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Creating Her Best Life
Hosted by Shannan Christiansen · EN
Welcome to Creating Her Best Life, the go-to podcast for women ready to step into their full potential and design a life they truly love. Hosted by certified Master Life Coach Shannan Christiansen, this inspiring show is tailored for women who seek clarity, empowerment, and actionable strategies to overcome life's challenges and achieve personal and professional success.
Each week, Shannan dives into various topics ranging from mindset mastery and goal setting to self-care and relationship building, providing expert insights and practical tools that empower listeners to take bold steps toward their dreams. Whether you're navigating a career shift, building confidence, or looking for ways to enhance your every day life, Creating Her Best Life delivers the guidance you need to thrive.
Join our community of ambitious women and discover how to rewrite your story, find your purpose, and create a life you're proud to call your own. Because your best life isn't just a dream, it starts now!
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Ep. 314 | Are You Actually Overwhelmed?
1w ago00:15:13Tap to summarizeThere are moments where life genuinely feels overwhelming… and then there are moments where "overwhelm" is actually avoidance wearing a very responsible outfit. In this episode, we're talking about the difference. Because avoidance doesn't always look obvious. Sometimes it looks like overplanning, overthinking, researching for hours, cleaning the house, reorganizing your life, or staying "busy" while quietly avoiding the thing that actually needs your attention. Not because you're lazy. Not because you don't care. But because your brain and nervous system are wired to keep you familiar, even when familiar is keeping you stuck. If you've been mentally carrying the same unfinished decisions, conversations, goals, or next steps for way too long, this episode will help you understand why, and how to finally start moving forward without waiting to feel perfectly ready. We talk about overwhelm, avoidance, nervous system patterns, self-trust, and why avoiding discomfort never actually creates peace. Because movement creates momentum. And momentum creates evidence that you can trust yourself again.
Transcribe →Ep. 313 | How to Find More Connection
2w ago00:11:09Tap to summarizeSomewhere along the way, many of us learned how to stay connected to everyone else while disconnecting from ourselves. You become who everyone else needs you to be. You say yes when you mean no. You stay quiet to avoid conflict. You overgive hoping people will finally see your value. And little by little, you stop recognizing yourself. The hard part is that this kind of self-abandonment is often praised. People call you dependable, selfless, strong, easygoing… while internally you feel exhausted, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, and unseen. In this episode, we're talking about the hidden cost of constantly overriding yourself just to maintain peace, approval, or connection. Because every time you repeatedly betray your own needs, your own feelings, your own boundaries, you slowly lose trust in yourself and your ability to show up for your own life. Real connection is never built through abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable. Your body was never meant to carry the weight of constantly disconnecting from who you are just to hold everything else together. This episode is a reminder that connection doesn't start with becoming more for everyone else. It starts with coming back to yourself.
Transcribe →Ep. 312 | Are You Simply Alive or Are You Truly Living?
3w ago00:12:23Tap to summarizeThere comes a point where you realize you're technically living… but not really experiencing your life. You wake up, go through the motions, take care of everyone else, cross things off the list, and before you know it another week, month, or year has passed. Not because you weren't alive… but because somewhere along the way, you stopped fully living. In this episode, Coach Jenn talks about what it looks like to reconnect with yourself again. Not by creating an entirely new life, but by paying attention to the things that already bring you joy, peace, excitement, and fulfillment — and finally allowing yourself to stop putting those things on the back burner. Because the truth is, no matter how deeply you bury certain dreams, desires, or parts of yourself… they don't actually disappear. They wait for you. We also dive into the power of visualization, how your mind shapes the life you experience, and the importance of deciding that you are worthy of more than survival mode. You are worthy. You are capable. It is possible. And your life is happening right now, not someday. Maybe the real question is: Are you simply alive… or are you truly living?
Transcribe →Ep. 311 | When We Block the Very Thing We Want
4w ago00:11:22Tap to summarizeSo many of us say we want support, connection, ease, deeper relationships, more peace… but then unknowingly push away the very things that could help us experience them. In this episode, Coach Jenn talks about the ways we block what we desire most, especially when it comes to accepting help. Because somewhere along the way, many of us learned that needing support meant we were weak, incapable, or failing. So we lead with pride. We over-function. We carry everything ourselves. And we quietly exhaust ourselves trying to prove we can. But the truth is… accepting help doesn't make you less powerful. It allows you to let go of perfection. To stop performing. To stop carrying the weight of "having it all together" every second of the day. We also dive into how shame survives in isolation, but connection and vulnerability suffocate it. The moment you allow yourself to be seen, supported, and human, something begins to soften. If you've been craving deeper connection, more peace, more support, or simply a different way of living… this episode will challenge you to look at where your own walls may be keeping those things out. Where in your life are you blocking the thing you desire so badly? And what's one thing you could do today to begin letting it in?
