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.

Crystal explains what a death doula does, how they are different from hospice care and how they complement each other 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 services that are available and why we need death doulas and how we are getting back to death and dying being part of the human experience.

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 [email protected].

Emma talks about how we can better support our friends and family members as they are grieving for lost loved ones. Emma explains grief.coach and who can benefit from this 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

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. Terri’s Key Takeaway is that by having this conversation, we can begin to make positive changes toward addressing the gaps in caregiving and the negative impact on women.

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 and De’Anna explore the roadblocks or mental blocks women encounter in midlife in achieving personal freedom. Terri and De’Anna discuss how important it is for women to get back to a heart connected space, and a healthier, more value-aligned way to be motivated. De’Anna believes that when we aren’t heart-centered, we cannot be fulfilled

Naama shares that Gen Z grew up after 9/11, in an era of war, during the financial crisis, and with technology. 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. The interaction that they are having in chats, through Facetime and other means of communicating are fine to build relationships and feel connected to others.

There are healthier ways to end marriages than in years past with a shift from attorney-centered to individual-centered divorces. Erin and Terri discuss 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, goal-setting for after the divorce, and leveraging the services of other non-legal resources. Divorce does not mean failure; a lot of relationships don’t work out.

Our financial health includes our mental health, physical health, spiritual health, and our finances. 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. Terri and Stephanie discuss how to handle the emotional baggage around financial planning or money in general

Susan shares how she decided on the title ‘Trusted Hot Sex Advisor to Millions’ and answers Terri’s question about how to get our sexy back in midlife. Susan shares the differences between estrogen-driven and testosterone-driven humans Susan gives some ideas for 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 and talks about libido, desire and arousal.