Happy Hour Podcast With Dee And Shannon

Hey all!  Shannon here for a quick minute to give you an update to the show.  Things have changed a lot around here, and I sure do appreciate y'all sticking around.   I write my life in pencil and pride myself for making changes as I am intuitively guided to.  And I am honoring that in the re-branding and direction of the show. I hope you will join on the journey!   xo Shannon 

In this episode of the Happy Hour Podcast, Shannon interviews Payton Kennedy, the Director of Retreats for the She Recovers Foundation. She Recovers is an organization that supports women in recovery from various challenges, including substance abuse, process disorders, grief, and trauma. Payton talks about the start and growth of She Recovers and stresses how important it is to connect, support, and give women power on their recovery paths. The group has life-changing retreats, free online meetings, and certification programs for therapists, coaches, and yoga teachers. The retreats give women a life-changing place to start over with their recovery and make deep connections with other women. Being able to be yourself is powerful, and retreats are magical places to make deep connections with other people. The podcast episode reflects the mission of She Recovers to create a community that helps women heal and grow. Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●  00:44 - Our Guest For Today ●  02:59 - The Birth O

Welcome to this episode of the Happy Hour podcast! In this episode, I was interviewed by Nick Purslow from Glampitect, about my retreat ranch in Marble Falls, Texas, which offers a unique blend of glamping and transformative retreats. There are up to 30 glamping units on my ranch, ranging from old trailers to yurts. Rates change with the seasons because the property caters to group bookings and has many amenities, such as dipping pools, a wood-burning sauna, and horse activities. Women's wellness, yoga, wine experiences, and more are all part of retreats. Although the ranch is a great place to relax and enjoy nature, hosting weddings and other special events can be hard. And I myself have learned a lot from these experiences. Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast:  00:26 - Introduction  00:52 - Learn More About Me!  00:30 - Exploring Our Dynamic Pricing   04:35 - The Impact of Group Bookings  07:06 - A Tale of Selectivity and Success  08:40 - From Corporate to Wellness 12:35 - Rejuvenation

Welcome to this episode of the Happy Hour podcast with Shannon! In this episode, she interviews Kara Zebrowski, a retreat leader and founder of Reshape Midlife. Kara shares her journey from a career in travel planning to becoming a wellness and midlife support expert. She discusses the unique challenges women face during midlife, such as empty nesting, menopause, and caregiving for aging parents. Kara highlights her offerings, including retreats in various locations, online courses, and support circles to empower women during this transformative stage of life. Listeners can also enjoy exclusive discounts on Cara's retreats by mentioning the podcast!Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●  00:26 - Introduction ●  01:35 - Who Is Kara Zebrowski? ●  02:39 - From Meeting Planner to Fitness Guru ●  04:43 - Fully Reinventing My Career ●  06:45 - Check Out My Book! ● 08:43 - Empowering Midlife Women ● 12:00 - Finding Purpose in Life's Unexpected Twists ● 13:44 - The Transformative Offerings ● 18:29 - Upcoming Re

Welcome to this episode of the Happy Hour podcast with Shannon! In this episode, she shares exciting news about her recently published book, "The Retreat Leaders Playbook." The book, available on Amazon, offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of retreat hosting, drawing from Shannon's over a decade of experience in the field. It covers essential topics such as designing, marketing, and executing transformative and profitable retreats. She also emphasizes that anyone with a message to share and a servant's heart can successfully host retreats, so encourages listeners not to let fear hold them back from contributing to the world! Make sure to listen to the entire episode and check out my book!Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●  00:28 - My Book! ●  01:33 - Starting Retreats ●  03:36 - The Retreat Leaders Playbook ●  04:49 - The Only Gift We Got From Covid ●  06:43 -  Embrace the Retreat Host Journey Subscribe:  Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Spotify Connect with Shannon Jamail: ● Visit Happ

Welcome to this episode of the Happy Hour podcast with Shannon! In this episode, she reflects on a recent attempt to make gluten-free sourdough bread and the lessons she learned from its failure. She emphasizes the importance of appreciating failure as a valuable teacher and explores four key reasons why mistakes are essential: they set the stage for comebacks, offer new perspectives, cultivate empathy and humility, and act as honest fact-checkers and teachers. Shannon encourages listeners to share their own experiences with failure and its valuable lessons. Listen to this episode to learn more! Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●      00:28 - A Quick Update ●      01:40 - My Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter Journey ●      03:25 - Unlocking Retreat Success ●      05:05 - Learning, Perspective, and New Paths ●      6:19 -  The Value of Failure ●      10:16 - Your Support Matters ●      10:35 - Why Making Mistakes Matters, The Four Key Insights Subscribe:  Apple Podcast | Google Podcast |

