Mixing Up Midlife

Can two people fall in love just by talking? What happens if there's no spark when they meet? Melissa and Terri watch Netflix Season II Love Is Blind and discuss. Have an opinion?  Mix It Up with Us   Terri on Instagram   Melissa on Instagram   Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Us : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com   Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website Maybe Find Us on TikTok   L...

Do Snowbirds Know What's Up? Maybe They're onto something! Melissa is back from vacation and we talk about finding the right place to spend a few weeks or even months during the winter. Can a food quiz help us figure out the right place? Quiz Inventing Anna Suspicion

Is Hygge still a thing? We may be late to the party, but we think this might make the rest of the winter brighter. Listen for the 10 steps to make your space a bit more hyggeligt. RESOURCES AND SOURCES   The Little Book of Hygge Amanda Weldon Hygge at Home video   Mix It Up with Us   Terri on Instagram   Melissa on Instagram   Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Us : Mixingu...

Think that a boudoir photo shoot is for your partner? Think again! Listen to hear why this shoot is all about empowering YOU! Photographer Linda McCarthy tells us how this art form can not only empower women in their 50's and beyond to feel liberated, but how it can truly transform how we think about ourselves.

On today's episode, Terri & Melissa talk about how making getting dressed a form of self care isn't as easy as it could be and like our guest Elysha Lenkin on episode 104 said, IT'S A PRACTICE.   Our weekend watch of Gilded Age led us into How We Met Our Husbands , the Sliding Doors of it all and Chin Hair?!   We do the unspeakable - We Talk About Bruno & being imperfect on Tik Tok. TikTokTalk:  ...

On today's episode, Terri & Melissa talk about the disaster that is the Sex In The City reboot, And Just Like That. Everything about this series has been disappointing and frustrating and we couldn't help but wonder who are these women ? TikTokTalk:   Stupid Walk Alexandria's Lens Flax and Twine Earwig of the Week: Are you playing Wordle (join our Facebook group and drop your daily game there) Do...

Inspirational Women Doing Incredible Things After 50 Is Hiking/ backpacking/ LASH (Long A$$ Section Hikes) one of your goals for 2022?   Even if it's not on your list of things to do, you'll want to listen to today's episode with Kristy Burns, Annette Demel, and Lynn Edmiston, aka   The Wander Women. Together, they've backpacked the triple crown of the Appalachian trail, the Pacific Coast trail an...

Personal stylist Elysha Lenkin joins Terri & Melissa on today's episode and she's transforming our ideas of what getting dressed looks and feels like. Elysha is encouraging us to invite creativity into our personal style by starting with curiosity and the simple question "I wonder what would happen if..." Elysha gave us a 5 day homework challenge that you can do along with us and Melissa added to...

Welcome Back! 2022 is coming in hot and like everyone else, we've got goals, plans, a non-bucket list-list of things we'd like to achieve or do. (Is there a difference?) We will be continuing to create challenges & adventures for ourselves, but we also want to highlight other women in and out of the media who are examples of doing the midlife, aging thing the way we'd like to see it. Follow Terri...

Today's episode is a quick one. We give an update on how our TikTok experience is going after all the help that Helen Polise, The TikTok teacher gave us in episode 101.  We have some Hygge inspired Holiday Weekend Watches and we wish you all a happy, healthy holiday! Weekend Watch: Melissa: Trout & Coffee   Youtube Terri: Home For Christmas Follow Terri on Instagram Follow Melissa on Instagram Joi...

Are you TikTok Curious? We sure are and we are thrilled to have Helen Polise aka The TikTok Teacher on today's episode. Helen shares how her background as a commercial producer and director for over 30 years helped her produce content that not only educates, but entertains her 500K+ TikTok followers. She gives us insight into why we should be using TikTok at any age, its potential for growth and v...

Come celebrate with us! We're so happy and grateful that we've made it to 100 episodes and that you've been with us on this journey. Today, we play a fun game or In or Out, talk about why the pod started, how it evolved and where we hope it goes. Emily Peck Prokop was instrumental in helping Terri get it going Today's cocktail is an Ornamentini.  The most important part of the drink is the present...

This is SUCH A FUN EPISODE! Sorry for shouting, but its a good one! The holidays can be stressful, but friends, we've got you! We've got some of our favorite people sharing their best hacks for making the most of the holidays. First up is minimalist, sage, decluttering expert, and all around awesome friend, Mary V of The Pop Purge & Shift Your Stories . Tina Conroy of The Intuitive Woman Podcast,...

