It's a Drama Podcast

In this week's episode, husband and wife Liz and Brian set out to discover if it is healthy for a couple to spill the beans about personal stuff online. Reveal all.

Is it really necessary to wash those filthy sheets in public, or should 'things like that' be folded neatly into a square and rammed into the top drawer with the flowery hankies? Let's find out...

While we're at it, you'll also hear about rabbits, breasts, and Michael's best friend, Viagra.

Enjoy!

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Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

NZ Ahead Podcast (our other fabulous podcast all about moving to and living in New Zealand)

Sonny, our son, is now 22. (I still can't quite get my head around that one).

It has been two years since Sonny last joined me for a chat on the podcast (the podcast that he and I started together), and A LOT has changed in his life since then.

Sit back, listen and enjoy as Sonny and Liz talk about breakups, the damage of social media, making money online and how it feels to be the main character in your mother's book...

Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES

Earlier podcasts with Sonny:

Sonny at 20.

How to deal with rejection (when all you want to do is bawl your eyes out)

Sonny's TikTok (Sonny Deacle Minecraft - please go and follow him!!)

Thank you for being here. Your support means the world to us!

Please share this podcast with a friend, and if you could find it in your heart to leave us a review, we'll wet our pants with gratitude. Not a nice thought, I know, but completely true.

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In the five years that this podcast has been going, this week's episode was the hardest one to record.

For those who have been with us for a while, you will know we try our hardest to promote honesty and transparency. We like to keep it real. Sometimes (for those who have read my book) maybe a little too real. I'm not one for tricking people. Making things look better than they are. So, as hard as it was to make this episode, it was necessary.

You see, we are the same, you and me. We laugh at the same things, and we cry at the same things, too. And knowing that you are there for me and I for you makes us both feel stronger.

Thank you for allowing me to lean on you this week.

Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES

Tessa's (our 19-year-old daughter) latest podcast

How's Life Alone, Tessa?

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You can email Liz at [email protected] Drop her a line and say hi. She'd love to hear from you.

Looking back, I was so wet behind the ears I'm surprised I didn't drown.

Two years ago, I announced to the world that I would be writing, publishing and marketing my first-ever book with no clue what lay ahead. Ahh...isn't ignorance bliss...

But as challenging as it has been, writing and publishing my book is STILL the best thing I have ever done.

In this week's special edition podcast, Brian and I are celebrating something we have been working on for months: the AUDIOBOOK of the Travel Bog Diaries (narrated by me and produced by Brian) is now ready and available to purchase!

Links to the book:

If you are in the USA and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK and get your FREE copy of The Travel Bog Diaries Here!

If you are in the UK and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK to get your FREE copy of the Travel Bog Diaries Here!

You can also get the Travel Bog Diaries from Spotify, iTunes, or your favourite audiobook retailer!

To mark this special occasion, Brian is steering the It's a Drama Podcast ship as Liz takes you behind the scenes and into the life of a first-time author and audiobook narrator by answering personal questions that close friends and long-time listeners have kindly submitted.

Questions include:

Did writing this book and making the audiobook affect your marriage?

What was the hardest part of the audiobook process?

How did the kids feel about being so exposed in the book?

Was making this book anything like you expected?

Enjoy!

If you are in the USA and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK and get your FREE copy of The Travel Bog Diaries Here!

If you are in the UK and are new to Audible, use THIS LINK to get your FREE copy of the Travel Bog Diaries Here!

You can also get the Travel Bog Diaries from Spotify, iTunes, Amazon or your favourite audiobook retailer!

Special thanks to: Madison (New Zealand), Jenn (New Hampshire), Talitha (New Zealand), Suzanne and Randy (somewhere on the long and winding road), and Renata (Canada). You are all amazing x

(Links and photos of the barn and the little wooden boats from the famous chapter in Croatia are over on the website)

You leave your home to go "away" for a few weeks and believe that everything will be Puuurfecct.

You tell yourself you'll relax. Take massages. Eat out (without complaining).

Wrong.

Join Liz and Bri this week as they open a can of sausages (small ones) and share the highs and lows of being away from home for 5 weeks.

They reveal the gourmet and gross food they've eaten in New Zealand, the things they've ditched and discovered since being away, and Brian blurts out his problem with little dogs...

Enjoy!

Don't forget to leave us a review (PLEASE!!) and share this podcast with a friend! Sharing is caring, and your support means the world to us! ❤️

We want to hear from you! Do you have a question for us that we could answer in the next episode? What did you think of the "new jingle and format??" Email us at [email protected] or [email protected] and let us know! We answer every single email!

