SHE SPEAKS SHE HEALS Podcast with Doctor Shannon

Loss. Heartbreak. Heartache. Depression. Your happiness isn't lost, it's in need of healing. Today I'm going to teach you how to heal it. Imagine what YOU, and your life, would look and feel like if your happiness was at a whole new level of health...

Everyone talks about finding their happiness or choosing it. I often talk about creating your happy. However, what if it's already there, but it needs some tender loving care in order to heal?

This is exactly what's happening, and this is how to heal your H.A.P.P.Y.

You must heal your…

H. - Hope.

"Her hope isn't full."

If you're running on empty. Stop and fill up.

Walk in full.

Full. Filled.

Hope is your positive expectations. Your beliefs, desires, and trust.

What would it take today to fill up your HOPE tank?

You have to be willing and brave enough to get your hopes up.

No one has ever died because of disappointment, but people have failed to live a fully, happy life because they've been afraid to get their hopes up.

Elevate your expectation.

A. - Awareness.

Not unaware.

Not numbness.

Awareness is not numbness.

Numbing your sadness won't heal your happy.

If you desire to heal your happy, you must become consciously aware.

And sometimes that means, painfully aware.

You must be willing to feel some things that don't feel so good.

Allowing yourself to feel it, in order to heal it.

Don't run from your feelings.

Don't run from yourself.

Perhaps you're actually running from your own happiness?

Stop running from your happy.

P. - Purpose.

Your purpose is real simple. It's your INSPIRATION. It's what inspires you.

What is it that inspires you?

Stop trying so hard to figure it out, and instead, engage with what inspires you daily, and your life will be inspiring.

Your inspiration will heal your happy.

P. - Play.

Play is vital to your happiness.

It's required for action, brain development, and getting you out of your head.

If you stay in your head, you're dead.

You must be willing to come out and play.

Get out of your head.

If your happy isn't fully healthy, chances are you've been spending way too much time in your head.

It's killing you. It's killing your happy.

Get out of your head.

Allow yourself to come out and play…and begin to heal your happy.

Y. - YOU.

WHY?

Why do you do what you do? Why do you seek happiness?

Why do you desire to heal your happy?

The WHY (and the Y) stands for…YOU.

YOU.

This is why and how to heal your happy.

It's starts with YOU.

Healing YOU. From the inside, out.

From above, down, inside, and out.

Allowing yourself to heal.

What have you done lately to receive the gift of healing?

To receive the gift of LIFE?

Health is full expression of life.

Healing is YOU receiving your FULL EXPRESSION OF LIFE.

And not only receiving it, but sharing it.

Sharing YOU.

Are you willing today to receive the full expression of YOUR LIFE, and to allow yourself to begin sharing it?

Sharing the YOU that's uniquely you.

Sharing the happiness that is YOU.

Sharing what makes you happy.

It starts with 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:

How happy are you, really?

Take a look at each of these 5 areas — your hope, awareness, purpose, play, and you.

Then ask yourself how can I heal "this" today?

Take ONE action.

Create a plan to take action in each of these 5 areas. Put it on your calendar. Commit to it. Commit to YOU.

Commit to healing "your happy."

Are you ready to share YOU and YOUR STORY?

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)

Do you remember a while back when I announced that something I'd been desiring to do for a long time was about to happen? Then I told you a couple weeks ago that I had more details to share. Well, here are all the details…

THE S.O.L. STORY CONTINUES.

AND...

The big lessons learned:

1. Don't stop believing or dreaming.

And it's not only Journey who wrote this. It's written along side the path of everyone's SACRED JOURNEY.

2. Timing is everything.

3. There is no back burner. There's only passion that must stay out in front of us…because we're moving AHEAD WITH HEART.

4. The S.O.L. Adventure continues.

So what's YOUR S.O.L. ADVENTURE?

Even when plans change and you have tough choices to make...

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's YOUR BIG DREAM? Write it down. Speak up about it. Show up for IT and YOU.

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)

We're only 4 episodes away from celebrating our BIG 365!! Yes, that's right…ONE FULL YEAR OF SIPPING. ON. LIFE. Every. Single. Day. And I'd love to feature YOU…

I'm looking for dear souls who are interested in sharing their S.O.L. STORY.

I'd LOVE to hear YOUR story!!

What's YOUR Sipping On Life story?

1. How has the podcast affected you and your daily life? — Where were you before you started sipping on life, and where are you NOW?

2. What's your favorite thing about the show? 3. What's your biggest challenge when it comes to sipping on your life?

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

Go to WomenSippingOnLife.com for my call in schedule, and the special link to join me for a powerful LIVE S.O.L. DATE.

