Travel Special! On today’s new Satellite Sisters episode, we explore the world.  Lauren Bates, founder of Wild Terrains which supports women-owned businesses in every country, joins to talk Iceland, Japan, New Orleans and planning her own honeymoon in Greece. Then Julie Dolan has tales of two weeks in New Zealand  hiking, walking and fishing with her husband and Backroads.  Plus Lian Dolan is going to the new Santa Fe campus of MEA for A Lifetime of Women’s Wellness: Thriving through Transitions with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. There’s still time to join this workshop June 24 - June 29.  Book it here: https://www.meawisdom.com/workshop/a-lifetime-of-womens-wellness Thank you to our sponsors and to you for supporting them by using these special urls and codes: Prose https://prose.com/sisters Framebridge https://framebridge.com Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters at checkout Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters at checkout  New 2024 Satellite Sisters episodes to download: Fitness and Aging with guest Liz Neporent. 3/12/24 Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Lessons Learned. 3/19/24 Women's Wellness Through Transitions like Menopause with MEA 3/26/24 Information about MEA Workshop Lian is attending in June: A Lifetime of Women's Wellness: Thriving Through Transitions with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz The Marriage Sabbatical Pub Day Book Talk by Lian Dolan. No spoilers! 4/2/24 Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including The Marriage Sabbatical, her latest book out now, please visit liandolan.com Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Visit the Satellite Sisters website here: https://satellitesisters.com Visit + subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Shop the Satellite Sisters store here: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/collections/all Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian, Liz and Julie decide to spend a whole new episode just catching up! Where have they been? What are they watching + reading? What's coming up from Satellite Sisters? Lian has the latest on her new book The Marriage Sabbatical. It's a National Bestseller now! Thank you to all who pre-ordered, asked for it at their library and are posting recommendations on their own socials. Julie spent a weekend with her college women's group The Aging Models. It's their 30th anniversary of getting together annually! You can't make new old friends. Liz went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in LA and doesn't regret a bit of it, even though all that dancing may not have been ideal for her new knee. Just ask her physical therapist. Plus, Lian went to see Valerie Bertinelli at Vroman's and demands "Get that woman a talk show!". Here's Valerie's new cookbook. Indulge. Thanks to our advertisers! We appreciate your support. Listeners, you can support the podcast by using the special urls and promo codes: Find your personalize hair care system at Prose https://prose.com/sisters Try the Mega Moisture Duo at Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Convenient, top quality meat and seafood from Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters Frame almost anything for a great gift from Framebridge at framebridge.com Entertaining Sisters: Liz recommends Scoop on Netflix. A dramatization of the disastrous Prince Andrew BBC interview starring Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell. Lian's recommended books: What Happened to Nina by Satellite Sisters favorite Dervla McTiernan. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search To Bring Home The Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford. New 2024 Satellite Sisters episodes to download: Fitness and Aging with guest Liz Neporent. 3/12/24 Colon Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment and Lessons Learned. 3/19/24 Women's Wellness Through Transitions like Menopause with MEA 3/26/24 Information about MEA Workshop Lian is attending in June: A Lifetime of Women's Wellness: Thriving Through Transitions with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz The Marriage Sabbatical Pub Day Book Talk by Lian Dolan. No spoilers! 4/2/24 Upcoming Episode: April 30: A Satellite Sisters Travel Special featuring Lauren Bates from Wild Terrains and Julie's report on her recent trip to New Zealand. Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including The Marriage Sabbatical, her latest book out now, please visit liandolan.com Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Visit the Satellite Sisters website here: https://satellitesisters.com Visit + subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Shop the Satellite Sisters store here: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/collections/all Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Satellite Sisters, The Marriage Sabbatical, Liz Dolan, Lian Dolan, Julie Dolan, Santa Monica, Dallas, Texas, Valerie Bertinelli, Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, women's health, women's fitness, friendship, Book Tours, Portland, Oregon, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the publication day special for The Marriage Sabbatical, the new book by Lian Dolan. From William Morrow out April 2, 2024. In this episode, Liz Dolan and Julie Dolan talk to Lian Dolan about the inspiration behind her latest novel, an adventurous story of one Gen X couple who hit midlife and need a vacation from their lives, their marriage and each other. Wife Nicole heads to Santa Fe to study silversmithing. Husband Jason opts for a motorcycle trip through Patagonia. What will happen when the sabbatical ends? We discuss process, writing habits, inspiration, storytelling and what if everyone thinks this is about Lian's marriage. Plus, take a look behind the planning of a book tour. (Hint-- not as glam as Sex & The City makes it seem.) To buy The Marriage Sabbatical, head to your favorite indie bookstore or find it everywhere, including here. To find out more about Lian Dolan, her book tour or booking her for your book club, visit her website here. To listen to the Satellite Sisters episode about Santa Fe and find notes about traveling to the City Different, click here. Thanks to our advertisers! We appreciate your support: Listeners, you can support the podcast by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters BritBox https://BritBox.com Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including The Marriage Sabbatical, her latest book that comes out April 2, 2024, please visit liandolan.com Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Visit the Satellite