Piloting your Life

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. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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 info@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.

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/ .

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.

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.

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: Assemble a flight crew (max 4-5 women) Schedule 2-3 hours together this month Do the love language assessment Discuss your friendships, what you are grateful for, gaps, what you are bringing to your friendships 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.

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) Deeper dives into topics including sex, health, purpose, self-confidence, gynecology, Crew chats Stories from inspiration women who embody the notion of being the pilots in their own lives 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.

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 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.

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.

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 feed 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. 

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. 

Show Highlights  Terri asks Adam about turning 18, looking forward to college, and working with his therapist for the last year  Adam shares the four truths he knows about himself and how he’s learned to feel and display his feelings  Terri encourages Adam to seek help when he needs it in college  Terri comments on how, as GenXers, she and her husband have parented by providing love, support, and have been intentionally more permissive  Adam talks about being an outlier, playing a part in life, and shares his thoughts on hype beasts (Urban Dictionary:  a hype beast is a kid that collect clothing, shoes, and accessories for the sole purpose of impressing others)    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Life is going to be pretty dull in the Mead household when Adam goes off to college.        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. 

Show Highlights  Rei shares their experience as a GenZ non-binary kid in a public high school in Silicon Valley and their drive to learn  Rei talks about teenage stress, anxiety, the importance of having positive friends, and being comfortable talking about mental health  Terri asks Rei about their health journey and impact of changes in health habits  Rei explains why they think they are part of the GenZ maker generation and why it’s import to share content they have created  Rei and Terri talk about what it’s going to be like when Rei’s brother Adam goes off to college  Terri’s Key Takeaway  Terri is much more optimistic about the future if it is full of teenagers like Rei.     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. 

Show Highlights  Ann explains why we are hearing so much about perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause  Ann explains the various phases of a woman’s life beginning with pre-menopause, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause  Ann and Terri talk about the importance of removing the taboo around menopause and aging and opening the conversations around this time in women’s lives  Ann shares her background and what she is doing in women’s health with Lisa Health   Terri asks Ann about how women of different cultural, ethnic and socioeconomic experience the menopause transition  Ann discusses why employers should be paying more attention to the health of midlife women in the workplace and why they should be providing greater and better support  Ann wishes the menopause transition conversation was out in the open so that women don’t fee like they have to go it alone    Terri’s Key Takeaway  We need to begin the conversation around menopause for women earlier to better educate and prepare women.    References in the Podcast  Lisa Health:  https://lisahealth.com/  Genneve:  https://genneve.com/    Who is Ann Garnier?  Ann Garnier, founder and CEO of Lisa Health, is a seasoned healthcare leader, helping to create, launch, and scale innovative tech companies and products that have improved patient outcomes and access to care. At Lisa Health, Ann leads the team to enhance the well-being of midlife women. She is passionate about women’s health and advancing research beyond pregnancy and fertility to reduce the serious and costly health risks that women face as they age and help them celebrate the start of something great. Ann sits on the advisory boards for FemTech Collective and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Bay Area chapter and is a CSweetener mentor.    Contact  Ann can be reached via email at ann@lisahealth.com.  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. 

Show Highlights  Jen talks about her role in patient engagement at Duke Health in the Digital Strategy Office and why patient engagement is important  Jen shares why patient engagement is important not only for Duke Health in healthcare delivery but more importantly for us as patients (and consumers) in managing our health and healthcare  Terri asks Jen about the pathway into health systems for innovation  Jen talks about the opportunities for patients to augment their healthcare in-between visits with in-home solutions and ways to optimize patient time and visits  Terri and Jen talk about the importance of data privacy and how the regulations make it difficult to effectively manage the health for loved ones and even our own health    Terri’s Key Takeaway  We have an opportunity to leverage technology to create optimal care for patients in a way that reduces challenges for patients.    References in the Podcast  Duke Health:  https://www.dukehealth.org/  MyHealthTeams;  https://www.myhealthteams.com/  Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/  Watkins Conti Products: http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/  BWom: https://www.b-wom.com/en  Ellvie: https://www.elvie.com/shop/elvie-trainer  Genneve: https://genneve.com/    Who is Jennifer Maddocks?  Jennifer Maddocks PT, MMCi is a board-certified healthcare professional who transitioned to the technology team at Duke Health in 2015.  She is a member of the Digital Strategy Office at Duke and focuses on patient engagement and the patient experience as it relates to technology. She really enjoys learning from patients and working with health system partners to identify opportunities to continuously improve digital patient interactions and positively impact health outcomes for patients and their loved ones.    Contact  Jen can be reached via email at jennifer.maddocks@duke.edu.  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. 

Show Highlights  Terri shares why she is writing the book Piloting Your Life and her goals for the book including normalizing conversations and feelings around midlife and removing taboos.  Terri wants to make sure that other women coming up behind her are not blindsided, like she was, by midlife and would like those approaching 40 to be able to more effectively prepare for midlife.  Terri and Jacqueline debate the drive for happiness and discuss the happiness curve.  Terri and Jacqueline talk about ‘choosing you’ and being who are you and not who you are supposed to be  Tips for being in transition in midlife  Recognize it’s ok to be where you are at   Be more intentional during this transition  Be kind and gentle with yourself  Find ways to choose you  Find ways to feed the ‘greedy girl’ inside  Normalize the conversations around midlife topics    Terri’s Key Takeaway  In midlife it is so important to be who you are and not who you think you are supposed to be    References in the Podcast  Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes:  http://theyearofyesbook.com/  Waking Up in Winter by Cheryl Richardson: http://www.cherylrichardson.com/waking-up-in-winter/  There are No Grownups by Pamela Druckerman:  https://pameladruckerman.com/there-are-no-grownups/  It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again by Julia Cameron:  https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/its-never-too-late-to-begin-again/  Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/  Piloting Your Life Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/    Contact  Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.    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. 

Terri talks with Genneve CEO Jill Angelo about the highlights of the Women’s Digital Health Roundtable sponsored by ACOG at the HiMSS conference in Orland in February 2019.  The attendee list included representatives in innovation, healthcare delivery, and system integrators who were all inspired to come together and take action to improve women’s health.       Show Highlights  Jill shared why she attended the Women’s Digital Health Roundtable sponsored by ACOG at HiMSS in Orlando in February 2019 and what she learned   HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology. HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology.  Terri and Jill talked about how do better design clinical trials and use bring data and findings to demonstrate efficacy for various women’s health innovation solutions to advance women’s health  Jill and Terri talk about the need for new reimbursement codes around women’s health in general, and menopause specifically.  This will look very different for women than for men.   Terri talks about how siloed women’s health is and Jill said this was not a topic of conversation at the round table and thinks this is the next area to focus on.  She emphasizes the importance of treating the body as a system.    Jill talks about the challenges for companies like Elvie which is based in Europe in their move to the US because of lack of reimbursement for the product.   Jill shared some of the innovation discussed during the roundtable  Jill shared what was discussed around veteran women and the VA   Jill talked about the final presentation at the event around data and data privacy to instill some urgency around data security  Jill talked about how excited everyone was when they left because the conversations are happening to advance women’s health  Terri’s Key Takeaway  Women’s health needs to be a central focus at all future digital health, life sciences, healthcare, and other related conferences.  References in the Podcast  Genneve:  https://genneve.com/  HiMSS: https://www.himss.org/  ACOG:  https://www.acog.org/?IsMobileSet=false  Katie McMillan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/  Kerry Rupp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrupp/  Access circles:  https://accesscircles.com/  Nadia Ramey:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-ramey-a019449/  MobiHealth News article on FDA Pre-Cert program:  How many companies stand to benefit from the FDA pre-cert program  Babyscripts: https://www.getbabyscripts.com/  Embr Wave:  https://embrlabs.com/  Elvie:  https://www.elvie.com/  As a Woman podcast:  http://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/thepodcast  Maven Clinic: https://www.mavenclinic.com/  Wildflower Health:  https://www.wildflowerhealth.com/  Jessie Health:  https://www.hellojessie.com/  Emmanual Fombu:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-fombu-md-mba-789a93117/  Digital Twins and the New Gig Economy:  https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/digital-twins-and-the-new-gig-economy-cecd3c1333a7  Shubhra Jain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshubhra/  Unity Stoakes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unitystoakes/  Startup Health: https://www.startuphealth.com/  Jessica DaMassa:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicadamassa/  Contact  Jill can be reached via email jill@genneve.com.    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.  Show Flow Comments and Notes 

