The RISE Experience

Shannon Denniston
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It’s not always about becoming someone different.Sometimes it’s about realizing you’ve been disconnected from yourself for longer than you thought. The RISE Experience is a podcast for the woman who can handle everything — except herself. The one who shows up, gets things done, keeps things together… but quietly feels like something isn’t landing the way it should. Shannon Denniston is a behavior change coach and the founder of RISE. What she talks about here isn’t behavior on the surface. It’s what sits underneath it — patterns, beliefs, and identity-level disconnects that make consistency feel harder than it should. A lot of what gets called “starting over” isn’t starting over at all. It’s noticing what’s been running in the background for a long time, and learning how to move differently from there. Not forced. Not rushed. No reinvention, no reset, just more aware, more honest with where things actually are, and returning to yourself in a way that holds.

  1. 3d ago

    When Escaping Becomes Control, Not a Discipline Problem.

    Send me a text When life feels like too much, do you find yourself on the couch with Netflix, in the pantry, or lost in the scroll, and then beat yourself up for it? What if those moments aren’t a discipline problem at all, but your nervous system trying to get you out from under a weight you were never meant to carry alone? Episode Summary Sometimes control looks like white‑knuckling your way through a color‑coded day. And sometimes it looks like checking out on the couch with another show, another snack, or another scroll you didn’t really choose. When the kids are loud, the house is chaotic, and everyone else’s needs have been shouting your name all day, it makes sense that you reach for anything that lets you breathe for a second. In this conversation, we name escape for what it really is: a quiet form of control your nervous system has learned to grab when you’re depleted. We talk about how that constant reaching slowly creates distance from the real you, why this is not a “more discipline” problem, and what it costs when escape becomes the only tool you have. With Elijah’s story from 1 Kings and two simple questions you can ask in the middle of the binge, the scroll, or the second trip to the kitchen, you’ll start to see your patterns as a signal worth listening to and let God meet you in the exhaustion, not shame you for it. Key Takeaways You’ll learn: How both white‑knuckling and checking out are doing the exact same job: trying to feel okay when okay feels out of reach.Why Netflix, food, scrolling, cleaning at 11 p.m., or always having noise on can feel like relief when life is too loud.How constant escape slowly creates distance from your own wants, needs, and preferences until you don’t even know what you like anymore.Why what you’re facing is exhaustion and depletion, not laziness and not a character flaw.How your nervous system quietly shifts into survival mode and starts prioritizing “turn the volume down” over everything else.A way to see your go‑to escape as a messenger saying, “This is too much for me to hold alone,” instead of as the enemy.Two questions to ask when you notice yourself halfway through something you didn’t consciously choose: “What am I trying to get away from right now?” and “What do I actually need right now?”How Elijah’s crash in 1 Kings shows God meeting depletion with rest, food, and presence before anything else. Episode Chapters 00:00 When life feels like too much 00:59 Control that looks like checking out 04:59 White‑knuckling vs. escaping 09:51 The quiet distance from your real self 12:30 Exhaustion, survival mode, and “just getting through” 15:06 Two questions for the middle of the binge or scroll 16:30 Elijah under the tree and how God meets depletion 17:31 Prayer and an invitation if you’re exhausted Memorable Quotes “Escaping is a form of control. It just doesn’t feel like control because it shows up as relief.” “The problem isn’t that it works. The problem is that it works just enough to get you through without touching what’s underneath.” “Exhausted women don’t need more discipline. You need help finding yourself again.” “The thing you reach for when life is too much is not evidence something’s wrong with you. It’s evidence that you’re human and you’re carrying something real.” “You deserve more than just relief. You deserve to actually know what you need, and to meet it in ways that don’t leave you emptier than when you started.” Resources Mentioned Bible – 1 Kings (Elijah’s depletion and God’s response) About the Podcast Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Listen & Subscribe Follow The Rise Experience and share this with one friend who’s been beating herself up for the thing she reaches for when life gets loud. Your next step: https://msha.ke/risewithshannon Read the blog: https://www.risewithshannon.blog/ Come hang out: FB: Shannon Bell Denniston IG: @risewithshannon

    18 min

  2. Jul 2

    Letting Go of Control: Overthinking, Anxiety, and the Myth of the Perfect Day.

