SHE SPEAKS SHE HEALS Podcast with Doctor Shannon

Have you ever found yourself saying, "Hey, I'm not perfect. I'm only human?"

OR…

You've sacrificed progress for the illusion of perfection?

First of all, what's perfect got to do with it, anyway?

Secondly, why are you using "perfect" as your desired destination, which becomes an excuse?

What does "perfect" mean to you?

Seriously, how do you define "perfect?"

In the traditional way that most people think of it, perfection is really an illusion.

Not only is it an illusion, but it's become a prison for a lot of people.

So how do you get out?

Start by redefining PERFECT.

To me, the true definition of perfect is: TRUTH.

Good, bad, ugly…if it's the TRUTH, it's PERFECT.

Why?

Because when you know the truth, it'll set you free.

The so-called illusion of perfection takes many prisoners.

Don't be fooled. Don't be one of them.

Not sure if you're using "perfect" as an excuse?

If you're in either of these two camps, then you're definitely using it as an excuse. (As most of us humans do at times.)

A: Oftentimes you say things like, "I'm human. I'm not perfect."

You're using it as a reason to NOT grow or learn. You're using it to give yourself an "excuse" to stay the same.

Quite simply, it's a cop out.

B: You don't do certain things because you fear that you won't do it perfectly.

You hold back. You hide. You sacrifice progress because of your idea of perfection. When you do this, you stay stuck where you are.

Is it possible that you're striving for something that you haven't even clearly identified?

Do you even know what "perfect" is?

Again, I'd ask you to take a look at how you define "PERFECT."

It's time to bust out of the DECEPTION + PRISON OF PERFECTION, and trade it for the FREEDOM OF TRUTH.

Stop blaming everything on perfect. Either NOT being perfect or trying to be perfect.

It's time to start the process of progress and prosperity.

Let go of the IDEA of PERFECTION.

Stop using perfect as an excuse.

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

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

1. How do YOU define PERFECT? Perhaps it's time to redefine it.

2. Are you holding back in any area of your life because you're trying to do IT perfectly or not learning, growing, or advancing because you're using "perfect" as an excuse to stay where you are?

Write that down, and make a commitment today to stop using PERFECT as an excuse.

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Yes, someone's a little (a lot) fired up today about a topic that affects so many of us. Please stop trying to fit into a model that doesn't work for you!

Perhaps it's not YOU that's broken, but your model is…

Today we're talking about love and relationships in the context of loving your life and your life's work well.

What works. What doesn't. What is. What isn't.

Only YOU can answer the deeper questions that you're willing to ask yourself.

If the model's broken, no matter how hard you try…it's not going to work.

But YOU can, my dear.

You can choose another way. A different way. A new model.

Today.

Love and life don't come from the outside, in. They flow from above, down, inside, and out…YOU CAN TOO.

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

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

Engage with yourself today!

Is there another way for you to love your life and life's work well?

Is there another way for you to look at it?

I'd love to hear what you discover today...

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

It's a matter of heart and soul. And yes, in that order…

Your heart and soul.

Head and heart.

Your access IN is your heart.

It's the seat of your soul.

It's the familiar home to your feelings.

What's in there?

Are you willing to go ALL IN for all time?

Are you open and willing to love yourself?

To love your S.O.L.?

It's when your heart, head, and hands come together…

S.O.L.

S: Sipping.

Sipping is symbolic of ease. Enough. Every day.

O: ON.

ON, not off.

Focusing on what's ON and not what's OFF.

L: Life.

Life is everything from birth to death, and beyond.

It's also the life that's IN you.

The life that's outside of you…as it reflects what's inside of you.

It's uniquely you.

It's what makes us human.

Woman.

Living.

Life.

YOU must access your S.O.L. to access your...

Mind.

Will.

Emotions.

Heart

And SOUL.

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 do you feel as though you're living from your head versus your heart?

Introduce the two, and put your hands to it.