Show Highlights  Terri talks about the onerous journey in trying to get to resolution for her daughter’s daily pain and the navigation through the fragmented health system and signing up for MDVIP to pay for concierge healthcare  Terri shares the stories and statistics around how the healthcare system is failing women through underdiagnosis or lack of diagnosis  Jacqueline and Terri talked about how we women know our own bodies and doctors need to listen to us  Terri emphasizes the need to investor more dollars into women’s health, diagnostics, and treatments  Terri and Jacqueline talk about how you can advocate for your own health and for the health of your loved ones  Terri talks about the lack of visibility into all the medical records for herself and for her kids as Terri can’t see the doctor’s notes  Terri and Jacqueline discuss how you can be an advocate for your own health or the health of your loved ones  Terri shares recommendations for changes as suggested by Maya Dusenbery in Doing Harm    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Terri has come to believe that the journey with her daughter is a sign from the universe (along with her professional experience) that she needs to take a greater role in advocating for better healthcare for women.      References in the Podcast  Dr. Bev Joyce:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/  Hemalee Patel:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drhemalee/  PCOS:  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pcos/symptoms-causes/syc-20353439  Doing Harm: https://www.mayadusenbery.com/book  Tilted Lean In Podcast with Serena Willams:  https://leanin.org/podcast-episodes/why-women-get-overlooked-in-healthcare-with-serena-williams  MDVIP:  https://www.mdvip.com/  Advocating for Your Health: https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/advocating-for-your-health-5051753fd4d    Contact  Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.    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. 

Terri and Jacqueline get spicy in a conversation about exploring all aspects of yourself in midlife including sex, starting over as a beginning without expectations, new and improved technology, and the importance of loving and accepting yourself to maximize your pleasure.       Show Highlights  Terri and Jacqueline talk about how exciting it is in midlife to be able to explore in all aspects of life, including in your sex life, and starting over as a beginner without expectations  They talk tech, toys, data, and orgasms for midlife women in the age of connected devices and improved technology  Terri and Jacqueline discuss how body image and how we feel in our own skin impacts our ability to enjoy sex and pleasure  Terri talks about the importance of education and normalization of discussion around women’s sexual health and body parts    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Midlife sexual exploration for women is good for our bodies, our minds, and our souls.  But leave the baggage and expectations behind.      References in the Podcast  Rosy App: https://meetrosy.com/  Kerry Rupp: https://www.kerryrupp.com/  True Wealth Ventures:  https://truewealthvc.com/  Jessa Zimmerman’s interview with Susie Rosenstein on Women in the Middle:   https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-35-midlife-mindfulness-and-sex-with-jessa-zimmerman/  Lioness:  https://lioness.io/  Core (meditation device):  https://www.hellocore.com/  Genneve:  https://genneve.com/  TASL: http://www.lovelifetoys.com/Kegels  Elvie: https://www.elvie.com/  BWom: https://www.b-wom.com/en  Yoni Egg review by Liz Klinger of Lioness: https://blog.lioness.io/i-tried-yoni-eggs-to-see-if-they-made-my-orgasms-magical-dd29c6d9b8cd  Lioness article on women in midlife and sex:  https://blog.lioness.io/the-newest-sexual-wellness-products-for-midlife-and-menopause-you-need-to-know-about-b3e8719be038  Dr. Bev Joyce:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-joyce-md-84292475/  Sciton Diva Canadian approval announcement:  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/diva-by-sciton-receives-approved-indication-for-the-treatment-of-genitourinary-symptoms-of-menopause-gsm-by-health-canada-300795513.html  Lora DiCarlo:  https://loradicarlo.com/  Pulse:  https://lovemypulse.com/  Watkin-Conti Products:  http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/  Vagina Vulva mansplaining article on Scary Mommy:  https://www.scarymommy.com/vulva-versus-vagina-twitter/  O.School:  https://www.o.school/  Lioness article on Sensation Play:  https://blog.lioness.io/what-is-sensation-play-7f287da78d3f  Addyi:  https://addyi.com/  Sex Without Stress:  https://sexwithoutstress.com/book/  Dame Products: https://www.dameproducts.com/  Maude: https://getmaude.com/  Zumio: https://myzumio.com/    Contact  Jacqueline can be reached through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/ and can be followed on Twitter @TipsyCoPilot.    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. 

Who is Jessa Zimmerman?   Jessa Zimmerman is a certified sex therapist and couples’ counselor. She specializes in helping couples who have a good relationship but who are avoiding sex because it’s become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured. She is the author of Sex Without Stress, the host of the Better Sex Podcast, and is a regularly featured expert in the media, including Refinery29, Business Insider, Mind Body Green, and Marriage.com.     Show Highlights  Jessa talks about our work as humans and the clarity we have in midlife and the risks we should be taking to improve and transform our relationships   Jessa talks about the need to redefine sex not just as we get older but from the very beginning   Jessa talks about the myth of soul mates who are expected to complete us,  consensual non-monogamy, affairs, and cheating   Terri asked Jessa to share the resources she recommends for couples looking to improve their relationships and sex in midlife    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Your relationship and intimate life are like a garden that needs to be tended.     References in the Podcast  Better Sex Podcast: https://bettersexpodcast.com/  Sex Without Stress:  https://sexwithoutstress.com/book/  Susie Rosenstein interviews Jessa on Women in the Middle:  https://suzyrosenstein.com/podcast/ep-35-midlife-mindfulness-and-sex-with-jessa-zimmerman/  The Breaking Point:  https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Point-Midlife-Transforming-Hardcover/dp/B010EWAQQ6  The Real Reason Women Cheat:  https://www.thelist.com/32795/real-reasons-women-cheat/    Contact  Jessa can be reached through her website https://sexwithoutstress.com/  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.  Show Flow Comments and Notes

Who is Kerry Rupp?   Kerry Rupp is General Partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early-stage VC fund investing in women-led businesses in consumer health and sustainability. She teaches for the NSF I-Corps program, mentors startups, and consults on innovation and strategy. Kerry was previously CEO at DreamIt, a Top Ten US startup accelerator and VC fund. She founded Holiday Golightly, a group travel service for women.  Kerry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Duke.   Show Highlights Kerry shares why women’s health is interesting to her from an innovation and a funding perspective, her path into venture capital, and what True Wealth Ventures is all about Kerry talks about True Wealth Venture’s focus on the broad definition of women’s health and how little research and emphasis has been on women and women’s bodies and brains Kerry and Terri share the view that awareness, research and innovation in women’s health are critical right now Kerry shares what she is excited about in women’s health and both Terri and Kerry talk about the difficulty in choosing the ones to invest in Terri and Kerry talk about the gap between the startup innovation and the healthcare providers and how to bridge the gap Kerry shares how to connect with her and Sara at True Wealth Ventures if you have a startup within their investment thesis   Terri’s Key Takeaway We need to be doing more to bring together the healthcare providers and healthcare innovators earlier in the process.    References in the Podcast DreamIt Ventures: https://www.dreamit.com True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/ Sara Brand: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saratbrand/ Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/ Genneve: https://genneve.com/ Mighty Menopause: https://www.mighty-menopause.com/ Pandia: https://www.pandiahealth.com/ Lemonaid Health: https://www.lemonaidhealth.com/ Braincheck: https://braincheck.com/ Katie McMillan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-donohue-mcmillan-mph/ Springboard: https://sb.co/   Contact Kerry can be reached through LinkedIn  www.linkedin.com/in/kerryrupp or her website www.kerryrupp.com.    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.

