The Friends of NPACE Podcast | Episode 1: Obesity & Women's Health Featuring Mimi Secor
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Welcome to the first episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast! In this episode NPACE Executive Director Terri Schmitt is joined by Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN to discuss the topic of Obesity as it relates to patients, but also in the health and wellbeing of nurse practitioners themselves. They approach methods to address wellness in working women, overall health, barriers, and how work hours and work-life balance affect us.
R. Mimi Secor, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
NP, National Speaker
Senior Faculty with APEA
Dr Secor has been an FNP for 49 years specializing in Women’s Health, and more recently Health and Fitness. She is a National Speaker, Educator, Health/Fitness Advocate and a Recent Cancer Survivor. Dr Secor graduated with her DNP in 2015 from Rocky Mountain University, in Provo, Utah.
She has received numerous awards including the 2025 AANP Sharp Cutting Edge Leadership Award for her contributions to the NP Profession and in 2013 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Coalition of NPs, an organization she cofounded.
She is the Coauthor of 2 GYN textbooks, including the 2023 (5th edition) of Advanced Health Assessment of Women: Skills, Procedures and Management AND the 2018 (2nd edition) of The GYN Exam. She has also authored two health/fitness books most recently the 2022 best-seller, Healthy and Fit at Any Age.
She has been in cancer remission (from rare fallopian tube cancer) for nearly 3 years and has participated in the “Pan Mass Challenge Bike-a-thon for Boston-based, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (where she was treated), raising over $14,000 dollars for cancer research.
Dr Secor believes being a healthy role model is powerful medicine.
Please join me in welcoming Dr Mimi Secor
Terri Schmitt
Executive Director, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
NPACE
Dr. Terri Schmitt is a Family Nurse Practitioner, educator, and diabetes specialist with more than 25 years of clinical experience in advanced practice across family, pediatrics, endocrinology, and chronic disease management. As Executive Director of NPACE, she leads national continuing education initiatives and brings a strong focus on evidence based care, clinical quality, and practical, applicable learning for advanced practice clinicians. In her clinical role with Galileo Health, she provides primary and chronic disease care with emphasis on diabetes management, patient education, and improving access for diverse populations – creating their diabetes education program and serving as consultant to other providers on complex diabetes cases. Dr. Schmitt’s academic work includes teaching and leading in one of the country’s largest FNP programs and contributing to diabetes education through research, national presentations, and curriculum development. A Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and a member of multiple APP organizations- she is most recognized for her 3-legged Boston Terrier with spina bifida and her love of all things John Mayer.
