Mixing Up Midlife

Happy New Year. We're taking the day off, but will be back next week with a brand new show!

Get in touch with us here:

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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 visibility and why being authentic is essential.

Find Helen:

• The Muthership Website
• The Muthership / The TikTokTeacher on TikTok
• The Muthership on Instagram
• The Muthership on YouTube
• Helen's TikTok with Confidence Course

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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 presentation- It should be served in a topless clear glass ornament and presented in a martini glass. The cocktail inside can be red- Think Mulled red wine, a classic Cosmopolitan, a Negroni- the options are endless. Make sure to check out instagram this week for a photo.

Weekend Watch:

SNL I Wish It Was Christmas Today YouTube

Hawkeye Disney+

The Power of The Dog Netflix

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Amazon Prime

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

As always, thanks so much for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for curious and adventurous women.

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, gives us a meditation, aromatherapy, ways to express gratitude and some deep breathing. Our good friend and health coach Carolyn Cohen of Wellness While Walking podcast, reminds us to drink more water and set boundaries. Our incredible listener Carrie (Hi Carrie!), gives some great gifting advice. Future guests Helen Polise, The TikTok Teacher and personal stylist Elysha Lenkin give great gift and wardrobe advice. Here's Helen's Wafer Cake. Melissa and Terri give their own holiday hacks.

Weekend Watch:

Terri: Beatles Get Back Disney+

Melissa: Roadrunner and Pig

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.

Carolyn's socials:

• Wellness While Walking Facebook page
• Wellness While Walking on Instagram
• Wellness While Walking website for show notes and other information
• Coach Carolyn on Clubhouse: @stepstowellness
• [email protected]

Weekend Watch:

Carolyn's:

The Morning Show Apple+

Curb Your Enthusiasm HBO Max

The Shrink Next Door Apple TV+

Terri's:

Army of Thieves Netflix

The Great Hulu

Melissa's

Invasion Apple TV+

Found Netflix

FInd Us:

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for curious and adventurous women 50+

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 cocktail:

The Soothsayer:

by Shari Stein

2 oz Bourbon (Four Roses or Basil Hayden'€™s)

1/4 oz Allspice Dram, St. Elizabeth

5 lf Sage

1/2 oz Maple syrup (2/3 maple syrup diluted by 1/3 warm water, shaken)

1/2 oz Meyer lemon juice

1 pn Nutmeg (grated nutmeg/clove mix - optional)

Muddle sage leaves with firm pressure for 30 seconds. Add bourbon, dram, maple syrup water, Meyer lemon and grated clove/nutmeg. Shake over ice vigorously for 20 seconds. Fine strain up into a rocks glass. Garnish with clove and nutmeg dusting and float a fresh sage leaf on top.

check out this cocktail calculator to batch your beverages:

Cocktail Calculator

The Weekend Watch:

Melissa needs some good watch recs! Drop them in our Facebook Group

Terri watched Red Notice and it was a disappointment, Melissa gives a recap of Taylor Swift's Red, the 10 minute video All Too Well.

Today's TikTok Talk: The Red Scarf rabbit hole and Goldilocks Goods Paper Bag Snowflakes

Do you have some great HOLIDAY HACKS? We'd love to hear them. Send us a message at:

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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 abducted teen who was rescued using hand signals she learned on TikTok Here's an article from The Cut

The Weekend Watch is short and sweet. Melissa is excited about Season 2 of Succession and Terri is diving into holiday rom-coms on Netflix. This week it was Love Hard.

This week's cocktail is The Wooded Meadow Old Fashioned, from The Crusty Rim Cocktails on IG

Send us your holiday hacks and get a chance to join us on the pod!

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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 term bucket list and how Big Ideas seemed like a better term

Then Terri continues with the TikTok Talk and finally gets into

The Weekend Watch:

Little Drummer Girl

An Astrological Guide For Broken Hearts

As an anniversary gift, The podcast artwork is finally updated and Melissa is in it!

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.

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 Murders in the Building

The Bureau

Rocky Horror Picture Show

A Quiet Place

Next Week is our 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Send Us your Comments, Suggestions & Love:

Follow Terri on Instagram

Follow Melissa on Instagram

Join the Mixing Up Midlife Discussion Facebook Group

Email Terri: [email protected]

Visit the Mixing Up Midlife website

Maybe find us on TikTok

Leave us a review if you enjoyed the podcast. As always, thanks for listening to Mixing Up Midlife, a podcast for women over 50 who are adventurous, curious and want to have fun.