Shannon is the founder and creator of Mind & Body Complete. She is a best selling author, podcast host, retreat leader, performance coach and tequila connoisseur (not really but she does enjoy sipping on a good pour). Shannon has a passion and a mission to elevate women in mind & body in order to connect, grow & thrive.
You have a full life. A busy calendar. People who love you. And somehow – underneath all of it – you feel weirdly, quietly alone. This is one of the most common things women in midlife describe, and almost no one talks about it. You’re surrounded by people – kids, coworkers, partners, neighbors – and…
One of the biggest fears women have before booking a women’s retreat is this: “What if I feel amazing for a week and then go right back to being exhausted and overwhelmed?” It’s a fair question. You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘retreat glow’ – that magical, floaty feeling you carry home after a few days…
Short answer? Yes. 100%. Come on in. Long answer? Keep reading – because if this question has been floating around in your head, you are exactly the kind of woman this retreat is built for. There’s a very specific version of a women’s retreat that gets a lot of airtime: someone in a flowy linen…
You didn’t Google ‘women’s retreat’ because you saw a cute Instagram ad and thought, ‘Sure, why not?’ You searched it because something feels off. You’re exhausted in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. You’re anxious about things you used to handle without blinking. You’re going through the motions of your life and somewhere along the…
You’re intrigued. Maybe a friend mentioned it. Maybe you Googled “retreats for burned-out women” at 11pm in your car after yet another overwhelming day. Either way, you’re here – staring at a retreat page, half-excited and half thinking: but what do you actually DO there? Fair question. And it’s the question most women don’t ask…
The real ROI of investing in yourself when it feels selfish, frivolous, or just plain expensive. Let’s address it: a women’s retreat feels like a lot of money. Especially when you’re the one who handles the budget, keeps the household running, and has probably spent the last decade telling yourself you don’t need anything extra.…
Here’s the conversation that plays out in the heads of so many women who are this close to booking a retreat: “I really want to go. I need this. But… I don’t know anyone who would come with me. My friends are busy. My sister has the kids. I’d feel so weird going alone.” And…
Somewhere along the way, midlife got a bad reputation. The jokes. The clichés. The idea that turning 40 or 50 is something to dread – a downhill slide, a loss of relevance, a crisis waiting to happen. But what if that story is completely wrong? What if midlife isn’t the beginning of the end –…
You know that feeling – the one where you’re surrounded by people, maybe even people who love you, but still feel completely alone? Like nobody really gets it. Nobody really gets you. That’s not you being dramatic. That’s midlife. And it’s more common than you think. Here’s what I’ve seen time and again: when women…
Let me ask you something. When’s the last time you did something – truly just for you? Not for your kids, not for your partner, not for your job, not for anyone on your ever-growing to-do list. Something that filled you back up instead of emptying you out. If you’re struggling to answer that, you’re…