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So this is the BEST Island in Fiji?
Today's episode is brought to you ON LOCATION. We are IN Fijji. Actually there. With the plan trees and everything.
I've always wanted to say that. "On location".
It reminds me of Judith Chalmers when she'd stand by a fishing boat somewhere in the Bahamas wearing a turquoise sarong. Flashing her polished dentures at the camera while we all watched through the telly in England. Drooling. Depressed. Wishing it was sunny and not dark at four o'clock.
If you'd like to watch this podcast on video, you can do that on Spotify.
Enjoy!
Liz and Bri xx
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Liz and Brian and getting ready to go to a wedding in Fiji.
Of course, there are concerns. Just a few. What with those dancing men and crab-racing women? It's all too much to think about...So Liz, thinks about her old pal, Mo. You know, Mo? The salt-of-the-earth mother-in-law. Mo, with no knickers...THAT Mo.
Join us as we plan a VERY special (and extra sociable) occasion!
Liz and Bri x
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I am a huge fan of this week's guest. Rachael Herron is a best-selling author who not only moved from the United States to New Zealand with her wife, but she then went on to write a book about it!
I have followed Rachael for a long time. She has a fabulous podcast (link below) about writing, which has helped and inspired me, both in life and on my writing journey, and today, I got to chat with her about her big move down under!
I know you are going to love Rachael as much as I do.
It's impossible not to. She is frank and open and freely shares the obstacles she overcame when moving to New Zealand from America.
Sit back and hear about Rachael's fears and dreams, about being an alcoholic, about meeting friends in New Zealand when you are an introvert, and much, much more.
Enjoy!
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Feeling is healing. I've read those words a lot while grieving my mum. And it's true; to a certain extent, it's true. But what people fail to mention is that feeling also hurts like hell. And no one likes to feel pain. Not if they can possibly avoid it.
In this week's behind-the-scenes episode, we share a personal healing practice that Liz has undertaken to help navigate the grief around losing her mum. Writing.
Liz is writing her second book, but what started as a happy, healing book about New Zealand has morphed into something quite different. An unexpected beast. Something that scares Liz to write and scares Brian to stand by and witness.
Thank you for being with us and for listening. You are loved, you are needed, and our hearts always beat with yours.
Your friends,
Liz and Brian x
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What's happening? Why, when I was feeling fine, 'doing ok,' and 'coping', do I suddenly feel like I've been hit by a sledgehammer and fallen down a well of darkness?
It's been almost five months since my mum passed.
This is a behind-the-scenes podcast. One of those we never expected to record. But record we did.
I've never had a public panic attack before. I didn't have a clue what was happening. But I do now, and we wanted to share this podcast episode with you in the hope that it might help you in some small, comforting way.
Thank you for being with us; you are loved, you are needed, and our hearts always beat with yours.
Your friends,
Liz and Brian x
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Liz and Brian are back in New Zealand. They flew from Chiang Mai via Bangkok and China and, thirty hours later, were home in Taranaki, New Zealand. Tucked up in bed.
But flying home to NZ didn't go smoothly. In fact, it was a sodding fiasco.
What started as a dream-come-true-flight ended with wet knickers and tears.
And not only that, the food on the plane was sh*t.
Sit back and listen to the story of the return flight
Enjoy!
Liz and Brian x
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ā¤ļø Like what you heard? Please rate and review the Itās a Drama Podcast here, or if you are on Spotify, please review us over there. Your short review helps us massively and encourages us to continue!
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š° Transferring currency? We are proud to team up with TorFX, a foreign exchange service company that offers personal FREE advice and guidance anywhere in the world. If you are looking for a money-saving currency solution where trust and transparency count, weāve done the homework for you! TorFX. We use them, our community uses them. These guys are great!
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Trusting our Teeth to Thailand and paying to be pummelled.
After three weeks in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Liz and Brian are smiling from ear to ear.
Their bones have been pummeled, their teeth nicely drilled, and they have a ton of cash to spend in weird restaurants...
In this week's show, the couple share all about having their teeth fixed with a dentist in Thailand, the full Thai massage experience, and eating out in weird restaurants.
Enjoy!
