SHE SPEAKS SHE HEALS Podcast with Doctor Shannon

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I found my voice and wrote this little book."

Writing your love story begins with you finding your voice.

It starts with discovery.

But in order to discover, you must first uncover and expose yourself.

Your TRUE heart and soul.

Next you must be willing to locate yourself exactly where you are.

Then you can begin to see what you'd like to take with you on your new journey of adventure and discovery.

How?

By listening to that still, small voice within you.

By loving your story, and using your words to express it...

To tell the story you choose to create.

To tell the story you choose to love.

To tell the story you choose to live.

(This is the conclusion of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

What have you been wanting to say or express in some way, but for whatever reason…you have not yet done so?

Make a commitment today to find your voice, say what you need to say, and love the story you're in — because you're creating with the LOVE within.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I began to taste freedom."

Yes, and I began to...

STAND.

IN.

POWER.

Your significance, strength, and solutions are found in the power of TRUTH.

What do you stand for?

When you STAND IN TRUTH, you can rise up and STAND IN POWER.

SIT.

Stand.

Stand up.

SIP.

T.A.S.T.E. YOUR LIFE DAILY. IN FREEDOM.

Trust what's true. Appreciate your freedom to choose. Show up, speak up, and stand up. Tell your new story. Evolve and grow.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

So what truth are you standing in today? What are you standing for?

Are you standing in power?

What's your life about? What are you all about?

Journal about this and see what your heart has to say.

And don't forget to thank her...

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

If you stay in your head, you're dead. If you follow your heart, you're fed.

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I realized my mind can torment and deceive me, but in the service of my heart it is a great and noble ally."

If your heart leads your head, your life is led.

It's time to unwind your mind, and move ahead with your heart.

M.I.N.D. YOUR MATTERS...

Meditate. Investigate. Navigate. Dedicate.

Yes, it's time to dedicate your head to your heart.

And start.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

Where in your life has your head been in the driver's seat?

And dedicate this moment by making a commitment to allow your heart to lead.

Your life will follow.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Give it your attention. ALL of your attention. In the present moment.

Wherever you are. Be there.

You're in your life. Be here.

Now. Here.

NOT NOWHERE.

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I quit rehashing the past and worrying about the future which keeps me in the present where aliveness lives."

The most effective way of doing this is to to give your present life your attention.

NOW.

Needs replacement.

Ownership transfer.

Wonder world view.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

Which of these 4 areas of your life need a "needs replacement?"

(Your beliefs, your body, your belonging, your body of work.)

Where do you need to take full ownership?

How wonderful would each of these areas look (and feel) if you gave you, and your life, your undivided attention?

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Have you ever thought about fear in this way?

It's usually not WHAT we fear, but WHY we fear what we fear.

Imagine getting to that understanding, and no longer fearing your own fear…

Is it possible? Yes, it's possible.

Kim McMillen discovered, "When I loved myself enough I quit fearing my fear."

The opposite of love isn't hate, but fear. So what if you could see your fear from the perspective of love?

The 3 questions will help you do this:

Ask yourself:

What do I fear?

Why do I fear this?

What can I love about it, or within myself that will give me courage?

W.H.Y.?

Why?

How?

Yes? Is there something here for me that I can say yes to?

Then say yes to the feeling of fear, and allow it to teach you something powerful.

Start here, and watch what happens in your life…

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

What are you afraid of right now?

Why?

How?

Yes?

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I began listening to the wisdom of my body. It speaks so clearly thought its fatigue, sensitivities, aversions, and hungers."

Self love isn't only about you.

It's about ALL OF YOU.

Let's face it, my dear, you are way more than the ME that you call yourself.

Loving you is loving more than just YOU. It's about loving ALL of YOU.

Your above. Your down.

Your inside, your outside.

Your being. Your doing.

It's your beliefs.

It's your body.

It's your belonging.

It's your body of work.

IT'S ALL. YOU.

So when you start to think about establishing a lifelong love affair with yourself, you MUST acknowledge and accept ALL OF YOU...

OR...

Your life won't love you back.

You can have it all, when you realize that you are it ALL.

Then, you can receive it ALL.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

Go through each of these 4 areas — belief, body, belonging, and body of work...rate your relationship with each on a scale from 1-10 (1- almost at divorce court, and 10 being at your happy, healthy ever after, honeymoon.)

Then commit to ONE action in each of these areas and take ACTION. NOW.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

As well as celebrate and appreciate it.

Without the silence there is no music.

Without the inspiration, there is no creation.

Without the down, there is no up.

Kim McMillen reminds us, "When I loved myself enough things got quiet inside. Nice. Real nice."

Today we're going to simply breathe and take this moment to recognize the QUIET.

The…

Quality. Unique. Inspiring. Engaged. Time…

of quiet.