Sisters website here: https://satellitesisters.com Visit + subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Shop the Satellite Sisters store here: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/collections/all Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Satellite Sisters, Marriage Sabbatical, Liz Dolan, Lian Dolan, Julie Dolan, Santa Monica, Dallas, Texas, Fiction Writing, Novel Publication, Romantic Comedy, Sweeney Sisters, Lost And Found In Paris, Open Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Book Writing Process, Author Career Advice, Creative Process, Book Tours, Portland, Oregon, Santa Fe, New Mexico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our partners at MEA, the midlife wisdom school, for sponsoring this episode about women's health, thriving though transitions like menopause and the new MEA workshop in Santa Fe. Our guests are Dr. Suzanne Gilbert-Lenz, a leading authority in women's health and hormones, and Christine Sperber, the co-Founder of MEA whose work focuses on navigating transition. Today's show focuses on Menopause, but the workshop in Santa Fe extends to all who want to thrive at any age. To learn more about MEA and this workshop, A Lifetime of Women's Wellness: Thriving Through Transition, click here. To learn more about MEA and their in person and online programs focused on navigating transition in midlife, click here. To learn more about Dr. Suzanne Gilbert-Lenz and her book Menopause Bootcamp, click here. Join LIAN DOLAN at the MEA workshop A Lifetime of Women's Wellness: Thriving Through Transition. Lian will be a student there, just like you. Bring your Satellite Sisters for a special added value gift at the workshop. Plus, plenty of FaceTime. Dates: June 24, 2024 to June, 29 in at the MEA ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month! For today's episode., we revisist Lian's story of being diagnosed with colon cancer after a routine colonoscopy and how that early screening may have prevented a much more serious outcome. It's also the story of how being pestered by her friend Karah to get that screening may have saved her life. Satellite Sisters and Misters, this is what we do for each other. You have our permission to pester!  We also bring listeners up to date as of today in terms of Lian's health. Four years after diagnosis and treatment, Lian talks about what it means to be a survivor and the lessons she learned about cancer as a patient that could be helpful to anyone going through cancer themselves. Or caregivers. Please share this show with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters. Here are the new guidelines for testing. For support for patients and families, here are some resources. American Cancer Society  Colon Cancer Coalition  Colorectal Cancer Alliance Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including The Marriage Sabbatical, her latest book that comes out April 2, 2024, please visit liandolan.com Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a special March 2024 episode with our longtime fitness expert Liz Neporent, a health and fitness writer and author of Fitness for Dummies and The Runner’s Brain. Liz answers questions from Lian Dolan and Liz Dolan about setting new health and fitness goals as we age, plus questions from listeners. She also lays out goals and guidance on creating a positive mindset, cardio, balance, flexibility and nutrition. The Satellite Sisters also discuss the power of being part of a community when it comes to attaining health goals.  This month, Satellite Sisters will also be posting special health episodes on Menopause and on Cancer. Follow Satellite Sisters on any podcast app including Apple Podcasts. Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and to listeners for supporting these sponsors by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters BritBox https://BritBox.com Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters How to stay connected to the Satellite Sisters: Satellite Sisters website: https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters podcast page: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/ Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk: Go to website home page and it will pop up. https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters blog page for show notes and more: https://satellitesisters.com/blog/ Shop in the Satellite Sisters Shop: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/ Satellite Sisters Facebook Group: Click to join so you can post, like, + comment https://www.facebook.com/groups/satellitesisters Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: LIKE the page to get our announcements: https://www.facebook.com/SatelliteSistersPage Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Follow us on @instagram @satsisters https://www.instagram.com/satsisters/ Follow Lian @liandolan https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/ Follow Liz @satellitesisterliz. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is a Remix. We had back to Julie's relocation to Dallas, the upcoming Bunko World Championships, our takeover bid for the Gap and an awards season redux! Monica and Sheila take the blue carpet at the Independent Spirit Awards. Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and to listeners for supporting these sponsors by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters How to stay connected to the Satellite Sisters: Satellite Sisters website: https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters podcast page: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/ Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk: Go to website home page and it will pop up. https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters blog page for show notes and more: https://satellitesisters.com/blog/ Shop in the Satellite Sisters Shop: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/ Satellite Sisters Facebook Group: Click to join so you can post, like, + comment https://www.facebook.com/groups/satellitesisters Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: LIKE the page to get our announcements: https://www.facebook.com/SatelliteSistersPage Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Follow us on @instagram @satsisters https://www.instagram.com/satsisters/ Follow Lian @liandolan https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/ Follow Liz @satellitesisterliz. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Follow Julie @julieoldesister. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Our show email address is hello@satellitesisters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re reaching back into the archives for some Valentine’s tinged segments. Wedding announcements! Dating stories! And a lovely interview with venerable New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin about his wife Alice, the love of his life. And we have a catch up chat and discuss the new Martha Stewart series on CNN.  Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and to listeners for supporting these sponsors by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters BritBox https://BritBox.com Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters Show Links Calvin Trillin’s book is About Alice. You can also read about his new book The Lede in the Los Angeles Times  https://www.amazon.com/About-Alice-Calvin-Trillin/dp/1400066158 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2024-02-13/calvin-trillin-lede-review-story-collection That’s Ambassador Kwan to you!  Follow World Champion Figure Skater turned Diplomat on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/michellewkwan/?hl=en How to stay connected to the Satellite Sisters: Satellite Sisters website: https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters podcast page: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/ Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk: Go to website home page and it will pop up. https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters blog page for show notes and more: https://satellitesisters.com/blog/ Shop in the Satellite Sisters Shop: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/ Satellite Sisters Facebook Group: Click to join so you can post, like, + comment https://www.facebook.com/groups/satellitesisters Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: LIKE the page to get our announcements: https://www.facebook.com/SatelliteSistersPage Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Follow us on @instagram @satsisters https://www.instagram.com/satsisters/ Follow Lian @liandolan https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/ Follow Liz @satellitesisterliz. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Follow Julie @julieoldesister. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Our show email address is hello@satellitesisters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking 2024 news about Lian's new 48 inch AGA Mercury Induction Range! It's a beauty. Then Lian does Legoland plus author Patricia talks to us about her book One Thousand Places to See Before You Die. Macchu Picchu, Petra, Jordan, Pyramids of Giza- Julie has hit them all! Next, a visit with Sheila on The Cozy Couch! Breathe, reach + snack, people! Then listener Ellen James calls in from the Sundance Film Festival. She volunteers as a usher there and has some great celeb sightings. Monica tells a tale of buying a iPod. It does not go well with the young salesperson in the tee shirt. And we play a round of Monica's Believe It Or Not. Which news story is the true one? Only Monica knows. Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and to listeners for supporting these sponsors by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters BritBox https://BritBox.com Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters How to stay connected to the Satellite Sisters: Satellite Sisters website: https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters podcast page: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/ Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk: Go to website home page and it will pop up. https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters blog page for show notes and more: https://satellitesisters.com/blog/ Shop in the Satellite Sisters Shop: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/ Satellite Sisters Facebook Group: Click to join so you can post, like, + comment https://www.facebook.com/groups/satellitesisters Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: LIKE the page to get our announcements: https://www.facebook.com/SatelliteSistersPage Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Follow us on @instagram @satsisters https://www.instagram.com/satsisters/ Follow Lian @liandolan https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/ Follow Liz @satellitesisterliz. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Follow Julie @julieoldesister. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Our show email address is hello@satellitesisters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian Dolan is reporting from the Rose Parade in the pouring rain, Sheila Dolan is making a smoothie from a Rancho La Puerta recipe, Julie Dolan introduces her International Lightning Round, Liz Dolan has some thoughts about thinking for the new year and Randy Wesson from CalTech's Jet Propulsion Lab visits to chat about exploring the universe the future of space travel. These segments are a remix from January 2006. Smoothie recipe from Rancho La Puerta: https://rancholapuerta.com/beauty-smoothie-for-strong-skin-hair-and-nails/ Thank you to our 2024 sponsors and to listeners for supporting these sponsors by using the special urls and promo codes: Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com. Use promo code sisters BritBox https://BritBox.com Use promo code sisters Prose https://prose.com/sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use code satsisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use code sisters How to stay connected to the Satellite Sisters: Satellite Sisters website: https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters podcast page: https://satellitesisters.com/podcast/ Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk: Go to website home page and it will pop up. https://satellitesisters.com/ Satellite Sisters blog page for show notes and more: https://satellitesisters.com/blog/ Shop in the Satellite Sisters Shop: https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/ Satellite Sisters Facebook Group: Click to join so you can post, like, + comment https://www.facebook.com/groups/satellitesisters Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: LIKE the page to get our announcements: https://www.facebook.com/SatelliteSistersPage Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@satellitesisters7265 Follow us on @instagram @satsisters https://www.instagram.com/satsisters/ Follow Lian @liandolan https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/ Follow Liz @satellitesisterliz. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Follow Julie @julieoldesister. https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Our show email address is hello@satellitesisters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices