Walking This Way

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. No script. No prep. No editing out the messy bits. Just Lise, her dogs and whatever thoughts come up on the walk.
This is Walking This Way at its most real, because midlife is messy, our thoughts are scattered and sometimes the best conversations happen when we're moving our bodies and letting our minds wander.
So join Lise on her walk and...
discover why she likes nothing more than a walk in a graveyard
meet her three rescue dogs: Sam (5, excited male Lab), Dolly (12.5, cautious and needy), and Evie (princess Maltese cross)
share your thoughts!

We need your feedback!
This is our first Out and About episode. Do you prefer:
The traditional scripted challenge format?
OR Lise's off the cuff ramblings on a dog walk?
Send us a voice message and let us know! You could even record one while you're out on your own walk.
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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 happened next was extraordinary.
Since then Clare's lost four stone, completed multiple triathlons, fallen in love with cycling and endurance adventures and pushed herself to extraordinary limits. She has:
Cycled Land's End to John O'Groats (930 miles in 9 days)
Bikepacked 400 miles through the Alps on a mountain bike
Completed the North Coast 500 in Scotland
Raced gravel bikes across Europe
And in May 2026, she's taking on a 500-mile ultra-distance cycling event
But here's what makes Clare's story so powerful for midlife women: she started all of this at 41. She couldn't swim. She was unfit. She was lost. And she transformed her entire life through movement, one step at a time.
In this episode, you'll discover:
The moment Clare made the promise that changed everything
How she learned to swim at 41
Swimming on a bungee cord in a wild Dartmoor pool during lockdown (yes, really)
The dinner that was just peanuts and jelly babies after cycling 90 miles
Why Clare is motivated by fear
How cycling brings freedom, swimming brings meditation, and walking brings therapy
Follow Clare:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clare_cycles/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clare.capper/
Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/3500234

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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 Discipline
Your mission: Ten minutes of deliberate movement every day for the next seven days.
What this means:
Ten focused minutes - no distractions, no scrolling, no multi-tasking
Just you, your body and intentional attention to how it moves
Target key areas that stiffen in midlife: hips, ankles, thoracic spine, shoulders
Move slowly, deliberately, and pay attention to what your body is telling you
Why Mobility Matters
In midlife, our bodies change. Hips tighten, backs stiffen, shoulders shorten, and we lose subtle ranges of movement without noticing. Once it's gone, it's much harder to get back. Mobility isn't fluffit's what keeps us lifting things, keeping up with our kids, and yes, even getting out of bed without groaning.

Reflect on Your Experience
Once you've completed the seven days, take a moment to reflect:
How did your body feel before you started?
How does it feel now after the movement?
What did you notice about tension, stiffness, or surprise flexibility?
Write it down or record a voice note to share how you got on.
Share your success: Here's how to get in touch...
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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 about being “bad at maths”
And how even £10 can change how you see yourself
Together, Lise and Adrienne talk about how financial confidence isn’t about being wealthy or clever. It’s about understanding a few key ideas, asking questions without shame and taking small steps that build over time.
In this episode, they explore:
 How early money messages shape our confidence (often without us realising)
 Why so many midlife women feel they’ve missed their chance
 The difference between saving and investing - in simple terms
 What “purchasing power” really means (with a loaf of bread to explain it)
 How to cope when markets fall and fear creeps in
 Why starting with £10 can completely shift your mindset
 Where to find hidden money through simple spending audits
 How fees quietly eat into long-term returns
 Listener questions on ISAs, premium bonds and investing in your 60s
 Why financial clarity is really about self-worth
And because this is Walking This Way, Lise also reflects on winter moods, hormones, long marriages, teenagers behind bedroom doors and that strange in-between space of still being needed… but differently.
About The Money Conversation
Website: https://www.themoneyconversation.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.moneyconversation/ 
Important Disclaimer:
Lise and Adrienne are not financial advisors - they provide financial education and coaching. All content is for educational purposes only. Always do your own research and consider seeking professional advice for your individual circumstances.

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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. The days are short, life can feel busy and full, and energy can be low. This challenge invites you to take small, intentional moments to notice the nature that already exists around you — right where you are.
Not a countryside escape. Not a grand gesture. Just what’s quietly happening alongside you every day.
Inspired by the RSPB Great British Birdwatch, this challenge is a reminder that gardens, streets and local parks are alive with activity — if we slow down enough to see it.
How to try it

Choose one or two simple ways to tune in:
Stand outside for a minute and really listen to non-human sounds
Watch the birds in your garden, on your street or in the park
Put seed out for birds or visiting wildlife
Listen to the rain
Take one walk this week with no headphones — let nature be your soundtrack
Pause on a dog walk instead of rushing to tick it off the list
You don’t need to know what the birds are called. You don’t need to do anything with what you notice. Just notice.

Share your success: Here's how to get in touch...
Follow the show and get all the links you need on LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/walking_this_way
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Send us a voice message HERE- https://www.speakpipe.com/WalkingThisWay

Produced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk