Waves of Joy

You all are in for a sweet treat! Today I got the pleasure of having a morning coffee chat with one of the most kind and genuine humans I have ever known. Jenna and I met back at UFC in 2019, where I had the pleasure of coaching her toward the "big booty goals" while simultaneously learning about what makes her who she is. Fast forward over 4 years later, and she has become a close frien...

A "flexitarian" describes someone who eats mostly plant-based foods but occasionally eats meat, poultry, and fish. Vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, or carnivore, no matter what group you fall into, it's imperative that we remember nothing extreme will last forever. Whether it's running marathons, bodybuilding, or avoiding any food that came from an animal, we eventually find our...

For the majority of my 20's and early 30's, I had unexplained weight gain, reproductive issues, poor digestion, chronic fatigue, and impaired memory. I thought, WOW, getting old sucks!! Boy, I was so wrong. This is prime time, baby, there is no way I should have low libido with chronic diarrhea and burps that smell like rotten eggs. My body was sending me signals that were easy to ignore...

The silent treatment, defensiveness, criticism, and meanness are all great ways to end your relationship. Often we avoid difficult and uncomfortable conversations in exchange for attacking someone's character, mocking them, or ignoring them altogether. These are all great ways to block the flow of love and stay in an endless cycle of unhealthy debate. Today we deep dive into your fight style...

Quitting has a bad reputation. When we think of this word, we typically think of things like giving up and failing. But what if I told you it took courage to quit? What if I told you it took a certain level of confidence to admit something wasn't working and it was time to move on?  What if I told you quitting was for winners? Today we talk about the top 3 reasons most people are afraid to qu...

We tend to complicate decision-making when conflicting seeds of information are bounced around in our heads. Stay in your body, feel what is right, and avoid ruminating about any advice that does not match your purpose. Today I discuss trusting others less and trusting ourselves more. To be completely honest with you, this week had me feeling some sort of negative way about people. I want you to l...

While you are being treated or waiting for it to pass, you have to keep fighting. The diagnosis of depression is as complex as the illness itself. The truth is 3% of Americans, some 19 million, suffer from chronic depression, and more than 2 million of those are children. In all honesty, I had no idea how many people were struggling with something many people do not take seriously. Upon educating...

Are you out there chasing the "bad boys" or the "bad girls" because catching them is a perpetually unattainable goal? In all reality, what would you do with them anyway? We have normalized the thrill of the chase instead of focusing on attracting genuinely good people who challenge us in healthy ways. I will be the first to admit that I am guilty of this. I only recently realiz...

It turns out breakdowns make us human. For some of you, this may seem like common sense, but for others, you may feel so alone when life gets heavy, and happiness seems out of reach. It's in these trying times that we rely heavily on believing we will never have enough or we will never be enough. This is no fault of your own, but of the society we live in that constantly reminds us "ther...

What will people think?! True confidence means you don't feel the need to explain yourself to others. Maybe you decided to have children without getting married, or you stopped eating meat and became a vegetarian, or you started training to become to world's strongest woman. First off, GO YOU! Secondly, you shouldn't ever feel the need to justify your decisions. What it really boils...

We all know those people who have 5,782 unread emails highlighted with a bright red notification, am I right? Or maybe, you are that person. Often, our emails look a lot like our emotional inboxes where we are overflowing with feelings we have decided would be safer pushed far down instead of honestly working through them. We carry these situations, emotions, and hurt from one relationship to the...

Today I want you to ask yourself: Does my "symptom" have a role, function, purpose, or intention? Now, this can feel like a loaded question depending on the context but it can apply vastly to the way we feel about ourselves daily. In light of my current situation, we are going to deep dive into how my "symptoms" served a purpose and how this was one of the few times I actually...

Have you ever played private investigator for no reason hoping to find nothing? Maybe you looked at his phone, checked his email, surprised him at work, or showed up unexpectedly at the gym. It was innocent of you to just "look" or "show up" right? WRONG. You will always find what you are looking for. Maybe you suspect he's meeting up with someone after work so you turn on...

All courage is fear, said with prayers. My heart has been torn for months now about my calling to go to Nigeria and serve. A medical mission is something I have been wanting to do for years. Yet the opportunity presented itself during election time in Africa when crime and violence are at their peak. Is it safe? Is it smart? What is a proof of life plan? Is this how it's supposed to be? As mu...

60-hour work weeks, entrepreneurship, clients, patients, relationships, you name it, I was available for it. Do you know where that got me, BURNT OUT and SICK. Today I deep dive into 7 ways you can be more "unavailable" for what doesn't deserve your attention, plus ways to be "available" for what does. It is eye-opening to see how we spend our time and at the same time how...

All my life I have labeled myself. Shauna the sonographer, Shauna the wife, Shauna the bodybuilder, Shauna the personal trainer... you get it. What I found was when those labels were stripped from me, I lost a part of me every single time. Now, how tightly I identified with those labels directly correlated to how long it took me to "recover" and redefine myself. Today we deep dive into a...

What the hell happened!?! I woke up and I'm fat. If you haven't been there before then you likely have yet to hit age 40 or have hormone imbalances. You know the frustration when you eat the same foods, train with the same intensity and keep stress levels stable yet you walk by the mirror and want to throw up? That day you toss the jeans and accept the inevitable (stretchy pants for life...

We participate in an endless cycle of diets where we try to control rather than honor our inner desires and appetites. We try to sculpt our female bodies so they are more linear and angular, less round and curvaceous. Ironically, we do this in our friendships as well. We hyper-focus on likes, comments, and DMS rather than hour-long cafe conversations with a new friend. Friends are truly the medici...

If you've listened to me for a while, you know I spend my life teaching and learning how to navigate change. I deep dive into the unknown head first with one plan; everything is workable because life will always figure itself out. Building a life around being uncomfortable is what 99% of people actually avoid doing. Most of us chase comfortability, affirmations, and sameness which follow with...

From clean bidet butts to 12 hours on a flight together watching people do aerobics, we've got you covered on humor and advice for visiting Japan and traveling as a new couple. Public speaking isn't everyone's jam, okay let's be honest, 99% of us would rather get an electric shock than speak; so today I am extra grateful that Cam sat down behind the mic with me to tell you his...

 “And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity, and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”   Today we chat about what to do before moving in together, why you shouldn't move in together, what to expect while living toge...

We all know the saying "secrets don't make friends," am I right? Well, secrets also diminish our own well-being and quality of life. We fear judgment at the expense of being honest and this stress of holding something inside us chips away at our health, our relationships, and our happiness. Today we talk about not feeling guilty, embarrassed, or anxious about our secrets. Honesty is...

A book launch in the USA while in another country, yeah that shit is complicated with a 16-hour time change! But you know me, I like to do hard things. I am SO grateful for the love and support that I decided to give my new book away for FREE but only until March 20th. Even more life-changing was my trip to Japan. I have an exciting episode coming for y'all with my boo but today you get all t...

I started crying today. Crying because transitions are SCARY AF and when you pray for clarity and get deafening silence, it's even scarier. As most of you know I find much joy in showing up in life authentically Shauna, but sometimes, things like money, my childhood, and what I should be doing versus what I am doing creep in and cripple me. In the last 3 weeks, I have spent $6K, yes $6k when...

Experience > Things. When is the last time you went on a trip and only packed what you needed? Often we pack our lives and our hearts with the "WHAT IFS!" I'm talking about the raincoat "in case it rains," the hiking boots "in case you go hiking," the fourteen bathing suits "in case you get stranded on the island for an extra two weeks!" We spend so...