Yes, take action.

Creative action.

Ask yourself, "What can I create today with what's in MY heart and head?"

Put your hands to it — take ONE action today.

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Do not live in search of progress, live into the process and it will lead you to the progress you seek. Today I show you how.

It's time to redefine your focus. Not to progress, but to TRUST.

TRUST is your way out of the self-defeating patterns of the never-ending pursuit of progress and self-sabotage...and INTO a trustworthy process of living progressively.

Living YOUR LIFE progressively.

TRUST.

Besides the obvious of "do I believe you?"…it's also about "do I feel safe with you?"

SAFE.

And what do we place in a safe?

We put that which we value in a safe.

Yes, trust has to do with value and security.

It's what you value.

What makes you feel secure.

Insecurity comes from getting your value from the outside, not the inside of you.

Building true security requires you to...

1. Trust yourself.

Can you trust yourself…simply you…without all your stuff, titles, credentials, financials, image, status, etc?

YOU. BEING. VALUABLE. WORTHY. AS A HUMAN BEING. A HEART. A SOUL.

With full engagement. Total acceptance. Complete acknowledgment.

It's you being you. Nothing else (and everything) but BEING. YOU.

When you do, you'll trust that YOU will get IT done. Whatever "IT" is for YOU.

If not, then what?

You put so much of your trust in your performance, that your process of living gets depleted and disempowered.

Leaving you feeling empty and lost. Not enough. "Trying" to prove yourself.

So much so, that you've sacrificed your process and powerful progress.

It's when you find yourself being "goal-oriented," but for some reason you just can't seem to get the results you desire.

Why is that?

You start something, and you don't follow-through with all of you.

You beat yourself up.

You second guess yourself.

You muster up enough energy to DO BETTER. To IMPROVE.

Yet, you never quite get "there." That infamous place of acceptance and acknowledgment of a job well done.

Why? Because you never feel complete.

Why? Because you're always (and in all ways) "trying" to get "there" (whatever that place is for you.)

You don't feel as if you're doing enough. Therefore, you don't.

And guess what? You won't. At least not consistently.

You don't "COMPLETE," because you don't feel COMPLETE. WHOLE.

What if you committed yourself to being you?

And you committed to living the life you desire?

Trusting yourself that you'll show up each day for you?

Trusting yourself that you'll show up each day for your, and do what's necessary to create what you're committed to create…TODAY?

EACH AND EVERY DAY.

What would that look and feel like?

2. Trust the process of your life.

Because you trust the one in the process.

The price of your progress is your not only your process (which is your life.)

It's also your PROGRESS. Which, by the way, is YOUR LIFE WORKING WELL.

When you commit to yourself and your process, it will ALWAYS WORK.

Because YOU work.

IN your life. WITH yourself.

How much longer are you going to waste your valuable life…time TRYING to get there, while never fully being HERE?

Would you be willing to start focusing on your PROCESS versus progress?

Finding versus FIXING yourself?

When you do, you'll find that your progress is only created in the process.

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

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

Look at your process and start there.

Ask yourself, is my process inspiring? Is it what I truly desire?

Focus on finding out about YOU, your life, what works, and doesn't work. This is your process.

Instead of trying to FIX you. Find out some things about you and the process that will allow you to live well with ease.

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Today a dear soul reached out and said that she has "no other choice, but to choose something she doesn't desire."

What?!?

Have you ever felt this way?

That moment when you feel as though "it" is the ONLY WAY?

The next time you feel this way, do this…

C.H.O.O.S.E.

1. Change.

Change your mind. Change your life.

Change what you see, and what you see will change.

Create something new.

2. Hope.

Keep believing for what you desire.

When your beliefs no longer support your desires, try on a new belief.

3. Offer.

Offer yourself up to you and your life.

Give yourself the gift of YOU.

Offer YOURSELF to your life.

4. Other.

Other ways.

