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.
Episodes
72 episodes
Switching Off Autopilot: When They Don't Need You Like They Used To
Sometimes you keep doing something for so long that you stop realizing you're choosing to do it.You make the appointment. Find the cleats. Fix the mistake. Get the waffles. Step in before anyone else has enough time to figure it out for ...
The Good Parts Get to Stay Too
Host Shannon Denniston explores why you can miss who you were in a past season while also feeling relieved it's over, naming this mixed experience as ambivalence—holding two opposite feelings at the same time. She explains how we often reduce a...
The 10 Minutes After You Speak Up: When Discomfort Doesn't Mean You're Wrong
Host Shannon Denniston explores what happens in the minutes after you finally voice an honest opinion — like suggesting a restaurant in a group text — and then feel the urge to walk it back when responses are neutral or mildly disappointed. She...
Whatever Works: The Rudder You Didn't Know You Had
We've all been there: the group text where everyone's picking a restaurant, and instead of saying what you actually want, you type "whatever works." In this episode, Shannon unpacks why those tiny moments of staying quiet matter more than we th...
The Awkward Middle: Why Understanding Comes Faster Than Change
Shannon Denniston explores why we can understand a habit or pattern immediately but still repeat it within a day, focusing on the gap between insight and actual change. She compares understanding to getting a map of an old road, while our "feet...
You Don’t Need a Crisis to Take Your Feelings Seriously.
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?I start with a simple moment in a school parking lot, giving the quick, easy answer we all use. I smiled, ...
When “You’ve Changed” Tests How Safe Your Relationship Really Is.
“You’ve changed” can sound like a compliment, a quiet ache, or a warning. I’m talking about what those words really reveal about our relationships, our growth, and who we’re becoming together.Episode SummaryThere...
Are You Shrinking Yourself to Keep the Peace?
If "I'm good with whatever" flies out of your mouth before you even know what you want, this one's for you. Let's talk about the quiet ways you've been editing yourself down to keep the peace and what it could look like to bring your whole, hon...
Are You Loved for Who You Are or Just Needed for What You Do?
If you're the woman who gets the late-night text, who always figures it out, who never drops the ball, this is for you. I'm going one layer deeper into the pattern of building love and belonging on how useful you are, and the quiet fear that if...
When Staying Small to Keep the Peace Starts Costing You.
If staying "easy to be around" has started to feel like disappearing, you're not imagining it. Let's name where that smallness started, what it's been costing you, and what changes when you stop shrinking to keep everyone else comfortable.<...
Loosening Your Grip and Learning Contentment When Life Feels Out of Control.
What if the most settled version of you isn’t someone you have to become later, but someone you can choose to be today? This is an invitation to loosen your grip, stay present with God in the middle of real life, and find a quieter kind of cont...
Letting Go Without Losing Yourself in Control.
If you’re tired of running on high alert, replaying conversations, and trying to manage every possible outcome, this is for you. Walk through what it really looks like to loosen your grip, trust God in the not‑knowing, and finally settle into t...
When Control Starts Costing Your Authenticity.
If you’ve been managing every word, every reaction, every part of you just to keep things “okay,” there’s a good chance control is costing you more than you realize. We’re getting honest about what happens when that managing starts to shrink wh...
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