Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation

Nobody Warned Me About Maycember | Speak, Mother

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] May has the same chaotic energy as December and we're not talking about it enough. The recitals. The field trips. The volunteer asks. The party you forgot to RSVP to. And somewhere underneath all of it: something of your own you're trying to protect. This week I'm talking about how I'm actually navigating this season without losing my mind or my vision. It's a quick episode, like a voice note from a friend, because we're all busy. Work with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions → https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour] Speak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women. Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/]

She Stopped Waiting for a Partner & Started Building Her Life | Crystal Napolitano

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] Crystal is 38, single, living in Southern France, and in the middle of her IVF journey. By choice and on her own terms. And she is so clear and so at peace with this decision it will make you question every time you've waited on someone else's timeline. We talk about the breakup that started it all, 13 years of undiagnosed endometriosis, what French healthcare made possible that American healthcare never could, and why she's done outsourcing the thing she wants most in the world to someone else's emotional readiness. We also get into woo, witchcraft, the suppression of the feminine, and why the village that used to raise our children has disappeared and what it's costing us. Connect with Crystal:  To follow Crystal's motherhood journey, find her on Substack at thehonestsexologist.substack.com [https://thehonestsexologist.substack.com/]. Instagram: instagram.com/thehonestsexologist [https://www.instagram.com/thehonestsexologist/] Website: YourBodyYourStory.com [https://yourbodyyourstory.com/] Her Podcast, 50 Shades of Grey's: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/50-shades-of-greys/id1887869123 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/50-shades-of-greys/id1887869123] Referenced in this Episode: Episode 10 Emily's IVF Journey: buzzsprout.com/2224026/episodes/15068019 [https://buzzsprout.com/2224026/episodes/15068019] Episode 88 What Happens When a Mom Quits Her Toxic Job With No Plan | Kimberly Scanlon: buzzsprout.com/2224026/episodes/19087379 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/episodes/19087379] All About Love by Bell Hooks: https://amzn.to/49qkmvO [https://amzn.to/49qkmvO] Work with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions → https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour] Speak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women. Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/]

You've Survived Every Hard Day So Far | Speak, Mother

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] You'll have a good day. Feel proud, capable, like yourself. And then something will happen. A number on a screen, a bill, a reminder of the reality you're living in. And just like that, the good feeling collapses. This week I'm not pretending I have it figured out. I'm telling you what it actually looks like from inside of it: the whiplash, the spiral, and the small unglamorous things that pull me back from the edge. Including the thing my therapist helped me realize that I keep coming back to: I have a 100% track record of surviving my worst days. And so do you. This one is for the mother holding hope and despair in both hands right now. You're not alone. And this isn't forever. Work with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions → https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour] Speak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women. Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/]

What Happens When a Mom Quits Her Toxic Job With No Plan | Kimberly Scanlon

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] What do you do when your job is making you miserable, your gut is screaming, and you have no backup plan? If you're Kimberly Scanlon, you quit. You take six months off to recover your nervous system. And then you take a part time job at a hair salon and you don't look back. This week I'm sitting down with my friend and Minnesota mom of two Kimberly Scanlon, a storyteller and micro consultant with a background in mental health. We talk about what it actually looks like to walk away from a career that no longer fits, how to redefine success on your own terms, and why doing it differently might be the most aligned thing you ever do. This one is for the mom who is quietly wondering if there's another way. Connect with Kimberly:  Instagram: instagram.com/meaningful.mama [https://www.instagram.com/meaningful.mama/] LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kimberlyascanlon1982 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyascanlon1982/] Help me build the Speak, Mother Summer Series. Voting is live now on Instagram and Threads.  Instagram: instagram.com/resonantcollective [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Threads: threads.com/@resonantcollective [https://www.threads.com/@resonantcollective] Work with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions → https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour] Speak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women. Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/]

Why Reinventing Yourself After Motherhood Isn't Starting Over | Speak, Mother

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] Drop me a note and tell me what you're reclaiming.  You may notice something different about this episode. It's dropping as Episode 86, not Episode 15.  That's not a mistake. When I relaunched Speak, Mother earlier this year I reset the episode count to one. But the more I sat with it, the more wrong it felt, because I didn't start over. I evolved. And the 70+ episodes behind this version of the show deserved to be counted. This episode is my story: the teaching career, the operations job, the layoff, the grief, the postpartum fog, and the breadcrumbs that led me exactly here. And it's an invitation for you to look at your own path and ask: what have you been tempted to erase that actually counts? Your pivot counts. Your pause counts. Your messy, nonlinear, nobody-could-have-planned-this path counts. All of it. Help me build the Speak, Mother Summer Series. Voting is live now on Instagram and Threads.  Instagram: instagram.com/resonantcollective [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Threads: threads.com/@resonantcollective [https://www.threads.com/@resonantcollective] Work with Shannon: Podcast Strategy Sessions at https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/podcasting-power-hour] Speak, Mother is hosted by Shannon Warner, founder of Resonant Collective offering podcast launch, maintenance, and strategy services for truth-telling women. Follow @ResonantCollective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/ [https://www.instagram.com/resonantcollective/] Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/podcastwithshannon/]