The RISE Experience
It's not always about becoming someone different.
Sometimes it's about realizing you've been disconnected from yourself for longer than you thought.
The RISE Experience is a podcast for the woman who can handle a lot. She shows up, gets things done, keeps life moving… and still quietly wonders, Why don't I feel like myself anymore?
Shannon Denniston is the founder of RISE, with a deep background in behavior change and the human side of transformation. Through RISE, she explores what real transformation actually looks like — the patterns underneath what we do, the beliefs and roles we've carried, the relationships that shape us, the systems that support us, and the identity shifts that happen when our old ways of functioning stop carrying us.
A lot of what gets called "starting over" isn't starting over at all. It's learning to notice what's been running in the background, reconnect with your own voice, and move forward without erasing who you've become.
No reinvention. No pretending you need to become a whole new person. Just honest conversations about finding your way back to yourself, with faith as an anchor, and learning how to live from that place.
The RISE Experience
Latest Episodes
Switching Off Autopilot: When They Don't Need You Like They Used To
Sometimes you keep doing something for so long that you stop realizing you're choosing to do it.You make the appointment. Find the cleats. Fix the mistake. Get the waffles. Step in before anyone else has enough time to figure it out for ...
The Good Parts Get to Stay Too
Host Shannon Denniston explores why you can miss who you were in a past season while also feeling relieved it's over, naming this mixed experience as ambivalence—holding two opposite feelings at the same time. She explains how we often reduce a...
The 10 Minutes After You Speak Up: When Discomfort Doesn't Mean You're Wrong
Host Shannon Denniston explores what happens in the minutes after you finally voice an honest opinion — like suggesting a restaurant in a group text — and then feel the urge to walk it back when responses are neutral or mildly disappointed. She...
Whatever Works: The Rudder You Didn't Know You Had
We've all been there: the group text where everyone's picking a restaurant, and instead of saying what you actually want, you type "whatever works." In this episode, Shannon unpacks why those tiny moments of staying quiet matter more than we th...
The Awkward Middle: Why Understanding Comes Faster Than Change
Shannon Denniston explores why we can understand a habit or pattern immediately but still repeat it within a day, focusing on the gap between insight and actual change. She compares understanding to getting a map of an old road, while our "feet...