It's a Drama Podcast

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

Visit the Show Page here: ⁠https://itsadrama.com/having-a-public-panic-attack/

Links mentioned in the show:

Sign up for Liz’s ⁠FREE email newsletter⁠. This is the best way to get to know Liz and have her meet you. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Love to travel and laugh? Get Liz’s book, ⁠THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES⁠📕 (now available on AUDIO!) A hilarious memoir of how Liz and her family travelled the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and ⁠review the It’s 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our⁠ FREE 5-DAY VIDEO GUIDE ⁠To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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, we’ve done the homework for you! ⁠TorFX⁠. We use them, our community uses them. These guys are great!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means we make a small commission at no extra cost if you use the links. Thank you 🙂

Thank you for listening; you are fabulous, and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

Follow us on:

⁠YouTube⁠⁠

⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠

⁠⁠TikTok⁠

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

Visit the Show Page here: https://itsadrama.com/flying-to-nz

Links mentioned in the show:

Sign up for Liz’s FREE email newsletter. This is the best way to get to know Liz and have her meet you. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Love to travel and laugh? Get Liz’s book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on AUDIO!) A hilarious memoir of how Liz and her family travelled the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It’s 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5-DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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, we’ve done the homework for you! TorFX. We use them, our community uses them. These guys are great!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means we make a small commission at no extra cost if you use the links. Thank you 🙂

Thank you for listening; you are fabulous, and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

Follow us on:

YouTube⁠

⁠Pinterest⁠

⁠TikTok⁠

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

Click Here for the Podcast Show Page

Sign up for Liz's FREE email newsletter. This is the best way to get to know Liz and have her meet you. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Love to travel and laugh? Get Liz's book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on AUDIO!) A hilarious memoir of how Liz and her family travelled the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It's 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5-DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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, we've done the homework for you! TorFX. We use them, our community uses them. These guys are great!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means that we make a small commission at no extra cost if you use the links. Thank you :)

Thank you for listening; you are fabulous, and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

• Subscribe to this PODCAST on Apple

• Subscribe to this PODCAST on Android

• Subscribe to this PODCAST on Spotify

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

Sign up for Liz's FREE email newsletter. This is the best way to get to know Liz and have her meet you. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Love to travel and laugh? Get Liz's book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on AUDIO!) A hilarious memoir of how Liz and her family travelled the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It's 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5-DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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, we've done the homework for you! TorFX. We use them, our community uses them. These guys are great!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means that we make a small commission at no extra cost if you use the links. Thank you :)

Thank you for listening; you are fabulous, and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

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

Links mentioned in the show:

Sign up for Liz's FREE 5-day LETTERS. They are free, inspiring, and personal. And best of all, you'll love them. This FREE email newsletter is the best way to get to know Liz. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Get Liz's book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on AUDIO!) A hilarious memoir of how Liz and her family travelling the world for a year (with very little money and far too many hormones!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It's 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5 DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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, we've done the homework for you! TorFX . We use them. These guys are great!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means that if you use the links, we make a small commission at no extra cost. Thank you :)

Thank you for listening, you are fabulous and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

Follow us on:

YouTube

Pinterest

TikTok

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!

Sign up for Liz's FREE 5-day LETTERS. They are free, they are inspiring, and they are personal. And best of all, you'll love them. This FREE email newsletter is the best way to get to know Liz. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Get Liz's book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (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!!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It's 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5 DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means that if you use the links, we make a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you :)

Thank you for listening, you are fabulous and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

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!

Sign up for Liz’s FREE 5-day LETTERS. They are free, inspiring, and personal. And best of all, you’ll love them. This FREE email newsletter is the best way to get to know Liz. I look forward to sharing my words with you ❤️ 

Get Liz’s book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (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!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It’s 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!

🇳🇿 Remember! If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP below for our FREE 5 DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. This will also lead you to more details of the NZAhead Community that Liz and Brian talk about 🇳🇿 

💰 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!

Please assume all links on this page are affiliate links. This means that if you use the links, we make a small commission at no extra cost. Thank you 🙂

Thank you for listening, you are fabulous and we love you.

Liz and Brian x

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

Sign up for Liz’s FREE 5-day LETTERS. They are free, they are inspiring and they are personal. And best of all, you’ll love them.

Get Liz’s book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on audio!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It’s a Drama Podcast here or if you are on Spotify, please review us over there. Your short review helps us massively and gives us the encouragement to continue!

Song by The Mutton Birds. Thank you guys!

YouTube

Pinterest

TikTok

Sign up for Liz’s FREE 5-day LETTERS.

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 it’s almost time to leave, we’re having second thoughts.

Or Liz is.

In this week’s episode, Liz and Brian chat about the realities of going overseas when one of you doesn’t quite feel up to it. Fear, dread, excitement. Fear again. We’re feeling the lot. 

We also discuss the effect of probably the best birthday present we have ever given our daughter and Liz’s simple fix to one of her nagging microstresses.

Enjoy!

Sign up for Liz’s FREE 5-day LETTERS. They are free, they are inspiring and they are personal. And best of all, you’ll love them.

Get Liz’s book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕 (now available on audio!)

❤️ Like what you heard? Please rate and review the It’s a Drama Podcast here or if you are on Spotify, please review us over there. Your short review helps us massively and gives us the encouragement to continue!

YouTube

Instagram 

Pinterest

Facebook

TikTok

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

Liz's 5-Day Letters

These five letters are from my personal journals.

I wrote these five letters in the days and weeks after my Mum’s 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.
It is my honour to share them with you.

Sign up for Liz's Five Letters here.

❤️ Like what you heard? PLEASE SHOW YOUR LOVE by rating and reviewing us!  You can leave your review for the It's a Drama Podcast here  It only takes a minute and helps us reach more people. Scroll to the bottom of your podcasting app to review.

YouTube

Pinterest