Podcasts about piloting your life

Have you ever wondered about the significance of your name or the rich stories embedded within your family history? Get ready to embark on a remarkable journey with Barbara Tien, an online community leader, an empty nest mom, and an advocate for preserving family legacies. Barbara opens up about the rich Chinese traditions that influenced her daughters' names and the importance of acknowledging and embracing our roots. With an emphasis on digital storytelling, Barbara paints a picture of the value of memories and the responsibility we bear when it comes to preserving them, especially after experiencing the loss of our parents.Prepare to delve into the complexities of digitizing family history as Barbara shares her personal experiences with archiving content. She emphasizes the importance of backing up memories to ensure that our stories don't get lost in the sands of time. Whether it's through the use of professional photo and digital live organizers or other platforms, Barbara discusses the significance of safeguarding family stories. She candidly shares how a health scare made her focus on archiving her family stories, a poignant reminder of the impermanence of life and the importance of capturing memories.Connect with Barbara! (@postponga) postponga.com Facebook Instagram Threads TwitterPinterestBarbara's Recommended Sites:Canva.com (specifically for the new digital whiteboard feature)ThePhotoManagers.com (the organization that supports professional photo managers, they have a search tool to find a pro in your area)Terri Hanson Mead and her book Piloting Your Life (pretty much explains itself in the context of our conversation)StoryCenter.org (the organization with wonderful online programs in digital storytelling)#NameSignificance#FamilyHistoryJourney#PreservingLegacies#ChineseTraditions#RootsAndHeritage#DigitalStorytelling#MemoriesMatter#FamilyArchives#BackingUpMemories#PhotoOrganizers#CaptureTheMemories#EmptyNestChallenges#FollowYourDreams Support the showThe Post Nest Plan is out now! Learn more here!I'm only an email away! If you'd like to get in touch, please email bobbi@inspiredemptynest.comBobbi xMore Resources:Book: www.thepostnestplan.comPodcast: www.flymomfly.comChannel: www.emptynestchannel.comWebsite: www.inspiredemptynest.comGroup: www.facebook.com/groups/inspiredemptynestInsta: www.instagram.com/theinspiredemptynestTiktok: www.tiktok.com/@theinspiredemptynest

Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with Terri Hanson Mead, the multi-award winning author of Piloting Your Life, President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, Managing Partner of Class Bravo Ventures, and an advocate for women through all of her platforms including her YouTube channel and blog.  Join us on Facebook LIVE every Wednesday at NOON PT @SheAngelInvestors. Subscribe on Apple Podcast https://apple.co/3citN1I, Spotify https://spoti.fi/2ZUrFZc, or wherever podcasts are available!

Terri Hanson Mead is an experienced IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor, startup advisor, podcaster, YouTuber, and award-winning author of Piloting Your Life. Her award-winning book Piloting Your Life was written to embolden women over the age of 40 to take the controls and be the pilots in their own lives. Terri has spent over 20 years working in and with biotech, medical device, diagnostic and digital health companies on IT strategy, IT compliance, data integrity, and business/technology alignment to meet corporate objectives. She earned her BS & MBA from California Sate University-Hayward and also has a commercial pilot helicopter license. In this episode we discussed angel investing to expand the power and influence of women, how COVID-19 affects women and leveraging midlife as an opportunity, not a crisis. Check out Terri's website at www.terrihansonmead.com Rate, Review, and Subscribe!

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. 

A short pod today because, you know, it's Saturday night! Things to do (at home), and all. We find that it really feels like a weekend, make a few more recommendations, share a bit of our origin story, and we kick up our heels. And a correction — the correct Twitter handle for the author of Piloting Your Life is @terrihansonmead. Happy Weekend!

In this RE-LAUNCHED series, we focus on powerful women entrepreneurs and leaders creating change. To kick off your 2020, we interview Terri Hanson Mead, Angel Investor & Author of Piloting Your Life to help you pilot your new year! Terri investments include a focus on women founders and initiatives that help women have a better lives, factoring how businesses can make an impact. She shares her journey overcoming barriers as a female angel investor, it's hardships, pitfalls, and ultimately it's strengths. She also shares about her new book, Piloting Your Life, with her inspiring message that helps women navigate and take ownership of their own lives - all while finding direction towards a better future. Join our supportive sisterhood of women changemakers! IG: @SheCatalysts Site: SheCatalysts.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.

