Lizness School

Lizness School: Summer Update

After a year of waiting, planning, and intensive physical training, Liz is finally in Peru. This is a short update on how the first bit of her trip went; we'll be back in

S2E16: Roberta Katz, Gen Z Explained and more Shrek

Today's guest is Roberta Katz, Liz's faculty advisor at Stanford last year. Roberta is so fun to talk to. She's a senior research scholar at the Center for Advanced Study

S2E22: Leah defends her Shrek thesis

Today's the day Leah Sutherland finally presents her Shrek thesis. Is Shrek The Movie the voice of the millennial generation? And if so, why? At Lizness School, our acade

S2E21: Refresher Class!

Every course has a refresher class at the end of the year so Lizness School does, too. Today you'll get a set-up for the end of season 2 and a refresher for all of Season

S2E20: Side Quests from Listeners!

Side Quests are a key pillar of Lizness School. Today on Season 2 Episode 20, 3 listeners share their side quest stories with us. Thank you to Corey DuBrowa, Mary Warwick

S2E19: Moving Forward After Losing A Spouse

On today's Lizness School, we hear two stories from listeners whose big transitions were not by choice. First we talk to Kathy Douglass, who lost her husband Ron last fal

S2E18: Liz and Leah do some spring cleaning

Today Liz and Leah refresh the big themes of Season 2 and refire their specific goals for the Spring Quarter of Lizness School. Time to FINISH STRONG. Plus, another call-

S2E17: Lee Weinstein's Intentional Life Plan asks the right questions

On today's episode, Lee Weinstein talks to Liz and Leah about how to think about creating an Intentional Life Plan. It starts with some digging. Ask yourself the big ques

S2E15: Jim Chi, Shark Tank + Oregon Sports Angels

Jim Chi is President of Oregon Sports Angels. This week, two of the company founders that he advises are on Shark Tank. So exciting for these two college seniors with a p

S2E14: Lian Dolan, GenX-er, Novelist and New Mother-In-Law

Today's guest is Lian Dolan, Liz's youngest sister who went through a major life stage change on New Year's Eve. She became a mother-in-law for the first time! She also h

S2E13: Phil Pizzo Reimagines Transitions For All Of Us

Today Liz Dolan interviews Phil Pizzo, the founder of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, a deep thinker on transitions and lifelong learning. His career has take

S2E12: From LA Marathon to Machu Picchu

Wellness. At Lizness School that means health + fun. Liz and Leah both have wellness goals this year that include training for a big event. On today's first ever wellness

S2E11: Memoir Writing with John Evans, The Values Bridge

Today's episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was Liz's memoir writ

S2E10: Liz and Leah Review Their Goals

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

S2E9: Kira Dales and Stroke Recovery

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 signi

S2E8: Happiness Bully Gretchen Rubin Gives Advice

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 Gottlie

S2E7: Ken Stern on Social Connections and Longevity

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 Lives. Ken is the Founder and Chair of

S2E6: From Sue Fleishman to Campbell Linden Romance Novelist!

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 Wa

S2E5: Greg Burke on Career Curves and the Pope

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

S2E4: Julie Dolan on Being More Julie, Making + Keeping Friends

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 unsolicit