Liz and Brian x
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Combining much-needed dental work with a holiday, Liz and Brian left New Zealand and are in Thailand for a month.
Brought to you from their bedroom in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, they are ready to share the story of how they went from feeling utterly stressed and wound up like a screw to feeling chilled and relaxed and floppy like a pair of braless breasts.
Find out what Liz and Brian are doing in Chiang Mai to relax, what happened at the airport, and why the smell of sandalwood might probably make Liz sick forever.
Liz goes braless; Brian goes commando, and the taxi driver's wife goes without saying. Thank you for being with us in Thailand!
Enjoy!
Liz and Brian x
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This week has been horrible, it really has.
I'm sorry, but we have more sad news to share. Thank you for being here and letting us talk about it.
We also share the difficulties of being able to rest. I for one, struggle to differentiate between work and rest, and as I made this episode, I realised that I might be using the excuse of "but I LOVE to create" to distract myself from grief.
Either that or I'm a workaholic.
The truth is, I'm scared of dropping the balls that I've spent years learning to juggle. If this sounds like you, I think you'll enjoy this episode.
This is such a fascinating topic, and I intend to write about it in-depth (obviously not when I'm supposed to be resting with Brian...) for my private newsletter readers.
You can sign up for that newsletter here.
For now, please enjoy this episode and thank you again for being you. I love and appreciate you.
Liz x
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Is it Just Me? Wouldn't every mother be the same?
Our son is on holiday in Vegas. And of course, there've been a few dramas.
What was interesting, though, was how Liz and Brian reacted differently to some worrying news.
Go on, Bri. Put the coffee pot on...
Enjoy!
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Get Liz's book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIESš (now available on audio!) Her hilarious memoir of travelling the world as a family for a year (with very little money, and far too many hormones!!)
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š° Transferring currency overseas? We are proud to team up with TorFX, a foreign exchange service company that offers personal FREE advice and guidance anywhere in the world. If you are looking for a money-saving currency solution where trust and transparency count, we've done the homework for you! TorFX . We use them. These guys are great!
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Thank you for listening, you are fabulous and we love you.
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There's been a bit of a to-do in New Zealand this week.
A shortage of HRT. Scary stuff...
Talking about taking hormone replacement, Brian shares why he takes Testosterone, and the couple discuss their battle to stay true, keep it real and refrain from hitting the delete button whenever they make a mistake.
Enjoy!
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Get Lizās book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIESš (now available on audio!) An hilarious memoir shares how Liz and her family travelled the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)
ā¤ļø Like what you heard? Please rate and review the Itās a Drama Podcast here, or if you are on Spotify, please review us over there. Your short review helps us massively and encourages us to continue!
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Thank you for listening, you are fabulous and we love you.
Liz and Brian x
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Stay.
This week we were given a huge reminder. Something that changed the way Liz sees things. The stars aligned. Questions were answered.
On one sunny morning in New Zealand, suddenly everything made sense.
This podcast is sent to you with love. We appreciate you always and hope this simple kiwi reminder brings you the comfort that it brought us.
Our hearts beat with yours,
Liz and Brian x
With special love, respect and thanks to The Mutton Birds
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When we booked our month-long trip to Thailand back in May, it seemed like a grand idea. Get away. Change of scenery. Leave the kids.
And now, when itās almost time to leave, weāre having second thoughts.
Or Liz is.
In this weekās episode, Liz and Brian chat about the realities of going overseas when one of you doesnāt quite feel up to it. Fear, dread, excitement. Fear again. Weāre feeling the lot.
We also discuss the effect of probably the best birthday present we have ever given our daughter and Lizās simple fix to one of her nagging microstresses.
Enjoy!
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Be the help you needed.
That's always been my motto. My blueprint. My words-in-guiding-armour that help me forward whenever I feel stuck. Especiaslly in these terrifying times of deep grief when I hesitate to share my sadness and struggles for fear of losing subscribers or upsetting those here for the laughs.
But.
What I have today has to be shared.
It has to be.
Last week I experienced panic and hope in a way that I never expected. Or knew how to cope with. But I did cope...and by talking about these things I felt empowered and obliged to share.
I wish I'd known about the physiological side of grief. I wish someone had warned me what it does to your brain. Your mood, your thoughts.