Interview with Terri Mead: Author, Founder, Angel investor, Pilot, Public speaker, and Podcaster. Terri's book: Piloting Your Life, as well as her career in angel investing and working with life science companies, are explored. This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. The series interviews women and women-identified entrepreneurs, founders, business owners, and gurus across all industries to investigate those voices in business today. Both the platform and discussion are designed to further the global conversation in regards to the changing climate in entrepreneurial and founding roles.

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.

Sam and I kick off the Fall 2019 season exploring what happened with the Forbe's America's 100 Most Innovative Leaders list, whether it truly reflects merit or, instead, historical privilege, and whether the "man box" had a role. In this season, we'll continue exploring how we all contribute to and are affected by the man box, and where it shows up in current events. Let us know what you think! Resources in this episode: Intro audio from MSNBC (https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/forbes-faces-backlash-for-leaving-women-off-innovators-list/vi-AAH2BaW) Abdu'l-Baha quote: “The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly." America's Most Innovative Leaders List (https://www.forbes.com/lists/innovative-leaders/#1ed1949c26aa) Forbe's Editor's Reflection (https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2019/09/08/opportunity-missed-reflecting-on-the-lack-of-women-on-our-most-innovative-leaders-list/#14ff7321c6b6) Privilege walk (https://edge.psu.edu/workshops/mc/power/privilegewalk.shtml) Recent books written by former Unraveling Pink guests: Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces, by Karen Catlin (https://www.amazon.com/Better-Allies-Everyday-Inclusive-Workplaces/dp/1732723303/ref=asc_df_1732723303/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266235278092&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=931641627450300950&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031912&hvtargid=pla-614689803116&psc=1) How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive, by Jennifer Brown (https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Inclusive-Leader-Belonging/dp/1523085177/ref=asc_df_1523085177/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=366446893595&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18155657442622920792&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031912&hvtargid=pla-804305575419&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79033900511&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=366446893595&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18155657442622920792&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031912&hvtargid=pla-804305575419) Piloting Your Life: Take the Controls and Be the Pilot in Your Own Life, by Terri Mead (https://www.amazon.com/Piloting-Your-Life-controls-pilot-ebook/dp/B07VJ6RBCP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=316UIQLZBM7XD&keywords=piloting+your+life&qid=1569102733&s=books&sprefix=piloting+your+life%2Caps%2C213&sr=1-1) Elephants Before Unicorns: Emotionally Intelligent HR Strategies to Save Your Company, by Caroline Stokes (https://www.amazon.com/Elephants-Before-Unicorns-Emotionally-Intelligent/dp/1599186586)

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.

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. 

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. 

On this episode of Renegade Investors podcast, we are featuring a guest renegade investor who is going against the prevailing wisdom of investing in her own unique way. Terri Mead is a professional investor, an IT and Life sciences expert, and an angel investor in female founders, femtech and pediatric tech companies. She is also the host of Piloting Your Life podcast which you should check out on her website: http://www.terrihansonmead.com. There are so many aha moments in the conversation with Terri; from the way she was introduced to investing at a very young age to how she uses her skills as a commercial helicopter pilot to make better investment decisions, this episode is a must listen for all renegade investors out there. Happy listening!

