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.

Co-host

Heide Brandes

Heide Brandes is an award-winning journalist and editor with more than 20 years of published work. As an investigative reporter for numerous newspapers and for Reuters News Service, Heide now freelances for such publications as The Smithsonian, National Geographic, BBC Travel, Garden & Gun, Fodors, Azure Roads, Sierra Magazine, ROVA, World Footprints, Cowboys & Indians and more.
She also has bylines in such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Hemispheres and others.
Her work can be seen at www.heidebrandes.com.
Besides freelancing fulltime, Heide is an avid traveler, medieval warrior, hiker, professional bellydancer and bellydance instructor and kind of a quirky chick who lives in Oklahoma City.

https://heidewrites.com