SHE SPEAKS SHE HEALS Podcast with Doctor Shannon

WELL…COME Back to Women Sipping On Life.

Today we're talking about, Creating Your Rich Me Story of Truth.

What would that look like for you?

Are you ready to begin to create your rich me story of truth?

I've discovered 7 Truths along my journey that have helped me (and my clients) develop a rich story of truth. I've shared them in my book, Date Yourself Well…The 12 Best-selling Engagements of Becoming The Great Lover of Your Life.)

DISCLAIMER: I'm not promising or guaranteeing that uncovering and believing these truths will put millions of dollars in your bank account, (Nope. It's not a get rich quick scheme. But…

Richness and WELLTH in every area of your life and life's work are a mindset that's powerful, wealthy, and rich.

*Truth #1: You don't need fixing. (And neither does your relationship status.)

Discover who YOU are, and BE HER.

Stop trying to fix yourself, and make yourself better. Instead, FIND YOU and YOUR TRUTH.

Develop and nurture yourself to create your own RICH ME story of truth.

Loving yourself, dating yourself, and becoming the great lover of your life begins with YOU.

Truth never goes out of style.

Truth is the most incredible design of all.

How you see the truth may go out of style, but knowledge of it does not.

STOP trying to fix yourself. You DON'T need fixing.

And STOP trying to FIX everyone around you!

It will wear you out.

Start standing in your truth.

We all need some FINDING. We must discover the truth so we can FIND OURSELVES.

STOP telling your poor me story, and start creating your rich me story of truth.

Even if it feels a little uncomfortable at first, you'll find your power, certainty, clarity, and strength.

You will find yourself in the place of TRUTH.

*TRUTH #2: When you're willing to take care of you, you will be taken care of.

If you're looking for someone else to take care of you, but YOU'RE NOT taking care of you, then you won't be able to receive the care that's coming your way from others.

Am I making myself clear?

Are you give…give…giving, yet NOT receiving?

Give and you shall receive. If you're not receiving, then you're attempting to disrupt a universal (spiritual) law. It's not going to work real well.

So, (if that's you,) how's it working for YOU?"

The stories we tell ourselves, keep us in our stories.

What sign (label) are you carrying?

When…and what will it take…to get you willing to create a new story?

People have gone before us to open up opportunities for you and me.

Are you stepping into your opportunities, as well as creating them?

Education is powerful.

But knowing that YOU are powerful is even MORE powerful.

I meet, and coach, people every day that are highly educated, but still have NOT completely owned the TRUTH that they're ENOUGH.

Worthy.

Perhaps this is YOU…

Do you know that YOU are enough?

Are you wearing a label that says you're not enough?

So today's the day! It's YOUR day to start creating your rich me story of truth.

Begin to live it.

Begin to tell it.

Begin to believe it.

Continue to desire to become and be all that you are. (The TRUTH about who you are.)

ENOUGH.

More than enough.

+TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP (A.K.A. Your S.O.L. D.A.T.E. - Daily Action To Engage with yourself):

1. Grab your journal.
2. Where are you trying to fix yourself or your relationship status?
3. Are you willing to take a step today to FIND and start creating your RICH ME STORY OF TRUTH?
4. TAKE A STEP. TAKE A SIP.

AND KEEP SIPPING.

Thanks for being here.

I'd love to hear from you. Come on over to WomenSippingOnLife.com.

This is Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to know, and hearts that want to grow so you can love YOU, YOUR LIFE, and YOUR LIFE'S WORK WELL. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

xo Dr. Shannon

P.S. A special thanks to the following souls that helped make this podcast possible:

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)

Women Sipping. On. Life. with doctor shannon is YOUR daily podcast for something new. Different. Satisfying. Soul quenching. Unscripted. LIVE. Practical Solutions. Powerful coaching that equips and empowers you to show up. Speak up. Step up. Step into your life. Fully engaged. Loving your life + life's work well. Starting from the very first sip. Uncover and discover your TRUTH, so you can drink it all in. Live it all now. Naked. Unafraid. Unashamed. Unapologetic. Unconditionally loved. Heart + Soul. Become the great lover of your life. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

Women Sipping. On. Life. with doctor shannon is YOUR daily podcast for something new. Different. Satisfying. Soul quenching. Unscripted. LIVE. Practical Solutions. Powerful coaching that equips and empowers you to show up. Speak up. Step up. Step into your life. Fully engaged. Loving your life + life's work well. Starting from the very first sip. Uncover and discover your TRUTH, so you can drink it all in. Live it all now. Naked. Unafraid. Unashamed. Unapologetic. Unconditionally loved. Heart + Soul. Become the great lover of your life. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

*TODAY'S SHOW NOTES...

Hey, S.O.L. SISTER!