I hope by sharing my experiences, I can be the help for you.
Thank you for listening and watching. We love you.
Arohanui
Liz and Brian xx
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These five letters are from my personal journals.
I wrote these five letters in the days and weeks after my Mumās passing. During the darkest and hardest of times. When I needed hope instead of gloom. Light in place of dark. Laughter instead of snot. When I needed my mum.
I would love to share these letters with you in the hope they bring you the comfort, love and inspiration that they brought me.
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It's the first time in eight weeks I've left the house.
Apart from getting groceries, walking in nature, and spending an hour or two working at our local cafe, my safe place to grieve has been at home.
Alone.
In this episode, we wanted to share our first overnight trip away since losing Mum. We went to see our son, Sonny, in Hamilton, New Zealand. In the real world.
Filled with grief but determined to do something normal, this is what the experience looked like.
Thank you for listening and watching. We love you.
Arohanui
Liz and Brian xx
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Lately, when I drop into bed at night, I find myself asking how on earth I got through the last twelve hours. Quite often, I don't remember what I did or half of what I said.
Yet, if you passed me in the street, you'd think I was a normal, everyday person going about her day, coping. Doing grown-up stuff. Making videos. Living without a mum.
This episode was inspired by you.
It is made in recognition of all those who have reached out to me, people who have shown their love and support and shared their grief journey stories. People who, from the outside, look happy and sorted and appear to have it all together.
But, like me, they don't. Not always. And that's okay.
As a good friend said to me, "Grief is a journey, not a destination".
My friend, Brian and I are here today, so neither of us has to make that journey alone.
Always remember, our hearts beat with yours.
Arohanui
Liz and Brian xx
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We weren't going to release this podcast episode.
The original plan was to discuss whether, after losing her mum to cancer six weeks ago, the deep sadness Liz is feeling is normal grief (as one would expect) or a worryingly worsening depression.
And while that's what we did end up discussing, the route we took to arrive at the conclusion was different to what we anticipated.
We were ready to scrap the episode and start again.
But. We changed our mind.
On reflection (and a large red wine later), we agreed that these authentic, unscripted, messy conversations are often the most valuable.
We certainly hope so.
You are incredibly important and cherished by us both. If you are suffering in any way, please talk to a professional who can help. You are loved and you are not alone.
Until next time. Kia kaha.
Arohanui
Liz and Brian xx
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The podcast episode that made us laugh! Job Seeking and Cocktails
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No description. No words. Just a story.
And a thank you. A huge, huge thank you.
Thank you for allowing me to share the intimate details of such a sad and heartbreaking time. And for confirming that no matter who we are, where we live, what we look like, or how we spend our days:
Our hearts beat as one.
And now, a tribute to the woman who made it all seem so very easy.
I love you.
Liz x
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Wrong. Wrong. And wrong again.
You'd think that I'd have learned by now. I've had fifty-three years to practice, after all.
But no.
Still, I make the mistake of thinking that to make things 'better' and 'easier', I must look outside of myself.
Go far afield. Spend a ton of money and wrap my mum and me up in cashmere rugs, then sit alongside Rose and Kathy Bates in first class on the Titanic.
Way off, Liz. Not even close.
This week's podcast update is brought to you with love, tenderness and gratitude. And a few tears.
We wanted to share three things that happened to us in the past few weeks. Small serenities that brought unexpected comfort and respite while we attempt to navigate the imminent loss of my lovely mum.
Thank you for allowing us this safe space to share the intimate details of this challenging time in our lives. You are wonderful.
Yours,
Liz and Brian xx
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Tessa's show in Wellington (she's the girl on the poster!!) Natasha, Pierre &The Great Comet of 1812
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This was one of the hardest podcast episodes I have ever recorded. But it was necessary.
I won't watch the recording back because I know for a fact that I'll get cold feet and tell Bri to delete it.
So. I hope it's okay and that it isn't too upsetting for youāmy sincere apologies if it is. My intention was never to make you feel sad, only strong. Hugged. Confident. Brave enough to speak your truth. To always say what you wish to say to the people who matter the most.
Because the world needs truth.
The world needs real.
The world needs people like you.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening.
Yours,
Liz x
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