The RISE Experience

Send me a text Sometimes you keep doing something for so long that you stop realizing you're choosing to do it. You make the appointment. Find the cleats. Fix the mistake. Get the waffles. Step in before anyone else has enough time to figure it out for themselves. And somewhere along the way, everyone around you gets used to it too. But what happens when they don't actually need you to d...

Send me a text Host Shannon Denniston explores why you can miss who you were in a past season while also feeling relieved it's over, naming this mixed experience as ambivalence—holding two opposite feelings at the same time. She explains how we often reduce a complicated era to one flat label ("young and stupid," "so hard"), and how confirmation bias then shapes what we re...

Send me a text Host Shannon Denniston explores what happens in the minutes after you finally voice an honest opinion — like suggesting a restaurant in a group text — and then feel the urge to walk it back when responses are neutral or mildly disappointed. She explains that finding your voice isn't just speaking up, but resisting the impulse to abandon what you said to regain the "safety&...

Send me a text We've all been there: the group text where everyone's picking a restaurant, and instead of saying what you actually want, you type "whatever works." In this episode, Shannon unpacks why those tiny moments of staying quiet matter more than we think — and how they might be the real place where we slowly lose ourselves. It's easy to reserve "using your voi...

Send me a text Shannon Denniston explores why we can understand a habit or pattern immediately but still repeat it within a day, focusing on the gap between insight and actual change. She compares understanding to getting a map of an old road, while our "feet" keep taking the familiar groove unless we deliberately practice a new path, often clumsily and repeatedly. She names this space t...

Send me a text What if that weird, can’t-quite-name-it feeling under “I’m good” is actually the thing you’re meant to pay attention to? Episode Summary I start with a simple moment in a school parking lot, giving the quick, easy answer we all use. I smiled, said, “I’m good, busy, you know, but good,” and headed to my car, but something in me stopped long enough to stare at the gear shift and think...

Send me a text “You’ve changed” can sound like a compliment, a quiet ache, or a warning. I’m talking about what those words really reveal about our relationships, our growth, and who we’re becoming together. Episode Summary There are a hundred ways to hear “you’ve changed,” and most of us know exactly which one we got just from the tone. I walk through the quiet, very human side of change, the fri...

Send me a text If “I’m good with whatever” flies out of your mouth before you even know what you want, this one’s for you. Let’s talk about the quiet ways you’ve been editing yourself down to keep the peace and what it could look like to bring your whole, honest self back into the room. Episode Summary Hey friend, this is for the woman who’s spent years being easy to be around and is just now real...

Send me a text If you stopped always picking up the phone, always fixing, always holding everything together, would the people in your life still stay close? I want to sit with that question and gently untangle the difference between being needed and being truly known and loved. Episode Summary If you’re the woman who gets the late-night text, who always figures it out, who never drops the ball, t...

Send me a text If staying “easy to be around” has started to feel like disappearing, you’re not imagining it. Let’s name where that smallness started, what it’s been costing you, and what changes when you stop shrinking to keep everyone else comfortable. Episode Summary I’m talking to the woman who can read a room before anyone says a word and instantly adjusts herself to keep the peace. The smile...

Send me a text What if the most settled version of you isn’t someone you have to become later, but someone you can choose to be today? This is an invitation to loosen your grip, stay present with God in the middle of real life, and find a quieter kind of contentment right where you are. Episode Summary When life feels like too much, control can start to feel like the only safe option. This teachin...

Send me a text If you’re tired of running on high alert, replaying conversations, and trying to manage every possible outcome, this is for you. Walk through what it really looks like to loosen your grip, trust God in the not‑knowing, and finally settle into the life you’re already living. Episode Highlights There’s a moment when control stops working when white-knuckling your way through life cost...

Send me a text If you’ve been managing every word, every reaction, every part of you just to keep things “okay,” there’s a good chance control is costing you more than you realize. We’re getting honest about what happens when that managing starts to shrink who you are and your authenticity quietly disappears. Episode Summary There comes a point where control stops feeling like something you reach...

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 thr...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 he...

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 l...

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 a...

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...

Send me a text 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...

Send me a text 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. H...

Send me a text 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 lou...

Send me a text 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...