This is Dr. Shannon. Founder of womensippingonlife.com and author of The Bestselling 12 Engagements of Becoming The Great Llover of Your life…Date Yourself Well.

WELL…Come to today's episode of Women Sipping On Life.

Today we're talking about this: Your "Poor Me Story" Will Keep You Poor.

After sharing more of my personal soul story with you, as you can see…I too, had a "Poor Me Story."

Poor isn't only financially, but "poor in spirit".

It wasn't until I began to tell a different story that I began writing and living one.

Today's the day to begin to write your "Rich Me Story" of Truth.

"Rich" is being truly WELLTHY from within. I wrote a book many years ago called, Dr. Shannon Knows…The 12 Steps of WELLTHY People: How to Make Healthy Your Habit.

Our habits are a matter of heart. Our heart affects our habits. It's responsible for everything that comes from our lives.

The Word says that, "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks."

It also says, "Guard your heart, because out of it flow the issues of life."

If there is a life issue, it's a heart issue.

Are your habits serving you and the greater good, or not?

What I've found is that if there's an issue of lack in any area of life, it's typically due to a TRUST issue.

In the U.S. it says, "In God We Trust" on our money.

If we set up a will, there's a trust involved.

The word "Trust" has to do with money.

It also has to do with the word, "safety" or feeling safe.

We feel safe when we have a certain amount of trust.

Where do we put our money?

In a trust or a safe.

If you have lack in any area of your life, including money, it's typically a trust issue.

What I discovered was that I was telling a "Poor Me Story," because I didn't trust myself.

If you don't plug yourself into the equation of TRUST…it becomes a huge problem.

Trust God first. Trust yourself second. Trust others after that. Otherwise you'll trust the WRONG PEOPLE!

Have you ever done that? Or am I the only one who has trusted people who were not worthy of my trust?

You're not alone.

But now that you've become aware of it, you can begin to build a trustworthy relationship with yourself.

The day that I decided to stop telling my "Poor Me Story" was the day I committed to building a trustworthy relationship with myself. And I committed to creating, telling, and writing a different story for my life.

I began to tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Seeing all sides of the truth. Not just one side of the truth.

Facts are facts, but they aren't necessarily the whole truth.

No matter what you're going through right now, what you've been through, or where you're headed, there are facts in your life. But these facts aren't necessarily the WHOLE TRUTH.

Can you agree with me on this?

The meaning we choose to give these "FACTS" is what matters most.

What meaning are you giving to the facts that you've experienced in your life?

The old saying is true, "There are two sides to every story!"

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten was this: "If it can't be interpreted at least two different ways, it's probably NOT TRUE."

So I began to look at my "Poor Me Story" from a different perspective. Sometimes even the exact opposite!

Not unlike George Costanza from Seinfeld. (For all the Seinfeld lovers out there, like myself.)

If whatever you're doing is NOT working, perhaps doing the opposite will work?

Allowing yourself to see things in more than one way, will allow you to get more than one result.

A different way of seeing. Believing. Being.

TODAY'S SACRED S.O.L. STEP (AKA: Sacred S.O.L. D.A.T.E. with yourself - Sipping On Life Daily Action To Engage - with yourself) is this:

1. Grab your journal.
2. Ask yourself: Where am I telling a "Poor Me Story?" Where is my "Poor Me Story" keeping me poor?
3. Write it out.
4. How's it working for you?
5. Are you willing to tell a New Story?
6. Write out a new "Rich Me Story."

Thanks for being here, dear soul!

This is 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.

I would LOVE to hear from you!

Please go on over to iTunes or Stitcher and give us a review and rating. And please invite others to share in this journey with us.

For more information you can visit www.womensippingonlife.com.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch my 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)

Women Sipping. On. Life. with doctor shannon is YOUR daily podcast for something new. Different. Satisfying. Soul quenching. Unscripted. LIVE. Practical Solutions. Powerful coaching that equips and empowers you to show up. Speak up. Step up. Step into your life. Fully engaged. Loving your life + life's work well. Starting from the very first sip. Uncover and discover your TRUTH, so you can drink it all in. Live it all now. Naked. Unafraid. Unashamed. Unapologetic. Unconditionally loved. Heart + Soul. Become the great lover of your life. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

Hello, S.O.L. SISTER!

That's right, you're not alone!!

I know what this feels like, but you are NOT alone.

We are sipping on this thing called LIFE together. NOT alone.

Today's a deeper dive into my personal story and the lessons I've learned along the way.

We all have our stories. You have a story. The question is, is your story the one you'd like to continue telling?

Are you interested in living and telling a new story?

In the process of sipping on my life and becoming the great lover of my life, I've uncovered 4 Syndromes that I personally suffered with needlessly for years.

I stayed in the suffering, victim mentality for far too long. Until that day of my awakening when I decided that I was going to do something different.

It was life changing for me, and it can change your life too.

