The Trent Shelton Podcast

Today I want to encourage you to evaluate how you're spending your time. When's the last time you chose YOU over the things that are holding you back? We spend so much time on things that we don't enjoy, and before you know it your life is going to be over. You've got to put some excitement back in your life. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew yet? We've got insider cha...

You know that if I'm bringing him back, he MUST have something good to tell you today. My good friend Marcus Black is returning to the podcast, and today we're talking all about recognizing the people in your life who are faking you out. Some people feel like they've got to put up a wall to make you think they're something they're not, and a lot of times we fail to see through it. I want you to re...

This week I celebrated the first of my mom's birthdays since she gained her wings earlier this year. Today I want to celebrate her life. I want to pass on a few of the things I learned from her over the years. Some of you are watching a timer slowly run out of time, telling yourself that you'll start working towards your dreams tomorrow. It's time to get real and understand that your time is limit...

Thank you for taking your time to listen to this podcast, it is truly a gift. This week I have to share my thoughts about enemies and haters. We all have people in our life who don't want to see us win, but I want to talk about the internal enemies - the ones that really take control over our lives. Are you gonna stand up and fight, or are you gonna quit and run? It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are...

A few weeks ago, I went live on Facebook to share some truth with you guys. I tried to rerecord the message, but I felt like nothing could be the original. Today I want to share this message with you: you only get ONE life. Stop living like life is guaranteed and START taking steps down the path you want to see yourself at the end of. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew...

A lot of you know what I've been through in the past few months, with my mother passing and my daughter's medical issues. Today I get to sit down with Dr. Daniel Amen, who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist as director of the Amen Clinics. He is a five-times New York Times best-selling author. I've worked so hard on my life for the benefit of others, and we talk about the br...

This week I have Marcus Black on the Straight Up podcast. Marcus Black is a former pastor and current urban missionary providing leadership and mentoring programs to several inner city schools. He’s a traveling inspirational speaker, life coach, and host of The Vitalize Podcast. We are talking 'obsession' - however that shows up in our lives. So many people in this world want change, but they don'...

Did you know that 70% of people feel like they're a fraud? Are you one of those? Do you discredit yourself by focusing on your imperfections and ignoring your strengths? Don't allow your worth to be determined by your external life - know that you are incredible. You are special. You are talented. I want to speak life into your life. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew y...

What is staying the same in your life, because you're stuck in a season of inaction. I don't know about you, but when I know I'm not doing what I need to be doing, my soul feels it. Where has inactive in your life caused you to suffer? Today's episode is about deep work, not just inspiration and motivation, but it's an invitation to take a look at your life and figure out where you are remaining i...

This is going to be the realist episode of the Straight Up Podcast. STOP. Stop doing these three things and I promise you will be protecting your life. Do not let your good heart get you into situations where that heart will break. Don't put your life in the hands of the people who aren't going to care for it, I'm not telling you to put up walls, I'm telling you to be smart with your one, precious...

It's one of those episodes where I'm out here in nature, training, and I wanted to press record and connect with y'all and ask you a question. Are you living with potential, or are you living in your potential? Are you putting in the time and the effort to live out the potential that you have. Are you wasting time chasing instead of attracting the right people and opportunities in your life? Are y...

Here's an episode from the archives! Y'all, this is an episode I just HAD to get off my chest. In this age of uncertainty, there are so many worries coming in from the outside the home, that we may not be focusing enough on what's going on inside the home. Now our environment is the four walls that surround us, and the people we hold close. I'm going to teach you the secret to the five things you...

This is for everybody. How are you influencing people? I want you to evaluate what happens when you step into an environment. If you aren't leaving a space better than you found it, then what are you bringing into it? Never let your own insecurities, fears and doubts imprint on any one else. We live in a world where people project themselves on others and we need to stop planting seeds of limitati...

Here's one from the archives! Listen up Rehabbers, because this week I’m coming at you with a question a lot of you have been asking me: how come the people I’m close to aren’t supporting me? It turns out there can be many different reasons from their mindset to communication and everything in between. Check out this episode for some exclusive wisdom from me about how to find and harness support f...

This is a huge message. Right around the block from struggle, is the greatest version of yourself. Too many of us don't further the story, we just accept that the person we are in hard times is who we are always going to be. Are you going to make your failures, your losses, and the hardest times the version of yourself that you're going to stick with? What, or who is in the drivers seat of your li...

Join me as I take my peace back, while out on a nature run. The sun is always going to rise, no matter what the weather. Even when I can't be on fire, even when I can't be my 100%, I can still show up, and so can you. The storms have their purpose too. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew yet? We've got insider chats, events, and the kinds of challenges that other people...

Did that hit you hard? Good. Let's talk about what it looks like to shoot your shot, to go after the things you really want in life, and not let fear of time, or commitment, or change get in the way. Don't worry: it sounds like a lot but we're going to talk through it today. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew yet? We've got insider chats, events, and the kinds of challe...

If you hear this message, if you take it on board, this episode is life changing. What matters in your life? Who matters? Why are you wasting even 10 minutes of your life on people who aren't going to think about you 10 minutes after you've gone. You are important to the people in your world, so focus on them. It's Rehab Time. Let's get it. Are you part of my texting crew yet? We've got insider ch...

I'll be real with you, I'm hurting. This was a difficult episode to record. Grief is a pendulum and I'm going from acceptance to denial and from anger to peace right now, but I wanted to show up authentically for you guys to talk about legacy, how healing can feel like breaking and that sometimes you have to break down to break through. When you lose somebody you love, it's like your world stops....

Please enjoy this episode from the archive while I take time with my family. News flash: if you're harboring bitterness towards someone, you're letting them set up shop in your heart, rent free. Forgiveness isn't about freeing them, it's about freeing YOU! This episode I'm going to get real with y'all about how I dealt with bitterness and found forgiveness after losing football. Those lessons shap...

While Trent is spending time with his loved ones, we thought you'd enjoy this episode of Straight Up, which comes from his speech at the RISE Toronto conference. Why is it that you can make yourself do the little things everyday that you don't really enjoy, but when it comes to your gift, the thing that lights your heart on fire, your purpose, you think you have a consistency problem? You have a c...

You know I don't really do interviews, unless I'm super inspired and amazed by someone. Today I sit down with Jamie Kern Lima to talk about showing up authentically, being transparent and learning to trust your inner YOU. This is going to be the last Straight Up for a while - I'm going to take some time to be with my family in a difficult season - but I want you to hear this message from my friend...

Before you listen to this episode, I want you to set your intention right now to really listen and lock it in. Here's the big question for today: have you given yourself a death sentence? When I lost the NFL, I I believed my life was over. How wrong I was! That's why, in this episode, I'm going to show you the warning signs to look out for in your life, as well as how can you can get out of that "...

Please bear with us as we weather these unprecedented winter storms in Texas, and enjoy this episode from the archives. This episode may hit a little different for some of you, but I encourage you to open yourself up and receive this topic with your whole heart. If you don't know your worth, it will be impossible for you to grow in this world. There are several reasons why a person might struggle...

What's keeping you from being the person that you need to be? It can be.a hard question to answer. After all, so often the fears that hold us back, present themselves as the tools we need to keep the status quo - in our lives, relationships, and work. This week, I'm breaking down MY fears, the things that held ME BACK, so that hopefully you can break through those walls in your life. It's Rehab Ti...