The quiet of your life.

Ah…

It's the feeling of NICE.

Isn't that nice?

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

Begin practicing a moment of quiet each day. Start with one minute and simply pay attention to the pause between your heartbeats and your inspiration/expirations.

It's that moment at the top and the bottom of each breath.

Get quiet today and afterwards journal about how it felt. What did you notice? How do you feel now?

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Kim McMillen discovered, "When I loved myself enough I forgave myself for all the times I thought I wasn't good enough."

You're seeking…

A quality of being. A quality of believing. A quality of becoming. A quality of living a life that you desire to wake up to everyday and walk into.

A quality that's worthy of your life.

A quality of loving and living your life and life's work well. Am I right or am I right?

What qualifies you?

YOU.

To see and be these unique qualities that make up YOU, and to express them in all areas of your life.

So what's required?

The quality.

Begin creating quality in your life.

YOU.

Your body. Your behavior.

Your brain. Your beliefs.

Your being. Your desires.

Your body of work. Your actions.

ALL OF YOU. IN ALL OF YOUR LIFE.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

Where in your life do you feel like you're enough? That you're quality?

Where in your life do you feel like you're NOT enough? That you're not quality.

Allow yourself to tap into your quality to lift the other area of you to a fuller expression.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I learned to grieve the hurts in life when they happen instead of making my heart heavy from lugging them around."

We all know that procrastination keeps us where we are. There is no worse type of procrastination then procrastinating your feelings. Seriously.

It will keep you heavy.

It will keep you fruitless, by robbing you of your fruit. Your harvest.

If you don't have fruit, then you'll end up eating yourself.

Remember, it's not what you're eating, as much as it is what's eating you.

It will eat you from the inside out.

It's time to...

Face your hurts.

Face your pain.

Face your loss, or losses.

Face yourself.

It's time for a face off.

Eye to eye.

Nose to nose (knows to knows.)

Heart to heart.

It's time for a F.A.C.E. off.

Feel.

Grieve. Cry it out!!

It's like taking out the garbage. You're grateful for what you received from what was in the containers or connected to the food, but now it no longer serves you. Let it go.

Once you stop feeding the pain, you can feed the healing.

Appreciate.

Give thanks for yourself by acknowledging where you are in your journey.

Create.

Allow your emotion to put you in motion to create something new.

Engage and energize.

Connect with your heart and soul as you release yourself. Give yourself permission to let go of who you are to become who you're becoming.

Whatever it is that you're carrying around with you, it must be worthy of your life.

Is it worthy of your life?

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.)

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP:

What area of your life needs to grieve?

Cry it out. And F.A.C.E. it today.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

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I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

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I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

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Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)

Kim McMillen said, "When I loved myself enough I quit having to be right which makes being wrong meaningless."

If being wrong is meaningless, then so is being right.

So what makes life meaningful?

YOU.

A newer client recently told me, "Sometimes I feel like life is empty and meaningless."

This is what I said. "That's because it is..."

We've all heard about the glass being half full or half happy, right?

For a long time I saw it half full, but many years I decided that half full wasn't enough. I chose to see it FULL.

FULL. FILLED.

Then several years ago I said, the heck with half full, half empty, or full. I'm the glass.

And as I told my client, "You're the glass."

And yes, you're empty. Until you fill yourself up with what means something to you.

The only meaning is the meaning that you give it.

What does it mean to YOU?

What do YOU choose to fill yourself up with?

Yesterday we talked about The Cost Of Not Loving Yourself.

This is one of the costs of NOT loving yourself.

Your cup will be empty, or filled with meaningless stuff that brings you no joy and slowly sucks the life out of you.

But you can CHOOSE A DIFFERENT WAY…

Today I posted a pic on Instagram of my daughter and I on the Brooklyn Bridge. It was from a few years ago, you know the infamous #TBT pic.

It really got me thinking…and feeling.

I ended up writing a very long post, but when I went to put it on IG, it was so long it wouldn't let me post it. I didn't even know that IG had a limit!

So I posted a Part 1 rendition, and chose to post the rest tomorrow via the podcast because I believe YOU need to hear what I shared.

I'm going to read it you, and then I'm posting this as a podcast video post on IG and FB tomorrow.

You can also check it out there.

Here it goes…

"#TBT This was taken on the Brooklyn Bridge with my dear daughter, Anni a few years ago. 2014 to be exact. A few days after Anni's birthday. I remember it like it was yesterday because...

A) I was with my precious Anni girl.

B) It was her birthday week.

C) I was on the Brooklyn Bridge for the very FIRST TIME…yep, first time…loved it!

D) I had recently moved to NYC and I LOVE MYCity…MY beloved MANhattan!

E) While we were taking these pics, Anni saw a tragic and shocking post on Facebook…Robin Williams had lost his life to suicide!

I felt it so personally. I remember the intense pain I felt in my chest and stomach. Like I had just been punched in the gut.

I think we all felt it at some level. But I had a deeper reason for feeling it…

My favorite movie of all time is What Dreams May Come starring Robin Williams. It's about a man who takes it upon himself to go into the pits of hell and back to rescue his beloved wife after her suicide.

This movie has had a significant impact on my life for SO many reasons.

After watching it the first time, God shared with me that my purpose on planet earth is being a Messenger. A Messenger of Hope.

Wow…I was so excited! (And I still am.) It was the beginning of my quest and mission of knowing what it really means to be a Messenger, and knowing the truest definition of "HOPE."

The second time I watched it…it was something that he said in the movie about people who experience death by suicide, that changed my life FOREVER!

At one of the lowest times in my life, it were these words that rung in my head as I contemplated ending it all in order to stop the pain I was living in. In the movie he said, "Suicides go to hell." I remember hearing this so loudly in my head…screaming…as I was bargaining with God...sitting in my vehicle, in my garage, gas tank full, ready to turn the key.

It was if that movie and those exact words were JUST for me. To get me to reconsider. If even for a moment. To consider something else.

It's one of the reasons, besides choosing LOVE, that I reconsidered my plan and chose to take a different route. (Thank God!) One that's rooted in TRUTH. LOVE. LIFE. HEAVEN ON EARTH.

Whether people who die by suicide go to heaven or not, isn't for me to say. All I know is that on that day, on this bridge, when I got the news about dear Robin Williams, I chose to believe that they do.

And on that day, so many years ago, when I chose to find a new way to end the pain and suffering I was in, it began with LOVE. Loving God, loving myself, loving my life, and loving my life's work well.

I didn't know that what my life was missing was ME…

I didn't know that I wasn't loving myself…

I didn't know how much it would end up costing me…

I didn't know that the reason I had been contemplating doing such a horrific thing to myself and life was rooted in lies, and rooted in NOT loving myself and all the chaos and confusion that comes with it. I didn't know…

I knew the truth, but I didn't know the WHOLE TRUTH.

I didn't know that I was whole, even if I felt broken.

I didn't know ME. So how could I love me?

I didn't spend time with me. So how could I know me?

I didn't love me.

I didn't know that by fully accepting me I no longer had to accept anything less than my heart's desires.

I didn't know that my "Happy Ever After" was something that I could create WITH ME.

I didn't know that I could still love and live my dreams…and beyond.

When I finally made the decision to go deeper than the pain, I stopped trying to "fix Shannon," but instead I committed to "find her."

I started dating myself well...AND EVERYTHING (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING) BEGAN TO SHIFT.

It shifted into alignment with TRUTH, and knowledge of the truth that led to FREEDOM. My freedom.

This is the LOVE + FREEDOM I now love to live and love in…and I'm beyond grateful that I got to stand on the Brooklyn Bridge decades later with my sweet precious daughter because I chose LOVE. I chose LIFE.

I get to stand WITH ME. In a city that I choose to love and live in because I chose to follow my heart and soul— BIG DREAMS AND ALL.

This is what happens when YOU CHOOSE a new day, and a new way to love yourself (and others.)

What's the cost of NOT loving yourself well?

It's your love.

It's your love life.

It's your LIFE.

When you can count the cost, you can begin to create the value that you desire. You can begin to choose something different, to see something different, because you are seeing differently.

Today on the Women Sipping On Life podcast I share the WHOLE S.O.L. STORY.

Thanks for listening. Thanks for loving. Thanks for sharing with someone who needs to be reminded of truth today. You are loved. Love yourself well. xo

To learn how to become The Great Lover Of Your Life, I'm giving YOU a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well (all you'll pay for is shipping.) Why? Because I love you. That's why!Go to www.dateyourselfwell.com today."

So with that, I'm going to remind you of the same thing.

(This is the continuation of our Enough Is Enough Series — based on the profound little book, When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen and Alison McMillen-Givnish. You can order a copy HERE.)

Your SACRED S.O.L. STEP for today is this…

Go to www.dateyourselfwell.com today, and get yourself a FREE copy of my book. All you'll pay for is shipping.

If you've been feeling like you're stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you're drowning in your life, please don't hesitate to reach out. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com

ALSO...

I'd be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at [email protected]

S.O.L.| NOT SOLO. If you haven't already joined the movement, you're personally invited to come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

I can't wait to meet you there, and engage with you even more!

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there...

To listen to the song I wrote, you can do so here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and also cast your vote on your favorite version.

Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/

Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING.

I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY.

xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life's work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast…

Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL

Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)

Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com)

Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com)