Open up to opportunities in the most seemingly inopportune times.

"AND" creates more than one "OR."

5. Stop.

Stop comparing what is to what "should" be or "could" be, and see it for what it is.

See what's true from a new perspective of truth, and stop "shoulding" on yourself.

Stop "shoulding" on your life. 6. Engage.

Engage fully with what is…

SWIM. GOLDIE. SWIM.

CHOOSE. YOU.

Do not allow anyone, or anything, to "make" you be someone you're not.

Choose you.

When you realize that you have no other choice but to be YOU, you'll see that you have so many more choices available to you.

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 as though you "have no choice?"

Look at it from every angle…including how you're defining it…and see another way.

Write down something different, and take one step today.

Yes, you do have a choice…

You can choose to be YOU.

When you do — it's no longer a choice — but a choice life that you're living.

And you no longer see YOU as a choice. Instead, you give yourself permission today to BE YOU and to live YOUR CHOICE LIFE.

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Does your love life need a little "redefinement?" It's time to marry your life, my dear! And this is how…

Atticus said it well, "Never go in search of love, go in search of life, and life will find you the love you seek."

It's time to redefine your love life. I'm talking "til death do you part" kinda stuff…and beyond!!

Like I said, whether you're single, a wife, mother, daughter, or sister...if you're a woman with a heart and soul, then you're qualified to BE THE WIFE OF YOUR LIFE.

How?

By becoming married to it.

Becoming merry in your life, and merry'd to it.

BECOME THE MERRY WIFE OF YOUR LIFE…FOR LIFE.

LOVE. LIFE.

The "L" stands for love and life.

The "E" stands for engagement.

Life gets you engaged. Love keeps you engaged.

How engaged are you in your life?

You must stay engaged with your own heart and soul.

You must stay engaged to the life that you became the "wife" to the moment you took your first breath — your first inspiration of life.

You were inspired by life.

The question is...

How inspired are you living and loving it?

The "IF" is whatever you choose it to be.

It can be the reason you love and the reason you don't.

It's what makes you a Wife (to your life) IF you're Engaged (to your love and life.)

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

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

Does your Love…Life need some Love and Life?

It's time to marry your life and get MERRY'D, to your life.

Become merry and love your life well…FOR LIFE by becoming the WIFE OF YOUR LIFE.

Do you commit today?

I'd love to gift you with a FREE copy of my best-selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life: Date Yourself Well. All you'll pay for is shipping. Go to dateyourselfwell.com to request your FREE COPY.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Recently I met with a client that was suffering from the devastating syndrome of what I call, "Forever Displacement." This is what it is, where it comes from, and how to treat it.

Forever Displacement Syndrome is simply "The Loss Of Forever"

What is it? Where does it come from?

It's when your personal definition of FOREVER gets knocked out of place, and you no longer have a hopeful definition of the future. It's a devastating loss, that feels like a forever loss.

Instead, it gets replaced with meaningless feelings of hopelessness, apathy, and loss.

THE FUTURE. FOREVER.

It comes from LOSS. A FOREVER LOSS. One that makes forever feel far too painful to endure.

But this type of loss doesn't have to mean LOSS OF FOREVER or FOREVER LOST.

Perhaps it isn't what we take with us that creates our forever, but what we leave behind.

In our "Before."

And in our "After."

It's simply a redefinition of loss and forever.

LOST doesn't mean loss.

Lost can be found.

Like a "Lost And Found." You never see a sign that says "LOST."

It CAN be uncovered and discovered again. Rediscovered.

This is how you can redefine and rediscover your forever...

F.O.R.E.V.E.R.

F - Future possibility in today and tomorrow's today.

O - Open UP (And stay open.)

R - Remember your dreams and your memories.

E - Express yourself .

V - Vision for what you desire to be .

E - Engage with your present.

R - Redefine your mission and present to include rediscovering your NEW FOREVER.