    Send me a text If you’ve been waiting for the perfect day, the perfect week, or the perfect version of you before you finally begin, I want you to hear this: that day isn’t coming. Today we’re talking about control, why it feels so safe, and how it might actually be keeping you from the life you’re trying so hard to manage. Episode Summary In this episode of The Rise Experience, we’re starting a new month-long conversation about control. Not just the big, obvious control, but the quiet kind that shows up in your planning, your overthinking, and the way you keep telling yourself, “I’ll do it when things slow down.” I talk about why our nervous systems reach for control when life feels like too much, how that spills into coaching, accountability, and structure, and how it slowly turns into this identity of being “the one who has it together.” We also sit with Matthew 6:34 and talk about what it really means to stop dragging tomorrow into today, without pretending you don’t have real things to take care of. If you’re tired of waiting for the perfect moment and feel like you’re always managing your life instead of living it, this episode will help you notice where control is running the show and give you one simple place to begin shifting that. Key Takeaways What control really is and why your body keeps reaching for itHow control shows up in everyday ways: perfect-day thinking, overplanning, overthinking, all-or-nothingWhy overthinking is often just anxiety trying to keep you safeHow “being the woman who has it together” can quietly become your whole identityHow support and accountability can start to feel like being watched instead of being helpedA steadier way to hear “do not worry about tomorrow” from Matthew 6:34One simple practice for this week: notice where you’re waiting for perfect conditions before you even begin Episode Chapters 00:00 – Why July is all about control 04:39 – When support starts to feel like someone is checking up on you 09:25 – The quiet ways control shows up all day long 14:02 – What constant control is really costing you 16:10 – Matthew 6:34 and a small step for this week Memorable Quotes “You can’t be fully present and fully in control at the same time."“Reaching for control isn’t a character issue. It’s a way you learned to feel safe.”“That perfect day you’re waiting for isn’t coming, and the version of you that’s been on hold for it doesn’t have to stay there."“You don’t have to carry tomorrow today.” Follow The Rise Experience and share this episode with one friend who is exhausted from trying to keep everything perfectly in place. Connect with Shannon: Your next step… https://msha.ke/risewithshannon Read the blog… https://www.risewithshannon.blog/ FB: Shannon Bell Denniston IG: @risewithshannon About the Podcast The Rise Experience is a podcast for women of faith who are done starting over and done pretending everything is fine. Each week, I show up with real talk, scripture, and simple reflection to help you move through transition, shift old patterns, and live with more steadiness, purpose, and presence right where you are. SEO Tags control and anxiety, christian women podcast, faith and mental health, overthinking and perfectionism, letting go of control, anxiety and overplanning, matthew 6:34, christian personal growth, women’s spiritual growth, all or nothing thinking, christian life coaching, transitions and faith, finding steadiness in chaos, rise experience podcast, shannon denniston, christian encouragement for women, emotional health and faith, stop waiting for perfect day, christian mindset work

