SHE SPEAKS SHE HEALS Podcast with Doctor Shannon

Today I share a personal strategy to help you stop drowning in your life and get the most out of your experience of it, so you can live and love your life well.

1. Face your fears. Whatever that is for you.

What do you fear the most?

Are you willing to face it?

2. Get in the water.

Whatever that "water" is for you...get ALL IN to your water.

3. Keep Swimming.

Don't stop.

4. Make every stroke count.

Do the strokes that give you the distance that you desire.

So often we waste time with fears…trying to run from them, swim from them, avoid them, or pretend they're not there.

When the truth is, all we must do is face it. Get into the water. All in.

Stop wasting time with doing all the other things that aren't part of you living and loving your life well.

Don't waste any more time on strokes that don't count. Make EVERY stroke count.

And whatever you do, keep swimming.

I use the metaphor of water a lot with "sipping on life."

If you feel like you're drowning, it's time to start sipping…swimming…and making every stroke…every sip…count.

No matter what, my dear, continue to sip on your life.

It'll allow you to keep swimming and make every stroke count.

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 need to keep swimming?

Where in your life are you wasting time on strokes that count?

Make every stroke count.

Get the maximum distance from everything you think, do, say, and feel.

Make every stroke and SIP count.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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 show you how ONE CHANGE in the way you define commitment can change everything for you. This ONE THING will make you unstoppable. Happy. New. Now.

Stop making goals and resolutions, and start making a COMMITMENT.

It's a perfect day to make a commitment to create the changes you desire.

Start with this...

Change by choice.

Change is inevitable. It's part of your journey,

The key element in making a change by choice is making a COMMITMENT.

Stop making resolutions or saying that you're "gonna someday…"

Today's the day.

Happy. New. Now.

Now's the time.

Commitment isn't a NOUN.

COMMITMENT is a verb. Yes, it requires ACTION.

If we look at it as only a noun, we'll MISS out on the powerful nature of commitment.

What does making a commitment for a change look like?

1. Changing by choice.

2. Putting ACTION into your commitments to create the desires of your heart.

Yes, take massive action to create what you desire.

You can download my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE and watch the LIVEINAR REPLAY by going to WomenSippingOnLife.com.

Start utilizing your choice and commitment to create the changes you desire.

Everything can become NEW.

It's time for you to create your HAPPY. NEW. NOW.

How does that sound?

You're so full of love and life.

This is YOUR time to express it.

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. What commitment are you making today?

2. Come over to WomensippingOnLife.com and download your CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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're seeking something MORE than simply a RESOLUTION, and you desire REAL...you're not alone. Today I share the secret to discovering what you seek.

First. No more resolutions.

We're NOT doing resolutions any more. We're seeking and creating REAL SOLUTIONS.

Whether you're going into a new year or a new day...and it's mid-July, there's always a time and place for REAL SOLUTIONS.

What is the SOLUTION that you're SEEKING?

What IS the answer to the questions that you've been asking?

What's the NEW that you've been desiring?

Whatever it is, today's the day to start tapping into REAL SOLUTIONS.

Yes, the beginning of SOLUTION starts with "S.O.L."

The real solution starts with your OWN SOUL, my dear.

Your own heart and soul.

The desires in your heart WILL lead and guide you.

Are you LISTENING to what your heart and soul are telling you?

Are you looking to discover the REAL SOLUTION?

To stay in the REAL?

The NOW?

The TRUTH…and to build upon it?

Whatever SOLUTION you're seeking. You'll find it within your heart and soul.

Then, of course…begin (continue) SIPPING ON LIFE.

It IS a way of living that'll allow you to stay and sip on the REAL…and to actually drink upon and partake of it.

It allows you to be a part of the experience of sharing in, and on, your life.

One SIP at a time.

If you're looking for SOLUTIONS today…for NEW…change…to create something else, today's the day to begin to SIP on what you HAVE.

And...

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.

What are the thoughts that you have in your mind and heart right now?

Begin to look at them.

Listen to what your heart's telling you.

Allow your heart and soul to lead and guide you.

Remember, your soul is your mind, will, and emotions.

Are you willing to look at what's there today?

Allow your heart — the desires in your heart —to lead and guide your mind, will, and emotions.

Stay in the TRUTH about your life. Your desires. What is. What can possibly come and become for you.

Why?

Because you're tapping into the possibility of your S.O.L.

