Walking This Way

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...

Hello again, Rockstars – and happy New Year! Welcome to the very first episode of 2026. In this episode of Walking This Way , I’m joined by one of my favourite humans, longest-standing friends, and the original “move every day” inspiration in my life – the brilliant Robyn Phillips. Robyn is a registered osteopath, movement advocate and fierce challenger of the idea that ageing automatically means...

Welcome to your next Walking This Way Challenge - the last of 2025 or the first of 2026, depending on when you’re listening. These fortnightly challenges are gentle, doable invitations to carve out a little space just for you . Nothing extreme. Nothing exhausting. Just something that might quietly make life feel better. This fortnight’s challenge: Stop something! January can feel long, cold and re...

Hello again, Rockstars! In this festive episode, I’m joined by the irrepressible Adrienne d’Souza - queen of Christmas chaos, community champion and one of the funniest, warmest women I know. Adrienne spent her life at the heart of Christmas: growing up in her family’s toy shops, running the iconic Hamleys and Harrods toy departments, and later running one of London’s best-loved party shops for 15...

Hello Rockstars! Welcome back to your next Walking This Way Challenge - our fortnightly moment to focus on small, achievable wins that boost your wellbeing. This one has a festive twist, because let’s be honest… the next couple of weeks can feel full on . Christmas parties, school events, family logistics, food prep, shopping, wrapping, travelling, trying to keep the magic alive (and not open the...

Hello you gorgeous rock stars! Welcome back to Walking This Way - and if you’re new here, you are so very welcome. This is the show for midlife women who want honesty, connection, courage and a bit of nonsense alongside the messy, magical bits of this chapter of life. Today I’m joined by the fabulous Vanessa McDaid , a woman who radiates bravery, energy and kindness. Vanessa and I talk about how w...

Hello Rockstars! Welcome to our very first Walking This Way Challenge, your fortnightly dose of tiny-but-mighty self-care. Every two weeks, I’ll set you a small, totally achievable challenge designed to help midlife women build confidence, energy and wellbeing through tiny steps that add up. No marathon training, no Everest expeditions. Just simple wins we can all celebrate. This week, we’re getti...

Hello you gorgeous rock stars! Welcome to the very first episode of Walking This Way - my new space for midlife women who are ready to rediscover their fabulousness, one brave step at a time. In this episode, I’m sharing how this whole thing began: the moment I realised I’d lost myself a little, the scary trip to a Muay Thai retreat that changed everything and the parkrun that taught me more about...

Welcome to Walking This Way - the upfront, honest, no-nonsense podcast about midlife for women who are ready to drop the filters and talk about what it’s really like. Join Lise Thorne for straight-talking chats, laughter and the kind of conversations you’ll wish you’d had years ago - about changing bodies, shifting priorities and rediscovering who you are. This is midlife, unfiltered. Subscribe no...