Liz Donahey’s Traction: a Mountain Biking Podcast

Life is short. We only have a few rides left. We gotta ride with the one care about us the most or it won’t be fun and healthy for anyone. If we want to stay together on this big ride of life, it’s easier to stay close to those we love enough to communicate but far enough not to crowd or crash into each other we’re good.

In this episode, I get real about losing myself a little and why, all driven by the feeling of passionate, confident, happy, and resilient by not feeling like others want me to win or encouraged by others, compounded by not able to ride my bike and all it means to me in all dimensions of my life. We have to be our own bike sometimes.

In this episode, join me as I interview an amazing Marin County cycling coach and former pro racer Robin Zellner on the great things he loves about coaching women. Robin also shares 40 year journey the cycling world starting off as a young 17 athlete competing in races in Europe and what his experience was like a such a young age.

Just because we really want some thing and we’re very passionate about it doesn’t mean that we are expert enough to accomplish it very well. It takes being honest about what we know, and what we don’t know, what we can do, and what we cannot do, in our current level of capability and knowledge about a topic or an activity. If we don’t, then we’re going to end up, hurting ourselves and others in th...

In this episode, I go deep into setting smart 2024 goals, or what I call the big and small finish lines, in all areas of our lives. I’m extremely goal-oriented, but I really don’t like setting New Year’s resolutions because sometimes it feels like you’re setting yourself up for failure, not acting on the thoughts and feelings that you desire to. So instead, why don’t we set some big and some small...

From getting up at 4:30 AM for my hot Pilates class, or jumping on my bike to get those training hours in, to racing to get my kids to school so I can make it all happen, we have to have a sense of urgency or time will go by and leave us without The things we love to do and be with the most in our lives. We’re not promised any specific number of hours days weeks on this plan we better commit and d...

We can’t get anywhere if we don’t have enough traction. But what does it really mean to gain traction, and what the heck is traction at its core? And why do we need it to get through the finish lines of life on and off our bikes?

Something’s definitely changed in me in the last 28 days. It all started when I committed to the mindset of moving from sport to expert in mountain biking we have to say yes first, and then let our passion fuel our efforts in every way to stay, balanced, and moving forward with constant momentum. I don’t know what my limitations are, because I’ve never pushed them as much as I think I’m gonna push...

This Thanksgiving, 2023, was a quiet one, and gave me lots of time to think. I’m not sure I have made it quiet because I am not a quiet person, but I don’t need to tell you that. Reflecting on what? I’m thankful for I would say I’m most thankful for being a human. More specifically I’ve thought deeply about what three things I’m most thankful for being a human and it starts with you. Here we go.

In this episode, I touch what mountain biking has taught me about being resilient and successful in my life off my bike. About 20 years ago when I started mountain biking, I realized that the mental and physical challenges mirrored the challenges I faced in my personal and business life off the trail.

On this 48th birthday, I’ve realized that we must appreciate and honor getting older, instead of dreading it. In this episode, we climb the feat of aging with lots of respect, love, and happiness.

We can get hit my changes every day by choice or chance. If we overestimate the magnitude and impact of these changes, we will struggle to get through them and get stuck. Here’s how I’m learning to get through my current changes like my kids new schedules, impacting everything in my personal and professional demands.

You’re charging up a hill on smooth single-track trail. It’s perfectly cool and sunny, and you’re feeling free, fast and flowing, until you see a tight switchback ahead and need to think quickly and decide the best line choice. It’s a tight, tricky and steep turn which makes lose your bike confidence and clearing it. But if you don’t, you’re going to be stuck in the same position or level, or you’...

To be the happiest, healthiest, and most successful you can be, you must start focusing on and investing in the people, things, and activities that give you most happiness in this short, amazing life.

When we want to make changes and level up in our performance, get happier and get stronger, get better every second counts. Things take so much more time than we actually think they do because we see it in our head before we play it out in our behavior, thoughts, actions and emotions. By lining up the daily activities that you must accomplish in priority, order and assign time blocks, whether they...

Sometimes we can’t help ourselves from making things too complicated. I think it’s a fact of human nature that we strive to have solutions, be smart, and show others that we can provide value. But we have to stay balanced while doing this. How do we stay balanced while being both the silver lining to a cloud in the darkest center parts? Let’s dive in, shall we?

Women have so much more power and potential than we can imagine. Sometimes it can be really challenging especially as a woman to find our power and strength that we know we have, but just need to develop it and release it into the wild. In this episode, I share some real, raw, and intense insights from this week's adventures in mountain biking that requires a tremendous amount of mental and ph...

There's no shame in showing others your beauty when it’s done with purpose. In this episode, I dive into that how our outward beauty and attractiveness is direct reflection of achieving feeling our own self-worth, value, confident, and happiness. Sometimes, especially with women, we can fall into the the trap of just being pretty for pretty sake, instead of it being wrapped in purpose, or a missio...

How excited and happy are you to see your significant other today? Are you biting at the bit, or a bit detached? In this episode, I’m sharing my real and raw lessons from my #23principles, Principle No. 8, #partnerwell. I believe that #couplesthatplaytogetherstaytogether, bonded by common passions, and interest that keep them healthy, young and inspired. If you are both excited about doing somethi...

Sometimes it’s hard to navigate relationships because we don’t know if we’re crowding our partner, or being too distant. In this episode, I focus on keeping happy and healthy distances between ourselves and our partners, so that we can maintain good communication and get our needs, met and healthy and happy ways.

What are the qualities that make us really valuable, attractive, and successful in every aspect of our lives? There are 15 essential qualities that make the high-value mindset. These qualities enhance our ability to fulfill our lower to higher-level needs while boosting our overall health and happiness. Keep exploring the high-value mindset and get your high-value score here !

In this episode, I’ll take on the fast and furious journey of how my leg injury led to finishing something amassing and challenging, my new book, The High-Value Woman.

What is a high-value woman? It seems I don’t go a day without thinking about the topic of what makes a high-value woman. As a motivated, ambitious, and driven woman, I’ve listen to so many podcasts and YouTube episodes focused on self-development and relationship centered around becoming a high-value woman without a clear definition or path to get there. Let’s dive into what it really means, and w...

Exchequer Extravaganza Race 2023, featuring Enduro and Cross-Country Mountain Biking races, was put on March 25 and 26 by Nathan Powell of Bear Adventures and held at Barrett Cove Recreation Area in La Grange, CA. The third time must be a charm as in the first year of this 3-year-old event, I was a rookie (arguably still am) and raced and won 3rd at the Beginner. Learned a ton since then. Here is...

In this episode, you'll discover the Know-Like-Trust Rule of growth. In the beginning stages of any new business, there's a simple and easy rule that I've discovered that works to start growing your business at scale. It's imperative that you get enough of your targeted audience and buyers to know you and your products and services, like them, and finally trust them to create revenue and growth fo...