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
You Don’t Need a Crisis to Take Your Feelings Seriously.
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What if that weird, can’t-quite-name-it feeling under “I’m good” is actually the thing you’re meant to pay attention to?
Episode Summary
I start with a simple moment in a school parking lot, giving the quick, easy answer we all use. I smiled, said, “I’m good, busy, you know, but good,” and headed to my car, but something in me stopped long enough to stare at the gear shift and think, “I am good, right?” That weird feeling under the surface would not quite go away. It kept showing back up in the pickup line, in the scroll I could not remember, in the tiny things that felt bigger than they should.This is a show that gives us a place to talk about what real transformation actually looks like, so I gently push back on the idea that you need a crisis, diagnosis, or burnout before you are allowed to notice yourself. With the story of Elijah and the still, small voice, I talk about how God often meets us in the quiet, ordinary moments and how you are allowed to let that repeated “something feels off” be real, even if your life looks fine on paper.
You’ll learn:
- How “I’m good, busy, but good” can sit on top of a steady, weird feeling you cannot name.
- Why a hundred small, explainable moments can add up to a real pattern.
- How “I should be grateful” talk can make you feel guilty for even asking, “Why do I feel like this?”
- That you do not need a crisis, diagnosis, or disaster before your feelings count.
- What Elijah’s story shows about God speaking in a quiet whisper, not in the loud, dramatic moments.
- A simple first step of just noticing, “I don’t feel like myself right now,” and letting that be real with God.
Episode Chapters
00:00 The “I’m good, busy, but good” moment in the school parking lot
02:10 The weird feeling you cannot quite put your finger on
04:30 When small irritations and tired days start to look like a pattern
07:15 Feeling ungrateful for asking why you feel off when life looks fine
10:10 Waiting for a big reason before paying attention to yourself
13:20 Elijah, the mountain, and the still, small voice
17:05 Letting quiet moments with God matter more than the earthquake
19:20 A prayer for women who feel off but do not know why yet
Memorable Quotes
“You don’t need a crisis to justify paying attention to yourself.”
“When the same feeling keeps quietly showing back up week after week, maybe it’s not nothing anymore.”
“Whatever’s underneath ‘I’m good, I’m busy, but I’m good’ doesn’t have to arrive like an earthquake to be real.”
“Somewhere along the way, we decided that noticing ourselves has to be earned.”
“You don’t need somebody else’s permission or a big enough reason, you’re allowed to let how you feel count, starting today.”
Resources Mentioned
Elijah in the wilderness – 1 Kings 19
About the Podcast
Welcome to The RISE Experience, a podcast for women who are finding their way back to themselves. This is a space to slow down when everything feels loud, to lead from steadiness instead of urgency, and to finally hear yourself think again. Here we talk about identity, faith, and the quiet inner wisdom that gets buried under all the doing. A place to pause, reflect, and rise from clarity instead of pressure.
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