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

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here. Being you. Listening. Sharing. Loving. Sipping. Growing. Living and loving your life + life's work well!!

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

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)

We've all heard the old saying that winning isn't everything. (Have you ever noticed that it's not the WINNER proclaiming this?) The truth is that winning IS everything. This is why, and how, to WIN every time…

If you desire a TRIPLE WIN, you must ask yourself these 3 questions in EVERY situation.

This is what you MUST think about to go for the W.I.N.

First of all, if everyone on the team isn't winning…then the team's not winning.

YOUR team's not winning.

And if you desire a triple win -— you winning, others winning, and the greater good winning — then YOU must W.I.N. every time.

And YES…

W.I.N.NING IS EVERYTHING.

Think about this…

W - Work.

The question is, does it work?

(And am I willing to do the work?)

I - Increase.

The question is, does it bring increase?

N - Necessary.

The question is...is it necessary?

(Or is it nonsense?)

The only way for you to truly know for sure, is to know what you desire.

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 NOT winning in your life?

What could you do today to take actions that work, bring increase, and are necessary for you to succeed and experience the TRIPLE WIN?

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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)

Triers are triers…not doers. IF you desire to stop making your life so hard, STOP TRYING.

Instead…DO!!

That's right. Do. And do. YOU.

D.O. IT.

Decide.

Own it.

FULLY.

Not, "JUST DO IT" as Nike says. But simply, powerfully, profoundly, DO IT.

Which at times means simply NOT trying so hard.

Stop thinking so much.

Stop trying so hard.

Stop pushing yourself…and let yourself go.

To BE.

FREE.

FREELY YOU.

Please stop TRYING so hard. Please stop making your life hard.

Growth is natural. But then why does it feel so hard sometimes?

Plants don't TRY to grow. They simply grow.

Growth is natural. If it feels hard, chances are you're TRYING to grow and you're not actually growing.

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

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

Is it possible that you're making your life hard?

Would you be open to changing the way you THINK about it?

Change the way you think about it. Stop thinking about it, and do. Make a decision and own it. Own what you're doing, specifically being YOU.

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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)

This is what you do. You stand in courage, with F.E.A.R. This is how...

Courage is "the ability to do something that frightens one, strength in the face of pain or grief."

So courage is ABILITY.

AND...

Fear is required.

Courage is strength.

AND...

Facing pain or grief is required.

Without fear, or facing pain or grief, there is no courage.

The origin of the word comes from the Latin word: Cor (Heart.)

Middle English denotes the heart as "the seat of feelings."

Encourage yourself IN COURAGE.

Encourage yourself IN HEART.

How?

With F.E.A.R.

Encouraging yourself with COURAGE (HEART) in what you're…

F - Feeling.

When you feel scared to death, paralysis, numbness, pain, and all the unknowns are rushing over you like a freight train, simply encourage yourself to feel them IN COURAGE.

Asking yourself, if I didn't feel so scared right now, what would it feel like to be COURAGEOUS?

What TRUTH is your heart telling you?

E - Experiencing.

When you're experience is a scary one. Unknown. Misunderstood.

Look further. Encourage yourself in what you're experiencing. Not wishing it were different, but acknowledging your current situation.

Asking yourself what you can learn from the experience, and how you could experience courage in the midst of feeling afraid.

A - Asking.

This is for those times when you're asking A LOT OF QUESTIONS, but they're questions that lead to more doubt, fear, and discouragement.

Keep asking, but encourage yourself to ask different questions.

If your current questions are giving you the same answers, ask different questions.

R - Running (to or from.)

Encouraging yourself to meet yourself while you're running, and find your rhythm of peace, calm, and steady. Resting while you run.

Invite yourself to come along side YOU and find a pace that works for courage.

This will allow you to not only face fear and do it anyway, but to also find your strength while being in pain or grief.

I find this comforting. Courage is a gift that's available when we're with fear, pain, or grief.

The way in is to stand IN COURAGE with FEAR.

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 afraid, pain, or grief?

Simply encourage yourself with the gift of COURAGE today. Once you do, courage rises. FEAR changes. And you transform.

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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 I'm going to teach you the ONE THING you can do to turn your life around when you feel like quitting.

LEAN IN.

It's like falling forward.

The next time you feel like you want to quit, choose life.

Choose to do the opposite of what you may feel like doing.

Choose to lean.

Fall forward and lean in.

Whatever you do. Never. Never. Ever. Quit.

CHOOSE TO LEAN, MY DEAR.

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 are you feeling like you want to quit?

Write down the word, LEAN.

LEAN IN.

Commit to it today.