I've yet to find a woman that hasn't suffered from at least one of these "4 Syndromes". Often suffering from all four of them at one time or another.

These 4 Syndromes are:

1. The Cinderella Syndrome
2. The Disengagement Syndrome
3. The Superwoman Syndrome
4. The Poor Me Syndrome

What's your story? What have you experienced in your own life? Locate yourself.

Which of these 4 Syndromes have you experienced, and/or are currently experiencing?

I had this idea that there would be a Prince Charming that would come into my life and sweep me off my feet.

But what happens if Prince Charming never comes, or isn't so charming? Or worse yet, is Prince Harming?

Then what?

For so many years I felt as though I was doing my life alone. Especially during those times when I was feeling as though I was drowning.

I felt misunderstood, and didn't know whom I could trust.

After more than one divorce I felt such intense pain, betrayal, shame, guilt Once again I found myself feeling as though I was drowning in my life.

It wasn't until I committed to fully feeling it, that I began to heal it. Going deep into my heart and soul, I determined that I would leave no stone unturned, and would uncover and discover all of me. Finally knowing who "she" really was, while truly accepting and loving myself.

We are the common denominator in every situation or pattern that happens in our lives.

I chose to become the "Right Girl" versus trying to find the "Right Guy."

This led me to the most life-changing question we can ever ask ourselves…"Do you love yourself?"

In order to love yourself, you must know yourself. And in order to do this, you must spend time with yourself.

This was the beginning of the most sacred adventure of Dating Myself Well.

I began to pursue my heart and soul like never before. To know, understand, accept and love her in a way that I had never before experienced.

This led to writing a best-selling book, Date Yourself Well…The Best-selling 12 Engagements of Becoming the Great Lover of Your Life and a creating a program that I'm privileged to teach women all over the world.

You, too, can become the great lover of your life.

Whether you're single, married, partnered, or divorce. It's never too early (or late) to date yourself well.

When we follow the dreams in our heart, we begin to create them.

Even when things don't go as planned, or things go devastatingly wrong…and bad things happen…LOVE provides a way.

A way of healing. A way of truly living, and sipping on life.

Love is the only thing that matters.

It's the only thing that heals completely.

Grief, heartache, and loss are not TOO BIG for LOVE.

This TRUTH has stood the test of time. LOVE.

WE ARE NOT ALONE.

LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS.

This is why I sip on life every single day.

It's why I'm committed to teaching others to do the same, and sharing this message of hope.

By living and loving life.

Sipping on life. No longer drowning in it. But standing in it.

Crying tears of joy. Healing. Hope. Certainty. Abundance. Movement. Purpose. Health. Love.

No matter where you are today, as long as life is flowing through you, LOVE can HEAL you.

*YOUR SACRED S.O.L. STEP FOR TODAY:

1. Grab your journal, and write down the area in your life where you feel most alone.
2. Reach out and ask for some help today.

Thanks for being here!

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

xo Dr. Shannon

I would LOVE to hear from you!

Please go on over to iTunes or Stitcher and give us a review and rating. And please invite others to share in this journey with us.

For more information you can visit www.womensippingonlife.com.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch my 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)

Women Sipping. On. Life. with doctor shannon is YOUR daily podcast for something new. Different. Satisfying. Soul quenching. Unscripted. LIVE. Practical Solutions. Powerful coaching that equips and empowers you to show up. Speak up. Step up. Step into your life. Fully engaged. Loving your life + life's work well. Starting from the very first sip. Uncover and discover your TRUTH, so you can drink it all in. Live it all now. Naked. Unafraid. Unashamed. Unapologetic. Unconditionally loved. Heart + Soul. Become the great lover of your life. ONE SIP AT A TIME.

WELL…COME to Women Sipping On Life!

TODAY'S SHOW NOTES:

This is Dr. Shannon. Founder of WomenSippingOnLife.com and author of The Best-selling 12 Engagements of Becoming The Great Lover of Your Life…Date Yourself Well.

This is our very first Women Sipping on Life Podcast Episode. I'm so excited to be here, and want to thank you for being here as well.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart and soul for allowing me to be here with you, and for being here with me.

Thanks for giving me your time and attention. I promise that even though today is an Introductory Episode, my commitment is to give you something different. Something new. Something inspiring…deep within your soul.

A very Sacred Soul (S.O.L.) Step so you can begin the process. The journey. The Adventure of Sipping On Your Life. Starting Today.

How's that sound?

Maybe you've been that woman out in the middle of the ocean…feeling like you're drowning on your life? Alone.

Today's the day to begin to master the art of Sipping. On. Life.

Is it possible? Absolutely, it's possible.

Today it's about all about you. What you can expect from Women Sipping On Life. From Me. From YOU, and YOUR life.

