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 everything — except herself. The one who shows up, gets things done, keeps things together… but quietly feels like something isn’t landing the way it should.
Shannon Denniston is a behavior change coach and the founder of RISE. What she talks about here isn’t behavior on the surface. It’s what sits underneath it — patterns, beliefs, and identity-level disconnects that make consistency feel harder than it should.
A lot of what gets called “starting over” isn’t starting over at all. It’s noticing what’s been running in the background for a long time, and learning how to move differently from there.
Not forced. Not rushed. No reinvention, no reset, just more aware, more honest with where things actually are, and returning to yourself in a way that holds.
Episodes
59 episodes
When Escaping Becomes Control, Not a Discipline Problem.
When life feels like too much, do you find yourself on the couch with Netflix, in the pantry, or lost in the scroll, and then beat yourself up for it? What if those moments aren’t a discipline problem at all, but your nervous system trying to g...
Letting Go of Control: Overthinking, Anxiety, and the Myth of the Perfect Day.
If you’ve been waiting for the perfect day, the perfect week, or the perfect version of you before you finally begin, I want you to hear this: that day isn’t coming. Today we’re talking about control, why it feels so safe, and how it might actu...
What The Other Side Of Transition Really Feels Like
Fear isn’t proof you’re off track. Sometimes it is the clearest sign you are finally walking toward something real. If you feel caught between who you were and who you are becoming, this is where we get honest about that messy middle.
Why Your Heart Still Hurts After the Right Decision.
You can be walking with God into something better and still feel like your heart is breaking over what you left. That tension does not mean you got it wrong. It means it mattered.Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podca...
When You’ve Outgrown Your Life And Don’t Know What Comes Next.
What if that heavy, suffocating feeling isn’t proof that you’re failing… but a quiet sign that you’ve simply outgrown the life you worked so hard to fit yourself into?Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women...
How To Know When God Is Leading You Out of an Old Chapter.
You know that quiet feeling when a part of your life stops fitting, and you finally can’t ignore it anymore? Friend, if the version of you that you know is in there keeps feeling just out of reach, you’re in the right place.We...
Finding Your Way Back To Yourself.
You do not have to earn your way back to yourself. Small counts. It always has. And it still does today, right here, as you are.Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast for women who are finding their way back to them...
Rebuilding Trust With Yourself After Repeated Broken Promises.
When the promise you keep breaking feels like proof that you are the problem, what if it is actually your body doing exactly what it was designed to do to keep you safe? Welcome to The RISE Experience — a podcast f...
Finding Steady Confidence in Faith When Hesitation Keeps Holding You Back.
You are not a woman who lacks confidence. You are a woman who has been moving through spaces that do not feel steady yet. What if that quiet hesitation you keep fighting is not failure, but your body trying to keep you safe in moments that feel...
How Hesitation Shapes Your Direction and How to Find Steady Ground
When clarity is loud on the inside, but your voice goes quiet on the outside, something deeper is running the show. Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with ...
Why Overfunctioning Is Quietly Costing You More Than You Realize
Carrying more than you were ever meant to hold might look like strength on the outside but what if it’s quietly draining your soul, your energy, and your leadership from the inside out?Welcome to The RISE Experience
How to Show Up With Strength Without Emotional Overload
I used to think that being a “good leader” meant holding everything together for everyone else. But what if the very weight you’re carrying for others is the thing quietly burning you out?Welcome to The RISE Experience<...
What Changes When You Finally Set Clear Boundaries
You know that quiet moment after you say “yes” and your whole body whispers, “I didn’t want that”? That’s not just stress. That’s your cue: this isn’t a time problem. It’s a boundary problem. Welcome to The RISE Ex...
Learning to Trust Others When You're Used to Carrying Everything Yourself
Trust sounds beautiful until it asks you to loosen your grip. If you’ve spent years being “the responsible one,” letting go doesn’t feel holy or healthy. It feels risky. But what if your growth and the growth of the people you lead ...
From Control to Stewardship — A Faith-Filled Shift in How You Live
When did “being responsible” quietly turn into carrying the weight of everyone and everything? If your strength has started to feel like pressure, this is your invitation to lead differently.Welcome to The RISE E...
Why Momentum Fades and How to Keep It Without Burning Out.
You’re not falling behind, you’re just exhausted from trying to keep up.Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves — in health, leadership, faith, and ev...
Why Emotional Safety Is What Actually Creates Growth
Leaders often face tension, anxiety, and constant people-pleasing, and it can feel impossible to create trust. When emotional and relational safety is missing, teams hold back, creativity stalls, and stress takes over.Welcome ...
Why Carrying Everything Alone Leads to Emotional Exhaustion.
Strong on the outside. Tired on the inside.There is a weight that builds when everything is carried quietly. It does not show, but it settles into the body and the soul.Episode HighlightsIn this episode, I...
Why Growth Happens Faster When You Stop Doing It Alone.
Strong people often carry the heaviest loads in silence.But growth was never designed to happen alone.Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselves —...
Why Quitting Isn’t Failure but a Protective Response.
Quitting isn’t always failure; it can be protection.Feeling the urge to leave often signals that something feels unsafe, unsteady, or overwhelming. Staying should never feel forced; it should feel supported, natural, and safe enough to c...
Why Structure Works for Some Women and Overwhelms Others.
Structure is not always the safe place it promises to be.For some, it brings clarity and calm. For others, it quietly creates pressure the body cannot ignore.Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podc...
Why Forcing Discipline Backfires and How Regulation Creates Steady Growth.
Trying harder isn’t always better. Sometimes, pushing through discipline leads to exhaustion, stress, and even burnout. What if the real key to consistency isn’t force, but steadiness?Welcome to The RISE Experi...
Why Consistency Fails When the Body Feels Unsafe.
Consistency is easy when life feels calm.But when the nervous system is on edge, even simple routines feel heavy.The question isn’t why consistency disappears — it’s what the body is responding to.Welcome to T...
Rebuilding Self-Trust for Women Leaders Without Pressure.
Self-trust doesn’t disappear in loud moments. It fades quietly, one small override at a time. And most women don’t even realize it’s happening until they no longer feel safe with themselves.Welcome to The RISE Experience
How to Pause, Gain Clarity, and Set Intentions Effectively.
Everyone’s rushing to decide what’s next. New goals. New plans. New direction. But what if clarity doesn’t come from pushing forward, but instead from stopping long enough to notice where you already are?Welcome to The RISE...