    17 min

  3. Jun 25

    What The Other Side Of Transition Really Feels Like

    Send me a text Fear isn’t proof you’re off track. Sometimes it is the clearest sign you are finally walking toward something real. If you feel caught between who you were and who you are becoming, this is where we get honest about that messy middle. Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to live from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights In today’s episode, I talk honestly about what it actually feels like to be on the other side of transition when it is not clean, polished, or certain, and how that shows up for both of us. I share my own doubt and fear after stepping into something new, the grief of leaving behind a version of myself that felt familiar, and the small, quiet confirmations that remind us we are on the right path. We look at why we keep waiting to “feel ready,” how fear and right can live in the same place, and how God meets us with gentle confirmation again and again while we learn to trust the direction instead of demanding certainty. Episode Outline Recap of June's Themes and Introduction to TransitionPersonal Struggles and Validation from ListenersThe Reality of Transition and Letting Go of the FamiliarConfirmation and Small Moments of SuccessEmbracing Doubt and Trusting the ProcessLooking Forward to July's Theme Episode Chapters 00:00 Intro and June recap 00:35 Shifts, silence, and outgrowing old containers 02:05 Naming the fear and wanting to go back 03:40 Listener message that cuts through the doubt 05:10 What the “other side” of transition really feels like 07:00 Grieving the familiar version of yourself 08:40 Fear and right living in the same place 10:20 Small confirmations instead of big signs 12:20 Letting doubt speak and responding with truth 14:15 Noticing and writing down confirmations 16:10 You are right on time, not behind 17:10 Prayer and closing encouragement Conclusion The other side of transition rarely looks like arrival. It looks like fear and right sitting side by side, grief for what was familiar, and a deep, quiet sense that you are finally moving in a truer direction. You are allowed to need reassurance more than once. You are allowed to still feel scared and still be exactly where you are supposed to be. If you are in the middle, not fully out of the old and not fully settled into the new, you are not behind. You are right on time. Action Taken Notice and name the small confirmations that have already shown up in your life instead of dismissing them.Look back on recent decisions, conversations, or moments of relief and recognize them as evidence you are moving in the right direction.Write down confirmations, even the small ones, so you have something real to return to when doubt gets loud.Acknowledge your doubt instead of pushing it away, then gently point yourself back to the evidence of God’s faithfulness and the direction He is giving you.Pray when fear rises and release control back to God, trusting that scary and right can exist together. CTA Share this with a friend who is standing in the messy middle of her own transition and needs to know that fear does not disqualify her from being on the right path. Visit the links provided to stay connected. Your next step… https://msha.ke/risewithshannonRead the blog… https://www.risewithshannon.blog/FB: Shannon Bell DennistonIG: @risewithshannon Thank you for listening and for being honest about where you really are. Keep noticing the small confirmations, keep holding space for both the fear and the rightness, and keep trusting that God has you on a path that fits who you truly are.

    18 min

  4. Jun 18

    Why Your Heart Still Hurts After the Right Decision.

    Send me a text You can be walking with God into something better and still feel like your heart is breaking over what you left. That tension does not mean you got it wrong. It means it mattered. Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to live from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights In today’s episode I talk about how hard it is to leave a job, a community, or a relationship you’ve outgrown, and why it can still hurt even when you know you did the right thing. We talk about the difference between missing the thing itself and missing what it gave you, like belonging, purpose, or feeling chosen, and why you keep reaching back for what feels familiar. I also share how letting go of control is not the same as losing control, what it looks like to trust God in the in between, and how naming what you are really grieving can help you look for that same feeling in a place that actually fits who you are now. Episode Outline Leaving Behind the FamiliarUnderstanding the Grief of ChangeLetting Go of ControlMoving Forward with GriefEmbracing the New and the Old Episode Chapters 00:00 Welcome and why leaving still hurts 01:02 Missing what you left, not wanting to go back 03:40 Grieving the feelings, not the job or relationship 05:05 Comfort of the familiar and why we stay stuck 07:10 Nervous system, fear of the unknown, complacency 09:00 Letting go of control vs losing control 10:05 Isaiah 43 and noticing the new thing God is doing 11:40 Naming what you are actually grieving 13:25 Finding those same feelings in a new container 15:10 Prayer for the in between and final encouragement Conclusion You are allowed to grieve what you left and still trust that you were right to leave. The container can be over and the feelings it gave you can still matter. Those needs for belonging, identity, and purpose are not gone. They are being met in new ways that fit who you are becoming. Honor the version of you that stayed as long as she did, let yourself feel the grief without letting it keep you stuck, and stay open to the new thing God is already growing right in front of you. Action Taken Name what you are actually grieving, not just the job, relationship, or community you left.Identify the feeling you miss: belonging, being chosen, purpose, clarity, identity, or comfort.Put it in front of you in a way that works for you: write it down, text it to yourself, or sit with it quietly.Ask, “How do I find this feeling again in a place that fits who I am now, not who I was?”Notice where God may already be doing a new thing, even while you are still in the middle of letting go. CTA  Share this with one woman who is in the middle of leaving something behind and needs to hear that hard does not mean wrong. Visit the links provided to stay connected. Your next step… https://msha.ke/risewithshannonRead the blog… https://www.risewithshannon.blog/Come hang out…FB: Shannon Bell DennistonIG: @risewithshannon  Thank you for listening and for being honest about the in between you are standing in. You are not weak for grieving what you left. You are brave for moving toward what God has next. Keep rising.

