Passionate On Purpose - Heart Talks With Sha

Send us Fan Mail This one really is a heart talk. I sat down with Alicia Arlene, author of You’re Already Her , for a conversation about life, motherhood, cancer, the hard things that change us, and what it looks like to keep becoming who we’re meant to be through all of it. We talk about the things we’ve survived, the things our kids have watched us walk through, and how easy it can be to think w...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode was supposed to be completely different. I had a guest booked. I was ready. The studio was ready. And then life happened. So instead of throwing away the day, I pivoted. This episode became a conversation about what we do when plans change — whether it’s something small like a cancelled Friday plan, or something much bigger that forces you to rethink your life. I t...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, I keep going deeper into what it means to grow, change, and actually trust the person you’re becoming. We talk about relationships when two people are evolving at different speeds, removing shame and guilt, having the hard conversations, listening to your intuition, and making decisions that might feel scary now but could completely change how you feel later. I also get...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the biggest shift isn’t becoming someone new. It’s finally becoming more of who you actually are. In Part 1, I’m talking about what happens when you stop spreading your energy across everything and start making room for what actually matters. We get into work-life balance, creativity, chasing your dreams, health decisions, self-trust, rest, intuition, and what it means t...

Send us Fan Mail Ooooof. I broke in this one. A few times…  Hearing that echo doesn't mean you're back where you started, it just means that there's still a part of you that remembers, right? We talk a lot about healing our inner child. But what about our inner teenager? The girl who didn’t just have a bad day where she didn’t like how she looked. The girl who genuinely didn’t like...

Send us Fan Mail This episode began somewhere I wasn’t expecting. After hearing about the passing of Hayden Panettiere, I found myself genuinely saddened. Our second daughter was actually named after her, and over the years we’ve laughed about the similarities — our own little blonde, fiery Hayden who loves to sing and has always had that little performer in her too. Her passing had me thinking ab...

Send us Fan Mail There comes a point when the people who once needed you for everything… don’t anymore. The kids grow up. They need you differently. The roles you’ve carried for years begin to shift. And suddenly, there’s space where there never used to be space. And that can feel freeing. But it can also feel a little uncomfortable. Because when so much of your identity has been wrapped up in tak...

Send us Fan Mail What if 95% is good… but the 5% makes you want to leave? A relationship. A friendship. A job. A dream. A version of your life you once thought you wanted. Sometimes one hard conversation makes us question an entire relationship. One bad experience makes us want to walk away from something we’ve spent years building. One criticism becomes louder than a hundred compliments. One pain...

Send us Fan Mail One comment. One assumption. One story I told myself. This week, I almost deleted a post because I thought someone had completely misunderstood what I was trying to say. But after taking a step back, I realized something… The comment wasn’t creating my emotions. The story I was telling myself about the comment was. How often do we do that in our own lives? Someone doesn’t text bac...

Send us Fan Mail We spend so much time hoping life will bring us the right people, the right opportunities, and the right relationships. But what if the first step isn’t waiting… it’s becoming? In this episode of Heart Talks with Sha, we’re talking about the power of alignment. If you want love, are you leading with love? If you want honesty, are you living your truth? If you want kindness, are yo...

Send us Fan Mail Fear has been a voice in my life for a long time. It has questioned my worth, my courage, my dreams, and even my tears. But I’m beginning to realize something… Fear doesn’t have to disappear. It just doesn’t get the final say. In this Heart Talk, we talk about unexpected tears, stepping into opportunities that feel bigger than us, entering a new season of life at 45, and choosing...

Send us Fan Mail What would you say if you could sit across from the younger version of yourself? In this deeply personal Heart Talk, I read a letter to little Sha—but somewhere along the way, it became a conversation with every version of me that was still healing. The young mother, the woman learning to love herself, and the person who was doing her best while carrying wounds she didn’t yet unde...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes life gives us clarity in the strangest ways.   For me, it was while I was renaming all my podcasts. I thought I was just making them sound better or making it look more organized.  But what actually happened was...I started reading every single episode I ever recorded. One after another.  And for the first time, I wasn't looking at each episode individually.  I was...

Send us Fan Mail For years, my weight—and how I thought I looked—wasn’t just a number. It was the headline of my life. It influenced my mood, my confidence, my decisions, and even my sense of worth. I know what it’s like to live with food noise. For me, it wasn’t overeating—it was starving myself. I know body dysmorphia, the need for control, and the constant mental negotiation around food. It’s e...

Send us Fan Mail I am just a epilepsy mama riding the waves of this challenging, yet beautiful life.   Things I have learnt: Watching a seizure doesn't get easier.  Navigating the systems doesn't get easier.  Asking for help can pay off.  Even small wins can feel big. It's ok to feel overwhelm, it doesn't mean failure.  Finding a show like #BaylenOutLoud came at the perfect tim...

Send us Fan Mail This week, during my cancer follow-up, I was reminded of the reason I started podcasting in the first place. It was said in a new way that I hadn’t heard before, but it truly resonated with me. “Make your mess your message.” Yes, I often speak about this. The universe is always speaking to us, and my message is often to use my story and my daughters’ story to spread awareness. Som...

Send us Fan Mail Will I ever be back to a podcast recording weekly, or starting a podcast without saying "it has ben so long" ? - I wonder this as I record yet another podcast after waiting too long.. January was super intentional. Daily movement and new calendar full of all the things I did.  February was sickness, tiredness, a new medication and a gap on the calendar.  We didn't h...

Send us Fan Mail It has been a hot minute since I have been here. I actually recorded a podcast during the holidays that got ERASED when I tried to edit a part.  It's very rare that I edit or omit anything I say.  I actually just roll with whatever comes to me, but that podcast there was one slight thing I decided not to say.  Somehow, the whole thing vanished.  I guess it wasn't meant t...

Send us Fan Mail Remember the saying....Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.....  I remember using this to stick up to kids that were mean.  Reality is, words do hurt.  An un-healed version of me just got that reality check.   I'm a queen at hiding the hard away in little boxes.  Only pulling it out when I fully feel I'm ready to feel.   Big lesson: When to...

Send us Fan Mail You guys, we can pile up all of our problems until the pile is just so impossible that we crash.  What if you worked on resetting everyday?  Would the problems go away? No.  But do some stay back there?  Yes!  So if we reset every day and start new, there definitely will be some problems that don't make the cut.  They don't make the list.  They don't deserve any mor...

Send us Fan Mail What if trauma catapults you to the next timeline? What if there truly is a reason for everything? What if you can find blessings in your hard? Sometimes we can get stuck in a certain life or timeline and can't push through our hard (even while using all the tools and therapy) but sometimes an even bigger storm comes and pushes us to a new level. Cancer is awakening me to a n...

Send us Fan Mail This may be the thing that finally got me.  After a year of thing after thing, this one will take me a bit to come back from.  It hits so different when you can't un-see a trauma.   In this emotional episode - I talk through what happened, our mixed feelings on how to deal, being fake through trauma as a protection, gratitude for what we do have and are, learning to live norm...

Send us Fan Mail Just when you think you handled it all so well and have it figured out....then tears come out of nowhere, quickly reminding you that you're human.   How many times are we going to live an experience, just slightly different each time, until we heal fully?  Will we ever be fully healed?  Is that just part of this human experience? In this episode I revisit the recent months, t...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you again for being here.  The outpour of love through this cancer journey,  has been a little light in the dimmer times.  Surgery was successful.  We are living cancer free with a side of wait and see, a side of err on caution, a side of optimism, and a side of confusion with positivity. It's a trip.  That's the best way I can say it.   This episode, we cover so m...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Passionate on Purpose! This episode is about so many things: Post surgery Scar unveiled Tears Pushing through A life time of practice to get me here  If you're brought to it, you will be brought through it the way you are meant to be.   Letting go of fears Trusting the universe Slowing down More tears F*ck Cancer Your story is your superpower Knowledge is powe...