{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Walking This Way","title":"Out and About: Turning 50, midlife reflections, flu and friendship","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":818,"description":"This week's Out & About doesn't open on a muddy path or a pub garden. Lise is propped up in bed, tissue box within reach, Berocca on the side, having just turned 50 and promptly gone down with flu.\nIn the fortnight before her birthday she crammed in more than most people manage in a year: a long, heart-wrenching drive to drop her daughter at university in Scotland, a slightly mad Instagram follower goal, an accidental burpee challenge, a night swim lit up with fireworks, and a guest slot on a radio station. Then, on her actual birthday, a long walk and a Sunday lunch, the last hurrah before flu flattened her completely.\nFrom her sickbed, Lise reflects on what turning 50 has stirred up: gratitude for simply waking up, the loss of a close friend a year ago, and why midlife friendships, old and new, matter more than ever. There's also the small matter of a possible netball team.\nJoin Lise and discover...\nWhat actually happened in the whirlwind fortnight before her 50th birthday\nWhy a Sunday lunch was the calm before the storm\nThe reflection that losing a close friend has prompted about gratitude and impermanence\nWhy cultivating new, intergenerational friendships matters as much as keeping the old ones\nThe (possibly ill-advised) plan to start a netball team\nQuote of the episode\n\"If we get to wake up and take a breath, we should be grateful.\"\nHere's how to get in touch...\nFollow the show and get all the links you need on LinkTree - https://linktr.ee/walking_this_way\nEmail us: walkingthisway@hotmail.com\nUse the get in touch form HERE - https://tr.ee/r-ePylKE8H\nSend us a voice message HERE- https://www.speakpipe.com/WalkingThisWay\n\nProduced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hFSwcVxMBT1ea_hy7S91l-WN2uC4RqNAcSpeeZiIQos/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MGMw/OTMyNWY2ODFmMzJi/YzMyNGQzNjM4ZTYw/ZGY0ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}