Who is Allison Conti?  Allison Conti is an Oklahoma-based entrepreneur who was raised in an entrepreneurial environment where she witnessed the formation and creation of sustainable businesses. The industries ranged from oil & gas exploration and development to retail, cattle ranching and commercial real estate. Allison began her professional career in print media marketing and advertising. She then transitioned to a successful career in the radio and television industry. Allison also owned and managed a small business in the construction trades.   In 2015, as a mother of three, she conceived a solution for involuntary urine leakage, an issue that affects over 498 million women, worldwide.  The passion and drive for this venture is based on personal experience. She designed, patented, engineered and manufactured this non-invasive, comfortable and easy to use solution that is entering the FDA approval process.    Allison is dedicated to the innovation and development of affordable, effective solutions for common life-altering difficulties faced in today’s environment.  Recently named Top 20 under 40 in Business Times Magazine!  Show Highlights • Allison talks about what stress incontinence is, who it impacts, and why don’t women don’t want to talk about it, and why she is passionate about creating a better solution for women.   • Allison shares the other options available to women and why she developed YoniFit as another alternative for women.  • Allison talks why women would be willing to participate in the clinical trial at NYU.   • Allison created LeakyLady.com to make the topic easier for investors to discuss and for women to share their stories to remove the stigma around stress incontinence.  • Allison talks about the team bringing this product to market and surrounding herself with an experienced team. • Terri asks about Allison’s fundraising experience and the reactions from investors.     • Allison talks about protecting her technology through patents and trademarks and expanding into global markets.   • Allison shares her personal story around her condition, how many women are affected by this condition, and how it has changed her life and how she wants to change the lives of other women as well.   Terri’s Key Takeaway So much of how we have approached women’s health has been about what is wrong with our bodies and with shame and we need to start talking about the conditions affecting so many women to remove the stigmas, shame, and get to better solutions.   References in the Podcast• Leaky Lady:  http://www.leakylady.com/ ContactAllison can be reached via email at Allison@watkinscontiproducts.com.  You can follow on Instagram @YoniFit.  Read stories from other women and share your own at www.leakylady.com and sign up for email updates.   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.

Who is Katie McMillan?   For 10 years, Katie D. McMillan, MPH has dedicated her career to imagining and building technology to improve healthcare for patients and providers. Her experience spans multi-national global health organizations, lean software start-up companies, and large academic medical centers. Katie’s latest venture is the creation of the Mobile App Gateway at Duke University Health System. Launched in the summer of 2017, the MAG serves as the hub for digital health at Duke and provides product consulting services to clinicians and researchers, monthly events and workshops, and content exploring the many facets of the health tech industry. Katie has been involved in the ideation and creation of over 75 apps. In her free time, Katie microblogs at her Well Made Health account on Instagram (@wellmadehealth exploring creativity, digital design, and Fem Tech.     Show Highlights Katie shares how she developed an interest in women’s health and FemTech Katie talks about how she’s seen women’s health and technology change over the last 10 years Katie shares why we are seeing an explosion in technology for women’s health and why she started micro-blogging under Well Made Health with #FemTechFriday Terri asked Katie about evidence-based solutions for women’s health and talks about matching up FemTech companies with researchers to generate clinical device and inform the science around the solutions Terri raises the issue of the price point and focus on middle class white woman for these solutions and the importance of making available to a broader group of women Katie is highlighting Lemonaid Health this week on @WellMadeHealth for #FemTechFriday   Terri’s Key Takeaway We women hold different roles in our lives and have different seasons in our lives which is very different from men and therefore our healthcare needs are very different as well.    References in the Podcast Atlantic article: The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her but the Media is Starting To: http://bit.ly/DoctorDoesntListen PitchBook article: Why Women Investing in Women Matters: http://bit.ly/WomenInvestingInWomen Duke Health: https://www.dukehealth.org/ Marketwatch article: http://bit.ly/WomensHealthTherapeuticMarket Genneve: https://genneve.com/ Willow Pump: https://shop.willowpump.com/ Hello Jessie: https://www.hellojessie.com/ Qurasense: https://qurasense.com/#/site/home Pumpspotting: https://www.pumpspotting.com/ Mahmee: https://www.mahmee.com/ Maven Clinic Blog: Back to Work:  The Billion Dollar Opportunity for Companies:  http://bit.ly/MavenClinicBillionDollarOpportunity Tara Health Foundation: https://tarahealthfoundation.org/ Lemonaid Health: https://www.lemonaidhealth.com/ Icon Undies: https://www.iconundies.com/ Thinx: https://www.shethinx.com/   Contact Katie can be reached via email at wellmadehealth@gmail.com , on Twitter @KatieDMcMillan  @Wellmadehealth and DukeMobileApps  and on Instagram @Wellmadehealth. 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.

Show Highlights  Terri talks about what the JP Morgan Life Sciences conference is all about, what she learned, who she met, and some of the trends and innovations in women’s health.   Terri talks about the importance of normalization language and conversations around women’s health and wellness, including sexual health and wellness.    Terri and Jacqueline talk about changing the norms around aging, especially around body image, and taking charge of our health in our midlife in setting ourselves best for life after 65.    Terri is excited about how digital health is being embraced within biotech and pharma in various areas including medication adherence, better patient targeting, better clinical trial design, and better leveraging of data to optimizing drug development and delivery.    They talk about data and data ownership being a big topic in 2019 and the ramifications of deals like 23andMe and GSK.    Terri and Jacqueline discuss the $8.1B invested in digital health in 2018, and what is included in digital health including the blurring of lines between health and wellness.        Terri’s Key Takeaway  We need to normalize the language and conversations around women’s health, wellness, and body parts.      References in the Podcast  TechCrunch article on CES / female sex-tech:  https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/08/ces-revokes-award-from-female-founded-sex-tech-company/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage  More Men Named Michael Present at JP Morgan (2018):  https://www.statnews.com/2018/01/07/jpm-gender-diversity/  JP Morgan Life Sciences conference: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/healthcareconference  Panty Prop: https://www.pantyprop.com/  RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/  Startup Health: https://startuphealthfestival2019.splashthat.com/  Healthcare Innovation Popup: https://medium.com/humble-ventures/teaming-up-with-mount-sinai-co-lab-for-open-innovation-in-healthcare-pop-up-ec3852b4bcb5  Humble Ventures: https://humble.vc/  Ogilvy: https://www.ogilvy.com/  Biotech Showcase: https://ebdgroup.knect365.com/biotech-showcase/  Springboard: https://sb.co/  True Wealth Ventures: https://truewealthvc.com/  Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/  Genneve: https://genneve.com/  Mighty Menopause:  https://www.mighty-menopause.com/  Madorra: http://www.madorra.com/  Pulse: https://lovemypulse.com/  B8ta: https://b8ta.com/  Astarte Medical:  http://www.astartemedical.com/  Watkins-Conti Products:  http://www.watkinscontiproducts.com/  Prima-Temp:  http://www.prima-temp.com/  Ceek Women’s Health:  https://ceekwomenshealth.com/  JLabs:  https://jlabs.jnjinnovation.com/  Saama:  https://www.saama.com/  Rock Health article on digital health: https://rockhealth.com/reports/2018-year-end-funding-report-is-digital-health-in-a-bubble/  Sandstone Diagnostics: https://trakfertility.com/  MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/    Contact  You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.  Check out Terri’s new Medium publication:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Show Highlights  Terri talks about changing up the podcast for the first part of 2019 to focus on women’s health (FemTech).  Terri shares why she has hope and optimism for women in 2019.   Terri and Jacqueline expand on the opportunities in women’s health and the importance of focusing on health and body and environment holistically.     Terri shares some of her research for her book Piloting Your Life on the need to normalize ‘mid-life’ and see it as a beautiful time of exploration and growth and opportunity and not a ‘crisis.’   Terri and Jacqueline talk about what they are excited about in 2019.       Terri’s Key Takeaway  Give yourself permission to choose to add more joy into your life.      References in the Podcast  Sarah Knight:  http://sarahknightbooks.com/  Terri’s write up on The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead/the-life-changing-magic-of-not-giving-a-f-ck-top-10-takeaways-94f7db241838  Terri Hanson Mead Publication:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead  Dan Kendall:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dankendall/  Digital Health Today: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcasts/  Beverly Ryle: https://www.beverlyryle.com/  The Faces of Digital Health podcast: https://medium.com/faces-of-digital-health  Frog / Yona:  https://www.frogdesign.com/work/yona  Maven Health: https://www.mavenclinic.com/  Girl Boss Radio interview with Kate Ryder of Maven Health: https://podtail.com/podcast/girlboss-radio/kate-ryder-founder-and-ceo-of-maven/  CBInsights:  https://www.cbinsights.com/research/briefing/wellness-trends-to-watch-in-2019/  Carrot Fertility:  https://www.get-carrot.com/  Lisa Health: https://www.lisahealth.com/  Genneve:  https://genneve.com/  Addyi (women’s Viagra):  https://addyi.com/  Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes): http://theyearofyesbook.com/  Sallie Krawcheck:  http://salliekrawcheck.com/    Contact  You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.  Check out Terri’s new Medium publication:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Show Highlights  Terri and Jacqueline talk about value and creating win-win situations.  It’s important for every woman to know her value.       Terri talks about how she is planning to operate as an angel investor in 2019.   Terri shares why she is doing the podcast and what to expect through the rest of the 2018/2019 year and what she is planning to ask the investors she is interviewing.   Jacqueline asks if shows like Shark Tank and The Pitch create unrealistic expectations for people who start businesses or have an idea.    Terri wonders what 2019 will look like with the state of the economy and startup investing and investors getting antsy for exits for the companies that have had unrealistically high valuations.    Terri argues for additional funding for women’s health instead of funding electric scooters.   Terri and Jacqueline brainstorm questions for Piloting Your Life interviewees for 2019 and ask listeners to share some of their questions.       Terri’s Key Takeaway  2018 was a strange roller coaster of a year and expects 2019 to be another wild ride.     References in the Podcast  Xandra Laskowski: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl082  Alicia Castillo Holley: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl071  Jenny Kassan: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl081  Gabrielle Katsnelson: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl075  Nancy Hayes: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl072  Cyan Banister:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyanb/  Knot:  https://www.knotcity.com/en/  Allianz Accelerator:  https://www.allianz.fr/accelerateur/en/    Contact  You can follow Jacqueline Steenhuis on Twitter @TipsyCopilot or through her website https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/.    You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com.  Check out Terri’s new Medium publication:  https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Who is Xandra Laskowski? Xandra Laskowski is a startup consultant with over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience with large multinational tech companies as well as startups as founder, investor, advisor and board member. She has held positions as Worldwide Commodity Manager and National Major Accounts Managerial roles before moving into the angel investment and startup worlds.   She founded OSEA Angel Investors in 2017, a women focused angel investment group based at the UC Irvine Cove, UCI Applied Innovation.  OSEA Angel Investors is a partner angel group with Tech Coast Angels and Angel Syndication Network. Show Highlights Xandra shares her journey into investing beginning in 2012 including some of her favorite investments and how they are faring. Xandra talks about her investment philosophy which has evolved since she started investing. She makes sure they are in revenue and that she is strategically aligned to be able to provide support before she writes her first, small check.  Xandra’s leverages her professional experience and network in addition to her experience managing her family’s asset as an angel investor. She created Osea Angels to help other women in her community learn about investing in startups and get access to deals to make those investments. She is bringing education, inspiration, and connections to her members for startup opportunities. Xandra saw a need to support small businesses in Orange County that need access to resources to build and grow their businesses and she partnered up with someone to provide these services. Xandra most felt like the pilot in her own life when she took over her family’s finances to better manage her family’s wealth.    Terri’s Key Takeaway It’s time for women who are building the female founder / female investor ecosystem begin to benefit financially.  References in the Podcast Hera Venture Summit: https://www.heraventuresummit.com/ Osea Angels: https://www.oseaangelinvestors.com/Page/Home Liquid Biosciences: http://www.liquidbiosciences.com/ Tech Coast Angels: https://www.techcoastangels.com/ UC Irvine Cove: http://innovation.uci.edu/the-cove/ First Republic Bank: https://www.firstrepublic.com/ Changing Tides: https://thinkresultsmarketing.com/books/changing-tides/ AngelList: https://angel.co/ Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/ Contact Xandra can be reached by email at xandra@oseaangelinvestors.com. 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.

