Hello, it is 10:00 pm in New York, 4:00 pm in Johannesburg, and 9:00 pm in Bangkok. Welcome to IN TRANSIT with Sundae Bean. And I’m actually really IN TRANSIT right now as I sit in a temporary apartment as we just landed in Switzerland. And in addition to being in transition, I am on a mission to help you adapt and succeed through any life transition.

Way back when I was getting my honors thesis for my bachelor’s degree, I had the honor, which I didn’t know was an honor at the moment to be mentored by Dr. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. I was going to talk about how the media criticized women in politics, and that was my idea to talk about the First Ladies, Elizabeth Dole and Hillary Clinton, and how the media criticized them differently. Went into my office with my first draft and she had written notes on it. I looked at my draft, this was the old school days where it was in ink, there was red everywhere. I barely walked into the door, she handed the paper back and she said, “Good for a start, but here’s what we’ll do instead.” She loaded my arms up with books and as I walked out, I realized they were all written by her. 

I had been meant hurt by one of the leading thinkers on the media’s critique of women in politics. It was that moment that I realized this is an important woman in my life. This is a mentorship I shouldn’t take for granted. We hadn’t seen each other for months after she had helped me with my paper and I learned that in that time in between, she had experienced loss. It was that moment again where I saw her in a totally new light. One, not just as a successful academic but just a real woman. These are the impacts that mentors have on us. And I was so young and I didn’t realize who was investing in me and just how much I should be appreciating that. 

So today’s guest, I think is THAT woman in many other people’s lives. Terri Krivosha is here to share her story, not only of her mentoring but being mentored in her career. From what I’ve heard from Terri, her life would start out at least by my definition as unconventional, and she leveraged her energy and direction to end up having an outstanding professional path. So, thank you Terri for joining us today.

Terri: I’m delighted, thank you Sundae, I’m thrilled to be here.

Sundae: So Terri, I’m going to tell a little bit, to our audience about your background and why you were so kind to agree to accept my invitation, but why I invited you to join today. So Terri and I had a conversation informally and at the end of the conversation, I was struck by just listening to your journey, Terri, how you were sharing about your life, but really what it was was about mentorship and transformations. And let me tell the audience a little bit about Terri’s professional background. Terri is a successful business attorney, and mediator, from what I’ve heard, she’s known for how much she truly enjoys helping her shareholders, her family, business owners, and companies that are either buying or selling businesses or trying to solve some very large problems. She says, “The more complicated the better.” 

After years of experience in a wide variety of commercial transactions, and businesses, she’s now focusing her practices on MMA restructuring and shareholder, what are called, “Business Divorces,” and mediation of commercial disputes. So really an impressive career, I’m guessing, just based on what you’ve shared with me already. One that was quite a trendsetter for the time that you started. So, do you mind Terri telling us a little bit about how you got started? Why yo