It's time to set an intention for your journey. For your adventure of Sipping. On. Life.

I've been a chiropractor for over two decades, and a Healing Life Coach since 2010.

Btw, since this program is UNSCRIPTED, and for the most part, UNEDITED, can we agree right now that it doesn't have to be perfect?

Is that okay? Can you give me (and yourself,) permission to SHOW UP and NOT do it perfectly every time?

(Thanks!)

A Healing Life Coach is one that's healed herself between the head + heart, and desires for other hearts and souls to heal as well.

I was once that woman that was drowning in my own life. Doing more, and feeling so overwhelmed. Not knowing what to do.

Once I made the decision to STOP. MAKE A DECISION. Do something DIFFERENT. AND ASK FOR HELP. Everything began to change.

I began to change.

Yes, I allowed myself to FEEL the pain, in order to HEAL the pain.

You can too.

Feel it. Don't feed it.

Lick your wounds for a moment, but not too long. If you do, your wounds will stay open. And it will never fully heal.

It was time for something DIFFERENT.

I was done speaking only of my problems, and began to contemplate and create SOLUTIONS.

I began to SIP. ON. LIFE.

My life.

My journey of uncovering and discovering.

The journey of living Uncovered (Naked) and Unafraid.

S.O.L. was born.

I began to date my S.O.L., and my experience has evolved into a S.O.L. DATE SISTERHOOD for other women too.

It took me from being in what felt like the middle of the ocean, drowning in my life. To standing firmly on the shore, after doing the deep dive to the depths of my truth.

Onto the foundation. The deepest part of myself.

You can do it too! Naked and Unafraid.

Fearless doesn't mean being without fear. It means fearing LESS. And no longer fearing the feeling of FEELING LESS.

Imagine if you no longer needed to be afraid of feeling less?

It's found in the calm between the storms. The silence between the sobs.

You can expose the areas of YOU (YOUR LIFE) that you're afraid to see, or you don't want others to see…and you can stand there…in your TRUTH.

The light isn't outside the tunnel. It's within your soul. No matter where you are. Whether it's the deepest of the depths. Or the highest of the heights. Whether you're on the shore or in the water. It doesn't matter.

Truth is what will set you free.

In each episode, I'll share a S.O.L. STORY with you. From my own life, day-to-day experiences…that when I pay attention and listen…and am aware…I discover and grow.

It'll do the same for you!

This will be a SOLO ACT, except when I invite other souls who are also sipping on life to join us. If I feel you'll receive value from it, I'll share it!

Each DAILY EPISODE will be about 10-15 minutes long.

If life is worth living DAILY, then it's WORTH SIPPING ON DAILY.

My pain has not been in vain.

Your pain will not be in vain either.

I'm committed to SHOW UP. SPEAK UP. STEP UP AND INTO THE LIFE YOU DESIRE.

I ask YOU to do the same.

We can do it together. Well. No matter what that looks like.

The adventure is calling. Your adventure is calling.

Are you willing to answer the call?

I am!

The next episode will be more introductions, and a deeper look at my S.O.L. STORY that brought me to this point in my life.

Then. Now. How. The transformation.

Each episode I'll give you a SACRED S.O.L. STEP that you can take immediately.

An action step. Because motion is life and life is motion. If you're not moving, you're not living fully.

Not moving simply to move, or running from your truth. But moving ahead in the life you choose to live and are committed to creating.

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

1. Get yourself a special journal. Label it: I AM SIPPING ON LIFE.
2. Ask yourself these questions:

* Am I willing to SIP ON MY LIFE?

+This means the following…

To show up each and every day and sip on your life? Speak up? Step up? Step into the life you desire? Are you willing to live your life in CERTAINTY, ABUNDANCE, MOVEMENT, PURPOSE, HEALTH, AND LOVE?

Are you willing to receive all that you are?

Are you willing to receive the LOVE that is YOU?

Are you willing to get your HOPES UP starting today? To do the work WITH you, and NOT ON you?

To find YOU versus FIX YOU?

YOU DON'T NEED FIXING, MY DEAR!

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FIND OUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE!

To do the deep dive.

To uncover and discover YOUR TRUTH.

That knowledge will set you FREE. I promise you.

* WHERE ARE YOU MOST WILLING TO SIP ON YOUR LIFE?

I would LOVE to hear from you!

Please go on over to iTunes or Stitcher and give us a review and rating. And please invite others to share in this journey with us.

For more information you can visit www.womensippingonlife.com.

A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch my first episode of WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE…

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)

Dr. Ed Osburn for his incredible TCP Podcast Training.

And most of all, to each of YOU…my S.O.L. SISTERS (and my S.O.L. DATE SISTERHOOD.)

THANK YOU!!

I love and appreciate you!!

Remember, Your Adventure is Calling...The Only Thing Missing is U

See you again tomorrow.