Terri talks to Jenny Kassan about alternative funding mechanisms for female founders and small business owners and how she works with them to provide tailored fundraising strategies.  Who is Jenny Kassan?   Jenny Kassan has over two decades of experience as an attorney and advisor for mission-driven enterprises and is a certified coach.  She has helped her clients raise millions of dollars from values-aligned investors.  She is the author of Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017).  She served on the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies and submitted the petition to the SEC that led to the passage of the 2012 JOBS Act.  Before becoming a securities lawyer, Jenny worked for eleven years at a nonprofit community development corporation in Oakland, where she served as staff attorney and managed community economic development projects including the formation and management of several social ventures designed to employ and create business ownership opportunities for low-income community residents.  Jenny is a fellow at Democracy Collaborative and the co-founder of the Force for Good Fund, is the President of Community Ventures, and co-founded the Sustainable Economies Law Center.  She was a director of Berrett-Koehler Publishers and is a member of the Content Advisory Panel of Conscious Company Magazine and serves on the advisory boards of Lioness Magazine and Investibule.   Jenny earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.    Show Highlights  Jenny talks about her journey into working with startups and businesses on tailored fundraising strategies and the importance of Title III of the JOBS Act.    Jenny talks about how her frustration with fundraising options and meeting Michelle Thimesch led to the recent launch of CrowdFund Main Street to take advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act.    Terri and Jenny talk about how crowdfunding can fit into a startup’s fundraising strategy and how the definition of success for a startup is not based on funding rounds.  Jenny is now focusing on the investor side and educating a lot of Americans on investing opportunities through her new organization called Angels of Main Street.    Terri talks about how important it is for some us to see the direct impact of their investments and/or time.      Jenny talks about how she works with her clients to structure their financing strategies in alignment with their goals, values, and short/long term strategies.  She also talks about the various options available to founders.   Jenny felt most like the pilot in her own life when she went out on her own with her own firm.  She now has the business of dreams.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  Taking the first step is important to opening up new opportunity paths.     References in the Podcast  CrowdFund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/  JOBS Act, Title III:  https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/jobs-act.shtml  Gabrielle Katsnelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/  SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/  National Venture Capital Association:    Changing Tides:  https://thinkresultsmarketing.com/books/changing-tides/    Contact  Jenny can be reached through her website http://www.jennykassan.com/  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. 

Who is Tawana Murphy Burnett?   Tawana Murphy Burnett, former consultant turned startup employee and entrepreneur, is now a global marketing leader at Facebook helping the top 30 Global Advertisers like Estée Lauder and Johnson & Johnson become the best mobile marketers. Prior to Facebook, Tawana led brand and product teams at Intuit, LeapFrog, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, leading P&L, Brand Growth, integrated marketing strategies and new product innovation for brands like Listerine, Advil, and ChapStick.   Since 2017 Tawana has become an active investor in women and women of color owned businesses primarily through Portfolia and as a Member and Due Diligence Lead with Pipeline Angels. She has served on numerous Diversity and Inclusion councils, most recently joining Digital Undivided as an Advisory Board Member for StartUp Newark.    Show Highlights  Tawana talks about being inspired to get involved in angel investing because of what Terri shared with her about her desire to get more capital into the hands of female founders when they met in the Lufthansa lounge in Frankfurt.  Tawana joined Pipeline Angels and shares her experience learning about angel investing, leading a deal, and getting more involved to invest in more women of color.    Tawana has made 9 investments since she started less than two years ago.  She talks about being excited about the community building piece, hosting more events, and getting involved with Digital Undivided in Atlanta and Startup Newark.    Terri talks about leveraging AngelList as a ‘poor woman’s VC’ to be able to bring deals together and give women who are leading these deals some sort of compensation for the work associated with this.  She also talks about the importance of building the ecosystem but also finding ways for women to get compensated for all the work we are doing for free.    If Tawana could wave a magic wand, she would improve the public education system in the US and make sure it is financially supported.    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Be open to conversations with people; be open to new ideas; be open to education.    References in the Podcast  4YFN: https://www.4yfn.com/  Mobile World Congress: https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/  Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal):  https://gothamgal.com/  Portfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/  Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/  Kishau Rogers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishau/  Mented:  https://www.mentedcosmetics.com/pages/ourstory  Sephora Stands Accelerator:  https://www.sephorastands.com/accelerate/  Nancy Hayes:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2/  Fempire:  https://www.fempiregroup.com/  Digital Undivided: https://www.digitalundivided.com/  Project Diane: https://www.inc.com/kathryn-finney/innovating-inclusion-digitalundevided-and-project-diane.html  AngelList:  https://angel.co/  Lynn-Ann Gries: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/  Contact  Tawana can be reached through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tawanaburnett/  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. 

