Life with Liza: Lessons from the Messy Middle

CONTENT WARNING: ALCOHOL, DRINK SPIKING. A week ago, I experienced something I never imagined would happen in my messy middle years: my drink was spiked at a bar. In this episode, I share with you what happened (or what I can remember), what the experienced was like recovering, and some things that were helpful and not so helpful.

"The body remembers pain; it can also remember joy." In this episode, join Liza as we explore how we can create more opportunities for JOY in our running! Liza will share a few helpful tips for runners of all ages and stages!

Special episode - this is a 25 minute episode designed for you to take me with you! Take a walk, jog, run, stroll, or something in between as we dedicate this episode to bringing awareness to your workout. Liza provides helpful prompts during the episode to bring some body and mind awareness to your experience!

One of Coach Liza's goals is to create a fun, community experience with Run Club. In this episode, geared towards parents/caregivers/adults, Liza shares some tips for running with kids, some of the common mistakes we make as adults, and how to keep this both fun and challenging!

Disclaimer: We are talking about some beginner injuries. This is not designed to replace any kind of medical advice that you should seek if you are experiencing any pain or injuries. It's Week 3 of the PBK Easton Run Club! Are you feeling sore? Feeling like you want to push yourself a bit? Join Coach Liza as she shares some of the common injuries that occur with new runners and how you can avoid/r...

Continuing with the PBK Easton Run Club, Liza shares a bit about equipment and what you might need in these early stages of your running journey.

At the start of a new season, Liza is ready for Run Club! Liza is a Level 1 certified running coach with the RRCA. In this episode, she shares some helpful tips for starting a fitness/running routine. Focused on her co-coached running club, Liza will post weekly for run club friends as well as those who want to get started, particularly during these messy middle years!

Rest is so necessary. But, it's also complicated. Join Liza as she explores her relationship to resting, how important it is, and how it has messed with her money.

Liza is on the road again! But, traveling for work looks differently in the messy middle years than it did before. With aging skin that needs constant hydration to avoiding all the vending machine dinners, Liza shares a few tips on what she does to stay sane while traveling for work in these middle years.

In this episode, Liza deals with the anxiety of the messy middle by going to a sensory deprivation tank for the first time! Listen in on why she did it, what she experienced, and what happened afterwards!

Inspired by this substack written by Ellen Scherr, Liza explores the messy middle years and the great unfiltering, or the "I No Longer Give a F*ck" stage. Read the full article here: https://www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-of-fucks-the-neuroscience

Is it time for enhancements in the messy middle - botox, fillers, sculpting? Join Liza as she explores some of the thoughts around being in the middle years and exploring enhancements. Also, shout out to Dr. Kate Dee who Liza met on the plane and who shared her podcast "MedSpa Mayhem"!

Have you wanted to write down stories, your life experiences, or just connect with others through writing? Join Liza as she shares some of her perspectives on publishing, writing, and book proposals and how motivation will not always be enough.

In this episode, Liza takes a road trip with her dad and gets 12 hours of messy life stories.

Just days after her 50th birthday, Liza hopped on a plane headed to Chamonix France to join a group of people for 5 days of trail running in the French Alps! It was an opportunity to reflect on life, health, and adventure. Join Liza as she includes audio clips from her trail run and connections between life in the middle years and the challenges of trail running! Special shout out to Run The Alps...

It finally arrived! Liza turned 50. Recorded five days after her birthday, join Liza as she explores some of the things she's experienced and learned in these five days after her birthday! Messy Middle Begins!

It's hard to believe, but yes, there are bullies in these middle years. Join Liza as she explores what bullying looks like in adulthood and address a few strategies for how to dismantle and move through/past/beyond bullies.

Do we need to make new friends in these messy middle years? What does friendship mean at this age? Join Liza as she asks big questions about what friendship means in this messy middle, why she isn't sure she needs them, and how to hold on to those ones that matter.

In this episode, we'll explore issues that have come up in the messy middle years related to parenting, therapy, and healing.

In her 40s, Liza decided to take up martial arts - not realizing that most of her classmates would be tweens. Hear what it was like to have to call teenagers "yes ma'am" and "no sir" and the humility that came with being a beginner. (Music generated by Mubert)

On my 49th birthday, I created a list of 50 things I wanted to do before 50. Yes, it was fun. No, I did not complete them all. Interested in seeing what a list would like like for you? Join in and learn a few lessons about the messy middle here!

Why so messy? Learn about all the things we'll cover in this podcast and why the middle can be so messy.