Conversations with Lisa: This Moment in Time

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Real-life reflection for unsettled times.

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Conversations with Lisa: This Moment in Time follows Lisa Kordoff through candid talks about unsettled modern life. Episodes move from boys’ wellbeing and household labor to budget travel with kids, Scandinavian social systems, pandemic choices, and the small decisions that make daily life feel livable.

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About Conversations with Lisa: This Moment in Time

Conversations with Lisa: This Moment in Time is a personal, socially aware conversation show built around the pressure of living through rapid change. It starts from uncertainty, but it does not stay vague. Lisa Kordoff keeps returning to the places where big forces become intimate: homes, children, money, partnership, friendships, bodies, travel days, and the emotional load of trying to remain steady. The tone is casual and searching. Episodes often feel like a voice memo sharpened into a bigger question. One conversation with Mikey considers what boys need from adults, especially when the conversation around men and masculinity can get stuck on problems instead of naming healthy models. The emphasis is practical and hopeful, with attention to encouragement, role models, gaming culture, fathers, and community impact. Another episode with Samantha examines household labor through the small but revealing language of “help.” It is a sharp domestic topic. The show treats clean clothes, food, Sunday preparation, and the basic work of keeping a household running as political and personal at once. The travel strand brings a different energy. After a difficult few years, Lisa Kordoff takes her children overseas for five months and records from the road, including reflections from Ireland, London, Munich, Oslo, Lund, and conversations with friends in Europe. These episodes are not polished travel fantasy. They are full of budget choices, simple food, tired children, public transport, shared accommodation, markets, and the need to protect a family’s energy while still having an adventure. Conversations with Maria Doyle and Anna add lived comparisons of Norway and Sweden, including cross-border life, schooling, parenting, restrictions, and how different societies handled COVID. Solo reflections such as “Stop waiting for Monday!” bring the same practical lens to movement, clutter, discomfort, and the habit of postponing change. The show works because it trusts ordinary details. A kitchen bench, a supermarket run, a child’s school routine, or a hard conversation about fairness can become evidence of larger cultural patterns. It suits listeners drawn to reflective conversation, family travel, modern parenting, and emotionally honest discussion of social change.

Made for: Designed for reflective adults, especially parents and women, who like candid conversation about family, change, travel, and the emotional logistics of modern life.

What sets it apart: The show connects large cultural disruptions to small lived details, making household labor, boys’ wellbeing, Scandinavian life, and budget family travel feel part of the same honest inquiry.

In their own words

Conversations with Lisa NEW SEASON: This Moment in Time We are undoubtedly living through a pretty crazy time. Between geopolitics, climate change and AI, our world is rapidly changing. For good. We all feel it. Join Lisa Corduff for a brand new conversation about this moment in time and the tensions, challenges, opportunities and beauty it presents. Could this period of disruption be the perfect time for creating the kind of change we really want - for our planet and our people? Big uncomfortable change is here... it's happening. And it's inescapable. So how do we stay solid, informed and engaged, whilst milking all the goodness we can from this precious life? Welcome to the conversation ab…

modern social changeparenting boyshousehold laborbudget family travelScandinavian daily lifeCOVID experiences in Swedenpersonal change and momentumwomen’s lived experience

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Travelling Europe on a budget with kids

A candid family travel diary where supermarket basics help leave room for local flavor.

Lisa Kordoff's five-month overseas trip with her children comes through in the ordinary pressures that shape family travel: tired legs, supermarket runs, breakfast ready for the next day, and the relief of having their own floor in a friend's Munich home.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Antibiotics and Anniversaries

    ·27m
  2. 2

    I Lost my Voice - AuDHD

    ·12m
  3. 3

    I Lost my Voice - Perimenopause

    ·12m
  4. 4

    I Lost My Voice - Teen Kids

    ·6m
  5. 5

    I Lost my Voice - Fraud

    ·13m
  6. 6

    Observations of life in progressive Sweden: Pt 1 (Lisa's observations)

    ·28m
  7. 7

    Observations and Travel as a Creative Catalyst

    ·23m
  8. 8

    Actively grieving with on the road with Julie Zarifeh

    ·43m
  9. 9

    I Lost my Voice - Collapse

    ·7m
  10. 10

    When You're Overwhelmed by the World - A Conversation on Ethics with Dr Simon Longstaff

    ·35m
  11. 11

    Lisa Bytes: The Power of Story

    ·14m
  12. 12

    LisaBytes: Trust, Jobs v Work, and what it REALLY takes to start a revolution.

    ·16m
  13. 13

    When AI Takes Your Job - A Conversation with Karly Nimmo

    ·54m
  14. 14

    Lisa Bytes: Is This Grief?

    ·20m
  15. 15

    Lisa Bytes: When Everything's Breaking But We Keep Making School Lunches

    ·11m
  16. 16

    Mikey Ellis on What Our Boys Really Need Right Now

    ·1h 2m
  17. 17

    Lisa Bytes: AI Photos and Skipping the Hard Stuff

    ·20m
  18. 18

    Conversation with Futurist - Lynn Casey

    ·58m
  19. 19

    A Daily Prayer - Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times

    ·21m
  20. 20

    Understanding AI - This is the Basics

    ·47m
  21. 21

    Am I becoming a doomsday prepper?!

    ·25m
  22. 22

    Paving Roads with Rose Fences

    ·34m
  23. 23

    The Train Has Left the Station

    ·39m
  24. 24

    CwL Ep 159 - A story about an expensive mistake

    ·13m
  25. 25

    CwL Ep160 - A story about goodbyes

    ·11m
  26. 26

    CwL Ep 161 - A sliding doors story

    ·11m
  27. 27

    CwL Ep 156 - A story about signs from the other side

    ·12m
  28. 28

    CwL Ep 157 - A story from my son’s birth

    ·14m
  29. 29

    CwL Ep 158 - The story of an extreme response

    ·14m
  30. 30

    CwL Ep 155 - A story of youthful regret

    ·11m
  31. 31

    CwL Ep 154 - A story of letting go

    ·10m
  32. 32

    Cwl Ep 153 - A story about discomfort

    ·12m
  33. 33

    CwL - Ep 152 - Am I profiteering from his death?

    ·22m
  34. 34

    CwL Ep 151 - The division of household labour with Samantha Sutherland

    ·32m
  35. 35

    CwL EP 150 - Creativity in action

    ·20m
  36. 36

    CWL Ep 149 Creativity and transitions

    ·17m
  37. 37

    CWL EP 148 Trusting Through transitions

    ·22m
  38. 38

    Trip Rundown - The End

    ·35m
  39. 39

    Trip rundown - Lisa's reflections

    ·36m
  40. 40

    Trip rundown - The Packing

    ·31m
  41. 41

    Trip rundown - The Logistics

    ·36m
  42. 42

    The Changing Education System

    ·27m
  43. 43

    Disaster or Adventure

    ·33m
  44. 44

    The Ultimate Creative Act

    ·17m
  45. 45

    Are You Ready for the AI Career Shake-Up? Conversation with Nikki Smith

    ·1h
  46. 46

    Oh Ireland (all the healing and a life altering epiphany)

    ·35m
  47. 47

    No rest for the wicked

    ·28m
  48. 48

    Wherever you go Mum guilt follows

    ·20m
  49. 49

    Why did I choose these destinations?

    ·25m
  50. 50

    Some days are icecream days

    ·25m
  51. 51

    Scandi Socialism: Life in Norway with Maria Doyle

    ·48m
  52. 52

    Do the Swedes do it better? (with Lisa's friend, Anna)

    ·45m
  53. 53

    Leaving home

    ·22m
  54. 54

    Three sayings that got me over the line

    ·11m
  55. 55

    How I keep organised as a non-details person

    ·10m
  56. 56

    My packing hopes (two weeks out)

    ·13m
  57. 57

    On the Road. Why this trip? And why now?

    ·22m
  58. 58

    CwL Ep 147 - A breakup story

    ·38m
  59. 59

    CwL Ep 146 When it’s time for a change - Worries! (Part 4)

    ·18m
  60. 60

    CwL Ep 145 When it’s time for a change - Decision-Making (Part 3)

    ·19m
  61. 61

    CwL Ep 144 When it's time for a change - The Stories (Part Two)

    ·25m
  62. 62

    CwL Ep 143 When it's time for a change - The Idea (Part One)

    ·24m
  63. 63

    CwL Ep 142 Harvest - Ripple Effects (Part Four)

    ·14m
  64. 64

    CwL Ep 141 Harvest - Sharing the Story (Part Three)

    ·17m
  65. 65

    CwL Ep 140 Harvest - Writing the Story (Part Two)

    ·17m
  66. 66

    CwL Ep 139 Harvest - What’s the story? (Part 1)

    ·24m
  67. 67

    CwL Ep 138 IWD with Sam and Amy

    ·41m
  68. 68

    Ep 137 CwL Validation, Stress, Resilience - navigating the Year 7 transition

    ·34m
  69. 69

    CwL Ep 136 New Years Resolutions Mistake #5

    ·10m
  70. 70

    CwL Ep 135 New Years Resolutions Mistake #4

    ·8m
  71. 71

    CwL Ep134 New Year’s Resolution Mistake #3

    ·7m
  72. 72

    CwL Ep 133 New Year’s Resolution Mistake #2

    ·8m
  73. 73

    CwL Ep 132  New Year’s Resolution Mistake #1

    ·6m
  74. 74

    CwL Ep 131 Why New Year’s Resolutions don’t work!

    ·20m
  75. 75

    CwL Ep130 What is Mother’s Guilt REALLY?

    ·31m
  76. 76

    CwL Ep129 - What’s your Christmas ‘Story’?

    ·22m
  77. 77

    CwL Ep128 Bringing sexy back

    ·19m
  78. 78

    CwL Ep127 Why your morning coffee matters

    ·11m
  79. 79

    CwL Ep126 - I don’t dance on reels

    ·19m
  80. 80

    CwL Ep125 - A year like no other

    ·26m
  81. 81

    CwL Ep124 - How to create seven hours of me time (easily!)

    ·14m
  82. 82

    CwL Ep123 - The Survey on Women 2022 is here!

    ·16m
  83. 83

    CwL Ep122 - Dealing with negative thoughts

    ·19m
  84. 84

    CwL Ep121 - The Pleasure Quotient

    ·16m
  85. 85

    CwL Ep120 - The BO Analogy

    ·17m
  86. 86

    CwL Ep119 - A Spring Clean

    ·26m
  87. 87

    CwL Ep118 - Three years on…

    ·36m
  88. 88

    CwL Ep117 - What goes into the Sealed Section?

    ·10m
  89. 89

    CwL Ep116 A lesson from my daughter

    ·17m
  90. 90

    CwL Ep115 Stop resenting time-suckers!

    ·10m
  91. 91

    CwL Ep114 Information is never the whole answer

    ·21m
  92. 92

    CwL Ep113 Welcome inside.... The Change Room

    ·30m
  93. 93

    CwL Ep112 Why do we try and go it alone?!

    ·10m
  94. 94

    CwL Ep111The lesson I learned from a strapless bra (yep!)

    ·21m
  95. 95

    CwL Ep110: A simple night-time shift

    ·20m
  96. 96

    CwL Ep109: Why I was crying into my roast potatoes

    ·17m
  97. 97

    CwL Ep108: How this one choice changed my day

    ·26m
  98. 98

    Travelling Europe on a budget with kids

    Hidden gem

    Lisa Kordoff says she pulled her kids out of school for five months and is recording Conversations with Lisa: This Moment in Time from a family trip that has already included Ireland, London, and Munich.

    ·40m·3 clips
  99. 99

    A lovely afternoon on the edge of Lake Biwa

    ·13m
  100. 100

    CwL Ep107: Stop waiting for Monday!

    Lisa Corduff asks why we constantly wait for Monday or a new season to start making changes in our lives.

    ·15m·1 clip
  101. 101

    Are You Ready for the AI Career Shake-Up? Conversation with Nikki Smith

    Dec 7, 2025·1h
  102. 102

    I Lost my Voice - AuDHD

    Nov 5, 2025·12m
  103. 103

    I Lost my Voice - Fraud

    Nov 5, 2025·13m
  104. 104

    I Lost My Voice - Teen Kids

    Nov 5, 2025·6m
  105. 105

    I Lost my Voice - Collapse

    Nov 5, 2025·7m
  106. 106

    I Lost my Voice - Perimenopause

    Nov 5, 2025·12m
  107. 107

    When You're Overwhelmed by the World - A Conversation on Ethics with Dr Simon Longstaff

    Oct 21, 2025·35m
  108. 108

    Lisa Bytes: The Power of Story

    Aug 24, 2025·14m
  109. 109

    LisaBytes: Trust, Jobs v Work, and what it REALLY takes to start a revolution.

    Aug 7, 2025·16m
  110. 110

    When AI Takes Your Job - A Conversation with Karly Nimmo

    Jul 30, 2025·54m
  111. 111

    Lisa Bytes: Is This Grief?

    Jul 15, 2025·20m
  112. 112

    Lisa Bytes: When Everything's Breaking But We Keep Making School Lunches

    Jun 27, 2025·11m
  113. 113

    Mikey Ellis on What Our Boys Really Need Right Now

    Hidden gem

    Lisa Kordoff and Mikey Ellis examine how artificial intelligence, unstable institutions, and changing career expectations affect adolescent boys.

    Jun 19, 2025·1h 2m·4 clips
  114. 114

    Lisa Bytes: AI Photos and Skipping the Hard Stuff

    Hidden gem

    Lisa Kordoff asks what personal growth disappears when AI removes the discomfort of professional photos.

    Jun 12, 2025·20m·1 clip
  115. 115

    Conversation with Futurist - Lynn Casey

    Hidden gem

    Lynn Casey identifies curiosity and connectivity as the two skills needed to navigate a future changing every six months.

    Jun 3, 2025·58m·2 clips
  116. 116

    A Daily Prayer - Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times

    Hidden gem

    Lisa calls her morning run a daily prayer that meets 80% of her mental-health needs.

    May 15, 2025·21m·1 clip
  117. 117

    Am I becoming a doomsday prepper?!

    Apr 30, 2025·25m
  118. 118

    Understanding AI - This is the Basics

    Apr 30, 2025·47m
  119. 119

    Paving Roads with Rose Fences

    Apr 3, 2025·34m
  120. 120

    The Train Has Left the Station

    Apr 3, 2025·39m
  121. 121

    CwL Ep 161 - A sliding doors story

    Apr 7, 2024·11m
  122. 122

    CwL Ep 159 - A story about an expensive mistake

    Apr 7, 2024·13m
  123. 123

    CwL Ep160 - A story about goodbyes

    Apr 7, 2024·11m
  124. 124

    CwL Ep 158 - The story of an extreme response

    Apr 2, 2024·14m
  125. 125

    CwL Ep 156 - A story about signs from the other side

    Apr 2, 2024·12m
  126. 126

    CwL Ep 157 - A story from my son’s birth

    Apr 2, 2024·14m
  127. 127

    CwL Ep 154 - A story of letting go

    Mar 26, 2024·10m
  128. 128

    CwL Ep 155 - A story of youthful regret

    Mar 26, 2024·11m
  129. 129

    Cwl Ep 153 - A story about discomfort

    Mar 25, 2024·12m
  130. 130

    CwL - Ep 152 - Am I profiteering from his death?

    Mar 15, 2024·22m
  131. 131

    CwL Ep 151 - The division of household labour with Samantha Sutherland

    Lisa and Sam discuss the unequal distribution of household and life management tasks between men and women, sparked by a listener question.

    Mar 6, 2024·32m
  132. 132

    CwL EP 150 - Creativity in action

    Feb 20, 2024·20m
  133. 133

    CWL Ep 149 Creativity and transitions

    Feb 6, 2024·17m
  134. 134

    CWL EP 148 Trusting Through transitions

    Feb 5, 2024·22m
  135. 135

    Trip Rundown - The End

    Dec 21, 2023·35m
  136. 136

    Trip rundown - Lisa's reflections

    Nov 30, 2023·36m
  137. 137

    Trip rundown - The Logistics

    Nov 23, 2023·36m
  138. 138

    Trip rundown - The Packing

    Nov 23, 2023·31m
  139. 139

    The Changing Education System

    Oct 18, 2023·27m
  140. 140

    Disaster or Adventure

    Sep 26, 2023·33m
  141. 141

    The Ultimate Creative Act

    Sep 21, 2023·17m
  142. 142

    Antibiotics and Anniversaries

    Sep 19, 2023·27m
  143. 143

    Oh Ireland (all the healing and a life altering epiphany)

    Sep 12, 2023·35m
  144. 144

    No rest for the wicked

    Sep 7, 2023·28m
  145. 145

    Travelling Europe on a budget with kids

    Lisa shares her family's five-month overseas adventure, reflecting on losing and rediscovering her spark while traveling through Ireland and Munich.

    Sep 5, 2023·40m
  146. 146

    Wherever you go Mum guilt follows

    Aug 29, 2023·20m
  147. 147

    Why did I choose these destinations?

    Aug 22, 2023·25m
  148. 148

    Some days are icecream days

    Aug 17, 2023·25m
  149. 149

    Scandi Socialism: Life in Norway with Maria Doyle

    Lisa Corduff shares her decision to take her kids out of school for a five-month overseas adventure and interviews a friend about moving to Oslo.

    Aug 15, 2023·48m
  150. 150

    Do the Swedes do it better? (with Lisa's friend, Anna)

    Lisa interviews her friend Anna about life in Sweden, focusing on their COVID-19 experience and cultural observations.

    Aug 10, 2023·45m
  151. 151

    Ep 28, Small Steppers Stories: Karen Hamilton Talks Connection And Keeping It Simple

    May 2, 2017·45m
  152. 152

    Ep 27, Small Steppers Stories: Gemma McPhee Talks Finding Balance With Food

    May 1, 2017·38m
  153. 153

    Ep 26, Small Steppers Stories: Claire Cameron Talks PCOS And Exploring Your Options

    Apr 27, 2017·42m
  154. 154

    Ep 25, Small Steppers Stories: Valeska Waldron Talks Overthinking, Anxiety And Overwhelm

    Apr 26, 2017·37m
  155. 155

    Ep 24, Small Steppers Stories: Renee Wallace Talks Knowing Your Own Normal

    Apr 19, 2017·31m
  156. 156

    Ep 23: Finding Your Own Path To Real Food

    Mar 28, 2017·29m
  157. 157

    Ep 22: Lisa Talks Freedom From Judgement

    Mar 21, 2017·12m
  158. 158

    Ep 21: Lisa Talks Connection

    Mar 14, 2017·14m
  159. 159

    Ep 20: How Creating Boundaries Creates Freedom

    Mar 7, 2017·11m
  160. 160

    Ep 19: Living In The Real World And Valuing Wholefoods

    Mar 1, 2017·18m
  161. 161

    Ep18: Lisa And Nick Talk Recognition

    Feb 22, 2017·19m
  162. 162

    Ep 17: Jessica Donovan Talks Traveling With Kids

    Feb 14, 2017·44m
  163. 163

    Ep 16: The Invisible String

    Feb 7, 2017·19m
  164. 164

    Ep 15: Lisa's Top Five Things

    Jan 31, 2017·39m
  165. 165

    Ep 14, Lisa And Nick Talk Love Languages

    Jan 24, 2017·24m
  166. 166

    Ep 13: Sarah Hausler Talks Enjoyable, Meaningful Motherhood

    Jan 18, 2017·46m
  167. 167

    Ep 12: Nick On Food

    Jan 12, 2017·36m
  168. 168

    Ep 11: Love Vs Fear

    Jan 5, 2017·16m
  169. 169

    Ep 10: The Year That Was

    Dec 15, 2016·31m
  170. 170

    Ep 09: Launching Small Steps Living

    Dec 7, 2016·23m
  171. 171

    Ep 08: Laura Trotta Talks Sustainability And Modern Life

    Nov 29, 2016·53m
  172. 172

    Ep 07: Belinda Smith Of The Root Cause Talks Transforming Children's Health, One Lunchbox At A Time

    Nov 24, 2016·35m
  173. 173

    Ep 06: Liat Siegel Talks Sacred Spaces, Fashion And Self-Care

    Nov 22, 2016·29m
  174. 174

    Ep 05: Jana Kingsford Talks Work Life Balance And Manifesting Your Many Dreams

    Nov 15, 2016·55m
  175. 175

    Ep 04, Lisa Corduff: Making Time To Fill Your Own Cup

    Nov 8, 2016·8m
  176. 176

    Ep 03: Christine Egan On Redefining Healthy

    Nov 2, 2016·30m
  177. 177

    Ep 02: Lisa Talks Willpower

    Oct 27, 2016·12m
  178. 178

    Ep 01: Karly Nimmo From Karlosophies Talks Success

    Oct 19, 2016·52m
  179. 179

    Ep 00, Lisa Corduff: Small Steps Living The Podcast

    Oct 12, 2016·6m