Who is Maren Bannon?   Maren is Co-Founder and Partner at Jane VC, a venture fund to invest in female-led technology startups.  Maren is an entrepreneur at heart who has been building tech businesses for the past 15 years. Previously, she was CEO and Cofounder of LittleLane. Her operating experience also includes leadership roles at health tech startups as well as leading consumer marketing for a $1B product at Genentech. She is the mother to three young daughters and feels energized each day by her vision of creating a different world for them. She has an MBA from Stanford and an Engineering degree from Dartmouth.  Show Highlights  Maren talks about joining forces with one of her fellow Stanford grads, Jennifer Neundorfer, to create a new fund, Jane VC, to not only get more capital into the hands of female founders, but to activate more female investors.  Maren shares the journey from reconnecting with her partner Jenn in January 2018 and leveraging AngelList to quickly create and raise the fund by bringing on supportive people in their network.    Terri asked Maren about Jane VCs plan to get access to deal flow, being open to anyone, and their plan to provide transparency to the VC process to work towards leveling the playing field.   Maren shares their plans for Jane VC in providing transparency, investing in women, and actively looking for investing opportunities outside of the Silicon Valley.   With Jane VC, they are focused on investing in pre-seed and seed stage rounds, but they will also invest in Series A. With Maren based in London, they will have the opportunity to focus on startups not only in the US, but also in Europe including London, Berlin, Paris, and the Nordics.    If Maren could wave a magic wand, she would shift the power dynamic to make it more equitable for women.    Terri’s Key Takeaway  To shift the power dynamic and improve the world, we need to activate more female investors and invest in more female founders.   References in the Podcast  Jane VC: https://www.janevc.com/  Jenn Neundorfer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkneundorfer/  Lynn-Ann Gries: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/  Komae:  https://www.mykomae.com/  Women’s Startup Lab: https://womenstartuplab.com/  Joanne Wilson (GothamGal): https://gothamgal.com/  Sallie Krawcheck:  https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/team/sallie-krawcheck  AngelList:  https://angel.co/  Guy Fawkes Day:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night  White Fragility:  Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism:  http://www.beacon.org/White-Fragility-P1346.aspx  Becoming by Michelle Obama: https://becomingmichelleobama.com/  Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smitth:  https://www.facebook.com/redtabletalk/videos/343064719835818/   Contact  Maren can be reached by email at hello@janevc.com.    Founders interested in pitching to Jane VC can do so here:  https://www.janevc.com/contact-us    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. 

    Who is Mary Ray? Mary Ray, cofounder and COO of MyHealthTeams, has a deep understanding of consumer behavior and social networking, which drives unmatched engagement among MyHealthTeams’ more than 1.6 million members across 29 communities serving people living with chronic conditions. Her innovative vision for people-first digital health solutions and laser focus on user experience, authentic connections and scalable platforms has helped the company quickly address 90% of the chronic condition population since its launch in 2012.  Drawing from her personal experience with friends and family members living with chronic conditions, she is passionate about building communities that empower individuals, families and caregivers to share experiences, resources and lifehacks that help them actively manage health and wellness while living with a chronic condition. Previously, Mary has held executive positions with established leaders such as IAC and Sony as well as with innovative startups across the mobile, digital media and consumer technology landscape.   Mary is a graduate of the College of William & Mary School of Business and George Mason University. A serial entrepreneur, Mary is an advocate for women in technology and has served as a SXSW mentor for up-and-coming female leaders. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and son.   Show Highlights  Mary takes us through her background and her entrepreneurial journey into being the co-founder/COO of MyHealthTeams.  This journey started in 2nd grade selling Pac Man trading cards.    Mary talks about meeting her co-founder Eric Peacock and how they decided to start MyHealthTeams as a spin-out from Insider Pages.  MyHealthTeams is no longer a startup and is now in the growth stage.  Mary talks about where they are today and the plans to go deeper in their segments and provide greater benefits to their members.    Terri asks about their strategy for creating new social networks and why they don’t roll out for lots of conditions at the same time.  Mary answers and shares some of their biggest surprises in the MyHealthTeams social network rollout and usage.   Mary’s favorite founder resources include connecting with others through LinkedIn groups, female founder groups, and Harvard Business Review.  If Mary could wave a magic want, she would change it so that people sincerely understand each other and act accordingly.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  Listen to your customers to learn about ways to improve your product in unexpected ways.     References in the Podcast  MyHealthTeams: https://www.myhealthteams.com/  Insider Pages:  http://www.insiderpages.com/  Ning:  https://www.ning.com/  Hidden Brain: https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain  Hidden Brain:  Nature, Nurture and Your Politics:  https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/654127241/nature-nurture-and-your-politics   How We Judge the Mistakes of Male vs Female Leaders:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/how-we-judge-the-mistakes-of-male-vs-female-leaders/2012/09/24/71e3ada0-066d-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_story.html?utm_term=.fae92b904ff3   Contact  Mary can be reached by via email  mary@myhealthteams.com, Twitter @marycray and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryray/  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. 

Who is Lynn-Ann Gries?     Lynn-Ann Gries has spent her career in the financial arena. From investment banking to venture capital she has experience working with a wide range of companies, from start-ups to those in the Fortune 1000.    She began her career in the mid-80s working for two investment banking firms in New York, Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley. When marriage brought her to the Midwest she began working for the regional firm McDonald and Company, now part of KeyBank. At McDonald she was primarily responsible for helping companies access capital through the public equity markets, but also assisted  companies in the processes of raising growth capital or transitioning ownership through sales or mergers.    In 2001 she began working in venture capital, managing a small venture development fund with a mission to invest in tech-based start-ups. Over the course of 12 years she and her team invested $30M in 80 companies, all located in Northeast Ohio, including CoverMyMeds (sold to McKesson for $1.1 billion), CardioInsight (sold to Medtronic for $90 million), Wireless Environment (recently sold to Ring for an undisclosed amount) and OnShift, one of the Northeast Ohio region’s premier software companies.     As of July 2018, she is the newly hired Managing Partner of the First Check Fund, the newest in a family of 15+ funds managed by Alumni Ventures Group. She also runs her own consulting firm providing a variety of business services including management of a women’s angel network, financial analysis, market research, and advisory services to entrepreneurs seeking capital. She currently serves on the boards of the Smith College Club of Cleveland, Summer on the Cuyahoga  and In Counsel with Women.     Lynn-Ann received her MBA from New York University (Stern School of Business) and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College where she majored in Economics. She is mom to two grown children and resides in Shaker Heights with her husband, a sixth generation Clevelander, high school lacrosse coach and devoted Cleveland sports fan who has successfully managed to turn a Jersey into a Cleveland Indians superfan.     Show Highlights  Lynn-Ann shared her background starting in New Jersey and ultimately in Cleveland, OH including her time investment banking and early stage investing in the Midwest.  Lynn-Ann goes into detail on economic redevelopment in Ohio and her work with Jumpstart and the Ohio Third Frontier Program.       Lynn-Ann talks about how she used to think that women didn’t need any preferential treatment to get funding until she saw the data.  This prompted her to share a female founder deal with her successful female friends that led to syndicating her first deal.   Her goal was to get the women she knew in her community with big jobs, at big corporations, where there is no intersection with an entrepreneur, to bring them together with the female led startups looking for capital.    Terri and Lynn-Ann talk about the importance of getting more women to invest and the difference in risk tolerance between men and women and how this affects investing by women.   Terri and Lynn-Ann discuss doing the work for free to support the female founder and female investor ecosystem and investigating options to monetize the time spent building it.    Lynn-Ann talks about the women starting very small funds to build track record to be able to raise bigger funds at a later date.    If Lynn-Ann could wave a magic wand, she would make universal healthcare coverage a reality.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  We need to continue to build the connections between investors interested in female-led startups to make it easier for them to get access to capital.      References in the Podcast  Komae: https://www.mykomae.com/  Jumpstart:  https://www.jumpstartinc.org/#1  Ohio Third Frontier Program:  https://development.ohio.gov/bs_thirdfrontier/  Sallie Krawcheck:  https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/team/sallie-krawcheck  Feminist Fight Club: https://www.feministfightclub.com/  Jane VC:  https://www.janevc.com/  AngelList:  https://angel.co/  SendaRide:  https://sendaride.com/  FemPire:  https://www.fempiregroup.com/  OseaAngels: https://oseaangelinvestors.com/Page/Home  First Check Fund: https://www.avgfunds.com/first-check/  Alumni Ventures Group (AVG): https://www.avgfunds.com/      Contact  Lynn-Ann can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynn-ann-gries-44440/  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. 