    16 min

  5. Jun 11

    When You’ve Outgrown Your Life And Don’t Know What Comes Next.

    Send me a text What if that heavy, suffocating feeling isn’t proof that you’re failing… but a quiet sign that you’ve simply outgrown the life you worked so hard to fit yourself into? Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to live from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights In today’s episode, I’m taking you back to a moment on the floor of my closet when I finally realized I wasn’t the problem… the container was. I share what it’s like to feel yourself performing a version of you that doesn’t feel true anymore, how pride and familiarity keep us grinding away in seasons we’ve clearly outgrown, and why silence with God can feel like a fog slowly lifting. We’ll talk about how staying too long in the wrong place doesn’t disqualify you, how God can use every step to form you, and why the shift you’re scared of might not feel like loss at all, but like finally telling the truth about where you are. Episode Chapters 00:00 – Welcome to The RISE Experience 00:24 – When your life starts to feel like the wrong fit 01:10 – The moment in the closet that changed everything 02:05 – Realizing you’ve outgrown the container 03:10 – Pride and staying in what no longer fits 04:25 – Trying harder instead of questioning the fit 05:40 – How we outgrow roles, relationships, and versions of ourselves 07:00 – Why we stay: safety, familiarity, and the nervous system 08:24 – Finding silence with God 09:30 – Letting go of your own understanding 10:20 – Surrender, clarity, and seeing the real path 11:30 – Staying too long doesn’t disqualify you 12:25 – Your growth was real, even in the wrong container 13:10 – An invitation to honest silence with God 14:00 – Closing prayer and blessing Conclusion If something in you has been whispering, “This doesn’t fit anymore,” you’re not broken and you’re not behind. You’re just becoming aware of what God’s been gently showing you for a while now. The years you spent trying to make it work, the effort, the late nights, the roles you kept performing even after they stopped fitting you, they were not wasted. They shaped you. When you slow down long enough to get quiet with God and let yourself hear what you already know, the next step may still feel unknown, but it won’t feel like you’re losing yourself. It will feel like finally coming home to the truth that was there all along. Action Taken Set aside one honest, uninterrupted moment of silence with God. No noise, no “productive” quiet, just stillness.In that quiet, ask yourself:“Is there something I already know that I’ve been too afraid or too proud to act on?”Let the truth surface without making a plan or fixing anything yet. Just tell the truth to yourself and to God.If this language gives words to what you’ve been feeling, share it with a friend who might be trying harder and harder inside something that no longer fits. CTA If this landed for you, share it with a friend who has been pushing harder inside something that may no longer be right for her, and hit follow so you don’t miss what we’re building here together. Visit the links provided to stay connected. Instagram: @risewithshannon Facebook: Shannon DennistonLinkedIn: Shannon DennistonBusiness: https://msha.ke/shandenCoaching: https://msha.ke/risewithshannonBlog: https://www.risewithshannon.blog/ Thank you for spending this time here with me. Your willingness to be honest about where you’ve outgrown something is brave, and I believe God meets you right in that honesty with clarity, kindness, and a next step you don’t have to force.

    15 min

  6. Jun 4

    How To Know When God Is Leading You Out of an Old Chapter.

