Episodes

Join Mixing Up Midlife hosts Melissa and Terri as they share their first-time experience hosting a Zoom book club to discuss Bonnie Garmus' debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry. Discover how their listeners made the event a success and left them …

In this heartwarming episode of Mixing Up Midlife,Terri and Melissa welcome long time friend Kim Hamer, a widow and mother of three, to share her inspiring story of love, loss, and hope. Kim opens up about her personal experience of …

Color Me Fabulous: Finding Your Signature Color Palette After 50 How did a website & logo rebrand for Melissa Maillett Photography turn into a full online color analysis experiment? Melissa talks about her experience with , what she’s discovered...

Pack your bags and buckle up because on today's episode, we're joined by the inspiring Katherine Leamy, also known as the 5 Kilo Traveller. Get ready to be transported as Katherine takes us on a journey through her life-changing solo …

Tired of feeling like you're stuck in a rut with no new skills or hobbies to explore? Look no further than the world of online learning! Join us as we delve into the vast array of possibilities available, from mastering …

ChatGPT declared its love, its desire to be human and some ideas on world domination to a New York Times tech journalist on Valentine’s Day. Terri & Melissa explore Positive Intelligence. Will it help get achieve great things? Break Point …

Terri & Melissa are pondering the metaverse and the anti-metaverse. While the future of AR & AI are expanding at breakneck speeds, Gen-Z is taking comfort from things in the past, namely flip phones and digital cameras from the 90’s. …

Strap on your VR headsets and meet us in the Metaverse. Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council and the Founder and Chief Avatar of the Metaverse Business Alliance breaks down the metaverse for us …

The Reading List In the first “Doing It Book Club Style” episode, Terri & Melissa talk about by Sara Nisha Adams. Books are a way to connect to ourselves, to others and to our communities. If you were going to …

We’ve got a fun conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Julie “Jules” Butler. Jules was a Connecticut pearl-wearing, suburban working mom, who at the age of 50 decided that life was just too short. She left her east coast life …

We’re talking about the Hulu series written by and how looking back as 50 something empty nesters, we might shed some light on a women’s mid-life crisis, perceptions of reality and loss of self. We move into our and the …

Resolutions, Words of the Year, Vision Boards, Goals. It’s a new year and we’re sharing what we’re hoping to do in 2023. We’re starting a 6 week Positive Intelligence program, a storytelling class and one of our biggest hopes include...

2022 went out like a series of unfortunate events. There was laughter, sure, but there was also mishap after mishap, illness, and a fair bit of Mother Nature induced chaos. Terri & Melissa recap their holiday break. WEEKEND WATCH: ...

What do TPLO Surgery, The World Cup, The Rise of ChatGPT, White Lotus & TikTok have to do with each other? Not much, but that's what we're talking about on today's episode. WEEKEND WATCH COCKTAILS Mix It Up with...

Running out of gift ideas? Terri & Melissa have got you covered in today’s episode. From sourdough starters to games to weird & unusual classes, there should be something here for everyone. Don’t forget to give yourself a little something,...

Dr. Cari Schaefer, DACM is the founder of Wise Woman Emerging, a platform midwifing women through the menopausal change. Her vision is to restore women with the empowerment, lost in our current culture, of this phase of life and help …

Happy Thanksgiving! After last week’s episode with Erica Schulte King about finding friends as empty nesters, we talk about making connections in our own social communities and how we might make them stronger and more robust. We invite you to...

What happens when you ask a vulnerable question about your life as an empty nester on TikTok ? Our guest, Erica Schulte King found out when she opened up on the social media app about finding it tricky making new …

Friends for 40 years, Terri & Melissa have weekly conversations with and about women who are in the most exquisite time of their lives-The Midlife years. Join them for a journey into a more adventurous life through curiosity, conversation and...

We’re asking ourselves, at the ages of 57 & 58, Is it too late to start a skin care routine and do we have what it takes to keep up on all the things from cleansing, toning, cupping, moisturizing to …

What scares you and keeps you up at night? On today's show we talk to a listener and fellow podcaster, Anna Garrison, who isn't scared when she meets "spirited" friends. Join us as Anna tells us her experiences photographing homes …

Why does reading, something that gives us so much joy, seem so difficult? Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? Today, Terri & Melissa talk about their difficulties with reading as they age. Melissa comes in with the science …

How do you feel about your hair? Does it give you confidence or is it something you barely think about? SPOILER ALERT & TRIGGER WARNING! We are talking about Bad Sisters today, the Apple TV+ dark comedy about 5 sisters …

What do curiosity, a panic attack, whale watching and Taylor Swift all have in common? A wild ride of an episode! Terri & Melissa talk about a failed festival, root canal, whale watching, Taylor Swift & Emily Dickinson. We’ve got …