Welcome to this episode of the Happy Hour podcast with Shannon and her friend Kristine. Kristine recently started a company related to equine-assisted learning, which combines a passion for horses and helping people. Shannon & Kristine talk about the power of horses connecting with people on a deeper level, and they also provide a non-judgmental and authentic experience which creates a big impact on individuals. Kristine explains how horses can reflect and mirror a person's authentic self, creating a transformative and emotional reaction. In this episode, Shannon also shares her own experience with horses, initially being afraid of them but later discovering their calming and therapeutic effects. They discuss the concept of attunement, where horses see, hear, feel, and understand individuals on a deep level, allowing for genuine connections. The episode highlights the freedom and acceptance people feel when interacting with horses and how it can be a transformative experience for lasting change. Listen

Shannon shares her thoughts on simplifying everything in order to do or have more. She argues that in our fast-paced world, we often feel overwhelmed and stressed out by the endless to-do lists and constant distractions. However, by intentionally simplifying our routines, belongings, and priorities, we can create more space and time for the things that truly matter to us. Overall, this podcast offers a compelling argument for why simplifying is worth the effort and provides actionable strategies for how to do so. It is a must-listen for anyone looking to reduce stress, increase happiness, and live a more fulfilling life. Learn more about the yoga teacher training at https://mindbodycomplete.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/ Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●        00:30 - What This Podcast Episode Is All About ●        01:23 - Reasons Why Life Gets Complicated ●        01:45 - Learn About Yoga Teacher Training! ●        03:54 - Focusing On What Is Important ●        04:34 - Letting Go Of Pe

Shannon interviews Jessica and Julie about Sound Therapy benefits. Jessica Cross is a certified sound practitioner and creator of Sound for Stress, a heart-centered business that helps stressed souls come home to themselves through the power of sound, yoga, and meditation. Julie owns and helped start Soul Strong Yoga. Soul Strong is one of the few locally owned fitness centers that stayed in business during the pandemic. This is because they have a lot of clients and can make virtual content quickly. We learn how sound therapy works on a deep level, influencing our brainwaves, nervous system, and energy centers, and how it can be used to address a wide range of physical, emotional, and spiritual issues, including stress, anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, and more. What is the Vagus Nerve and how is that important? Overall, this episode offers a compelling exploration of sound therapy and its potential to heal, inspire, and transform. Learn more about my guests here: https://soundforstress.com/about/ Top

Listen to this episode as Shannon interviews Remi and Bonnie about the tough and rewarding parts of being a coach Bonnie is a certified life and wellness coach and self-proclaimed Grandma mentor with a passion for working with grandmas who are raising their grandchildren. Through 1:1 and group coaching, she helps them navigate the stressful and often scary path they unexpectedly find themselves on. She also works with Gen X women, helping them find their voice through radical acceptance and self-love. In addition to being a coach and mentor, Bonnie is podcaster, co-hosting on Conversations On Life Work And Love, a massage therapist, a self-help book junkie, and lover of all things funny. She lives in Seattle with her husband and her 4 year old son, Easton (recently adopted!). Remi Gibbs is an entrepreneur, 1:1 life, career, and self-care coach through her business Renovated Realities, co-host for the podcast Conversations on Life, Work, and Love, a writer, and workshop facilitator. She’s currently working o

Listen to this episode as Shannon interviews Casie Hall who is an amazing person with a lovely spirit when it comes to living, yoga, and teaching! She'll fill us in on her life's journey and how she came to be the person she is now. Also, in this episode, we'll learn why it's so crucial to be ourselves, or in other words, to be natural and authentic, while teaching. Casie will also share her upcoming Mother/Daughter retreat and how beneficial and beautiful the experience can be for the participants.  What are some other things that we can look forward to as part of Casie's plans? Learn more as you listen to this episode. Learn more about Casie here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/casie-hall-26049596/ Book a Session With Her Here: https://www.nectarflowyoga.com/ Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast:  00:27 - Meet Casie!  04:51 - Yoga With Us!  06:37 - Casie’s Yoga Sessions  08:53 - Showing Who You Are!  10:36 - The Importance Of Being Natural  12:37 - Book A Yoga Session With Casie!  14:03

