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To celebrate the paperback release of The Marriage Sabbatical, it’s a Pub Week Extravaganza ! We’ve got podcasts! We’ve got paperbacks! We’ve got Santa Fe travel recommendations from the experts at Tourism Santa Fe. Keep scrolling!

The Marriage Sabbatical is out in paperback

and Perfect for your Book Club

Thanks to everyone who has supported this USA Today bestseller! The story of a Gen X couple that needs a refresh on their lives and their marriage. So they take seperate  sabbaticals to rediscover the people they used to be before marriage.

Thanks to Linda’s Books Obsession for this fresh review:

“A delightful, entertaining and captivating novel… Lian Dolan vividly describes the magnificent scenery, and the colorful and dramatic characters in this well written book. The characters are complicated, complex, quirky, and adventurous… I enjoyed everything in this novel, and loved the adventures that both follow… I highly recommend this intriguing novel!”

–Linda’s Book Obsession

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Quick Links for all things Marriage Sabbatical: 

Buy the book

Listen to the podcast about the book:  No Spoilers Episode here

Find out about Lian’s next book here. 

Come see Lian on Book Tour. Event schedule here.

Book Club Discussion Guide here for The Marriage Sabbatical

Plan the perfect Getaway to Santa Fe

with our special Santa Fe Travel Episode! 

Need a place and space to recharge and reinvent? If you read The Marriage Sabbatical and want to book your trip to the City Different, this is the episode for you. Santa Fe inspired me to write the book and the book seems to be inspiring readers to plan a trip. I love this. I’m happy to have Joanne Hudson from Tourism Santa Fe and Satellite Sister and Santa Fe resident  Cheryl Karo on the show to give us their insider tips on art, culture, food, museums and more. Plus, margaritas !

LISTEN TO THE Santa Fe Travel Special SHOW HERE

Show Notes from The Santa Fe Travel Episode 

Our first guest is Joanne Hudson, a spokes person from Tourism Santa Fe. They have a great websites with all kinds of itineraries, links, travel tips, information on arts, culture and classes. Everything you need is at Santafe.org

Other Links mentioned in this segment: 

Santa Fe School of Cooking https://santafeschoolofcooking.com/ 

Santa Fe Opera https://www.santafeopera.org/

Santa Fe Margarita Trail 

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

Our next guest is Satellite Sister Cheryl Karo (Top Left in this photo from a 2022 meet-up on a windy sunny day in Santa Fe!) who has become our de facto point person on the  ground in Santa Fe. She has her recommendations for a great trip to Santa Fe including shopping, eating, art walks and all things Georgia O’Keeffe including:  

Ghost Ranch https://www.ghostranch.org/

Abiqui https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/regions/northcentral/abiquiu/

Museum Hill in Santa Fe https://www.museumhill.net/

Canyon Road Art Galleries https://www.visitcanyonroad.com/businesses/galleries/

Palace of the Governors on the Plaza https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/new-mexico-palace-of-the-governors.htm

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Lian Dolan and Liz Dolan team up to wish Lian a happy birthday.  Here’s the link to the podcast. It’s a milestone birthday and Liz has some advice for Lian on the new decade. Plus, Lian’s plan for a boffo 60 . Then a couple of fun segments from shows past to celebrate the day; Why we Love Chico’s (Hint, Look Left! The answer is that Diane Keaton photo shoot) and RIP, Sky Mall. Plus, Liz has Oscar wishes for the movie A Lien

Thanks to Earth Breeze for supporting this podcast. Thanks to you for supporting the people that support us. Here is our special URL to order a subscription for Laundry Detergent Sheets at 40% off.

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Order your signed copy here

Want to celebrate Lian’s birthday? Pre-Order a signed copy of Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding from Vroman’s in Honor of Lian’s big day and to support a local Pasadena business after the fires. Here’s the link. Find out more about Lian Dolan’s books here.

Listen to the new podcast here!

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Welcome to 2025! Need a little Pep Talk to get going this year? Us too! On this Satellite Sisters episode, a fresh take on themes for 2025 with Lian and then a round up of our themes from 2022 and 2023. Plus, the spirituality of cats, Tuesday Trends, Color of the year and how to subscribe to Lizness School.  LISTEN HERE

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Want to go to Lizness School? It’s Liz Dolan’s bi-weekly audio memoir podcast about her year-long adventure at Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. You can go along for the ride!