Who is Cécile Villette?     Cécile Villette is the CEO of Altaroad. A telecommunication engineer by degree, she spent 10 years as a Digital Strategy consultant deploying connected devices and new services globally for large Telco and Energy companies, before joining up forces with Bérengère Lebental in 2015 during her MBA in HEC to launch the connected road project that would become Altaroad.     Show Highlights  Cécile talks briefly about her background, the evolution of IoT, why telecom and IoT were/are interesting to her, and why she chose industrial IoT for her startup AltaRoad to reduce carbon dioxide emissions  Cécile shares how she found her co-founders and the characteristics and aspirations she was looking for  Terri talks about the false narrative around women not being able to have children and be founders in a startup  Cécile goes into greater detail on what Altaroad does, how their technology works and where they are as a company  Terri asks Cécile what she has been most surprised about as a founder of a startup and how her co-founding team splits and shares responsibilities of the company  They discuss the impact of autonomous vehicles on how cities and roads are designed and how Altaroad will be a part of it  Cécile shares her experience in fundraising thus far in raising from extended friends and family  Cécile’s favorite founder resource is her network. She emphasized the importance of asking for help when you need it.   If Cécile could wave a magic wand, she would fix global warming.  This keeps her up at night.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.      References in the Podcast  Altaroad:  https://www.altaroad.com/  Imène Maharzi:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/  Bérengère Lebental:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bereng%C3%A8re-lebental-7219b97/  Eiffage:  https://www.eiffage.com/en/home  SendaRide:  https://sendaride.com/  Invest in Bavaria:  http://bavaria.org/  4YFN:  https://www.4yfn.com/  Deep Tech (per TechWorks): We define Deep Tech as technology that is based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific advances and discoveries. Deep Tech is often set apart by its profound enabling power, the differentiation it can create, and its potential to catalyze change.      Contact  Cécile can be reached through LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cécile-villette/  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. 

Who is Gabrielle Katsnelson?     Gabrielle Katsnelson is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SMBX. She has a decade of financial accounting, strategy, and operations experience; including: managing the loan portfolio of the Artists Community Federal Credit Union; the restricted royalty funds of TuneCore, a digital distributor of music; and architecting financial infrastructure for countless startups and SMBs.       Dedicated to creating a surplus ecosystem, Gabrielle believes that giving SMBs access to capital while creating an engaging and empowering investing experience for people is the means.        Show Highlights  Terri and Gaby talk about how they met at a Draper University blockchain pitch day and gravitated towards each other over common interests  Gaby shared her journey from accounting into biotech in New York and ultimately into FinTech in San Francisco in early 2017  Gaby met her co-founder of SMBX at one of the crypto, blockchain and ICO meetups she went to; he was always asking the interesting questions.   Their company, SMBX is built on a private Etherium network and takes advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act to help small businesses issue bonds so that investors can invest in businesses they are interested in providing a secondary market for investors.    Gaby and Terri talk about where blockchain is from a maturity perspective and the future of blockchain.   Gaby explains equity crowdfunding and the differences between Title II, Title III and Title IV. Terri and Gaby talk about using crowdfunding to democratize funding and how we are still in early days.    If Gaby could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would change mindset and personal responsibility for your own mindset.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  It is important to maintain a sense of fun.  It doesn’t have to be so serious all of the time.      References in the Podcast  SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/  Jane VC:  https://www.janevc.com/  OwnYourCash:  http://site-1317096-1533-8422.strikingly.com/  Skydeck: https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/  Wilson Sonsini (WSGR):  https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Default.aspx  Draper University: https://www.draperuniversity.com/  Fred Wilson’s blog post on blockchain infrastructure:  https://avc.com/2018/10/the-appsinfrastructureappsinfrastructure-cycle/  JOBS Act:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act  JOBS Act Title III:  http://www.finra.org/investors/alerts/crowdfunding-and-jobs-act-what-investors-should-know  Terri’s Medium post on blockchain, crypto and ICO resources:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e  Crowdfund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/  Republic: https://republic.co/  WeFundr: https://wefunder.com/discuss  SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/  Investibule:  https://investibule.co/  FinTech Collective:  http://www.fintech.io/      Contact  Gabrielle can be reached via email gabrielle@thesmbx.com; Twitter: @gabykatsnelson and through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/.  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. 

Who is Joanne Wilson?   Joanne Wilson is a New York City based investor and has had many careers. She started out in retail, eventually moving to the wholesale arena. She then transitioned to the media side of the technology world, before once again reinventing herself as an investor. She is currently an active angel investor with a portfolio of over 90 companies such as Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Shippabo, Flip, Clutter, and Union Station. She has been involved in numerous real estate transactions from beginning to end and continues to make investments in that world. Joanne is an investor in a few restaurants in the New York area.   In addition to these endeavors, Joanne has been involved in various education projects and has served as chairperson at Hot Bread Kitchen, a non-profit committed to increasing access to the culinary industry for woman and minority entrepreneurs. She currently sits on the board of The Highline and is the co-chair of Path Forward.  Joanne has maintained her blog, www.gothamgal.com for 15 years and has recently taken her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, "Positively Gotham Gal". She loves to bake, cook, throw a good party, travel, read, collect art, do the crossword and stay on top of what's happening around the globe and in NYC.  Joanne believes her most successful venture is being married to her best friend, Fred, and raising their three kids Jessica, Emily and Josh    Show Highlights  Joanne shares her journey into angel investing and how she is able to see things coming down the pike  Joanne talks about what she invests in and how her investing has changed over the last 12 years  Joanne comments on some of her investments that are undercapitalized and the frustration she has around getting other investors excited about the startups and the founders.    She looks for tenacious, smart, scrappy people as founders who can articulate their vision from now until what it can be.    In, 70% of the companies she’s invested in, Joanne was the first money into the companies. Joanne talks about how she works with her founders to get access to capital and resources and help them build their businesses.    Joanne and Terri talk about various different funding mechanisms and getting access to capital.  If Joanne could wave a magic wand, she would change the animosity in society that people have towards each other.  She would make sure everyone has healthcare, a roof over their heads, food on the table, and access to education.  With these fundamental needs met, she believes that they may have better caring for their fellow man.    Terri’s Key Takeaway  It’s difficult to be a generalist as an angel investor; it’s better to choose a vertical that is most interesting to you and become familiar with the space.    References in the Podcast  Joanne’s website:  https://gothamgal.com/  Fred Wilson’s interview on A16Z on Tech Trends and Disruption: https://a16z.com/2018/09/23/tech-trends-disruption-innovation-internet-crypto/  Fred Wilson: http://www.usv.com/about/fred-wilson  Union Square Ventures:  https://www.usv.com/  Serendipity:  https://www.guildserendipity.com/  Jason Calacanis:  http://calacanis.com/  Laura Fleet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brookins-fleet-49aa9a54/  SendaRide:  https://sendaride.com/  Contact  Joanne can be reached through her website https://gothamgal.com/.    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. 

Terri talks to Laura Fleet about how a personal experience gave her the idea and inspiration to start SendaRide and that she is both loving the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurship and challenged every day.      Who is Laura Fleet?     Laura Fleet is a leading expert in health care and regulatory law, having represented health insurers, providers and hospital systems for more than twenty years. Her professional career as legal counsel, lobbyist and Executive Director for numerous non-profit Associations in the health care sector has given her a unique perspective into our health care delivery system. Having successfully identified an opportunity to bridge one of the many gaps, she launched and Co-Founded SendaRide.    During her career she has continually been at the frontline of our ever-evolving healthcare delivery system, shaping and interpreting the laws that providers, insurers and hospitals operate within. She is identified as an industry expert and thrives on solving the many problems the healthcare industry faces – whether regulatory, legal, legislative or implementation.         Show Highlights  Laura talks about her company, SendaRide, and why she started the company.    Laura continues to talk about being a smaller player in a bigger market, her go to market strategy and differentiating factors.   Laura has become very comfortable with the word ‘pivot’ and being uncomfortable.   SendaRide started as a B2C LLC and is now a B2B Delaware Corp.   Laura has become comfortable with being the face and brand of SendaRide.    Laura’s favorite founder resource is her network of female founders who have gone before her, and investor resources who are willing to make introductions and be available to answer questions and bounce around ideas.    Laura was accepted into Springboard and shared what she is looking to get out of the time with her advisory group.    Laura has been surprised by how much she is enjoying being a founder of a startup and the variety of skillsets she has developed over her time as CEO.     If Laura had a magic wand, she would make chocolate and champagne have no calories and carbs.  She would also have people stop in their tracks and not make judgments and not look at stereotypes when they make decisions.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  Don’t become a founder because it’s cool; you have to be 100% committed.     References in the Podcast  SendaRide: https://sendaride.com/  Women’s Startup Lab:  https://womenstartuplab.com/  Springboard:  https://sb.co/    Contact  Laura can be reached through LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-brookins-fleet-49aa9a54/ and via email at Laura.Fleet@SendaRide.com.    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. 