SIPPING ON YOUR LIFE.

After "S.O.L." comes "U" for a reason.

That's right, after your soul begins SIPPING ON LIFE, then it's up to YOU to actively engage in BEING the SOLUTION that creates your solution.

Did you know that the SOLUTION that you seek today is IN YOU?

It IS you.

If you can OWN that, and COMMIT to being the solution you seek...to being REAL in your experience...the solution...the life that you desire...living it...REAL time...here and now...

You can experience LIFE beyond your wildest IMAGINATION.

It sounds so simple, doesn't it?

BUT. IT REALLY IS.

I'm urging and encouraging you to go deeper than the surface.

To go underneath the lily pads.

To get down into the dirt and mud, and get into the roots.

Start looking at your life this way. The SOLUTIONS are here.

Today's the day you could learn something new down there in the muddy waters.

The question is, will you create something REAL with what you discover today?

Allow yourself to express the solution that you are, within your 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:

What solution are you seeking to discover?

ARE YOU WILLING TO BE THAT SOLUTION?

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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)

Whether you're preparing to enter a New Year of a new day, it's vital that you understand the distinct difference between a want and a desire.

Imagine what your life would look like if you created the desires of your heart…

So what's the difference between wants and desires?

Wants are more like wishes.

Then you go from wanting to continued wishing.

Wishing creates more wanting.

A desire doesn't wish. A desire DOES.

A want wishes.

When you understand the distinct difference between the two, you'll never be in a state of WANT again.

When you allow yourself to tap into the power of DESIRE, you access an infinite, divine possibility.

Why?

Because it'll allow you to actually DO.

Are you sitting around wanting or wishing for something to change, but are unwilling to change?

Are you waiting for something to happen?

Then what?

Don't miss out…and then become a victim to your circumstances.

If you do, then you're VOLUNTEERING for those circumstances.

Have you ever thought about that?

The difference between being a VICTIM and a VOLUNTEER is this:

Victims WANT and WISH.

Volunteers step into the desire that leads to DOING.

Volunteering means you signed up for it. You're a willing, able, conscious participant.

You SHOW UP. You're ALL IN. You're doing and living your life well.

You're doing life from a state of DESIRE versus WANT, NEED OR GREED.

Want leads to more needs. And when there's more need, a lot of times there ends up being greed.

Why? Because it feels like there's not enough to go around. It feels like there's lack.

It feels like there's NOT ENOUGH.

If you desire something NEW for your New Year, new day, or something MORE…then today's the day to tap into the desires of your heart.

That way you're able to DO based on the inspiration you find within you, versus wishing and wanting.

If you desire something different than you're experiencing right now, create something different.

If you desire different, then be willing to become different.

If you desire NEW, then it's time to get a new perspective.

If you can get a new perspective on the difference between a WANT and a DESIRE, everything will change.

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

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

Write down what you DESIRE.

What do you desire to do?

What are you committed to doing?

What are you committed to experiencing and CREATING?

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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 ask a series of questions to help you uncover and discover a new way of looking at what you THINK you KNOW.

It starts with, "What are you learning now?"

The first of many questions that we must ask ourselves.

No matter what you know today, there's still more to learn.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES…

So often we experience something new and we label it.

We create a story about it…and around it. But is it the truth?

Perhaps it's simply an opportunity to grow and learn something new.

What are you learning NOW?

What are you willing to be open to see?

To experience?

What GROWTH are you willing to experience?

So many things we define as hard, impossible, broken are NOT necessarily the TRUTH.

Is what you know…what you're learning serving you well?

Is it allowing you to live in freedom?

Knowledge of the truth sets us free.

As we prepare for the NEW, it's vital that we start looking for NEW ways to…

Grow. Expand. See. Be. Become.

What are you learning today?

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

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

Answer these questions.

What are you learning TODAY?

What are you willing to see and do today that's different?

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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 show you a proven, effective SECRET for increasing your focus and experiencing a "Vacation Day" as often as you desire.

It's not a destination, but a decision. One that's based on a lifestyle that YOU choose.

What makes a "vacation" a vacation?

1. We choose it.

We exercise our power of choice, which allows us to get razor sharp with our focus, efficiency, and effectiveness.

We can experience a "vacation day" even while we're doing our day-to-day life.

Why? Because we're CHOOSING it.

It isn't a "have to," but instead it's a "get to."

2. We set the DATE.

Then we declare it a "vacation day."