Your life will have the meaning you choose to give it AND receive from it.

Are you willing to redefine your FOREVER? And to start by rediscovering your FOREVER?

The treatment is REDEFINING + REDISCOVERING YOUR FOREVER.

Redefining and rediscovering your NEW NORMAL.

Every. Single. Day.

Committing to SELF discovery.

Treating it (you and your life) with tender loving hope, compassion, honor, and respect.

Creating and receiving your own NEW NORMAL.

LOVE. IS. PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE.

FOREVER.

LOVE IS FOREVER. YOUR FOREVER.

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

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

Do you feel as though you've lost your "forever" in any area of your life?

Are you willing (and open) to redefining and rediscovering it?

How can you redefine your FOREVER now...today…WITH LOVE?

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Today's a redefinition of your true authentic self.

As Mama Mary says, authenticity is sharing herself with others.

Are you willing to share YOU (your truth) with others, and allow them to share with you?

Not sure how or where to start?

If you're feeling uncertain or lost, you'll find yourself here…

The CITY.

The CITY of AuthentiCITY.

YOU are that sacred place.

There's no better place to live, love, and be.

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

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

Define authenticity…

How would you define YOU being "authenticity?"

Today's a redefinition of your true authentic self.

Allow HER to speak, be seen, and heard by YOU.

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR S.O.L. STORY?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Will I run out of things to say? That was one of my concerns when I first committed to sharing my life — every day — with you. Except for only a few times, coming up with what to say has been easy. However, sometimes not so easy.

Sometimes getting it OUT has been the hardest part. Sometimes it's a fight. Sometimes not. But always a victory when I push the SAVE/Upload button and realize that I have another 24 hours to explore my heart so I can again share with you.

365 days. 365 episodes. Over 1,100 hours of work. Over 60 hours of content. Some hard. Some easy. Doing it on the go in NYC. Editing on the beach while on vacation in Mexico. Sitting in my closet…sharing, caring, raw, real, showing up, speaking up. Breaking down. Breaking through. Doing it. No matter what.

Computer crashes. Files lost. Mind blocks. Detours. New paths forged.

What seemed really hard is so much easier now. What was very time-consuming, is now time creating.

Here's a little of my S.O.L. STORY, and what I've learned over the past 365 days and episodes...

It's amazing what we can do when we commit to it NO MATTER what!

365 is possible when you do a little each day.

These are things I'd want my daughter to be reminded of after I'm gone.

I've had more to say than I thought…but yet, always knew.

"I'm going in." This is what I tell myself before every podcast. Yep. I go in. And what comes out is a message. One that comes from the most hopeful place in my soul.

It's unscripted, and TRUE. It's for YOU.

Editing. I realize that I say a lot more than I need to say to actually say what I need to say.

I'm more technologically capable than I originally thought.

There isn't anything I/We cannot learn, unless I/We refuse to ask and grow.

Doing is more important than doing it the "right." What's perfect anyway?

I've had to remind myself that I'm not a podcast expert, but I'm simply a Messenger. A Messenger of Hope. Sharing the message and hoping for the best. Trusting that I've done my part.

"One stars" are stars too.

Not everyone's going to LOVE me and my message.

BUT...

I love me and the message I've been given to share.

I'm feeling inspired, and compelled to go deeper in my seeking so I'm able to share more deeply in my discovering…

What will that look like? I'm not sure.

What will that feel like? Probably scary. Since only thinking about it makes me feel a little nervous.

But I'm certain it'll be freeing, feeling, and healing.

My hope is to continue to provide a sacred space for YOU dear soul — and many other dear souls — to sip and share.

To care, and turn your scared into sacred.

Your reviews. Your ratings. Your testimonials. Your emails. Your words of encouragement, inspiration, and hope…I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Every. Single. Sip.

Thanks again to Mama Mary, Laura, Dawny, and Dara for boldly and beautifully sharing your sacred S.O.L. STORIES with us today!!