Who is Nancy Hayes?   Nancy Hayes is an active angel investor focused on women-led companies. She has invested in 22 companies and serves as advisor to entrepreneurs and as a management consultant and coach to executives in for-profit and nonprofit corporations. Nancy left the IBM Corporation, where she was a senior executive, to become CEO of the STARBRIGHT Foundation, an innovative nonprofit organization that used technology and media to help seriously ill children and subsequently was President and CEO of WISE Senior Services, a social services agency which served frail elderly and disabled adults. Nancy was named Dean of the College of Business at San Francisco State University in 2005 and after six years in that role, was CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of the university for 2 years. In 2013, Nancy cofounded MoolaHoop, a rewards-based crowdfunding site for women with small businesses. She was Managing Director of the Silicon Valley chapter of Golden Seeds, a national angel group that invests in women-led companies, for over 3 years. Nancy has an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago and resides in San Francisco.   Show Highlights Nancy shares her journey into angel investing after helping women with small businesses and seeing the funding challenges. Nancy talks about various financing options available including revenue-based financing and the statistics around the number of companies started each day. Angels join groups to minimize risk. Terri and Nancy talk about the ways in which women can (and should) become active angel investors. Spoiler: just jump in and do it. Nancy talks about her value in advising startups and her favorite investments. Nancy would wave a magic wand to get advice and mentorship to more female founders earlier.   Terri’s Key Takeaway As women, we think we need to take one more class or get one more degree but with angel investing, we just need to get started.   References in the Podcast WABA: Women Angels of the Bay Area Golden Seeds: https://goldenseeds.com/ RESI: http://www.resiconference.com/ JP Morgan: https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/healthcareconference Jenny Kassan: http://www.jennykassan.com/ CrowdFund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/ JOBS Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act Lighter Capital: https://www.lightercapital.com/ Kim Folsom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimtfolsom/ Carol Sands class on angel investing: https://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/professional-and-personal-development/angel-investing-for-the-serious-investor-an-introduction/20181_BUS-204 Venture Deals: https://www.venturedeals.com/ Angel the Book: https://www.angelthebook.com/ Wingpact: https://www.wingpact.com/ Wingee Sin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wingee/ Suzanne Andrews: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/ Porfolia: https://www.portfolia.co/ Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/ NextWave Ventures: https://nextwaveimpact.com/ Venture Deals online course: https://kfatechstars.novoed.com/#!/courses/kfa-venture-deals-fall18/flyer My90: https://www.textmy90.com/ Kona Shen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/konashen/ Tempo Automation: https://www.tempoautomation.com/ Cirrus Identity: https://www.cirrusidentity.com/ Dedra Chamberlin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dedrachamberlin/ Tyler Lynch PYL episode 2: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl002/tyler-lynch   Contact Nancy can be reached by email at nancy@nkhgroup.com, via Twitter at @nancyhayes and through LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2. 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.

Terri talks to Alicia Castillo about her circuitous path into angel investing that started in a rural town in Venezuela that has landed her in Silicon Valley and how her global experience has made her realize how important it is for us to acknowledge that we, as people, are more similar than we are different. Who is Alicia Castillo? Alicia Castillo Holley is an international expert in creating wealth and is passionate about prosperity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She is an active angel investor and the creator of the 10-week online program called Women Get Funded. Alicia’s career started as a young scientist and professor on Agronomy before becoming involved in product development for a Bayer-Shell joint venture and eventually turning into an entrepreneur and angel investor. As an entrepreneur, she has started nine companies -successfully exiting from five of them- and two non-for-profit. She played a pivotal role in the development of the entrepreneurial curriculum and the Venture Capital industry in Chile, where she lived between 1996 and 2002. She has also consulted, mentored, or coached hundreds of entrepreneurs worldwide, is a prolific author and speaker, and pushes academic institutions to reinvent business education. Philanthropically, she supports organizations that foster education, social entrepreneurship and prevent and turn domestic violence into harmony. A global trotter, she has visited over 100 countries, and has lived in Venezuela, Chile, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and the US and currently resides in Menlo Park.     Show Highlights Alicia shares her journey into angel investing. Her journey started in a socialist household in a rural town in Venezuela and took her to all parts of the world. Terri and Alicia talk about bias and chemistry in decision making. Alicia talks about how she operates as an angel investor, what areas she focuses on and the characteristics of the founders she looks to back. Alicia talks about her 10-week, online program called Women Get Funded to educate women on how to get their companies funded. If Alicia could wave a magic wand to change something in the world, she would change war. She would get people to realize that we are more similar than different. Alicia’s favorite founder resources include two of her books How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea and The Ten Unwealthy Habits and Rich Dad Poor Dad. Terri’s Key Takeaway It’s important to build channels of trust regardless of gender. References in the Podcast Alicia Castillo Holley: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/ Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/ Women Get Funded: https://womengetfunded.com/ How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/ The Ten Unwealthy Habits: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/ Rich Dad Poor Dad: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680003/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Contact Alicia can be reached on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacastilloholley/ or through her website http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/. 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.

Who is Imène Maharzi?  Imène Maharzi is a French based professional, who started working in the French Private Equity space 18 years ago. She started out her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, and then became an investment professional with Butler Capital Partners where she had the opportunity to explore several sectors, geographies, investment sizes and targets.   In 2013, she created Butterfly Partners, a company which invests time and money in start-ups and subject matter experts which demonstrate a social or environmental positive impact. In 2014-2015, she took over a majority stake in a school transportation company dedicated to exceptional children with autism, Down syndrome, etc.. As the CEO, she transformed a 15-year family business into a social business, with a resolution to trigger a positive social impact on both employees and beneficiaries, through a strong user-centric, quality-driven approach.  As she moved through her professional career, she noticed that there was a problem in getting access to capital for female founders that she saw resulted in a massive waste of both economic and social value. This led her to create OwnYourCash this year. OwnYourCash is an educational platform, both online and IRL, to train women (and men) to become Business Angels. By opening a conversation on biases, gender-lens investing and impact investing, OwnYourCash will contribute to smoother access to capital for projects co-founded by women. With OwnYourCash, she is committed to training 2000 new female business angels by the year 2020.  The mission of OwnYourCash is to foster economic independence for women leading to true male/female equality   Show Highlights Imène shared her professional journey into private equity and ultimately starting her new company OwnYourCash to educate and train 2000 new female business angels by 2020.   Imène talks about social entrepreneurship in France…creating a social return and a financial return.   Imène shares the details on OwnYourCash and how the time is right to educate new business angels and create a new business angle network and how the change in the tax laws in France this year will be a positive thing for new business angels. If Imène had a magic wand, she would make the ‘plain vanilla’ investing be impact investing with everyone going after economic return along with a social or environmental return.    Terri’s Key Takeaway Investing is an information business.   References in the Podcast Techstars Paris:  https://www.techstars.com/programs/paris-program/ OwnYourCash: http://site-1317096-1533-8422.strikingly.com/ Arlan Hamilton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlanhamilton/ Backstage Capital:  https://backstagecapital.com/ Shannon Grant:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grant-6164139/ Serendipity:  https://www.guildserendipity.com/ Sephora Stands Accelerate:  https://www.sephorastands.com/accelerate/ Nancy Hayes:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhayes2/ Maxie Koven:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxine-kozler-koven-7573633/ Shira Ronen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shira-ronen-590297/ Odile Roujol:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/odileroujol/ Suzanne Andrews:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannemandrews/ Linnea Roberts:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnea-roberts-10078570/ Kezia Wright: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kezia-wright-bb3755127/ Amaranthine Partners: https://amaranthine.vc/ Contact Imène can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/im%C3%A8ne-maharzi-439294/. 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.