On today's episode Terri & Melissa talk with good friend and friend of the podcast, Health Coach Carolyn Cohen, about reducing stress during the holidays, the benefits of walking and being grateful. We talk about Hanukkah, Christmas and creating holidays that are more about experiences and memories than they are about material giving. We invite Carolyn to join us in a Weekend Watch as well.   Caro...

In this week's episode, Terri & Melissa get up to speed on personal (long term) projects and how their morning routines are shaping up. Terri found    ASL   Dr. Bill Vicars (Deaf/hh) of "ASL University" on YouTube to help her with her project of learning ASL and Melissa gives a little audio show and tell. We talk Turkey, Booster shots and rapid tests, then Terri gives her traditional Thanksgiving...

The Holidays are coming and we want your holiday hacks! Terri & Melissa are talking end of year projects, Agile Sprints, Old dogs, Learning American Sign Language and Meet Me At Our Spot comes up again.  TikTok has become a weekly topic of discussion, so much so, that there's a new segment devoted to it- We're calling it TikTok Talks. This week TikTalk comes straight from the news about an abducte...

On today's show we're celebrating our 2nd anniversary of the pod! We do a little Tik Talk, and get into   Terri's obsession with Elyse Myers and get into what A No Bones Day is and why Noodle and his person Jonathan Graz can't stop won't stop Knitting Keep Or Toss It.   We Have a Hot Flash for you and it's a little on the ick side. We talk about some of our favorite shows, why we don't like the te...

Watch Out TikTok, Here We Come! In this week's episode , Terri & Melissa get caught up on  the projects they've been working on. Terri gets on a soap box and gets a little vulnerable about being on video & feeling a bit old. Terri is obsessed with TikTok star, Elyse Myers, Melissa and Terri start Helen Polise, TIkTok Teacher's $15.00 course ( it's good!) and get into: The Weekend Watch: Only Murde...

On today's show we get a little bawdy, Terri swears quite a lot, we talk more on the knitting saga, being competitive as an athlete and missing the company of a group of women. Melissa tries to explain Pickleball and its intricacies to Terri. Why does   Pickleball have food related slang? We hit the Weekend Watch and talk about Ted Lasso the relationships in it and how is it paralleling Star Wars,...

Knitting Saga continues as does our education. Can Sheep & Stitch save us? Melissa derails the knitting experiment without meaning to and Terri suprises Melissa with her version of Vogue's 73 Questions. We laugh a lot in this episode, which is one of our favorite things to do. Weekend Watch: The Weigh Down Squid Game The Watch Podcast Follow Terri on Instagram Follow Melissa on Instagram Join the...

  Should you learn to knit in midlife? In this episode, Melissa convinces Terri that knitting is great and that she can do it-with a little help from her friend! Terri definitely has her doubts. Can we complete a project before Halloween? Trigger warning : this knitting challenge is directly related to holiday gift giving and fingerless gloves are the gift of choice.   Melissa wants to make gifts...

Melissa learned to do the Question I Get Asked dance on TikTok, but it was all for naught- the most brilliant TikTok that never got made is still in our  heads. Should we keep trying or let it go? The TikTok Takeaway? It seems like a lot of work   and trying to do a video together when you're apart is beyond us. Are we making it way more complicated than it needs to be?   We did find Helen Polise...

Melissa learned to do the Question I Get Asked dance on TikTok, but it was all for naught- the most brilliant TikTok that never got made is still in our  heads. Should we keep trying or let it go? The TikTok Takeaway? It seems like a lot of work   and trying to do a video together when you're apart is beyond us. Are we making it way more complicated than it needs to be?   We did find Helen Polise...

Today's episode is a day late-  Terri had a week of no sleep, lots of work and if you notice the sound is off, you can blame it on the Great Murphy Bed Debacle of 2021. Terri and Melissa continue their education with a little TikTok deep dive. Where did the Grace Kelly trend start and should we as midlife women really care about this platform? Some of the TikTok videos we talk about: Jaxwritessong...

Are we too old for TikTok? Terri is pretty tech savvy, and loves all things social,  but "doesn't get it". Is it because we're over 50 and didn't grow up with social media or is it something else?  All the TikTok stars she knows, she knows because of the Taylor Strecker Show. TSS co-host, Andrea Lopez Comedy is a TikTok sensation and does an incredible Kourtney Kardashian impersonation. Melissa ha...