Classic Ask Us Anything -Sateliite Sisters Tell All

What's up with some of the Satellite Sisters this summer? We'll let you know. Liz is in Santa Monica and working on a new season of Lizness School. Lian took July off but now she's ready to go to... Summer Camp. More details on that. Plus, Book and TV Recommendations and conversations.Get Yer Links Here:Satellite Sisters website and Pep Talk sign uphttps://satellitesisters.com/Lizness School podcast homepagehttps://art19.com/shows/lizness-schoolLizness School on instagram @liznessschoolCamp! Read about Ann Garvin's Bummer Camp here Books, Books, Books – Summer is still happening so keep reading! Lian recommends 3 titles on the showEveryone is Lying to You by Jo PiazzaThe Witch's Orchard by Archer SullivanThe Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby CunninghamSummer Reads Listhttps://bookshop.org/lists/summer-2025-books-for-satellite-smistersBooks I enjoyed in July and Augusthttps://bookshop.org/lists/books-i-enjoyed-in-july-2025From NetflixThe Biggest Loser DocLena Dunham’s Too MuchFiskFrom HBOAnd Just Like ThatWill you read the Gwyneth bio by Amy Odell? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lizness School Season 2 Premiere: New Life ChoicesThis is a special new Lizness School for all Satellite Sisters listeners. To continue to get this show, follow Lizness School on any podcast app. It's all about choices now. Liz Dolan completed her year as a Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute and now she's back in the wild figuring out what's next. There are always lots of choices to make and she's got goals about work, community and wellness. Her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland is in the middle of her own transitions, so they've got lots to share. New this year is that Liz and Leah will be inviting guests to talk about their own big life decisions. They'll also be conducting Office Hours for listeners.Do you have a question or a thought to share? Record a voice memo on your photo then email it to [email protected] or DM it to Liz on the @liznessschool Instagram.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.Other Learning Suggestions:If you are interested in learning about artificial intelligence, Liz recommends the newsletter from Stanford HAI. That's Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. It's newsy and not too crazy techy. Just enough to keep you in the loop. Here's a link. Subscribe.Listener Nicole also recommends all the free courses now offered by MIT. Here's a link to their site.Since 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has been creating new opportunities for millions of learners and educators, sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) from MIT and helping to lead a global revolution in free access to knowledge.MIT OpenCourseWare continues to build on this foundation. With a new web platform, ever-growing content, and collaborations across the vibrant open education ecosystem, we're creating a world of more equitable and inclusive education for all.MIT OpenCourseWare is a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum.Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. MIT does not offer credit or certification to users of OCW – and asks for nothing in return.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Well, not quite all. But a classic Ask Us Anything from 2023 that answers your questions about family, birth order, production question and the meaning of life. Julie Dolan, Lian Dolan and Liz Dolan answers your questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

New episode with fresh updates! Lian Dolan previews her new novel Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding. Plus, Healthy Aging, College Reunions and Entertaining Sisters Recommendations. Get ready for Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding ! Links you need: To Pre-order Lian's book and find out about tour stops, click here. https://www.liandolan.com Information and links to buy Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding here. For event details, please visit this page at Lian's website. Entertaining Sisters Recommendations: TV: The Four Seasons on Netflix Wine Country on Netflix Books: The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All Spoilers! Lian Dolan takes question about her book, The Marriage Sabbatical now out in paperback. Read the book first and then go deep on the who, what and why's of this USA Today Bestseller and People Magazine Pick of the Week. Lian answers reader questions, maybe even yours. 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. Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding, her new novel coming out May 2025, visit her website. To see Lian's tour dates, including her appearance at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 27, 2025, visit her events page here. Thank you for Pre-ordering Abigail and Alexa Save the wedding. Pre-order options here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Classic Episode with Travel! Summer Cooking! How about a Satellite Sisters Weekend in Santa Fe? To celebrate the paperback release of The Marriage Sabbatical, we time travel back to June 2022 for Lian's research trip to the city of Santa Fe. Lian heads to New Mexico for book research and comes back with all kind of tips, raves and reviews for The City Different. Plus, ICON SIGHTING! Restaurants, Art Galleries, Shopping, Sightseeing. Plus, Julie has the scoop of staying aware of flight cancellations. And our usual Satellite Sisters recommendations on books, TV and more entertaining options. Julie Loved Vacationland from our Best Beach Bag Books List. And the Alex Rider series on Amazon Prime from the bestselling series of books Want to head to Santa Fe? Read Lian Dolan's Complete Travel Guide for Santa Fe here for all the links. Listen to out Santa Fe Travel special here. And Lian's book talk podcast about The Marriage Sabbatical here. For more information on Lian Dolan and her books, please visit her website. To see her events schedule for Spring/Summer of 2025, please visit this page. And to pre-order Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding, please visit her publisher page. Plus, Claire Tansey joins us for easy summer cooking, BBQ ideas and her surefire pasta salad. Check out her great cookbook, Dinner: Uncomplicated. Plus, new recipe videos on my YouTube channel every week all summer! And her website. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Email Satellite Sisters at [email protected]. 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

No Spoilers! Welcome to the publication day special for The Marriage Sabbatical, a new book by Lian Dolan from William Morrow. Out in paperback today on 041525. This episode aired originally in April 2024. On 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. Lian Dolan's books: For information on Lian's novels, including Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding, her new novel coming out May 2025, visit her website. To see Lian's tour dates, including her appearance at the LA Times Festival of Books on April 27, 2025, visit her events page here. Thank you for Pre-ordering Abigail and Alexa Save the wedding. Pre-order options here. 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 [email protected]. 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

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. Original Post Date: November 2019 and Updated March 2024 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 [email protected]. 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

Liz and Lian catch up over Spring Break. Liz outlines her Med-Spa Vacation strategy. And Lian haslots of details about her new book and book tour schedule. Plus, Entertaining Sisters recs for The Residence on Netflix and Lian's Spring Pick Book Recommendations at this link: https://bookshop.org/lists/satellite-sisters-spring-2025-recommendations Happy 5th Birthday to The Sweeney Sisters. If you are a Kindle Reader or an Audible user, good deals happening now. The paperback of The Marriage Sabbatical is out April 15. Join Lian at the LA Times Festival of Books to celebrate. She'll be signing at Booth #34 sunday, April 27th. Noon to 2  RSVP to Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding out on May 20th but available now. Find details on dates and pre-orders here" https://www.liandolan.com/events/ Pre-Order Signed copy from Vroman's here Book tour starts on May 20 in Pasadena and then... Santa Monica Carmel, Indiana Spring Lake New Jersey Newport Rhode Island Mystic CT Darien CT  Montecito, CA Newport Beach, CA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Satellite Sisters Blast from June 2008. Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan and Monica Dolan with engineer Kia Rene. Lian is drowning in forms and has a business idea to give away Monica reports on Mindless Eating Liz on the latest email scams  Monica's Believe it or not Ask the sisters. Questions from the blog Monica recommends a book, Home by Julie Andrews Order Lian's Next book Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding here. Thanks to our sponsor Earth Breeze Laundry Sheets. Please use our special URL for discounted subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices