The level between Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate

After living almost 16 months in China, I learned to speak intermediate Chinese. With Chinese pod I am trying to get to the upper-intermediate level. I still find myself hanging in between those two levels. I find most of the Intermediate lessons too easy (with only a few unfamiliar words that you can make out from the context), but most upper-intermediate lessons too difficult (especially because there are too many words I don't know and because the explanation of Jenny and John is in more difficult Chinese as well). I asked CP if they could send me some lessons that fell something in between those two levels and they send me the following titles:

Upper Intermediate - Hiring a Courier
Upper Intermediate - When the Taxi Takes the Long Way

Upper Intermediate - Turbulence
Upper intermediate - Getting Internet at your Apartment
Upper Intermediate - Saved by the Gong: History
Upper Intermediate - Missing Persons in Jizhou
Upper Intermediate - Arrival in Jizhou
Upper Intermediate - A Jizhou Child's Warning
Upper Intermediate - An Anonymous Tip in Jizhou
Upper Intermediate - Familiar Face in Jizhou
Upper Intermediate - The Final Jizhou Pieces
Upper Intermediate - Jizhou Mental Breakdown

I think I'm not the only one with this problem, so I hope it will be of some help to you too!

Karen