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
52 episodes
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 in Faith.
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 Undermining Leadership Growth.
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 We Lead With Strength, Not 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<...
Leadership Changes When You 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...
Trusting 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 Lead.
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 Leaders Struggle to Create Emotional Safety?
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...
Why Hope Feels Unsafe After Repeated Disappointment and How to Rebuild Belief.
Hope doesn’t disappear all at once.Sometimes it just goes quiet after being disappointed too many times.Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are rebuilding trust with themselv...
How to Restore Belief and Motivation When You Feel Stuck.
What if belief didn’t have to feel heavy or forced?What if growth didn’t mean sprinting from one goal to the next or pushing yourself into exhaustion?Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast fo...
How Small Steps Rebuild Momentum for Your Mind, Faith & Leadership.
Momentum doesn’t usually disappear after a big failure.It slips away quietly through rushed mornings, skipped routines, self-doubt, and the belief that starting again requires more energy than it actually does. ...
How a Quiet Reset Helps Women Leaders Find Focus and Confidence.
Feeling overwhelmed by goals, plans, and endless tasks as the year wraps up? Sometimes the most powerful step forward isn’t doing more — it’s pausing. Welcome to The Rise Experience Podcast – I’m Shannon Denniston....
How Leaders Rebuild Belief When Everything Feels Heavy.
Some years end with momentum. Others end with quiet questions we didn’t expect to ask. If this past year left belief feeling heavy, distant, or buried under everything you carried, you’re not alone and this episode is for you....
How Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude in Life and Leadership.
Some people think attitude is a small thing, but it can change the entire direction of a life. It can lift you, limit you, steady you, or steer you off course. And the truth is, most of the time, altitude has less to do with external circums...
How Overcommitment Steals Your True Identity.
Have you ever felt like you’re living someone else’s life? Like the person everyone knows at work, at home, or in your community, isn’t really you? That subtle shift, where your identity starts to drift under the weight of roles and re...