Lizness School

1d ago

On today's episode, Liz and Leah review the goals they each set at the beginning of the school year. BUT FIRST, a listener supplies our searched-for alternative word for retirement. Tune in to hear it. At the end of the episode, we have an assignment for listeners to execute over the holiday break. Our first episode in 2026 will include our experience taking Suzy Welch's Values Bridge Assessment. You can do it too. take it here . We'll be back on January 8th to discuss the Values Bridge and interview Stanford Memoir Writing teacher John Evans. If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dec 4

Today's episode is inspired by a letter we received from listener Laura Tiberi asking us to consider how life choices can be different for "those who are faced with significant transitions as a result of medical illness or injury." Laura was "retired by leukemia", has experienced two stem cell transplants and "is 3 1/2 years old in transplant years." We speak to Kira Dales, a fellow Fellow of Liz's at Stanford last year, who tells us of her life since a brain tumor and stroke. Her story includes physical, communication, cognitive and emotional recovery over the last 6 years. Kira Dales on Stanford DCI site and LinkedIn . Homework: Kira recommends Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad . Here is Suleika Jaouad's substack Creative Alchemy: The Isolation Journals . Here is an interview on CBS Sunday Morning with Suleika Jaouad and her husband Jon Batiste. If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Nov 20

Today, Liz Dolan gets advice about advice-giving from Gretchen Rubin, host of the new advice podcast Since You Asked , co-hosted with psychotherapist + author Lori Gottlieb . Gretchen is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author who studies happiness, habits, and human nature. She is also the co-host of the award-winning, top-ranked podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin , and has more than 1.4 million subscribers to her “Five Things Making Me Happy” weekly newsletter . Information on her award-winning Happier™ app here. More at gretchenrubin.com Follow Gretchen: Instagram – Facebook – LinkedIn Homework: Read about the work of Suzy Welch , Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and creator of Becoming You The Suzy Welch Values Quiz Suzy Welch's The Values Bridge If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Nov 6

Ken Stern visits Lizness School today to talk to Liz Dolan about his new book Healthy To 100: How Strong Social Ties Leads to Long Live s. Ken is the Founder and Chair of the Longevity Project , which he launched in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity . He hosts the podcast Century Lives, also part of the Stanford Center on Longevity . Read Ken's newsletter Three Not-So-Bad Things on Aging and Longevity . Subscribe for free to the Stanford Center on Longevity Magazine . Homework: Liz's story about total darkness retreat: Would you ever do this? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/magazine/dark-retreat-meditation-sensory-deprivation-spirituality.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Aaron Rogers Sky Cave Retreat https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-wellness-ctpr Leah's story about bar with no phones - https://dc.eater.com/restaurant-news/163917/no-phones-bar-hush-harbor-unplugged-opening-h-street#:~:text=Hush%20Harbor%2C%20a%20month-old,small%20watering%20hole%20(1337%20H If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Oct 23

It's never too late to totally switch it up. Just ask Sue Fleishman who went from being a Communications Guru at big entertainment companies like Universal, Amblin and Warner Brothers to rebranding herself Campbell Linden, Romance Novelist ! On today's episode, she shares her story including a juicy Hollywood bad-behavior- behind-the-scenes tale and how she came up with her nom de plume. Millennial Mentor Leah is jealous and tests out her own potential pen name. To follow Campbell Linden and her books: Buy the latest Settle For More on amazon . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCampbellLinden/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campbelllindenauthor/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@campbelllinden Website: https://campbelllinden.com/ Check out the trailer for Robert Evan's film The Kids Stays In The Picture Article in Stanford Longevity Magazine RX Creativity for Health Life and Fun by Laura Holson featuring Sue Fleishman. Novel by Lian Dolan about GenX couple that Liz mentions: The Marriage Sabbatical HOMEWORK Where to go for your own creative inspiration. Sue recommends: Find a class at Grub Street Leah recommends: Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Anne Lamott. Bird By Bird. Liz recommends: Mr. Scorcese 5 part doc by Rebecca Miller . A new series on Apple TV + about Martin Scorcese and his life's work. Love, Gilda. Documentary about Gilda Radnor . Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler). If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Oct 9