NZ Ahead Podcast (our other podcast about moving to and living in New Zealand)

Yoga Nidra (Sleep Meditation that we talked about!)

Magnet Cafe (the one on the Shoreshee)

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Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

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This week's episode is brought to you from the lovely and very gorgeous art deco city of Napier in New Zealand, where Liz and Bri are housesitting for five weeks in a rambling old villa perched high on a lofty hill.

Ah...Life is perfect.

Me and Bri, living like a Lord and Lady Muck in our ole kiwi manor house.

What's not to love about that?

Well...get yourself comfy, and we'll tell you...

I don't know anyone who doesn't see a picture in a glossy house magazine of a rambling old villa and romanticize about living in it.

I know I do. I see it all so perfectly.

There's me, dressed in my floral frock, washing my dishes in the stone-fired, enamelled porcelain Belfast sink. Inhaling the wafts of wisteria that creep over the pretty glass paned windows...

And there's Bri.

Dripping snot from his left nostril.

https://itsadrama.com/what-a-drip

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Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

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Don't forget to leave us a review and share this podcast with a friend! Sharing is caring, and your support means the world to us! ❤️

We want to hear from you! You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected] and let me know where you are listening from and what you would like to hear more of on the show.

This week's podcast is a behind-the-scenes chat with Liz and her daughter, Tessa.

Tessa (19) is a regular guest on the podcast. Since her last visit, she has flown the nest to start a new life alone in the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington.

As is often the case with life, things don't always turn out as we expect them to. We don't feel the way we anticipate. Life throws us challenges, and although they are necessary for us to grow, new experiences aren't always easy or pleasant.

And that's why we wanted to share this conversation.

I asked Tessa to come to the microphone and share what life has been like moving away and living alone for the first time.

We know that many of you listening to this podcast have kids, and we hope by sharing what Tessa feels (and her experiences), you will resonate, and it will help in some small way.

Sit back, pour yourself something nice and join this intimate conversation between mother and daughter.

(Click the website link to see the photos. You can also leave a comment and say hi!)

Other Behind The Scenes Podcasts with Tessa (and Sonny):

Tessa at 17. (Behind the scenes)

Our Daughter Tessa. Time to Leave Home (Behind The Scenes)

Tessa. Quitting Education. (Behind The Scenes).

Sonny at 20. (Behind The Scenes)

Don't forget to leave us a review on your podcasting app and share this podcast with a friend! Sharing is caring, and your support means the world to us! ❤️

You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected] and let me know where you are listening from and what you thought of the show!

Is there anything worse than a fraud? Someone who poses to be someone they aren't??

In this week's episode, Liz and Bri talk about family reunions, tell-tales, defending titles, overstepping the limit at work and being presented with a half-naked chocolate Italian.

My, my. I hope you're ready...

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Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

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Don't forget to leave us a review and share this podcast with a friend! Sharing is caring, and your support means the world to us! ❤️

We want to hear from you! You can email us at [email protected] or [email protected] and let me know where you are listening from and what is the most bizarre thing you have ever been presented with at a hotel!

Liz and Brian are off on a five-week holiday. Housesitting in New Zealand. But before they reveal where they are going, they want to tell you all about the loneliest place in America, the twee-est town in China, and the smelliest place in Australia. Oh, and it's only fair you should hear about Dave the deserter - some bloke they knew ages ago who was a friend-not-friend. The one with purple hair.

Sit back, pour yourself something nice and get ready to chuckle!

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Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

We were guests on the Fnavanlife podcast.

Check out those weird houses we talked about here.

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Imagine living in a house with no walls.

Where everything was upside down and shaped like a lav. Where spiders and snakes swam in puddles of rain under your bed.

In this week's episode, we are talking houses. Not just shapes and sizes but the weird goings-on that takes place behind closed doors—or glass walls. Or mud roofs.

Crikey.

Get ready to hear all about Liz and Brian's failed attempt to find a holiday destination that ticked both their boxes, their need for separation and why a banging experience in the French Alpes left Brian feeling VERY insecure...

If you want to join us in using the BEST travel hack in the world, use our exclusive discount code to get a WHOPPING 20% off HOUSESITTING by Clicking here!

Liz's latest book, THE TRAVEL BOG DIARIES📕

We were guests on the Fnavanlife podcast.

Check out those weird houses we talked about here.

Housesitting 20% DISCOUNT Code