakor/

·      Beverly Ryle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-ryle-4310a04/

·      #ThymeandChampagne:  https://medium.com/@thymeandchampagne

·      Imene Maharzi:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/

·      Elle-a-Table:  https://www.elle.fr/Elle-a-Table

·      Rachel Khoo:  https://www.rachelkhoo.com/

·      David Lebovitz: https://www.davidlebovitz.com/

·      It’s Been a Minute:  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510317/its-been-a-minute-with-sam-sanders

·      Lisa Health: https://lisahealth.com/

·      Genneve: https://genneve.com/

·      Pomegranate Seeds:  http://www.pomseeds.com/

Contact

You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.  

You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot. 

Terri would love to hear from you via email at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 101 -Terri talks to Jacqueline about the journey of writing a book and what surprised her along the way.

Terri talks with Jacqueline about the Piloting Your Life book writing journey including how she got here, the process, what’s surprised her, and what readers can expect.

Show Highlights

·      Terri clarifies the purpose and premise of Piloting Your Life the book; it’s not just for investors and founders, and it’s not just about menopause

·      Terri shares that she will include resources on the www.PilotingYourLife.com website (coming soon)

·      Terri interviewed over 35 women from around the world for the book and conducted research for the book to, as Jacqueline says, connect the ideas in the book

·      Terri talks about sharing the book with 17 beta readers and incorporating the feedback and identifying chapters for future editions

·      Terri shares the writing process and how she battled imposter syndrome

·      Jacqueline asks Terri about how the book came to be

·      Terri shared what most surprised her about writing the book

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s never too late to do something for the first time.

References in the Podcast

·      Women’s Startup Lab: https://www.womenstartuplab.com/

·      Deb Morandin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%9C%B4deborah-m-5566577/

·      Laraine McKinnon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larainemckinnon/

·      BizChix: https://bizchix.com/

·      Katie Cross Ghostwriting:  http://katiecrossghostwriting.com/

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 100 -Terri celebrates episode 100 and talks about losing her way and her why and the power of vision boards.

Terri celebrates episode 100 talking about losing her way, losing her why, and the power of vision boards.  She talks about getting comfortable with saying no and asking for what she wants, and learning to let go.

Show Highlights

·      Terri talks about feeling insignificant in her efforts and how she’s created a vision board to help manifest what she wants in her life. 

·      Terri shares her vision boarding experience and how she wants to feel.

·      Terri shared the brief and tender moment with her son that ended with him laughing at her as she cried.

·      Terri comments on midlife as a challenging time of transition and opportunities

Terri’s Key Takeaway

It’s ok to feel the feels.

References in the Podcast

·      All Raise: https://www.allraise.org/

·      Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/

·      Pipeline Angels: pipelineangels.com

·      Solutions2Projects, LLC (Terri’s consulting company): http://www.terrihansonmead.com/solutions2projects

Contact

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead. 

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Episode 99 -Terri talks with Dr. Samantha Nazareth to discuss and dispel the myths around the gut microbiome.

Terri talks with Dr. Samantha Nazareth about the evolution of our gut microbiomes, the importance of diverse data in gut research, and ways for us to improve and monitor our gut health.   

Who is Samantha Nazareth? 

Dr. Samantha Nazareth, MD, FACG is double board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology/hepatology, who practices in New York City. She is also a noted researcher, writer, and speaker on nutrition, wellness, and the microbiome. Dr. Nazareth has research published in The New York Times and continues to be sought out by the media as an authoritative source on a wide range of topics that include eating, wellness and gastrointestinal health. Her work has been featured on CNN, Huffington Post, US News & World Report, Women’s Health, Bustle, POPSUGAR, Shape, and Reader’s Digest, to name a few. She is also a medical advisory board member for Women’s Health magazine 

Show Highlights 

• Sam talks about the various microbiomes and how the gut microbiome is the body’s first interaction with the outside world 

• Sam explains how delivery at birth, how you were fed after birth, and the other factors that continue to shift our microbiomes 

• Sam talks about age 3 when the gut microbiome reaches its ‘adult’ state 

• Terri and Sam talk about the importance of diverse data in the research and tech around the gut microbiome and how we need to move away from self reporting 

• Sam shares her tips for women to better and proactively manage our health through adding more plants to your diet, reducing sugar, and checking out your poop 

Terri’s Key Takeaway 

Younger people are dying from colon cancer and screening starts at age 45 now! 

References in the Podcast 

• Floragraph: http://www.floragraph.me/ 

• uBiome: https://ubiome.com/ 

• Viome: https://www.viome.com/ 

• Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP: https://foodfoundation.guru/ 

• HITLab:  https://www.hitlab.org/ 

Contact 

You can reach Sam through her website www.drsamnazareth.com and on Instagram/Twitter: @drsamnazareth. 

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. 

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Episode 98 -Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP and Terri talk about how we can make small but impactful changes to improve our overall health through healthy eating, rest, and education.

Terri talks with Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP about how we can make small but impactful changes to improve our overall health through healthy eating, rest, and education.

Who is Jessica Campbell? 

Jessica Campbell, MS, NTP is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with a master’s degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. She sees patients at the Freyja Clinic in Redwood City and Love Heal Thrive in San Carlos. Jessica runs seasonal detoxes to help you fall in love with your food, your body, and your life. You can find her blog at http://foodfoundation.guru where she shares holistic health tips and healthy recipes for families that love comfort food. Jessica speaks yoga, Ayurveda, paleo, keto, ancestral diets, microbiome, mindfulness, and her superpower is the language of dance. 

Show Highlights 

• Jessica shares her journey into human nutrition and functional medicine 

• Terri and Jessica talk about lifestyle changes we can make to improve our health and the importance of reducing the stress in our lives by getting our bodies into parasympathetic response 

• Jessica talks about the work she does with her patients to help them improve their health and how she works with them 

• Jessica and Terri discuss hormone changes in perimenopause/menopause and how we need to talk about this and do more to help our bodies better deal with the changes 

• Jessica talks about how our bodies are bombarded and are having trouble with dealing with the bombardment 

• Terri asks about how Jessica’s services are paid…out of pocket or with insurance and they discuss health inequities 

• Jessica loves working with postpartum, working moms to design programs that work for them and fits within their lives with their families 

• Terri comments on how confused we are about what is healthy and what we should be consuming, and Jessica goes on to talk about how our bodies don’t recognize certain foods any longer 

Terri’s Key Takeaway 

Making small and incremental lifestyle changes can have major impact on our lives.  

References in the Podcast 

• Planned Parenthood:  https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/facts-figures 

• University of Western States:  https://www.uws.edu/ 

• Article on listening to Mozart reducing allergic response: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14977243/ 

• Article on how being outside is good for your health:  http://bit.ly/HealthBenefitsArticle 

Contact 

You can follow Jessica on Twitter @JessicaFoodF, on Facebook @foodfoundationguru and her blog http://foodfoundation.guru.   

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. 

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.