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Terri talks to\xa0her son Adam\xa0about how he struggled with being bullied in middle school and how this experience has shaped him.\xa0 He still suffers from anxiety and is afraid of the\xa0unknown\xa0but he is using his newly found empathy to help others who he sees struggling as well.\xa0 They talk about everything from what to expect from college, how you don\u2019t have to have it all figured out, and that it\u2019s ok to change your mind.\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

Who is\xa0Adam Mead?\xa0

Adam is Terri\u2019s 16-year old son who is a junior at Woodside High in Redwood City.\xa0 He was born in San Francisco and moved to Redwood City when he was one.\xa0\xa0He loves performing in plays and musicals and regrets not having played water polo his freshman year.\xa0 He is a reluctant academic achiever and is taking three AP classes this year along with drama, Latin and regular history.\xa0 He has a girlfriend, Alyssa, who is also in drama with him.\xa0 They enjoy hanging out playing video games and watching movies together.\xa0\xa0All in all, he\u2019s a good kid.\xa0\xa0\xa0

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Show Highlights\xa0

• Adam talks about how his\xa0terrible\xa0experience in middle school has shaped him to be cynical, resilient and empathetic\xa0
• Adam and Terri talk about the importance of lightening up and not being afraid of looking at colleges\xa0or life in general\xa0
• Adam turned the table and asked Terri if having a stable job has made it easier to figure out what she wants in life\xa0
• They talk about the fear of unknown and not being afraid of taking chances\xa0
• Adam talks about how he\u2019s dealt with\xa0some of his lowest points including\xa0having\xa0suicidal thoughts\xa0
• Terri talks about how she continues to develop the tools to deal with new situations and how\xa0she doesn\u2019t expect Adam to have it all figured out either\xa0\xa0
• Adam talks about anxiety and fear of failure and how he is trying to cope with both\xa0
• They talk about college\xa0in terms of what to look for in searching for one and what to expect from the experience\xa0
• Terri\xa0talks about how you don\u2019t have to have it all figured out when you go to college, get out of college and after and how she didn\u2019t and used being an opportunist to get to where she is today\xa0
• Adam would wave a magic wand to make food free and have economic freedom\xa0

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Terri\u2019s Key Takeaway\xa0

Having conversations like this with her son fills her heart and her soul.\xa0\xa0\xa0

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References in the Podcast\xa0

• California State University, Fresno:\xa0http://www.csufresno.edu/\xa0
• California State University, Chico:\xa0http://www.csuchico.edu/\xa0
• California State University, Hayward (now East Bay):\xa0http://www.csueastbay.edu/\xa0
• University California, Santa Cruz:\xa0https://www.ucsc.edu/\xa0

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Contact\xa0

You can reach Adam through Terri at\xa0terrihansonmead@gmail.com.\xa0\xa0\xa0

You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:\u202f https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.\u202f\xa0

Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.\xa0

To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife\xa0and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.\xa0