Mixing Up Midlife

Isaias rolled through and caused some serious melting and meltdowns.

Today's cocktail is a Sergeant Tom's Pepper, made with strawberries, gin and pink peppercorns.

The crowded Library was all outside, btw.

We revisit Emeril Lagasse's Real & Rustic Cookbook which made an appearance in Episode 5

Who uses cookbooks any more? Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything to the rescue and gray eggs yolks are gross.

Health Coach & podcaster Carolyn Cohen of the Wellness While Walking podcast joins Terri to discuss all things intermittent fasting and how it can be beneficial to women in midlife.

Listen to Carolyn's own episode on IF with Emily Prokop HERE

Be sure to follow Carolyn & Wellness While Walking on Instagram and Facebook

Find out more on Dr Vater Longo and Dr Jason Fung

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Terri is joined by her sometimes co-host, Melissa. They share their insights into taking a Tai Chi toe-dip during the COVID era of video instruction and social distancing.

Today's Drink is The Farmer's Market Special

1 oz. Simple matcha ( 1tsp of Ceremonial grade matcha, mixed with water to make 1 ounce)

1 oz. Lime juice

1/2 oz pok-pok vinegar

2oz. Water or Spirit (Shochu, gin, vodka or tequila)

2 rasberries muddled

3 basil leaves muddled

combine all ingredients in a shaker of ice, strain into a collins glass and garish with a rasberry and basil leaf.

The audible Yoga that Melissa listens to is called Rise and Shine Yoga Flow by MoveWith

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Melissa is back as a co-host and is bringing Tai Chi into our lives. Sort of.

What are the benefits, why do we see older (yup, that's us now) people practicing it and why is it so confusing to Terri?

The Fundamentals of Tai Chi

Tai Chi Looks Effortless, but...

Master Li & Shen Zheng

All the ways to keep in touch & join the Facebook group if you want to give this challenge a go with us!

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Where does creativity come from, how do we encourage it and where does it live? What happens when creativity gets interrupted by family, animals and life?

Elizabeth Gilbert wrote in BIG MAGIC that creativity is a living thing and an idea will leave if its not paid proper attentions to- which is a totally cool idea.

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Personal Hygiene, privacy in bathrooms , getting skunked are all related in this episode. Thank goodness for the Watermelon Rescue, which has been on hand almost every weekend of the summer.

Watermelon Rescue

Ingredients:

2oz gin, tequila, vodka maybe rum.

1/2 oz. Jalapeño simple syrup

4 oz. watermelon juice

1/2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice

5-6 Basil leaves

(Makes 1 drink)

To make simple syrup:

combine 1/2 C sugar ( white, raw, turbinado with 1/2 C water and simmer jalapenos until all the sugar has dissolved. remove from heat and let cool. The longer you leave the peppers in the spicier the syrup will be. Remove jalapeños and strain into glass jar. Store in fridge

Scoop and squeeze a watermelon over a strainer and into a large measuring cup or bowl. You can do this in a blender, but I like the way it turns out when it's squeezed by hand.

Put basil leaves in a cocktail shaker. Add ice then liquids.

Shake till very cold

Strain into a martini glass

Garnish with a thin slice of watermelon.

Variations:

Infuse liquor with sliced jalapeños for at least an hour or more until it reaches desired spiciness. Omit simple syrup

Omit liquor and add seltzer to make non-alcoholic.

Use some of the watermelon juice to make ice cubes

In this episode, Terri freestyles a bit with some easy Instagram tips and explains what a podcast show note is (you're reading it right now!)

Make your Fourth of July cocktails in Red, White and Blue.

RED: A simple Negroni with equal parts gin, Campari and Antica Carpano

WHITE: Tequila and Soda, Vodka Soda, or a nice dry Martini

BLUE: 4 Parts Gin 1 Part Blue Curacao a dash of Dolin Dry Vermouth

When a word pops up over and over and over again, it's time to decipher its meaning. In this episode, Terri learns about flow from a Ted Talk by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced Mehigh Chicksentmehigh- Thanks Carolyn -Wellness While Walking

Get into the Flow with a Lava Flow Cocktail, which is a bit like a Pina Colada:

4 oz coconut rum

4 oz White rum

10 oz frozen strawberries

8 oz Pineapple juice

8 oz cream of coconut

Combine the rums and strawberries in a blender. Blend till smooth

Pour the puree into 2 tall glasses, clean blender then add pinapple juice and cream of coconut to the clean blender. Blend till smooth

Slowly pour the coconut pineapple mix onto the strawberry mix and it will begin to swirl together. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

Best if made with all cold ingredients. Add a frozen banana when blending the coconut creme/pineapple if desired.

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Melissa and Terri wrap up their month-long challenge of defining style in midlife with some takeaways on what they've learned about themselves and online shopping.

Thanks again to Allison Hamilton-Rohe of the Daily Outfit

Allison gave us wonderful guidance and some actionable tips in Episode 26. Give it a listen HERE to get started with your own style challenge.

See the Leith Dress that Melissa was talking about HERE

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Terri and Melissa are still style challenged, but they've recruited a style expert to help them break out of their color ruts (Melissa) and fit fits (Terri).

Can they follow the homework assignments she gives them?Â

Allison Hamilton-Rohe is a Personal Style Coach, Founder and CEO of DailyOutfit. She created a unique, trademarked formula to teach you to translate what makes you amazing into a personal style you inhabit with ease.

Find out more about Allison on her website Daily Outfit

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