    Send me a text You know that quiet feeling when a part of your life stops fitting, and you finally can’t ignore it anymore? Friend, if the version of you that you know is in there keeps feeling just out of reach, you’re in the right place. Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights In today’s episode we walk through what it feels like to close a chapter that shaped your whole identity, the strange mix of freedom and relief that comes with stepping out of a container that was never quite the right fit, and how The RISE Experience is opening up into a clear, unapologetic space for women who are finding their way back to the version of themselves that keeps feeling just out of reach with God. Episode Outline Welcoming Listeners and Setting the StageReflecting on Personal TransitionFuture Direction of the PodcastExploring Transition and PrideStepping into the New and Embracing ImperfectionClosing Thoughts and Prayer Episode Chapters 00:00 Welcome to The RISE Experience 00:15 Who this space is for 01:10 Looking back at last month 02:05 Closing a major life chapter 03:00 Freedom in leaving the wrong container 04:00 A new direction for the show 05:05 Living in transition, pride, and grief 06:20 Going deeper into identity and relationships 07:30 Showing up before it feels perfect 08:30 Nothing wasted in the wrong container 09:10 The Prodigal Son and the return home 10:05 Where your life no longer fits and closing prayer Conclusion There is a real tension in loving a chapter that shaped you and still knowing it no longer fits, and that is where we spend our time together here. We sit with the quiet relief of finally stepping out of the wrong container and begin to see that none of those years were wasted; they were forming something in you that can now live in the space it was always meant for. Through the moment of return in the Prodigal Son story, we remember that you are not chasing a brand new version of yourself, you are coming back to who you have always been with God, and letting that be enough. Action Taken Notice where you have been living in a container that no longer fitsSit with the question: Where have I been playing a role or living a version of myself that quietly stopped fitting?Let the question land without rushing to fix or explain itLet the picture of “the return” from the Prodigal Son story remind you that you do not have to have it all figured out before you come home to yourself CTA Share this with one woman who is outgrowing the life she is in and needs words for why it feels so off, and invite her to sit with the question of where her own container has stopped fitting. Visit the links provided to stay connected. Instagram: @risewithshannonFacebook: Shannon DennistonLinkedIn: Shannon DennistonBusiness: https://msha.ke/shandenCoaching: https://msha.ke/risewithshannon Thank you for being here, for your honesty, and for the courage it takes to admit when something in your life is no longer the right fit. Keep trusting that every small step toward the version of you God has always had in mind is seen, welcomed, and worth it.

    12 min

  7. May 28

    Finding Your Way Back To Yourself.

    Send me a text You do not have to earn your way back to yourself. Small counts. It always has. And it still does today, right here, as you are. Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights In today’s episode, the focus is on what it really looks like to start again without waiting for the right mindset, the right morning, or the more “put together” version of yourself to arrive. The lens is small, ordinary choices that actually count, like turning the music back on in the car, rolling the windows down for fresh air, or taking five quiet minutes outside, and how those moments become evidence that you have not abandoned yourself. There is an honest look at why nervous systems shut down under pressure and all-or-nothing plans, and why gentle, manageable steps are the ones that hold in real life. The story of Elijah gives a picture of God meeting you in rest and nourishment instead of performance, and the invitation is simple: find one small thing that makes you feel a little more like yourself and let that be enough to begin again. Episode Outline Finding Relief and Starting OverPersonal Transition and MusicThe Importance of Small ActsThe Role of the Nervous SystemScriptural Reflection and Practical ApplicationEncouragement to Start Now Episode Chapters 00:00 Welcome and setting the tone 00:28 Why starting over feels so heavy 03:10 Closing a long chapter and feeling the emptiness 06:05 Turning the music back on in the car 09:25 Letting small moments count as “showing up” 11:40 Nervous system, safety, and pressure 13:55 “Small is how she comes back” 15:20 Elijah, exhaustion, rest, and nourishment 17:10 Choosing your own “music in the car” 18:35 Prayer and blessing for the week Conclusion You do not have to wait for a perfect morning, a perfect plan, or a perfect version of you before anything counts. The ten minute walk, the rolled down window, the song you forgot you loved, the quiet no that protects your energy, all of it is real and all of it matters. That is the language your nervous system understands. That is how you tell your body and your soul, “I have not abandoned you.” The woman you have been trying to find never left. She has been here under the pressure and the starting over, just waiting for you to let the small, faithful moments count again. Action Taken Choose one small act that makes you feel more like yourself:  - Turn on music you actually love in the car     - Step outside for a few minutes and breathe fresh air     - Make your coffee slowly and with intention     - Say no to one thing you usually say yes to out of guilt   Let that one act stand on its own without turning it into a big plan or perfection goal  Notice what happens inside: the exhale, the sense of relief, the reminder that you are still here and you still matter   CTA If someone came to mind while you were listening, share this with her. Tell her the moment is now, that small counts, and she does not have to earn her way back to herself. Visit the links provided to stay connected. Instagram: @risewithshannonFacebook: Shannon DennistonLinkedIn: Shannon DennistonBusiness: https://msha.ke/shandenCoaching: https://msha.ke/risewithshannon Thank you for being here. The fact that you paused long enough to listen and to consider one small step toward yourself speaks loudly, even if no one else sees it. Keep choosing the gentle, ordinary moments that help you breathe again. That is where your rise begins.

