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The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
Conversations through curiosity, creativity & connection.
Welcome to Miles to Zen, a podcast that celebrates life's delightful twists and turns, no matter where you are on your journey. I'm your host, Shannon Miles Halliday, a follower of curiosity, a mom, a wife, a former corporate executive, a creator and a connector. This show is your companion for navigating the beautifully messy adventure of life. Each episode invites you into heartfelt, inspiring, and expansive conversations, diving into topics like self trust, big moments and big decisions, navigating day jobs and finding purpose, and how can we thrive. You’ll feel uplifted and even enlightened each week as we share stories, and insights that spark your own ideas as well as conversations that offer completely new perspectives.
The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
Trusting the Nudge: How a Remote Island and a Wild Idea Sparked a Courageous Leap
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Trusting the Nudge: How a Remote Island and a Wild Idea Sparked a Courageous Leap
Host Shannon Miles Halliday welcomes men’s intuition coach Doug Beitz
What do you do when you own a remote island resort and no one wants to buy it?
Doug Beitz and his family found themselves in exactly that position running an 18-room scuba diving resort on a tiny island in Micronesia, with no clear way to sell it. And then an idea showed up.
Not something you’d find in a business book. Not something anyone around him was suggesting. But it stuck.
They decided to raffle the entire resort.
In this conversation, Doug shares how that idea came together, the strange timing around it, and what it actually took to follow through on something that, at the time, felt pretty far outside the norm.
We also talk about the balance between intuition and action because even when something feels “right,” there’s still a lot of work involved in bringing it to life.
It’s a fascinating story, but also a really honest look at what it means to trust yourself when there isn’t a clear path in front of you.
Next week, I’ll be sharing the first part of our conversation, where we go deeper into intuition, how it shows up, and how to start recognizing it in your own life.
00:00 Raffling a Resort
00:00 The Wild Idea: Raffling a Resort
01:10 Why Selling Was So Difficult
04:45 The Breaking Point
07:33 The Synchronicity That Changed Everything
09:57 Building the Raffle (14 Months of Work)
11:26 When It Went Viral
13:07 Lessons Learned (and Why They Kept It Quiet)
19:27 Nature, Reset & Perspective
23:17 Courage and “Green Lights”
26:06 Final Thoughts + What’s Coming Next
Check out our first podcast together that we did last year. Unlocking Intuition, A Conversation with Doug Beitz. Published May 19, 2025.
https://youtu.be/V6n9CD_hUEw?si=2iWuTy1sRdlna2_6
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Created by Shannon Miles Halliday
Original music by Anna Wawrzyniak: www.annawritesmusic.com
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