Nobody Warned Me About Maycember | Speak, Mother

You Are the Magic. Stop Acting Like You're Not. | Speak, Mother

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] You've been taught to make yourself more digestible. More palatable. More acceptable. To lead with your credentials instead of your perspective. To deflect the praise for work you built and led. To wait until you're more ready, more qualified, more something. But here's what that performance is actually costing you. This week I'm talking about what happens when you strip away every external marker of success — the title, the income, the degrees — and sit with what's left. Because what's left? That's the magic. And it was always you. Work with Shannon: Book a "Magic Session" Strategy Session: tidycal.com/resonantcollective/the-magic-session [https://tidycal.com/resonantcollective/the-magic-session] Book a Podcast Strategy Session: 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 the New Version of You Needs a New Container | Speak, Mother

Send Shannon A Note [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224026/fan_mail/new] Have you ever evolved — genuinely grown, shifted, become someone new — but the external pieces haven't caught up yet? New you, old job. New you, a business model you've outgrown. New you, relationships that feel a little tight now. That gap between who you're becoming and where you currently are is disorienting. And nobody talks about it honestly enough. This week I'm sitting in that middle place with you — and asking the question my therapist asked me that I haven't been able to stop thinking about: what is this costing you? Work with Shannon: 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/]

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/]