 Terri talks to Fran Dunaway of TomboyX about how she and her partner and wife Naomi Gonzalez started TomboyX in 2014 to create a better shirt and ended up launching an underwear company.  Fran and Naomi recently raised a Series A and Fran shares their journey to this point and where she sees TomboyX going in the next few years.   Who is Fran Dunaway?   Fran likes to call herself the accidental entrepreneur. In 2013, she had a great life as partner in a media strategies firm with big budgets, lots of vacation time, regular exercise, and excellent sleep habits. She and her wife, Naomi Gonzalez, started a little side business because they wanted some cool button-down shirts like a Robert Graham for women. They picked the name TomboyX because they thought it was cute.      When the name started resonating with women and girls around the world, they knew they had an instant brand. It turns out that the word 'tomboy' opens the door to a conversation about being whoever it is you want to be. Women were SO elated to have a brand that saw them for who they are at their core. So, when customers started begging for TomboyX to design the first boxer briefs for women, Fran and Naomi obliged.      In September 2014, they pre-sold two styles of boxer briefs designed for women and sold out in two weeks. They have never looked back. TomboyX has since refocused solely into the underwear/loungewear market and is thriving on the fact that people of all shapes and sizes want to be part of a brand that stands for values they share. Their customers continually prove that there is a toughness required to express your individuality – the defining characteristics of a tomboy.     Show Highlights  Fran shares the story behind TomboyX and the evolution of the TomboyX brand  Fran continues to talk about how difficult it has been to raise funds to fund the business and what it’s like to run out of inventory as an apparel brand.   Terri and Fran about the shifting landscape for female founders and the economic opportunity in investing in these founders.   Fran explains how she went from a job in corporate to being a founder and focusing on TomboyX 100%  Fran talks about how she and Naomi have evolved as founders and leaders and the evolution of their team as the company as grown and matured  Terri asks Fran about how she sees the company evolve over the next few years  If Fran could wave a magic wand, she would change the lens with which we see each other; to be less judgmental of each other and to have greater clarity as to who we are as individuals.    Fran’s favorite founder resources are Loose Threads (podcast), Leap Frog (the book) and founders stories in general.    Terri’s Key Takeaway  Money is power and to shift the power dynamic, we need to shift the economic dynamic.     References in the Podcast  TomboyX: https://tomboyx.com/  CPB Group: http://www.cpbgroup.com/  MergeLane: https://www.mergelane.com/  Katica Roy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katicaroy/  Rain Dove: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Dove  DapperQ Fashion Show: https://www.dapperq.com/  TomboyX ad with Rain Dove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKnbum7v1aw  Loose Threads (podcast): https://loosethreads.com/podcast/  Leap Frog:  The New Revolution of Women Entrepreneurs: http://leapfroghacks.com/     Contact  Fran can be reached through the TomboyX website https://tomboyx.com/,  on Twitter @fdunaway and via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/frandunaway/  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. 

Who is Shannon Grant?     Shannon Grant is an investor, community builder and startup advisor. She leads knowledge programs for the best and brightest minds in tech to facilitate high-level knowledge transfer and create powerful experiences for time-strapped leaders.     In 2014 she developed the Salon Series events at MKThink focusing on the future of education, and she helped build a membership organization of over 80 mission-driven CEOs with The Tugboat Group. She has coached founders to create original talks for CEO summits, hosted Jeffersonian dinners for awesome engineers and connected tech founders with the people or information they need to grow.     To support this vision, she started Deus Capital to invest in companies with billion-dollar market opportunities that have at least one female founder.     Her social impact work includes converting a liquor store into a children's writing center in the heart of San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood with 826 Valencia and building a new model for charity with Mama Hope.      Show Highlights  Shannon shares her journey through venture capital into angel investing.   We talk about our shared interest in getting more women to invest and invest in female founders including the statistics around this.   We discuss the importance of getting girls to see what is possible by exposing them to investing, startups, entrepreneurship, and technology.    We talk about this being an economic opportunity and the importance of encouraging men to join us in investing in women and encouraging more exemplar men in this awakening.   If Shannon could wave a magic wand and change something in this world, she would encourage people to speak; your voice is needed.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  Investing in women will create trillions of dollars in economic opportunity.  It is not a zero sum game.     References in the Podcast  MKThink:  http://www.mkthink.com/  Tugboat:  http://www.thetugboatgroup.com/  Robyn Fisher:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynsuegoldman/  Smitten Ice Cream: https://www.smittenicecream.com/  StitchFix: https://www.stitchfix.com/  Katrina Lake:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmlake/  Learn Capital:  http://learncapital.com/  Accenture Ventures: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/innovation-architecture-accenture-ventures  First Round Capital Study: http://10years.firstround.com/  Darya Shaked: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darya-henig-shaked-361539a9/  Wonder Ventures: https://www.wonderventures.com/  Dear Madam President:  https://www.dearmadampresidentbook.com/  Brazen Global: https: https://brazenglobal.com/  Jennifer Ehlen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferehlen/      Contact  Shannon can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-grant-6164139/.    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. 

Terri talks to Jennifer Ehlen of Brazen Global about her focus on supporting the advancement of women-led companies including why she created Brazen Global, a for-profit company, to better serve female founders.  Who is Jennifer Ehlen?   Jennifer Ehlen is the founder of Brazen and Prosper Women Entrepreneurs (PWE), two organizations aimed at advancing women-led companies. She is the CEO of Brazen Global and a Managing Partner of the PWE Startup Accelerator.  Before making the entrepreneurial leap to focus on Brazen and Prosper full-time, Jennifer was a Director at Thompson Street Capital Partners, where Jennifer worked with senior management to help source and evaluate investment opportunities for the St. Louis based $1.5B+ private equity firm.  Prior to joining Thompson Street, Jennifer was the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University.    Jennifer is an angel investor and invests in early stage ventures. She is also a member of Golden Seeds (NYC chapter).  Jennifer serves as a coach, mentor and advisory board member for companies ranging in size from pre-revenue to $200M+.    Jennifer’s favorite and most important venture is raising her four children with her partner Craig.    Show Highlights  Jennifer shares her path from a small town in mid-Missouri in a socio-economically challenged family that provides a unique perspective where she has worked in and with the top 2% in private equity.   Jennifer has been fascinated by intersectional feminism in entrepreneurship.  She worked at the St. Louis University, has been an investor, raised a fund, worked in private equity and saw the differences between men and women in entrepreneurialism.   Jennifer saw some research in 2012 about the state of women-owned businesses and saw that St. Louis came in dead last, tied with San Francisco.  She and her colleagues had worked very hard at getting women a seat at the table and they were very frustrated by the reality and the study results.  Jennifer, through Prosper, raised a $3M fund to invest in women and they built an accelerator.  Realizing that the power is in the peer advisory groups, they decided to create Brazen to build the tools to create better peer groups and allow for global scaling.    Brazen operates in 7 cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, and Philly.  Their goal is to expand into more cities this year.    Brazen’s flagship program is the peer advisory groups (growth groups).  7-9 women are in each group and meet every month.  They use Brazen’s proprietary software that provides a rigorous structure that allows the participants to feel like they are fully understood before their peers start to provide guidance and support.    Brazen is a for-profit organization and they license to franchisees.  They have 50 cities that could foreseeably be a new Brazen market, but it comes down to the director and who is delivering the program.    At Brazen, they feel strongly about making sure that the directors understand startups/entrepreneurship/growth process at a deep level.  They need to be able to speak about gender parity in an articulate, evidence-based way.  The directors need to have a good network in the market already.    Brazen has found that the software for the peer groups is applicable across sectors…not just for entrepreneurs.   Jennifer shares what has been most surprising about her journey over the last year.    Jennifer talks about how quite a few of their investors are men as they see the financial opportunity in this space.    Terri asks Jennifer about what she is doing to temper the founder roller coaster.  Her response is a lot of self-care and she is no longer following her competitors in order to be focused on what she is trying to accomplish.  Her team follows them for her.      Terri talks about how when she was going through a tough spot her executive coach reminded her that regardless of what ‘failures’ occurred or ‘down times’ existed in the past, I was able to recover, and this is so important to remember when we encounter tough times.   Terri shared what she discussed with her executive coach about the comparison game and how easy it is to lose sight of your own goals. It is important to focus on your own journey and not someone else’s.    If Jennifer could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would create true, total equity in the early stage capital space and have more women investing.   Jennifer’s favorite founder resource is Brazen Global (of course) and recommends becoming a Brazen member.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  Some of the best entrepreneurial ideas come from anger or angst.      References in the Podcast  AmericanExpress article on women owned businesses: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/2012-american-express-open-state-of-women-owned-businesses-report/  Paul Heirendt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulheirendt/  Prosper Women Entrepreneurs:  http://www.prosperstl.com/  Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/  Brazen Vault (resources);  https://brazenglobal.com/category/blog/  Golden Seeds: https://goldenseeds.com/  Pipeline Angels: http://pipelineangels.com/  Portfolia:  https://www.portfolia.co/  Astia: http://astia.org/     Contact  Jennifer can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferehlen/ or through the Brazen Global website https://brazenglobal.com/.    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.