Sonny, our son, is now 22. (I still can’t quite get my head around that one).
It has been two years since Sonny last joined me for a chat on the podcast (the podcast that he and I started together), and A LOT has changed in his life since then.
Sit back, listen and enjoy as Sonny and Liz talk about breakups, the damage of social media, making money online and how it feels to be the main character in your mother’s book…
In the five years that this podcast has been going, this week’s episode was the hardest one to record.
For those who have been with us for a while, you will know we try our hardest to promote honesty and transparency. We like to keep it real. Sometimes (for those who have read my book) maybe a little too real.
I’m not one for tricking people. Making things look better than they are. So, as hard as it was to make this episode, it was necessary.
You see, we are the same, you and me. We laugh at the same things, and we cry at the same things, too. And knowing that you are there for me and I for you makes us both feel stronger.
Thank you for allowing me to lean on you this week.
Looking back, I was so wet behind the ears I’m surprised I didn’t drown.
Two years ago, I announced to the world that I would be writing, publishing and marketing my first-ever book with no clue what lay ahead. Ahh…isn’t ignorance bliss…
But as challenging as it has been, writing and publishing my book is STILL the best thing I have ever done.
In this week’s special edition podcast, Brian and I are celebrating something we have been working on for months: the AUDIOBOOK of the Travel Bog Diaries (narrated by me and produced by Brian) is now ready and available to purchase!
Links to the book:
If you are in the USA and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK and get your FREE copy of The Travel Bog Diaries Here!
If you are in the UK and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK to get your FREE copy of the Travel Bog Diaries Here!
You can also get the Travel Bog Diaries from Spotify, iTunes, Amazon or your favourite audiobook retailer!
To mark this special occasion, Brian is steering the It’s a Drama Podcast ship as Liz takes you behind the scenes and into the life of a first-time author and audiobook narrator by answering personal questions that close friends and long-time listeners have kindly submitted.
Questions include:
Did writing this book and making the audiobook affect your marriage?
What was the hardest part of the audiobook process?
How did the kids feel about being so exposed in the book?
Was making this book anything like you expected?
Enjoy!
(Links and photos of the barn and the little wooden boats from the famous chapter in Croatia are over on the website)
You leave your home to go “away” for a few weeks and believe that everything will be Puuurfecct.
You tell yourself you’ll relax. Take massages. Eat out (without complaining).
Wrong.
Join Liz and Bri this week as they open a can of sausages (small ones) and share the highs and lows of being away from home for 5 weeks.
They reveal the gourmet and gross food they’ve eaten in New Zealand, the things they’ve ditched and discovered since being away, and Brian blurts out his problem with little dogs…
Enjoy!
(Links and photos over on the website link!)
This week’s episode is brought to you from the lovely and very gorgeous art deco city of Napier in New Zealand, where Liz and Bri are travelling for free (again) by housesitting. This time for five weeks in a rambling old villa perched high on a lofty hill.
Ah…Life is perfect.
Me and Bri, living like a Lord and Lady Muck in our ole kiwi manor house.
What’s not to love about that?
Well…get yourself comfy, and we’ll tell you…
(Links and photos over on the website link!)
This week’s podcast is a behind-the-scenes chat with Liz and her daughter, Tessa.
Tessa (19) is a regular guest on the podcast. Since her last visit, she has flown the nest to start a new life alone in the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington.
As is often the case with life, things don’t always turn out as we expect them to. We don’t feel the way we anticipate. Life throws us challenges, and although they are necessary for us to grow, new experiences aren’t always easy or pleasant.
And that’s why we wanted to share this conversation.
I asked Tessa to come to the microphone and share what life has been like moving away and living alone for the first time.
We know that many of you listening to this podcast have kids, and we hope by sharing what Tessa feels (and her experiences), you will resonate, and it will help in some small way.
Sit back, pour yourself something nice and join this intimate conversation between mother and daughter.
(Click the website link to see the photos. You can also leave a comment and say hi!)
I’m Liz, and this is my family.
I do Travel. I do Wine. I do being a mum to big kids. Sometimes I do all three at the same time.
I don’t do hormones. Or looking perfect for Instagram. Or dieting.
Read more about who I am and why we should be friends on our about us page.