Should Have Listened to My Mother Podcast

“A Life Unexpectedly Interrupted” with Guest Inspirational Speaker and Author, Terri Hanson Mead

Episode Summary

I’M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THIS WEEK’S GUEST. SHE’S A MOM, FORMER “IT” CONSULTANT, SHE REFERS TO HERSELF AS A “TRAVEL JOURNALIST/TRAVEL VLOGGER.” MY GUEST IS A COMMERCIAL HELICOPTER PILOT AND TEACHES AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY-A CONTINUING STUDIES COURSE TITLED “NAVIGATING MIDLIFE FOR WOMEN.” TERRI HANSON MEAD HAS AUTHORED THE AWARD WINNING BOOK “PILOTING YOUR LIFE” -SHE INSPIRES WOMEN OVER 40 “TO DESIGN AND LIVE A LIFE OF YOUR OWN CREATION” AND SHE’LL BE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT HER FIRST EVER “PILOTING YOUR LIFE” RETREAT COMING UP IN MARCH OF 2026 IN NICARAGUA. TERRI WROTE TO SHLTMM AND SAID “My relationship with my mother is complicated and heavily influenced my path and decisions.” TERRI HAS AN IDENTICAL SISTER AND ONE YOUNGER BROTHER. KRISTY, MY GUEST'S MOTHER WAS PREGNANT AT 19 YEARS OLD AND A MOTHER OF TWINS AT 20 YEARS OLD. TERRI EXPLAINS HOW HER MOTHER'S LIFE WAS COMPLETELY INTERRUPTED AS A YOUNG AGE. KRISTY WAS KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE WAS PREGNANT. ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND MORE, PLAYED A ROLE IN WHO KRISTY IS TODAY AND WHO TERRI, HER DAUGHTER IS TODAY.

Episode Notes

Information about my guest Terri Hanson Mead:

About Me

WHO THE HELL IS TERRI? Terri Hanson Mead is a tiara-wearing, champagne-drinking, midlife troublemaker on a mission to help women over 40 blow up the boxes they were told to live in. She's a former life sciences IT consultant and angel investor turned reinvention advocate, helicopter pilot, and award-winning author of Piloting Your Life.

After nearly 25 years in IT consulting for life sciences companies, Terri realized she'd been living by someone else's rules. So she changed the game, ditched the script, rewrote her story, and now helps other women do the same. She speaks truth about the messy middle of midlife including career pivots, empty nests, changing bodies, evolving relationships, and helps women reclaim their power on their own damn terms.

WHAT MAKES HER DIFFERENT (AKA WHY YOU WANT HER ON YOUR STAGE OR PODCAST)

• Radical Realness: Talks openly about identity crisis, imposter syndrome, and the WTF moments of reinvention and living as a woman over 40 in a patriarchal society
• Permission Slip Provider: Gives women full-body yeses to take up space, make noise, and burn the "shoulds"
• Action Meets Attitude: It's not just inspiration, it's a call to DO the damn thing
• Impossible-to-Categorize Credentials: Former life sciences consultant. Helicopter pilot. Angel investor. Midlife adventurer. (Try putting that in a box.)
• Laugh-Out-Loud Smart: Think Brené Brown or Mel Robbins meets your funniest, most fearless friend, with receipts and a flight plan

STREET CRED

• 🚁 Commercial helicopter pilot (yes, seriously)
• 🏆 Award-winning author of Piloting Your Life
• 🎓 Stanford Continuing Studies instructor: Navigating Midlife for Women
• 💸 Former angel investor focused on women-led startups (8 years)
• 🧭 Co-founder of Zeke and Terri Adventures, inspiring 50+ travel and reinvention
• 👫 Married 29 years, still evolving, still adventuring

ZEKE AND TERRI ADVENTURES YOUTUBEL  https://www.youtube.com/@ZekeandTerri

WEBSITE: https://www.terrihansonmead.com/

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