Walking This Way

It's 32 degrees in southwest London and Lise's trying to keep cool for the Season One finale of Walking This Way: Out and about . Reflecting on a recent trip to Royal Ascot, a very early start for a summer solstice swim, and a season of incredible conversations, Lise gets set for a summer break and looks ahead to what's coming up in Season Two from September. Join Lise and discover... What happene...

This week, Lise is joined by Jinty Sheerin and Lou Hockings-Thompson , founders of The Womenkind Collective, podcast hosts, menopause campaigners and co-authors of a forthcoming book on gender bias in healthcare. What began as two lifelong friends chatting over FaceTime during lockdown has grown into a thriving community helping thousands of women navigate midlife, menopause, health, identity and...

This week, Lise strips off to join over 250 women for a skinny dip in a Surrey lake for Breast Cancer Now. Joining women from across the country to strip off, get in the water, and raise money to help tackle breast cancer and raise awareness, what follows is one of those mornings that's hard to describe and impossible to forget. This is an episode about bodies, bravery and what happens when a grou...

This week, Lise is joined by Vicki Anstey , world record-holding adventurer, entrepreneur, speaker and author of new book Other People Are Like the Weather . From rowing across the Pacific Ocean to cycling across America, Vicki has built a remarkable reputation for taking on extreme challenges. But this conversation goes far beyond adventure. Together, Lise and Vicky explore what happens when wome...

It's peak heatwave in the UK, and Lise has swapped the park for her back garden. Shielding from the record breaking May heat that has the whole country slightly undone, Lise recalls the river swims and paddleboarding sessions that are keeping her cool in the evenings. Recording in her bikini, she also discusses the comments on her Instagram that stopped her in her tracks and reflects on why all wo...

This week, Lise is joined by Helen Hopkins, the Mealtime Maverick, batch cooking expert and debut author of Mix and Match Batch , published by Penguin. Helen's story is one of those that sounds almost too much to be true: going viral on Instagram, landing a book deal and navigating perimenopause and deep grief, all at the same time. For any midlife woman who has ever felt like she's holding everyt...

Lise is in the Lake District on a walking weekend with Ramble Worldwide, Hassness House and Ageism Is Never In Style. She's joined by walk leader Julia Williams for an evening amble to Buttermere, the evening before the walking properly starts. It's nearly 9:30 at night. The sun has just slipped behind the hills, and Lise and Julia are walking down to the lake, talking about what walking does for...

This week, Lise is joined by Lorraine Candy, co-host of the award-winning podcast Postcards from Midlife, a journalist who has edited some of Britain's biggest magazines, and a mother of four who is refreshingly honest about what's actually going on in her life - from HRT and perimenopause to friendships and swimming. In this episode, she and Lise dig into the real challenges facing midlife women...

Recorded in her local graveyard (Richmond Park is off-limits to dogs for three months), Lise is out in the sunshine with Dolly, Sam, Evie, and James, dwelling on time on and in the water! Having rediscovered swimming she's now planning a challenge with a difference, in Lake Geneva. Water aside, there's then the small but important matter of other people's dog poo. Where do you stand? Join Lise and...

Have you ever wondered if what you’re experiencing in midlife is more than just perimenopause? If brain fog, overwhelm, emotional dysregulation and sheer exhaustion sound familiar, this episode is going to give you a lot to think about. Lise is joined by Dr Helen Wall: a GP with over 25 years’ experience, a BBC Breakfast and BBC Morning Live regular and one of the UK’s leading voices on women’s ho...

Lise is back outside this week, fresh from visiting her parents in Salisbury and with all three dogs in tow. She talks about perimenopause and anxiety, why so many women are quietly struggling, the oil tanker effect on fuel prices, and why local politics has finally got her riled up. It's a little bit personal, and a little bit politcal this week, but all very much Lise. Join Lise and the dogs for...

Sinéad Laffan has lived a lot of lives. Irish girl, English teacher, corporate hire, freelancer, dog mum, stepmother, Hungarian resident, Bristolian, and now - somewhat unexpectedly - a wedding celebrant in the Midlands. But the thread running through all of it has been the same question: what are the conditions of my own wellbeing, and am I actually living in them? This week, Lise is joined by Si...