Terri Hanson Mead is a San Francisco Bay Area native, a helicopter pilot (a skill which she learned later in life after she has become a mom), IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor. Terri runs her podcast "Piloting Your Life", which consists of inspiring interviews with people who chose to rely on their internal fortitude to chart their own course. Terri discusses what helped them achieve the success they enjoy today.  Show Notes, Tools and Resources found on on our website at: www.feisworld.com/blog/terri-hanson-mead Subscribe to Feisworld Podcast with just one click! New episodes are released every Thursday anywhere you get your podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Welcome to Part 2! Terri Hanson Mead is a San Francisco Bay Area native, a helicopter pilot (a skill which she learned later in life after she has become a mom), IT consultant, expert witness, angel investor. Terri runs her podcast "Piloting Your Life", which consists of inspiring interviews with people who chose to rely on their internal fortitude to chart their own course. Terri discusses what helped them achieve the success they enjoy today.  Show Notes, Tools and Resources found on on our website at: www.feisworld.com/blog/terri-hanson-mead Subscribe to Feisworld Podcast with just one click! New episodes are released every Thursday anywhere you get your podcast.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Who is Amanda Lettmann? Amanda Lettmann, a US Air Force Veteran, is an executive and serial entrepreneur with 20 years of global Business Operations and Transformation expertise for startups and Fortune 500 companies in the HiTech, InsurTech and FinTech industries.  She has an extensive M&A background with $4B in acquisition execution in the past 10 years.  As the Founder and CEO of Kardia Ventures, Amanda is an advisor, consultant and Angel Investor for tech startups.  She is also the Co-Founder and COO of SimpleDisability Inc, a data analytics InsurTech startup in Silicon Valley. Amanda holds an MBA in Technology Management, she is a Business Advisor at The Founder Institute and EvoNexus, and Board Advisor at Girls in Tech San Diego and SmartMoney Veterans.    Show Highlights Amanda was active duty Air Force and separated in 2000.  She realized she didn’t want to be a flight nurse for the rest of her career Amanda was recruited by someone in semi-conductor in 1999 by an esteemed colleague and was a business operations manager and then pursued her master’s degree in technology in 2000 She consulted at the Pentagon which led to consulting with other parts of the government.  Her company was acquired by EMC so she went from a small firm to a massive firm.  At EMC, she proposed a new business plan that was ultimately accepted and moved her to Orange County to lead the West Coast consulting practice.  She then got recruited by Adobe and moved up to San Jose. Terri comments on how Amanda takes advantage of and creates opportunities for herself. 11 years ago, Amanda was an athlete in good health and started getting ill.  After collapsing she found out that a virus had attacked her blood and ultimately led to her organs shutting down.  She was in the hospital for 6-9 months.    She later learned that her heart valves were damaged by the virus and that they were failing which lead to open heart surgery Amanda was a medical anomaly because of the virus and the treatment, and she had many people studying and following her. Amanda shares who was there to support her during her illness and recovery.  She had to embrace vulnerability.  Amanda remembers her life before the illness.  Her essence didn’t change but she found herself seeking high quality, deep substance people with heart.  Her life before was all about competency.  Her life after became more about heart and not just skill, which ended up changing her life.  She became more recognized because of her personal story which she uses to inspire others.  People now get to know her for more than her skills.  Amanda is working with ESPN BisTalk Radio. She wants to do an inspirational series for women to share their stories.  She is creating a speaker series on ‘Women of Impact’. She finds that women talk about taking action to inspire others, to be proactive, to turn their potential into action. She thinks others are looking for this deep, inspiration.  Terri talks about why she started her podcast, Piloting Your Life, to give a platform for these voices and stories and inspire these same people. Amanda has a consulting company called Kardia which means heart in Greek. She advises and consults enterprises, entrepreneurs, and does angel investing.  Amanda invests in seed stage, technology startups and looks to co-invest in SaaS companies looking to disrupt the market using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), ALP, big data, and predictive analytics.  She looks for female founders and veteran founders.  She is now a mentor with a new program called SmartMoney Veterans sponsored by UCSD and SmartMoney Startups. The experience for veterans is different as they need to relearn skills after getting out of the military.  Terri has seen a few startups that are helping veterans bridge the gap between military and civilian work. Companies like Skillmil and Shift are helping with this.  