Lizness School is moving to its own podcast feed for 2025. Please subscribe here:

Subscribe to Lizness School on Apple Podcasts 

Subscribe to Lizness School on Spotify

Go to the Lizness School Show Page

On Instagram, follow @liznessschool  and Liz Dolan

To email Lizness School with questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com.

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Excited for Lian Dolan’s new book? It’s the story of a wedding, from the point of view of the mother of the bride and the mother of the groom. Montecito! Connecticut! The Big Apple! A bi-coastal caper to get the couple meant to be together to stay together. Pre-Order Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding 

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Welcome to Liz Dolan’s new podcast Lizness School on its own feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all podcast apps.   After a long career in Marketing and Communications, plus two decades doing the award-winning podcast Satellite Sisters with her actual sisters, Liz Dolan is back in school.  Liz is a Fellow at Stanford University’s Distinguished Careers Institute, a program that allows late career people to explore any subjects they want at any school at Stanford.   The goal of this year is to reconnect with herself, do it with an interesting group of fellow Fellows, get involved with  some intergenerational collaboration with younger Stanford students and connect with Future Liz.

Tune in every other week for new episodes of Lizness School where Liz shares what she’s learning and executes special homework assignments from her producer/millennial mentor Leah Sutherland.

Want to go to Lizness School? It’s Liz Dolan’s bi-weekly audio memoir podcast about her year-long adventure at Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. You can go along for the ride!

Start at Lizness School Episode 1 to join Liz on every part of this journey, including moving to Palo Alto, choosing her classes and meeting her DCI cohort for the first time.

Subscribe to Lizness School on Apple Podcasts 

Subscribe to Lizness School on Spotify

Go to the Lizness School Show Page

On Instagram, follow @liznessschool  and Liz Dolan

To email Lizness School with questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com.

The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program at Stanford University for late career people. Complete information here.

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Want to go to Lizness School? It’s Liz Dolan’s bi-weekly audio memoir podcast about her year-long adventure at Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. You can go along for the ride!

Welcome to Liz Dolan’s new podcast Lizness School. After a long career in Marketing and Communications, plus two decades doing the award-winning podcast Satellite Sisters with her real-life sisters, Liz Dolan is back in school.  Liz is a Fellow at Stanford University’s ‘s Distinguished Careers Institute, a program that allows late career people to explore any subjects they want at any school at Stanford.   The goal of this year is to reconnect with herself, do it with an interesting group of fellow Fellows, get involved with  some intergenerational collaboration with younger Stanford students and connect with Future Liz.

Tune in every other week for new episodes of Lizness School where she shares what she’s learning and executes special homework assignments from her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland.

Start at Lizness School Episode 1 on Apple Podcasts to join Liz on every part of this year-long journey, including moving to Palo Alto, choosing her classes and meeting her DCI cohort for the first time.

For every episode, follow Lizness School on Apple Podcasts 

You can also follow Lizness School on Spotify here

Check out the Lizness School Show Page

On Instagram, follow @liznessschool  and Liz Dolan

To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com.

The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program at Stanford University for late career people in transition . Complete information here.

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New Show with your Satellite Sisters! A sisterly catch up with Liz, Lian, Sheila and Monica. Liz comes home from college and reviews her semester at Stanford. Liz has a new strategy for Holidays 2025 and a possible theme for 2025. And Sheila and Monica announce a new rebrand for the Lab Rats. Hmm, where do rats do when they retire? Celebrate the season with entertainment recommendations and more.

Listen to the Show HERE

Books make Great Gifts! Find Lian’s Books here including The Marriage Sabbatical and the pre-order of Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding.

Find the Satellite Sisters Holiday Playlist here

Monica mentioned How to Retire as a valuable resource. Find it here.

Lian loved Ina Garten’s memoir, Be Ready When the Luck Happens and Brooke Shield’s latest which will be out in February, Brooke Sheilds is not Allowed to Get Old. Find it on your favorite audiobook platform.