Rather than being Out and About , Lise is In and About this week..in her kitchen to be precise, waiting for lunch to cook!  What starts as a casual chat about HRT becomes something much deeper, as Lise shares the story she's never fully told before about a car crash she was involved in aged seven, and how trauma shaped decades of her relationship with food and weight. Trigger Warning: This episode...

Lise sits down with Claire Hattrick, executive menopause coach, workplace educator and author, whose story is as jaw-dropping as it is important. Claire lost over a decade of her life to undiagnosed menopausal joint pain, seeing more than 15 specialists, undergoing 2,500+ blood tests, and spending two and a half years sleeping upright against a doorframe because lying down triggered panic attacks....

Out and About Returns! This week, Lise's back in Richmond Park with furry guinea pig microphones (thanks, Tim) and special guest Lyndsey Gymer. Lyndsey isn't just any guest, she's a former firefighter, a health and fitness coach, and one of the incredible women from the Naked Photoshoot project who went from stranger to best buddy. Now she's staying with Lise for a couple of days with one mission:...

Lise sits down with Lara Milward - leadership and performance coach to, amongst others, the Branson family; endurance athlete, CrossFit champion and someone who's cycled 1,000+ kilometres under human power to summit the Matterhorn. No big deal. Lara doesn't just talk about confidence, resilience and high performance from theory. She's studied the neuroscience behind it, lived it through extreme ph...

NEW FORMAT ALERT: Welcome to Out and About! This week, Lise's trying something completely new and slightly terrifying. Instead of a normal challenge episode, she's taking you on a real-time dog walk through a local graveyard - raw, unfiltered, unscripted and with her trio of canine companions. Producer Tim - #LetsKeepTimHappy - challenged Lise to take her dogs and her phone on a walk and just talk...

Lise catches up with her dear friend from boarding school, Clare Capper, whose transformation story can't fail to leave you feeling inspired.  In 2018, at 41, Claire hit rock bottom - drinking too much, smoking, avoiding the life she knew she needed to face. Then, in early 2019, on a hungover morning in Queenstown, New Zealand, Lise planted a seed that would change her life: "Do a triathlon." What...

Welcome to Challenge 7! This fortnight's challenge is all about reclaiming movement in midlife through ten focused minutes of mobility work every single day for seven days. It's not about burning calories or heroics - it's about waking up your body, loosening what's stiff, and building a practice that keeps you moving, independent, and confident. This Week's Challenge: The Daily Mobility Disciplin...

This week on Walking This Way , we’re talking about something that can feel uncomfortable and overwhelming for many of us in midlife: money . Lise is joined by returning guest Adrienne D’Souza (co-pilot of The Money Conversation ) for an honest, down-to-earth discussion about: Why so many midlife women lack confidence around money The investing fear that keeps us stuck The story we tell ourselves...

Welcome to your next Walking This Way Challenge - your fortnightly invitation to try something small, simple and quietly restorative. These challenges are designed to fit into real life. No pressure. No perfection. No special equipment. Just a moment to pause, notice, and perhaps see the world a little differently, together. This fortnight’s challenge: Notice the nature around you It’s February. T...

In this episode of Walking This Way, Lise is joined by Tallulah Bamford (nee O'Hea), founder of The Body Conversation, for an open, thoughtful and deeply compassionate discussion about body image, body awareness and how our relationship with our bodies evolves across a lifetime. This conversation moves beyond surface-level body confidence and into something much richer: how early messages about bo...

Welcome to your next Walking This Way Challenge - your fortnightly invitation to try something small, manageable and surprisingly powerful. These challenges aren’t about pushing harder, doing more or climbing metaphorical mountains. They’re about tiny shifts that change how we feel, how we notice the world, and how we move through our days. This fortnight’s challenge: embrace the cold (safely) Yes...

Clutter. Stuff. The things we keep “just in case”, the cupboards we avoid opening, and the quiet mental load that comes with living surrounded by things that no longer serve us. In this episode, Lisa is joined by her long-time friend Katrina Hassan, a Master Level Certified KonMari Consultant and founder of Spark Joy London, for an honest, funny and deeply thoughtful conversation about clutter – a...

Welcome to your next Walking This Way Challenge - your fortnightly, gentle nudge to do something small that could make a big difference. January can feel endless. The excitement (or chaos) of Christmas has passed, spring feels miles away and there’s pressure everywhere to suddenly become a “better version” of yourself. But nature hibernates in winter, and we’re allowed to as well. This fortnight’s...