Terri comments on how impressed she is with UCSD and its support of the startup ecosystem.  Amanda said that UCSD also supports veterans.  There is a significant number of veterans in the San Diego area. Amanda is an advisor for EvoNexus (an incubator/accelerator) and the Founder Institute in San Diego.  Transformation is an important concept for Amanda.  She has been through several transformations and which led to coaching others on transforming.  She loves seeing both enterprise transformation (through M&A) and individuals transform.  If Amanda could wave a magic wand, she would create a future where entrepreneurs and businesses come in all varieties and embrace their responsibility to co-create for equality and social good.  Terri asks how we can help with this wish.  Amanda said that companies should be filling out the diversity of their teams.  As investors, we should invest in companies who are working towards more diverse teams and products.    Terri’s Key Takeaway If the opportunities aren’t there, create them.  If the opportunities present themselves, take them.    References in the Podcast Kardia Ventures: http://kardiaventures.com/ Skillmil: https://www.skillmil.com/ Shift: https://www.shift.org/ SmartMoney Startups: https://www.smartmoneystartups.com/ SmartMoney Veterans:  https://www.smartmoneyveterans.com/ EvoNexus: https://evonexus.org/ Founder Institute:  https://fi.co/     Contact Amanda can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalettmann/ or through her website http://kardiaventures.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 and Jacqueline sit down over a cup of coffee (not bubbly) to talk about the making of the Piloting Your Life podcast and the journey to get to episode 50.  Contact You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @andYoureaGirl or go to her website at https://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.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 Micah Brown about his early days growing up in South London, becoming Mr. Banker Man while working at Barclay’s starting at age 16, and how learned to hack the processes that screened out people like him. This is the first of a two-part interview where he gives us the background that eventually led to starting Film Fundr and Centiment.io.   Who is Micah Brown? Micah is a self-proclaimed visionary technologist with an intersection of skills consisting of data and algorithm understanding, HCI-centric digital technologies, financial services, financial engineering and media services. He has over 10 years of experience (up to the SVP level) across companies like Aon, Barclays, NBC and Viacom. Micah has a deep technological understanding and a strong commitment to social causes; at the center of Centiment and FilmFundr is the need to level the playing field in media for minorities.   Show Highlights Micah talks about growing up in South London in a very Christian, strict and sheltered household with his dad who was a pharmacy technician and his mom who was a hairdresser Micah’s dad was a trained pharmacist in Jamaica and had his own pharmacy when he met Micah’s mom and proposed when they first met. Eventually she said yes and because his mom had dual citizenship, after they married, they moved to the UK. Terri tells the story of her dating and dumping her husband three times starting in 8th grade and how they eventually got married when they were 26 and are still married 21 years later. They met when they were 10 in the 5th grade (or so her husband remembers as he met both Terri and her identical twin sister Sherry on the same day). Micah talks about his early work days and earning money to learn how to code that eventually led to working at Barclay’s Bank as a cashier at 16, being called Mr. Banker Man and how he ended up in credit risk at 17. He kept getting turned down for a Barclay’s job because he didn’t have a degree and found a different way to be seen as a person, and not just a number, to get the credit risk job. Micah talks about how the tech incumbents create mental moats around fairly simple things seem impossible for women and people of color. There is mythology around these things that makes these people think that it’s too hard and impossible, and not for them and this needs to stop. Terri talks about how the check-the-box criteria perpetuates the problem associated with screening out a diverse candidate set because the checkboxes tend to only allow in one set of candidates that all fit the same mold. It’s not about lowering the standards; it’s about changing the requirements to introduce a new and more powerful dynamic. Micah talks about the cognitive dissonance associated with how the hierarchical society is supposed to work versus how it actually works here in the US. We end abruptly with Micah talking about how he counters some of this with raw intellect and data which he explains in detail in the second part of the interview.   Terri’s Key Takeaway We need to continue to work to eliminate the perception that changing the requirements does not mean lowering standards.   