On today's episode , Liz Dolan talks to Greg Burke , a fellow '24 Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, about his path from growing up in St. Louis through print and television journalism to working at the Vatican serving as Pope Francis' chief spokesperson. Talk about career curves! Greg is currently teaching Communications at the IESE Business School in Barcelona Here's Greg Burke's LinkedIn profile . Here's information about the new board he serves on: Mary's Meals . In honor of Robert Redford, we introduce our first Lizness School Intergenerational Movie Challenge. We both watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid https://www.amazon.com/Butch-Cassidy-Sundance-Paul-Newman/dp/B004EERGHS Video: Life of Redford sent in by listener Sandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1gCPtJg698 Info about Paul Newsman's camp for seriously ill kids: The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp https://www.holeinthewallgang.org Info about The Sundance Institute founded by Robert Redford https://www.sundance.org Video: Redford talks about the getting the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2npjQBRtc Challenge for our next episode: Shrek. Homework: Liz recommends: Sanjay Gupta’s Chasing Life episode in conversation with another neuroscientist Susan Greenfield about the long-term effect on our brain of living life on screens. https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/chasing-life/episodes/b8a997f4-37bb-11ef-8219-9f34dfc7bb1c Is delegating tasks and even thinking to digital devices making us lose our minds, or at least some brain function? Dr. Sanjay Gupta and neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield , Oxford University professor and author of “Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains,” discuss and debate how screen time might be impacting our human connections and own cognitive abilities. Plus, Greenfield gives us three ways to reclaim our digital independence. 'Because of my age, I'm used to hugging people and living in three dimensions and using all five senses and interpreting body language. Because of that, I feel very sad when people seem to communicate, or put a premium mainly on how many so-called friends they've got, when really the friends are like some kind of Greek chorus who comment and need to be appeased and impressed and so on. So I think I'm worried a little bit about this generation, perhaps, that are uncomfortable in face-to-face communication because it's not an easy thing to do. And, the less you do it, the more aversive it becomes. Leah recommends: Sean Illing's podcast The Gray Area takes a philosophy minded look at culture, technology and ideas. This episode asks the question: Do you have moral ambition? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gray-area-with-sean-illing/id1081584611 We’re told from a young age to achieve. Get good grades. Get into a good school. Get a good job. Be ambitious about earning a high salary or a high-status position. Some of us love this endless climb. But lots of us, at least once in our lives, find ourselves asking, "What’s the point of all this ambition?"Historian and author Rutger Bregman doesn’t think there is a point to that kind of ambition. Instead, he wants us to be morally ambitious, to measure the value of our achievements based on how much good we do, by how much we improve the world. In this episode, Bregman speaks with guest host Sigal Samuel about how to know if you’re morally ambitious, the value of surrounding yourself with like-minded people, and how to make moral ambition fashionable. If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sep 25

On today's episode, Liz's older sister Julie Dolan on David Brooks' theory of resume virtues vs eulogy virtues, her expertise at making and keeping friends plus unsolicited advice for Leah about moving. Gotta get rid of the boxes. Also drifting vs vibing. Julie's recommendation: The Road To Character by David Brooks Lizness School Movie Challeng e - An Intergenerational Cultural Exchange. For the next episode, Liz and Leah will watch Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Homework: For listeners who are interested in learning more about Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute or potentially applying, applications are open now through December 1 for the Class entering Fall 2026. There are 2 Virtual Information sessions this fall. More info and registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnnMvgAXt0AWL6sP5FtkaKjKbOB_X8rgn2ai6p9jms3N9PpQ/viewform Interested in Corporate Alumni Networks ? More here . Leah's YouTube recommendation : How To Stop WorryingWhether Or Not They Like You If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sep 11

Mentorship and Intergenerational Exchange : On this episode, Liz Dolan interviews Katie Connor, Executive Director of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, to hear about her career, what it's like to mentor people at various ages and how she almost flunked mindfulness. Season 1 of Lizness School is all about Liz's experience as a Fellow in this program last year. Katie Connor bio on Stanford website. https://dci.stanford.edu/katie-connor-executive-director/ Katie Connor bio on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieconnor/ For more information on The Magic Boost , the mentorship and professional development program Liz co-founded and helps run for young content creators in sports media, view this video: https://www.themagicboost.com/ For a list of the Magic Boosters and links to their work, go here: https://www.themagicboost.com/boosters During 2025 World Athletics Championship from Tokyo, follow these feeds from Boosters. Anderson Emerole for @citiusmag on Instagram and The Final Leg on YouTube Tiara Williams on Real Talk with Tee on Instagram Jillian Michales for On Her Turf/NBC Sports @instagram Demitra Carter on Instagram Serenity Douglas on YouTube and Instagram Johnny Zhang photography on Instagram and for @citiusmag Alex Andrei videography and photography for Team USA and on @alexandtrack on Instagram Homework: For more thoughts on mentorship, check out these curated lists of TED Talks on the subject: 1. GrowthMentor's "10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship" This comprehensive list covers talks from 2014-2019, featuring speakers like Austin Stanford, Kenneth Ortiz, Kimberly Griffin, and others who approach mentorship from diverse angles including entrepreneurship, workplace dynamics, and personal development 10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship - GrowthMentor 2. TED's Official "How to be a Good Mentor" Playlist TED has created an official curated playlist specifically focused on helping people "bring out the best in people" and guide others to succeed How to be a good mentor | TED Talks 3. Motivation Matter's List Features Kenneth Ortiz's talk on providing meaningful mentorship, emphasizing that mentorship requires significant time, investment, and thorough planning Best Mentorship TED Talks to Motivate Your Team - Get a Dose of Inspiration | Motivation Matter If you are new to Lizness School , we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1 , go to our FINALE here . For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn . To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠liznessschool@gmail.com ⁠ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .