Women may be considered irrelevant after 40 but should we be?

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• 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.

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.

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
• 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.

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/
• 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.

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• 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

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.

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 created 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.

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:
  • It takes 5-7 years of relationship trouble or contemplating divorce before a woman files for divorce
  • 75% of divorces are filed by women
  • Women want to feel alive, we want to make deliberate choices, and we want to live more intentionally
  • Women want to model positive relationships for their children
  • 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@hellodivroce.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.

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
  • Create a master inventory of your assets, debts, insurance policies, employee benefits, wills, etc.
  • Define your life vision
  • Shore up your health and wellness
  • 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.

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:
  • Let go of body image issues
  • Ask for what we want
  • Self-pleasure
  • Sexploration
  • 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.