Transcribe →Ep. 310 | You're Not Confused, You're Avoiding
Apr 3000:08:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on that sneaky little phrase: "I don't know." Because most of the time? You actually do know. You know what you want, you know what the next step is, but taking it would require you to feel something uncomfortable. Fear. Uncertainty. Rejection. Growth. So instead… your brain offers you confusion. Indecision. Overthinking. A nice, cozy mental fog where nothing has to change. Here's the truth: confusion isn't the problem, it's the cover. When you stay in "I don't know," you stay in inaction. And when you stay in inaction, nothing shifts… except your frustration. In this episode, I'm calling that out—with love—and giving you a simple but powerful shift to start challenging that pattern in real time. Because the moment you stop hiding behind confusion is the moment you start moving forward. If you've been stuck, circling the same thoughts, waiting for clarity to magically hit you… this one's for you. You're not confused. You're just one honest decision away from change.
Transcribe →Ep. 309 | The Pattern Is Not The Problem
Apr 2200:10:12Tap to summarizeEver catch yourself saying, "Why do I keep doing this?" Same reaction. Same habits. Same emotional loops. Different day, different outfit. Here's the truth: the pattern itself isn't the problem. Staying in it is. Repeating it unconsciously is. Letting it run your life on autopilot like a sketchy GPS with no destination is the real issue. In this episode, we talk about how patterns are simply practiced behaviors, not permanent personality traits. They're learned, repeated, reinforced… and they can absolutely be changed. We dive into the power of the pause. Because awareness alone won't shift your life if nothing interrupts the cycle. You can know exactly what you're doing and still keep doing it. Brutal, but common. When you feel yourself slipping into old habits, old reactions, or old emotional spirals—pause. Take a breath. Feel the discomfort without trying to fix it, numb it, or sprint past it. Then ask yourself: What do I actually need right now? That small moment changes everything. Because every time you interrupt an old pattern, you weaken the identity tied to it… and strengthen the woman you're becoming.
Transcribe →Ep. 308 | Identity Is Built In Action
Apr 1500:11:08Tap to summarizeYou're not stuck because you don't know what to do. You're stuck because you're waiting to feel ready to do it. And that's the trap. Because identity? It's not built in the moment you finally "figure it out." It's built in the moment you take action—while you're still unsure, still overthinking, still not fully confident. In this episode, we're cutting through the mental spiral. The "maybe I need more time," the "I should probably think about this more," the "I'm just not there yet." No. You're there enough. I teach about what self-leadership actually looks like when it's not aesthetic or exciting, when it's you doing what you said you would do… without the mood, without the motivation, without the perfect plan. You'll hear: Why waiting for clarity is keeping you exactly where you are The difference between real growth and just thinking about growth How to shift your internal dialogue without faking positivity What "one better thought" actually looks like in real life And how to meet yourself where you are, without letting yourself off the hook Because the version of you you keep thinking about? She's not built in your head. She's built in the moments you stop negotiating with yourself…and just do the thing.
Transcribe →Ep. 307 | You Have One Life
Apr 800:09:52Tap to summarizeThere's a version of your life you keep telling yourself you'll step into… when things calm down, when you feel more ready, when you finally have it all figured out. But this episode is your reminder—there isn't a later version waiting for you. This is it. If you've been feeling in-between lately—like you've outgrown parts of your life but aren't fully clear on what's next—you're not doing it wrong. You're in the middle of becoming. And that space? It's uncomfortable for a reason. It's stretching you. We talk about what it looks like to move without having full clarity, to stop waiting for confidence to magically show up, and to start trusting yourself in real time. Because clarity doesn't come before action—it comes from it. You don't need to figure everything out. You don't need a perfect plan. You don't need to rush. You just need to take the next step. This episode will ground you back into what actually matters, help you loosen your grip on timelines and expectations, and remind you that you're not behind—you're on a path that's unfolding in its own time. You don't become her all at once. You become her in the moments you choose differently. So if you've been waiting… this is your nudge to start. Right here. Right now.
Transcribe →Ep. 306 | "I Don't Feel Like It" Is No Longer An Option
Apr 200:15:29Tap to summarizeCoach Jenn is back this week to talk about that sneaky kind of overwhelm that convinces you you're "busy"… but somehow your to-do list just keeps getting longer. You know the one, where you're waiting to feel motivated, but motivation never shows up, and now even the smallest task feels like climbing Everest in flip flops. Because here's the truth no one really wants to say out loud: you're probably not going to feel like it. Not when it's the dishes. Not when it's the errand. Not when it's the phone call you've been avoiding for three days. And if you keep waiting for the moment you suddenly want to do it… you'll be waiting a while. In this episode, Jenn breaks down why your brain defaults to comfort, how that leads to the freeze → avoid → feel worse cycle, and what actually gets you moving again, without needing some magical burst of motivation. This isn't about doing everything. It's about doing something. Because the shift doesn't happen when you feel ready… it happens the moment you decide that "I don't feel like it" and doing it anyway. Start small. Do the thing anyway. And pay attention to who you become on the other side of it.
Transcribe →Ep. 305 | You're Not Behind, You're Just Comparing
Mar 2500:10:16Tap to summarizeCoach Jenn is taking over the mic this week, and she's coming for that quiet habit of comparing your life to every version of "better" you've ever imagined. If you've been living in your head thinking things used to be better… or will be better someday… this one's going to hit. Because while you're busy wishing for a different season, you're missing the one you're actually in. Jenn walks through how comparison subtly convinces you that who you are right now isn't enough, and how glamorizing the past (or chasing the future) keeps you disconnected from your real life. This episode is your reset. Back into your life. Back into what's actually good. Back into enough.
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