Untethered & Wanderwise: Female Travel Over 45
After decades of putting others first, Nicky and Heide found themselves single after 45 and feeling untethered, they chose to embrace the chance to spread their wings and explore the world on their own terms.
Untethered & Wanderwise is a weekly podcast where Nicky and Heide share their adventures, insights, and mishaps as newly single women rediscovering themselves through travel. With each episode, we pull back the curtain on destinations around the globe, diving deep into the cultures, cuisine and experiences that come from wandering off the beaten path.
Whether you're dreaming of a sabbatical, newly single, empty nesters, or simply craving an injection of wanderlust into your life, join Nicky and Heide for straight-talk, helpful tips, and wild tales from ther adventures embracing life as a globetrotting "wanderwise" woman.
Join our dynamic duo each week as they explore uncharted territories, share travel tales, and inspire women to embrace adventure after 45.
Untethered & Wanderwise: Female Travel Over 45
Latest Episodes
Why Your Brain Talks You Out of Every Trip — And How to Finally Stop Letting It - Guest: Sheri Larson
You know the moment. The trip is right there. The timing works, the destination is calling your name, and your cursor is hovering over confirm — and then something shuts it all down. Not your budget. Not your schedule. Something deeper. A fl...
Chasing Wildflowers - How to Plan a Wildflower Trip This Spring
Join Heide and Nicky as they go chasing wildflower blooms this spring throughout the U.S. From Texas bluebonnets and California poppies to Shenandoah violets and Smoky Mountain trillium, springtime is the perfect time to plan an impromptu trip ...
Yellowstone Like a Local: Expert Tips, Wild Places & the Trip You've Been Putting Off with Guest Mel Harrison
What if your Yellowstone trip was actually good and not just crowded parking lots and blurry bison photos from the road?In this episode of Untethered and Wanderwise, Heide and Nicky sit down with Melynda Har...
From Empty Nest to Living Fully: How Mary Baskin's Leap of Faith at 50 Can Inspire Your Own Second Act
There's a moment many women know well — the house goes quiet, the kids are gone, and you find yourself standing in the middle of your own life wondering, now what?For Mary Baskin, that moment became a doorway.Instead of s...
Why 'Someday' Is Stealing Your Dreams (And How to Stop It in 2026)
Stop letting "someday" steal another year of your life. If you're a woman over 40 who's been putting off that bucket list travel for "when the kids are grown," "when I have more money," or "when I find the right travel companion," this e...