And to so many of you who've reached out and shared your gratitude and love for the podcast. (Thanks again from the bottom of my heart and S.O.L.)

Here are a few...

"YOU have gotten me through so many days. Your words, your messages hit me hard. In the best most challenging ways. I hope one day, my journey can help others...but honestly revisiting everything is hard. But you know what...maybe when things feel hard that is when they need tenderizing...poked...prodded...explored...understood. I am so happy now that I stopped running from fear. There is power in trusting God, but its not the power I would have thought...it's the power of peace. Wow." — Jennifer J.

"I love love love Dr. Shannon! I listen to her podcasts on the way to work almost everyday. I have been inspired and have started looking at life differently. Are you inspired? Are you overwhelmed with life? Try taking sips! Listen in, and see what you think!" — Angie L.

"Your podcasts have helped me through some of the toughest moments of my life." — Ardita B.

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

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

If you've gotten anything of value from the podcast, and you'd like to share...please email me at [email protected].

I'd love to do a powerful feature of YOU and your S.O.L. STORY on a future podcast episode.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)

Healing yourself creates happiness. This is how...

Notice I didn't say, "a healed self?" You being healed isn't the end all, be all. You…HEALING is.

This is why…

Healing. Is an ongoing process. An experience. That never ends.

It's natural. It's vital. It's vitality at its core.

YOU healing is you living.

Living what?

You must LIVE these 3 things in order to continue healing…YOU and creating a LIFE that inspires you...

FULLY.

1. You must live the life that's within you.

It's the LIFE that began the moment you were formed in your Mama's womb. It's the life that allows you to breathe, your heart to beat, and YOU TO BE.

That life is more than your brain activity and blood flow.

It's YOU. YOUR BODY. BEING. ALIVE.

Are you living it fully expressed?

Is your body fully expressing the life within it?

HOW?

Breathing.

Inspiration.

Full breathing.

Expansion.

Rhythmic breathing and heart beating.

Exercise.

Connection and communication between the brain and body.

Empowerment.

Is your healing power ON?

Is your inner healer working?

2. You must live fully transpiring between your heart and head before you expire.

It's the life that you think about.

It's the life that you are about.

It's the consistent tap tap tap of your footsteps as you make your way into your life.

Purposeful beating.

The song of your heart and soul being consciously cared for.

Not beating UP or beating DOWN, but beating ahead…and winning in your life.

3. YOU must live, create, and recreate every day with the life you discover.

It's the life that you're building, as you're growing and going while experiencing life on planet earth.

It's not what you get. But what you create with what you've got, and what you give from what you make of it….and with it.

Eating. Taking it all in.

Savoring and sipping.

You eating it. Not it eating you.

It's the style in which you choose to design your life.

Your style.

Your style of living.

A life style that represents the life that's within you.

Inspired. Knowing. Passionate. Rhythmic. Flowing. Growing. Going. Ahead. From your heart. Empowering. Healing. Being. Doing. Having. Hoping. Engaging. Loving. LIVING. Inspiring.

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

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

How are you caring for your breath? Your heart beat? Your body that carries both? Your body of life (your body of work ) that you fully engage with and empower each and every day?

How are you caring for what inspires you?

How would you describe your lifestyle? Your style of living?

Are you willing to create a life that inspires you?

Are you willing to heal you by creating a life that inspires you?

Write out a plan for living your day in a way that inspires you, and expresses your personal LIFE style.

Healing. Inspiring. You. Every. Single. Day.

I'd love to do a powerful feature of YOU and your S.O.L. STORY on Episode 365…are you IN?

I'd LOVE to connect with you, and celebrate YOU and your S.O.L.

Go to WomenSippingOnLife.com for my call-in schedule, and the special link to join me for a powerful LIVE S.O.L. DATE with me and other Women Sipping On Life.

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/

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you.

By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.

Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you.

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)