LEAN IN, DEAR WOMAN SIPPING ON LIFE.

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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)

Discover the secret to overcoming overwhelm, and loving your life and life's work well. Today's episode was inspired by one of our listeners who says this: "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.)

Thanks to dear, Angie for inspiring today's message, and to all of you for practicing the art of sipping on your life.

What does it look like to take a sip of life?

Try it and find out.

Whether it's a great tasting sip or not, thank God we can sip on it. Together.

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 is it tasting not so good?

OR where in your life is it tasting super sweet?

Commit today to taking ONE SIP AT A TIME.

Take a breath. Take a sip. Enjoy your life. Love your life and life's work well.

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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)

We've all had times in our lives when we've fallen flat on our face, dropped something, or been dropped.

What do you do in that situation?

What does it take to get back up?

The bottom line is, what you and I stand on matters.

What FLOOR are you standing on?

F: Foundation L: Love O: One O: Open R: Redefine

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

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

Where do you feel as though you've fallen down, or off something?

Identify one step you can take to stand on your FLOOR.

Stand UP.

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.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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)

Two dozen years ago was the first "happiest day of my life." And this is why…

Because I've had countless "happiest days" since then because it was the day that YOU were born.

It was a Wednesday. August 10, 1994. It was raining. My most favorite kind of day.

But that day was different.

I had to work harder than any other day up until that point in my life.

I had to work through every breath, every feeling, every second of knowing that I was getting one step closer to seeing your precious little eyes for the very first time.

Yes, that day of "hard labor"…redefined everything I had ever thought about, or considered to be "W.O.R.K."

I worked through fears and feelings of anticipation and excitement, into the most intense waves of physical pain I had ever experienced (or ever will - hopefully - thank you very much.)

Riding each contraction like a professional surfer who feels the force of the wave while gripping tight with all 10 toes - holding on for dear life - as the water breaks and the force of the biggest ride of your life comes rushing in.

It started at 10 am, but you arrived at 6:19 pm. Only two weeks and two days after "they" told me you'd arrive.

You had already begun to teach me patience…as well as so many priceless lessons.

It was as if every moment meant something else. Something different. Something new. Something miraculous, magical, meaningful. Because it did. It was. It is.

I pushed through knowing that YOU were on the other side…and I've watched you do the same every time I've seen you take another step in your own personal labor of love…YOUR LIFE.

YOU. YOU. YOU. You've been on the other side of every breath, every heart beat, and every path as you've risen up to a new level of YOU-NESS.

A UNIQUE YOU that has continued to take my breath away more times than I can count, yet I remember every single one of them.

Like the time you were about 18 months old, and I carried you up the stairs holding you tightly as only a Mom can. And you hugged me back and said, "I luv you too Mama, I wuv you too."

You're my one and only…but not my only ONE. I have had many little girls, now turned BIG, over the past 24 years.

It's as if each of them has had a full life in the divine 365, only to transform into another more incredible version of the previous because SHE'S still there too.

That little angel with the thick jet black hair, wide brown eyes, high forehead, long fingers, legs, and toes…and a presence that gives my heart another beat every time I'm in it.

She's still there.

She's still here.

Now with auburn hair, wise blue eyes, even longer fingers, legs, and toes, and that same high forehead that I still love to kiss like I did the first time I saw it.

You're still here. Making my heart happy — as it beats with a new song.

It's YOU. My NEW WAY of seeing LOVE. LIFE. LIVING. LASTING. No matter what comes with each new day.

24 times we've made this journey around the sun together, and I couldn't imagine doing it with ANY OTHER…

BUT WAIT.

Then HE showed up too. Celebrating his 365 on the same day as YOU.

US has taken on a whole new life now.

And all the "losses" that led us here seem to be a part of what's wrapped us together like a package of contents without a table.

With the turn of each page, the precisely edited story unfolds.

Like a portable table that makes every new place a home. It's been there.

And today, it becomes a table of YOU. HE. WE. And the celebration continues and begins.

ONE special day that we get to share this table with one chair for you, one for us, one for we. Together. A Birthday Family.

My precious two. In the city of twins.

Two special souls. Connected deeply with mine.

YOU. HE. ME.

Happy Birthday to YOU, my precious Honey. And to HE, my other Honey. Thank you for allowing me to see a new way to BE.

I thank God that for this day to celebrate as WE.

I love you, my sweet Anni. And I love you, my sweet Pablo!!

Happiest Birthdays to my two One and Onlys. xoxo

Thank you so much for being here, and allowing me to share this special podcast episode dedicated to my dear daughter, Anni and dear Love, Pablo.

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!

I'm also going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: [email protected] and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line.

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.

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)