Mixing Up Midlife

We go from a reframing thoughts exercise to a Creative Live rabbit hole with Life Design. Weekend Watch: Loki, The Bureau, No Murders in the Building, Hacks, The Other 2, Cocktail:  Negroni Sbagliato Equal Parts Campari, Sweet Vermouth and Prosecco

Can you reframe negative thoughts and become more positive? Terri and Melissa are doing a week of self-help with help from a blog article , a TedX talk and a Creative Live Course . Melissa is on the cutting edge of the Weekend Watch with her recent picks of  The Other Two on HBO Max and  Only Murders in the Building on Hulu Terri is still watching The Cook of Castemar   on Netflix (and thankfully...

elissa may be in this Squeeze video, but she's not the one on the guy's shoulders   Follow Terri on Instagram Follow Melissa on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

It's a therapy sesh, live from the nook (AKA the closet). Terri & Melissa discuss major life  transitions  and Melissa gives some great ideas on how to get a feel for a town when you're not living there. Do you have a town that you think is an incredible place to "retire" in? We'd love to hear from you. Follow Terri on Instagram Follow Melissa on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Fac...

We're together again ( and we can't help but sing about it)!  Are vacations adventures or adventures vacations? What is River Fashion and why should you always check the brooms in pit toilets. Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website Do you have an idea for a great adventure? Let us know!

We hope you're enjoying your summer ( or winter depending on which hemisphere you're living in). Melissa is just finishing up an epic camping trip with her husband and Terri has just sold her home of 25 years, bought a new one and is currently on a rafting/camping trip on the Green River in Colorado.  We'll be back "live" soon! Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Gro...

Melissa and I are both having BIG adventures this month, so we're bringing you some of our favorite episodes and some of our most downloaded. We'll see you "live" in August. Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Melissa is off on an extended camping trip with her husband and Terri is buying, selling and stressing before she heads out on her own adventure. Listen to a repeat of one of our favorite episodes and enjoy your fun in the sun! As always you can find us Follow Terri and the show on Instagram Follow Melissa on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group   Visit the Mixing Up Midl...

Today's episode is a quickie and was part of our in person hiking, camping and fishing adventure. If you're new to the podcast and are listening for the first time- welcome! We'd love for you to go back and listen to Episodes 76 and 77 where we talk about our hiking and camping misadventures. You heard that right- misadventures. The fishing didn't work out as planned either, but we still had a gre...

In this episode, Terri and Melissa recap their Father's Day bbq, touch on the BIG HIKE one last time and discuss summer plans, packing for a month and packing up a life. Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Last we left off, Terri and Melissa were recording from the Shenandoah National Park parking lot, after hiking for 8 hours and almost 10 miles. Did we hike another mile or 2 and find a campsite? Listen to hear what happened! Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Terri and Melissa are on an actual adventure. Together! Listen in as they talk about their "little" day hike on the Old Rag Mountain Circuit in Shenandoah National Forest and why it's a good idea to plan before you do this hike. Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website  

Terri and Melissa are on an actual adventure. Together! Listen in as they talk about their "little" day hike on the Old Rag Mountain Circuit in Shenandoah National Forest and why it's a good idea to plan before you do this hike. Follow on Instagram Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group Email Terri : MixingupMidlife@gmail.com Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website  

We are joined by the one, the only DIVA Q, Danielle Bennett. With over 400 individual BBQ awards to her name as well as having taught over 20,000 students,   Diva Q is a respected industry leader and ambassador for all things Grilling & BBQ.  As a motivational speaker, Danielle is passionate about inspiring others to overcome adversity, believing in your goals and working for what you want. She ce...

We broke out of our COVID bubbles and WE'VE GOT PLANS! Was it weird, do we hug, are we still masking? Listen in to hear what we're up to. Listen to our friends Becky and Diana from Homespun Haints and their interview with Roy Tomko, our guest from ep.46   WEEKEND WATCH: The Quiet Place And SPOILER ALERT If you haven't watched Mare of Easttown yet skip from 21:15 to 28:15. Follow on Instagram Join...

In this episode, Terri and Melissa talk with Jen Ripple , Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the international flyfishing lifestyle magazine, Dun Magazine and it is SO eye-opening. Jen is a professional angler and conference speaker, who spends her time empowering anglers by teaching fly tying and casting clinics, speaking nationwide on a variety of topics, and devoting her time to conservation effo...

Join our Facebook Group Mixing Up Midlife Discussion to join us in this week's challenge. You can post your results or just laugh at our efforts. Can we take good photos of ourselves? In this episode, Melissa leads with some easy to follow tips on how we can move beyond the selfie and still get photos that we feel good about, which for Terri, is a tricky one. For Melissa, the real challenge is bei...

In this episode, Terri & Melissa see if they can make knowing where their food comes from (or at least knowing a little more about it ) FUN. Join us in all of the food fun! Foodprints for the Future Climate Friendly Recipes Find Out Your Food Print Quiz Carolyn Cohen, Wellness While Walking Podcast Episode 63 Here's the composter ad Terri got served Spotify Playlist  Weekend Watch: Mare of East To...

What's your perfect date? If you said April 25th, we love you! Terri & Melissa talk perfect days, Mother's day, hormones and their feature in  Podcast Magazine Weekend Watch: Taylor Swift The Best Day A little Chaos Mare of East Town   Lilac Simple Syrup: 3 cups of lilac florets 2 C Sugar 2C Water. Bring water and sugar to boil. Reduce heat, add washed lilac florets and simmer for 5 minutes. Remov...

Terri and Melissa play 20 questions, do a little walk down memory lane with mixtapes and music, do a little trash talk and book talk and of course, there's the Weekend Watch and the drink of the week! Melissa's Spotify: Woodford Reserve Mint Julep Lewis Bag Weekend Watch: The Baker and The Beauty Shadow and Bone   on Netflix based on the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo Follow Terri on Instagram Jo...

Please Subscribe, Follow and shoot us a review where ever you listen to podcasts! We're hoping to get outside more, now that the weather is changing where we live and we've noticed a lot of trash. Join us in a long term project of cleaning up as we get outside. Melissa will be plogging and Terri will be picking up trash, while walking the pooch. Check out our Facebook Group Mixing Up Midlife Discu...

What happens when you walk into a crystal store and pick out a crystal that connects you with nature in a very unexpected way? WEEKEND WATCH: Melissa's pick- Top Chef Terri's Pick- The Flight Attendant Cocktail: Elderflower Old Fashion (listen for the recipe) Make sure to  vote for us for Podcast Magazine's Hot 50  AND T op Moms of Podcasting See Melissa's video in the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion...

Terri & Melissa get crystal curious with Vena Crichlow, owner of Ifetayoartwear  , faciliatator of Waist Beads & Wine, a virtual event being held on Sunday, May 2 and Clubhouse club founder of the Crystal Clear Tribe Vena walks Terri & Melissa through the basics of choosing, clearing, programming and working with crystals. This week's assignment: Choose a crystal and work with it for a week, journ...

Melissa and Terri discuss their experiences figuring out what they give an *F about, following last week's ( Episode 64) discussion of the YouTube video from Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a *F. They are joined by a listener ( Hi Carrie!) who sent in an audio recording of her values. The listener participation is EVERYTHING!   HOT FLASH: AirPods, losing them, finding them in s...

Oh, man. We get into Mark Manson's video that summarizes his book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F, and decide which of the principles we're going to explore. We give a little Weekend Watch update- spoiler alert, Melissa makes predictions about Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Make sure to vote for us for Podcast Magazine's Hot 50 AND T op Moms of Podcasting   Follow Terri on Instagram Join the Mixing U...