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

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·      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.

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·      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.

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·      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.

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·      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/ .