Liz recommends all the spies for the holidays

Black Doves :~ Netflix

The Day of the Jackal ~ Peacock

The Agency ~ Paramount

Lioness ~ Paramount

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Back with a Satellite Sisters Favorite and Satellite Sisters Sheila is in the house. She takes us through her first date strategy. Listen in and see how it goes. Plus, Liz, heads to DC and she has a museum recommendation. And Julie weighing in on plane etiquette. LISTEN HERE

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Satellite Sisters covers the gamut from women in the workplace to drama in the skies to a first date. Yeah, Satellite Sisters Of The Week: Congrats to the astronauts who executed the first ever all-female space walk and to Ann McClain, the woman left behind who cheered them on. Personally, we would have behaved more like Aidy Bryant on the SNL skit.

According to McKInsey and Fortune Magazine, what’s between you and that last big promotion? It’s not getting that first big promotion. They call it “the broken rung” and it appears to be the biggest system barrier to gender parity.

Liz visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

Want to meet America’s Sweetheart? Here’s Adam Rippon’s Book Tour Schedule

Who is sticking up for Meghan Markle? We are. Hang in there, sister.

The latest fights on planes? Julie says it’s about the window shades now and she’s got some rules.

Entertaining Sisters:

Watch the new Catherine the Great with Helen Mirren on HBO

Read Circe by Madeline Miller.

Just catching up on Succession? Us, too. Liz and Sheila have Succession confessions.

Guest coming up next week: Laura Holson, NYT journalist and creator of The Box Sessions, on how to kick-start your own creativity.

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It’s a Satellite Sisters Favorite Episode ! Sheila Dolan visits Julie and Liz to fill us in on her daughter Ruth’s NYC Wedding and give us a full Mother of the Bride report. Plus, Sheila makes the case for Victoria Beckham and her beauty regime. And Lauren Bates from Wild Terrains returns to fill us in on a hot new travel destination: Lisbon. And Julie has a few notes for Disney.

Thank you to this week’s Satellite Sisters sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes to support them and our show.

This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.   betterhelp.com/satellite 

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Satellite Sisters links:

All new Satellite Sisters Shop is open with all new merch.

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Go to the Satellite Sisters website here: https://satellitesisters.com

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Liz tells Julie and Lian all about her first few weeks as a Fellow in Stanford’s Distinguished Careers Institute. She’s got a new place to live in Palo Alto, has started her new classes and is starting to experience life on a college campus is 2024. It’s been a while! New friends! New Classes! New campus! Same ol’ Liz? Listen in and see.

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She’ll drop the first few episodes of Lizness School, a podcast she’ll continue to make throughout the year sharing all of her experiences, later in October. The new episodes of Liz School will be in the Satellite Sisters feed and then be established on its own feed. Please follow that feed to follow the show. Coming soon!

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE

You can also follow Liz on her own Instagram feed @satellitesisterliz and on the new @liznessschool account on Instagram.

Thank you to this week’s Satellite Sisters sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes to support them and our show.

Better Help , online therapy betterhelp.com/satellite

Navage, daily nasal therapy Navage.com/SISTERS and use our promo code SISTERS

OSEA, clean beauty products OSEAMalibu.com, use code satsisters for 10 % off

Earth Breeze, dissolvable laundry detergent sheets at earthbreeze.com/sisters

Satellite Sisters links:

All new Satellite Sisters Shop is open with all new merch.

https://satellite-sisters-shop-5893.myshopify.com/

Go to the Satellite Sisters website here: https://satellitesisters.com

On the website, subscribe to Pep Talk, the Satellite Sisters Newsletter.

Subscribe to the Satellite Sisters YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVkl…

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY: –

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Email: hello@satellitesisters.com

Lian Dolan on Instagram @liandolan: https://www.instagram.com/liandolan/

Liz Dolan on Instagram @satellitesisterliz: https://www.instagram.com/satellitesi…

Julie Dolan on @Instagram @julieoldesister https://www.instagram.com/julieoldestsister/

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Little Lian on the Prairie

Lian Dolan goes to South Dakota and wants to tell you all about the Little Town on the Prairie and the South Dakota Festival of Books. Plus, an interview with Caroline Fraser, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Wilder called Prairie Fires. A South Dakota Special with new material.

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Links for the show

South Dakota Festival of Books~ click here.

South Dakota Public Radio interview with Lian Dolan and Mona Susan Power on In The Moment with Lori Moore ~ click here

Visit Brookings ~ click here

Visit De Smet ~ click here

Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Tour ~ click here

Ingalls Homestead ~ click here

Wilder, the podcast

The History Chicks podcast about Laura Ingalls Wilder

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