References in the Podcast Centiment: https://centiment.io/beta/ Film Fundr: https://filmfundr.com/ Piloting Your Life episode 26 with Chris Brown: http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/pyl026   Portfolia: http://www.portfolia.co/   Contact Micah can be reached via Twitter @MicahAPBrown 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 Jacqueline about their conversation a year ago that led to their first project together and how the year’s work is so clearly illustrated on her new business cards.   Piloting Your Life #PLY025: Terri and her producer Jacqueline sit down over a glass of champagne to celebrate the accomplishments of the last year that are so clearly detailed in the new business cards Jacqueline designed for Terri.    Show Highlights  Terri and Jacqueline celebrated their first discussion a year ago that prompted the work that is perfectly illustrated in Terri’s new business cards designed by Jacqueline  Jacqueline talks about personal branding and how she worked with Terri to define her brand that led to the creation of the website www.terrihansonmead.com released in Q1/2017.  Terri and Jacqueline started working on the podcast in April with the goal to release in June after Necker Island but missed that goal and ultimately released late September  They talk about how the podcast came together and the learnings from the podcast; Terri and Jacqueline continue to iterate on the podcast and weekly email as they receive great feedback and emails from listeners   Terri talks about the other changes in her professional life and the expansion of her services and experiences including expert witness work, speaking engagements, shifts in her investing, and international expansion in addition to the podcast  Jacqueline and Terri conducted a strategy session (with the help of wine or Dutch courage) to define their ambitions and goals for 2018  2017 has been a rough year politically and Jacqueline introduced the concept of stubborn gladness that she heard about on a podcast and how we need to be stubbornly optimistic  Happy Thanksgiving!  Call to Action  Take a few hours with a friend who loves and supports you  (maybe with a glass of wine or champagne) to map out some goals (big or small) for 2018 and begin to define the tasks that will help you achieve them.  Think big.  Think positively.  Practice gratitude.  And be stubbornly glad and optimistic.      References in the Podcast  Iron Horse Vineyards Wedding Cuvee:  http://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/product/2013-Wedding-Cuvee?pageID=709AE74B-BA4F-D99C-A5E2-1F62C09E374F&sortBy=DisplayOrder&maxRows=20&  Caitlin Roberson:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinroberson/  Julie Gordon White:  http://www.growatthewell.com/  Jacqueline Steenhuis: http://www.jacquelinesteenhuis.com/  Andrea Barrica:  http://www.terrihansonmead.com/podcast/2017/10/2/piloting-your-life-episode-8-andrea-barrica  Terri’s blog about the InTeaHouse event with links: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/rcl-accelerator-muru-du-founders-hosted-by-inteahouse-in-sf-11-16-17-bd82514a760c  Brazen Global: https://brazenglobal.com/  Symposia:  http://symposiacon.com/  4YFN Barcelona: https://www.4yfn.com/event/4yfn-barcelona-2018/  Slush:  http://www.slush.org/home-2/      Contact  You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter at @jacquelineStee or find her on her website at www.jacquelinesteenhuis.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 Mead is an angel investor and fellow podcaster based out of the San Francisco Bay area. She has been investing in digital health- specifically in FemTech (women’s healthcare) and PediaTech (pediatric healthcare) all while teaching others how to live their best life through her podcast, Piloting Your Life. Welcome! [2:24] How did you come to become an angel investor? 3.5 years ago Terri was chatting to a friend She got into *SanHill Angles* When she got involved 2 months later she realized that she had nothing to prove Angel investor= own money [4:7] What is the process an entrepreneur can expect to go through when finding an angel investor? It’s not easy finding angel investors Could join accelerator or incubator Often it’s who you know not what you know [11:5] Tell us some questions that you ask as an investor? Usually there is a warm intro and a pitch deck Terri ignores cold emails and calls Angel investors have a huge amount of calls to get through so establishing that relationship is crucial [16:59] What are some questions people should be asking you if considering partnering with an angel investor? Typically in relationship for 7-10 years Ask what additional value the investor can add other than a check Sponsor [20:29] Value Link Round: Check out https://www.chainofwealth.com/passive-income/ to learn ways to boost your income. Value Link Round [20:54] What is your saving or retirement plan? Incredibly diverse Got to work on father’s personal stuff (he was a CPA) [22:49] Do you have any other books or podcasts you can recommend? Terri’s own podcast, Piloting Your Life Book: Angel Book: Venture Deals [25:33] Favorite Quote? Go out on a limb, because that’s where the fruit is [26:27] Parting piece of advice? Invest early, invest oftenSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/chain-of-wealth-debt-investing-entrepreneurship-wealth-and-more/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.