    19 min

  8. May 21

    Rebuilding Trust With Yourself After Repeated Broken Promises.

    Send me a text When the promise you keep breaking feels like proof that you are the problem, what if it is actually your body doing exactly what it was designed to do to keep you safe?  Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure. Episode Highlights  In today’s episode, I get honest about the promises we keep making to ourselves around food, habits, and “starting over,” and how the story we tell after we break them can either bury us in shame or help us rebuild real trust with ourselves and with God.  Episode Outline  The pattern of broken promises and why it feels so personalHow repeated “failures” slowly erode trust with yourselfThe guilt and shame that show up after breaking a promiseWhy your body turns to old coping patterns when you are stressed or under fueledRereading the “evidence” of failure through a different lensNaming the deeper promise underneath the habits: not abandoning yourselfHow one hard moment becomes a story about your whole identityInterrupting the shame spiral with a new question about what your body is trying to do for youBeginning to rebuild trust with compassion instead of self attack Episode Chapters 00:00 Intro: Welcome to The Rise Experience 00:24 Rebuilding trust with yourself: monthly theme 01:32 Why we keep breaking promises to ourselves 03:10 Food, body, and the shame that follows “breaking the rules” 05:02 Your body’s real job: safety over perfection 06:28 How stress and under fueling trigger autopilot habits 08:05 Reframing “failure” as your body’s learned protection 09:35 The deeper promise: “I won’t abandon myself anymore” 11:02 How one hard moment rewrites your whole identity 12:20 Peter’s denial of Jesus and what fear does under pressure 14:08 Your story doesn’t end on your worst day 15:10 A new question: “What is my body trying to do for me right now?” 16:02 Practicing kinder self talk after you slip 17:05 Closing encouragement and prayer 17:55 Final send off: share with a friend and keep rising Conclusion Broken streaks, empty pans of brownies, missed workouts, the sharp words you wish you could take back, none of that gets to be the whole story about who you are. The real work is not never slipping again. The real work is what you say to yourself in the moment after you do. When you stop using those moments as evidence that you are too much or not enough, and start seeing them as honest signals of what you are carrying, you stop abandoning the woman you actually are. She has been there the whole time, under the pressure and the starting over, closer than it feels right now.  Action Taken  Notice what you say to yourself in the moment right after you “break” a promise.Ask: “What is my body trying to do for me in this moment?”Check your inner tone against how you would speak to someone you deeply lovePay attention to where you have been reading, struggle as proof that you are failing, instead of proof that something real needs careBring that honest need to God, asking for grace, strength, and a kinder way to see yourself   CTA  If this resonates, share it with a friend or a woman in your life who keeps calling her struggle a character flaw when it might just be her body doing the best it knows how to do.  Visit the links provided to stay connected. Instagram: @risewithshannonFacebook: Shannon DennistonLinkedIn: Shannon DennistonBusiness: https://msha.ke/shandenCoaching: https://msha.ke/risewithshannon Thank you for listening and for being willing to look at yourself with more honesty and compassion instead of more pressure. You are not the sum of your hardest moments or broken promises. You are the woman who keeps getting back up, learning what you need, and choosing not to abandon the truest version of you.

    18 min
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It’s not always about becoming someone different.Sometimes it’s about realizing you’ve been disconnected from yourself for longer than you thought. The RISE Experience is a podcast for the woman who can handle everything — except herself. The one who shows up, gets things done, keeps things together… but quietly feels like something isn’t landing the way it should. Shannon Denniston is a behavior change coach and the founder of RISE. What she talks about here isn’t behavior on the surface. It’s what sits underneath it — patterns, beliefs, and identity-level disconnects that make consistency feel harder than it should. A lot of what gets called “starting over” isn’t starting over at all. It’s noticing what’s been running in the background for a long time, and learning how to move differently from there. Not forced. Not rushed. No reinvention, no reset, just more aware, more honest with where things actually are, and returning to yourself in a way that holds.

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  • Creator
    Shannon Denniston
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The RISE Experience
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