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The Motion of Gratitude®
✨ The Motion of Gratitude Podcast | Hosted by Shannon Missimer
There’s more to life than going through the motions.
Welcome to The Motion of Gratitude Podcast, where we explore what it truly means to live with intention, reconnect with yourself, and create a life aligned with your values.
Join Shannon Missimer, holistic well-being coach, breathwork facilitator, and mindfulness expert, as she brings you real conversations, science-backed strategies, and transformative insights to help you:
✔ Cultivate daily gratitude for a stronger, more resilient mind
✔ Regulate your nervous system and break free from stress & burnout
✔ Reconnect with your intuition to make empowered life decisions
✔ Shift out of autopilot and into a life of presence, purpose, and fulfillment
Each week, we dive deep into personal growth, nervous system regulation, mindful living, and emotional resilience, with inspiring guest experts, powerful solo episodes, and practical tools you can apply immediately.
✨ Whether you’re an educator, entrepreneur, parent, or anyone craving more connection and clarity, this podcast will help you stop merely existing and start thriving.
🎧 Listen & Subscribe: Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.
🌿 Want to go deeper? Connect with Shannon at www.themotionofgratitude.com
🔔 Hit subscribe and join us every week—because there is more to life than going through the motions.
The Motion of Gratitude®
From Surviving to Flourishing: Nervous System Regulation, Alignment, and the Courage to Pause with Florence Shaffer
In this deeply resonant episode of The Motion of Gratitude Podcast, Shannon sits down with Florence Shaffer, founder of Start Becoming and a leader in human flourishing, to explore what it truly means to move beyond survival and into a life of alignment, presence, and sustainable performance.
Florence shares her personal journey from global executive leadership to guiding individuals and organizations through profound inner recalibration — including the pivotal moment of a stage four cancer diagnosis that became a catalyst for radical listening, surrender, and transformation.
Together, Shannon and Florence unpack nervous system regulation, emotional awareness, spiritual alignment beyond religion, and why many high performers fear “losing their edge” when they slow down — only to discover that clarity, creativity, and true performance actually expand.
This conversation is an invitation to pause, listen inward, and remember that flourishing is not something we chase — it’s something we return to.
In This Episode, We Explore:
- The difference between surviving, striving, and flourishing
- Why nervous system regulation is foundational for sustainable performance
- The fear high performers have around slowing down — and why it’s misplaced
- How chronic stress and misalignment show up in the body
- The role of emotions as signals, not weaknesses
- Moving from hyper-independence to healthy interdependence
- Why presence and alignment create better decisions, relationships, and outcomes
- Florence’s powerful story of healing, surrender, and recalibration
- Integration: how to carry transformation back into real life
- Simple, accessible tools for returning to baseline when life feels overwhelming
Notable Moments & Themes:
- “You don’t have to give up success to be at peace.”
- The nervous system of the leader as the nervous system of the family or organization
- Why optimization alone isn’t enough — and what integration offers instead
- The body’s wisdom and its role in healing and course correction
- Gratitude as one of the fastest ways to shift state and perspective
Connect with Florence:
🌐 Website: https://www.startbecoming.co
💬 Free Discovery Call available via the website
🔗 LinkedIn: Search Florence Shaffer
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