The RISE Experience
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.
Episodes
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...
You are not a woman who lacks confidence. You are a woman who has been moving through spaces that do not feel steady yet. What if that quiet hesitation you keep fighting is not failure, but your body trying to keep you safe in moments that feel too exposed?
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 ...
When clarity is loud on the inside, but your voice goes quiet on the outside, something deeper is running the show.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to listen again. Here, identity, faith, the body, a...
Carrying more than you were ever meant to hold might look like strength on the outside but what if it’s quietly draining your soul, your energy, and your leadership from the inside out?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instea...
I used to think that being a “good leader” meant holding everything together for everyone else. But what if the very weight you’re carrying for others is the thing quietly burning you out?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness ins...
You know that quiet moment after you say “yes” and your whole body whispers, “I didn’t want that”? That’s not just stress. That’s your cue: this isn’t a time problem. It’s a boundary problem.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness...
Trust sounds beautiful until it asks you to loosen your grip.
If you’ve spent years being “the responsible one,” letting go doesn’t feel holy or healthy. It feels risky. But what if your growth and the growth of the people you lead actually depend on it?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to...
When did “being responsible” quietly turn into carrying the weight of everyone and everything? If your strength has started to feel like pressure, this is your invitation to lead differently.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadines...
You’re not falling behind, you’re just exhausted from trying to keep up.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to listen again. Here, identity, faith, the body, and quiet inner wisdom matter. A place to pau...
Leaders often face tension, anxiety, and constant people-pleasing, and it can feel impossible to create trust. When emotional and relational safety is missing, teams hold back, creativity stalls, and stress takes over.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels lou...
Strong on the outside. Tired on the inside.
There is a weight that builds when everything is carried quietly. It does not show, but it settles into the body and the soul.
Episode Highlights
In this episode, I address the emotional and physical toll of carrying burdens in silence. What looks like strength and composure often leads to chronic stress, exhaustion, and isolation. Avoiding being a burden can quietly overb...
Strong people often carry the heaviest loads in silence.
But growth was never designed to happen alone.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to listen again. Here, identity, faith, the body, and quiet inner...
Quitting isn’t always failure; it can be protection.
Feeling the urge to leave often signals that something feels unsafe, unsteady, or overwhelming. Staying should never feel forced; it should feel supported, natural, and safe enough to continue.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow dow...
Structure is not always the safe place it promises to be.
For some, it brings clarity and calm. For others, it quietly creates pressure the body cannot ignore.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to listen...
Trying harder isn’t always better. Sometimes, pushing through discipline leads to exhaustion, stress, and even burnout. What if the real key to consistency isn’t force, but steadiness?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead...
Consistency is easy when life feels calm.
But when the nervous system is on edge, even simple routines feel heavy.
The question isn’t why consistency disappears — it’s what the body is responding to.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from stead...
Self-trust doesn’t disappear in loud moments. It fades quietly, one small override at a time. And most women don’t even realize it’s happening until they no longer feel safe with themselves.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. I’m Shannon Denniston, and this is a space where we slow down when everything feel...
Everyone’s rushing to decide what’s next. New goals. New plans. New direction. But what if clarity doesn’t come from pushing forward, but instead from stopping long enough to notice where you already are?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. I’m Shannon Denniston, and this is a space where we slow down when e...
Hope doesn’t disappear all at once.
Sometimes it just goes quiet after being disappointed too many times.
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. I’m Shannon Denniston, and this is a space for slowing down, leading from steadiness instead of urgency, and growing without hustle. Here, we explore real-life change r...
What if belief didn’t have to feel heavy or forced?
What if growth didn’t mean sprinting from one goal to the next or pushing yourself into exhaustion?
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and everyday life. I’m Shannon Denniston, and this is a space for slowing down, leading from steadiness instead of urgency, and growing witho...
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