Walking This Way

This week, Lise is joined by Vicki Anstey, world record-holding adventurer, entrepreneur, speaker and author of new book Other People Are Like the Weather. From rowing across the Pacific Ocean to cycling across America, Vicki has built a remarkable reputation for taking on extreme challenges. But this conversation goes far beyond adventure.

Together, Lise and Vicky explore what happens when women in midlife stop living according to other people's expectations and start trusting themselves. They discuss fear, identity, relationships, self-belief and the transformative power of stepping outside your comfort zone.

In this episode, join Lise and Vicky to discover:
  •  Why Vicky walked away from a 20-year relationship and the life-changing lessons she learned about self-trust and independence 
  •  How a childhood near-drowning experience led to a profound fear of water, and why rowing the Pacific became her way of confronting it 
  •  What really happened during her 60-day world record ocean row and the unexpected challenges that nearly broke her 
  •  The powerful meaning behind her book title, Other People Are Like the Weather, and why trying to manage everyone else's reactions leaves us exhausted 
  •  How difficult conversations before a challenge can transform team dynamics, relationships and everyday life 
  •  Why midlife can be the perfect time to reinvent yourself and discover who you really are beneath years of expectations and conditioning 
  •  Vicki's insight that the fear of failure is often actually a fear of success, and what happens when we start asking "What's the best that could happen?" 
Quote of the episode
"Sometimes, the fear of failure is actually a fear of success. We're so conditioned to think about what's the worst that could happen, we don't think about what's the best that could happen."
- Vicki Anstey

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Produced by The Good Studio - thegoodstudio.co.uk


Creators and Guests

Host
Lise Thorne
Host of Walking This Way and champion of midlife women
Producer
Tim Beynon
Podcast producer and Founder of The Good Studio
Guest
Vicki Anstey
Adventurer and author

What is Walking This Way?

Welcome to Walking This Way - the upfront, no-nonsense podcast about midlife for women who are done with pretending it’s all fine.

Join Lise Thorne for honest conversations, unfiltered stories and a good dose of humour as she explores what it really means to be a woman in midlife - from shifting priorities and changing bodies to rediscovering joy, purpose and self.

Real talk. Real women. Real midlife.

Because this isn’t about surviving midlife - it’s about walking it your way.

Walking This Way is produced by The Good Studio.