Episode 142: Living The Nomad Life and Achieving Goals In 4 Hour Work Weeks with Colton Chorpenning Shannon interviews author and digital nomad Colton about his nomad lifestyle and how he is achieving his goals. He shares tips from his recently published book and we learn how it is possible to live your dream life while doing your dream job. Colton is a firm believer that being one's best self at all times is essential to success in whatever endeavor one undertakes. In this episode, he will also explain what "Big Rock Content" is and share why it is the best way to set your priorities in life while simultaneously incorporating more into it. Listen to this episode to learn more! Learn more about Colton here: https://kitcaster.com/colton-chorpenning/ Purchase his book here: https://www.thefisnext.com/ Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: ●         00:44 - Who is Colton? ●         02:59 - Saving Money While Traveling The World ●         04:37 - Yoga With Us ●         06:15 - The Science Of Living

Episode 141: Couples Ranch retreat with us! with Shannon and Nathan Jamail  Join Shannon and Nathan as they chat about their upcoming couples ranch retreat happening in April! In this episode, they will be sharing what will happen, what to expect and the different activities that you can do in this retreat. But mostly how it is a great way to come disconnect from the stressors and reconnect to each other and having fun! Find out what it's all about and how you can join!   Learn more about retreat at: https://theretreatranch.com/retreats/  Learn more about the yoga teacher training at https://mindbodycomplete.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/ Topics covered on this Happy Hour Podcast:  00:46 - We Are Launching A Couple’s Retreat!  02:20 - How The Idea Of Retreat Birthed  04:37 - We Now Offer A Yoga Teacher Training!  06:57 - What To Expect On Our Couple’s Retreat  10:42 - Enjoying The Ranch  11:19 - The Marriage Common Ground  12:11 - Leave Us A Review!   12:36 - We’ve Been Up For Almost Two Years!  14:30 -

Episode 140: Writing A Book with Shannon Jamail Shannon shares her experiences (as well as her husband’s experiences) on publishing books. Between the two of them they have 7 published books, and both of them have been on the best selling lists with national retailers. Join Shannon as she shares what to expect, myths and unrealistic expectations as well as HOW to do it. Learn more about the yoga teacher training at https://mindbodycomplete.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/ Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: 00:23 - Shannon’s Book, Surrender 01:30 - Great Ways To Write A Book 04:58 - Myths On Writing A Book 06:23 - Unrealistic Expectations 08:30 - Leave Us A Review! 08:45 - Let’s Hear Shannon’s Process! 11:38 - Hire A Professional Editor and Designer! 13:16 - Cover Designs for Different Layouts! 15:00 - Learn About Yoga Teacher Training! 16:50 - What Is A Ghost Writer? 22:25 - Writing A Book Process is Ass-Whip! Subscribe:  Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Spotify Connect with Shannon Jamail: ● Vi

Episode 139: Owning A Small Business Is Hard AF with Shannon Jamail and Jenny   Shannon talks with her good friend Jenny, who owns a badass fitness studio in Dallas, about the challenges of owning a small business. They share their thoughts on how to play the business game and win it. Both present concepts and personal stories that will make owners rethink their business strategies to transform their constant dilemmas into wins. Tune in to find out the REAL truth about owning a small business! Jenny Fuller is a wife, mother, studio owner, as well as many other hats and labels. She followed her passion and opened up her baby, Karma Fitness, located in Dallas Texas. Karma is your one stop shop for all things fitness; they have infrared heated studios as well as a cross training gym and she believes this combination along with self care tools like meditation and intentional products will get individuals to the best health of their lives. Learn more about Jenny and her studio at https://www.karmafitnessstudio.c