Once it's scheduled, we plan and prepare for it.

Next we experience it.

We can do this on any given day.

A conscious shift in our mindset changes everything.

Your DATE becomes the target for creating what you desire. Efficiently and effectively.

3. We're good to ourselves. We allow ourselves to receive the blessing of relaxation, refreshing, and restoration.

This is something you can do on any given day. It's up to you to decide.

You don't have to go somewhere to be in this mindset, or be good to yourself.

You don't need to leave your daily life to have this kind of refreshing, restoration, and relaxation.

You can choose to have a "vacation lifestyle."

This is a razor focused way of living, and creating the life you choose to live.

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

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP

Declare a day that you're going to make your "VACATION DAY."

Schedule it. Start talking about it. Call it your "vacation day." Make plans for it. Experience your "vacation day" doing your regular day-to-day ordinary life in an EXTRAORDINARY way.

Begin to create a vacation-style life.

Take your ordinary and make it extraordinary.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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 share my recent discovery while trying to see clearly through both eyes. There's a reason we have two eyes, and I'll tell you why…

The question is...

Are you fully utilizing your double vision?

Or have you gotten confused?

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

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

Write down your long-term vision. What do you see crystal clearly? What do you NOT see? What do you desire to see?

What do you see with your short-term vision for here today — in this moment?

Write it out. Take a look at it.

Then ask your heart, "What is my desire to create in my NOW, as well my long-term future?"

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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)

In today's episode I'll show you how to EXPAND your level of comfort.

Have you ever discovered that perhaps you're not as "____________" as you thought you were?

Is it possible that you've gotten comfortable with your day-to-day routine, while you're trying to keep it that way?

You may think that what you seek is to remain "comfortable."

However, "comfort" and "discomfort" can be deceiving.

Perhaps what you're really seeking is growth, expansion, and change.

Are you using "comfort" as a measuring stick?

When you do, it'll keep you where you are, and soon your "comfort" will begin to feel uncomfortable.

Don't be afraid to get uncomfortable.

GROWTH is becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable.

There's always room for growth.

Then you grow and change, you get more comfortable with what used to be uncomfortable.

Uncomfortable isn't bad. It's only feedback.

When we face it and go all in…that's where we discover the gift of growth and EXPANSION.

We can train for growth by expanding our definition of "comfort."

Today's the day to get excited about your room for GROWTH.

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 step could you take today in an area of your life that feels comfortable — even though you know that it'll lead to a temporary feeling of discomfort?

Are you willing to get uncomfortable for a short amount of time to expand your level of comfort?

Take one step (or more) to expand your strength and growth.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some 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 episode will help you STOP waiting...and BEGIN receiving the GIFT you desire. It starts with YOU. What are you giving to your present?

Our beliefs matter, and the stories that we tell ourselves.

Are you looking for someone else to give you what you want?

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

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

Write a letter to yourself — as if you're SANTA — and ask yourself for exactly what you desire.

Commit to doing it today, by fully giving the presence of you…to your life.

You're a GIFT, my dear!

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Happy Today.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some free resources, including my 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)

In today's episode I show you how you can create more meaning in your holidays and life.

Perhaps for you the holidays are a time that doesn't feel so holy or happy. I'll show you how you can change that immediately.

The meanings we give our days, holidays, etc. are based on many different things.

Would you be willing to look at your life as a whole, and then bring it back into today…whatever "today" represents for you?

How would you like to define how YOU celebrate your holidays, days, YOU, and your life?

Yes, it's time for a REDEFINITION.

How would you like to redefine how you're living your life?

Whatever you've been calling yourself, your days, your life…you get to decide.

You can live a life — redefined — starting right now.

As you've heard me say before, "If you can't interpret it at least two different ways, it's probably not true."

What interpretation would you give to your life if you looked at it from another perspective?

Is there another way to look at your circumstances today, and call it what you like…love…something NEW?

Perhaps it's time to look at your year…redefined.

Maybe it's time to look at "Merry" redefined. "Happy" redefined.

What are you willing to do today to redefine your 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:

What would you like to redefine in your life?

Write it down. Write the new definition.

Commit to it today.

For those of you celebrating Christmas today…Merry Merry and Happy Happy.

To all of you, as we're preparing to enter into the New Year, let's do so...REDEFINED.

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

Please come over to WomenSippingOnLife.com for some free resources, including my 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)