Episode 138: How Yoga Teacher Training Can Change Your Life with Shannon Jamail and Kim   In this episode, Shannon and her co-creator friend Kim share their own history of yoga teacher training, how it changed their life and equipped them for balance and success and how it can benefit us in mind & body.    Learn more about the yoga teacher training at https://mindbodycomplete.com/online-yoga-teacher-training/  Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast:   00:00 - Introduction on How Yoga Teacher Training Can Change Your Life 02:12 - What is Yoga Teacher Training? 04:59 - Yoga Teacher Training Helps With Stress 05:37 - So Many Tools To Gain! 08:03 - We Offer Yoga Teacher Training! 10:05 - Yoga Teacher Training Is More Accessible! 13:35 - What Makes Us Set Apart From Others? 16:11 - It’s Important To Connect With Our Students 18:22 - Let’s Pause for a Bit 22:18 - Talk About The Neuroscience Of Yoga!  26:03 - Finance Is not An Issue: We Offer Scholarships! Subscribe:  Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Spotif

Episode 137: Top 5 Mistakes when Hosting Retreats with Shannon Jamail In this episode, Shannon shares her top five mistakes when hosting retreats and how to avoid them in order to host a successful one. Also always assess your retreat after it is over. What worked? What could have been done better? What suggestions do people have for upcoming retreats? A bonus tip is to OVER COMMUNICATE to your guests. You can improve yourself and begin to understand how to organize a better retreat for your attendees by being aware some of the most common mistakes made and how to avoid them.   Interested in the training course?  Find out more here: https://shannonjamail.podia.com/the-retreat-leadership-program Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: 00:00 - Introduction on Top 5 Mistakes when Hosting Retreats 02:14 - The Importance of having the Right Documents in place 03:44 - Budgeting is a must! 05:15 - The Importance of Getting to know your Numbers 06:50 - Let’s Pause for a Bit 07:08 - Not Being Clear on Your Attende

Episode 136: Tips to Prevent or Heal from Burnout with Shannon Jamail In this episode, Shannon shares her top tips on preventing or healing from burn out or feelings of stress and being overwhelmed. One tip that Shannon shared was about limiting oneself from using Social Media to prevent burnout. There are companies that do a really great job at managing social media, which frees you up to work on your business. Instead of getting lost in social media scrolling, you can still build trust and influence on social media, and give genuine content to the company that you hire. Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: 00:27 - Is It Burnout? 01:52 - A Disclaimer from your Mental Health Therapist! 02:52 -  Know When to Say Yes and When to Say No! 05:04 - You Assign Importance! 07:04 - Clean Up the Clutter! 08:14 - Let’s Pause for a Bit 08:37 - Visualization is a Powerful Tool!  10:13 - Ask for Help, It’s Not that Bad! 11:36 - Commercial 13:15 - Get Off Social Media! Subscribe: Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | S

Episode 135: What is Really Within Your Control   with Shannon Jamail In this episode, Shannon shares with us her tips on focusing more on what you can control in order to reduce frustration and bring in more joy. She also talked about setting boundaries and doing a checklist in order to create one’s awareness on what they can control. Not only that but Shannon also asks her audience where they put their energy in, have them realize where their frustrations come from and how they can reduce those that way they could have a brighter perspective on life. Topics Covered on this Happy Hour Podcast: 00:00 - My Florida Retreat! 01:40 - A Powerful Tool forCrazy Unknown Times 02:57 - Expectation versus Boundaries 04:27 - Control the Weather? Control Traffic? Oh, Please!  05:40 - We Can’t Change the Past, nor the Future! 06:35 - It’s a Time Sucking Pointless Endeavor to Control People 07:36 - You Can Set Boundaries! 08:25 - Let’s Pause for a Bit 08:44 - What Can We Control? Our Thoughts? Think Again. 10:38 - Let’s Do

Episode 134: How Horses Can Help You Heal w/ Shannon and Chris  In this episode, Shannon and Chris from Joshua Tree California, owner of Mustang Sanctuary Ranch, talk about how horses help humans heal. Chris shares what he does with the beautiful wild mustang population and how his ranch operates. Although he runs a Mustang rescue ranch, and they predominantly focus on Mustang rescues, but they do have a couple other horses there. He’s just doing as much as he can to make sure that he put his best foot forward in educating and getting awareness out there about what these animals are going through and hoping that we can open our doors to as many as possible. He then shares how horses help us heal, just to kind of give an idea of what the healing magic for horses is, they say a human's heart rate or heart energy emanates, six feet and horse’s is 8 feet. So as soon as you even get anywhere near these horses, they feel you and in turn that energy, the “unseen force” as Chris calls it, calls out to the horse, good