October 2, 2024 • 33 mins
Have you ever wondered how a solo retreat could transform your life? Meet Shana Scott-Lee, the inspiring founder of Breathe and Exhale 360, who turned her solo birthday retreat during the pandemic into a thriving wellness brand. Shana takes us through her courageous journey, from navigating dark, unfamiliar roads to witness a sunrise in Fredericksburg, Texas, to overcoming her fears in life and entrepreneurship. Her story is a testament to the power of stepping into the unknown to create something beautiful for yourself and others.
Struggling to find time for self-care? Shana shares practical tips that fit seamlessly into busy lives. Whether it’s using car rides for silent reflection, listening to your favorite tunes, or enjoying a walk with your children, she emphasizes the importance of seizing impromptu moments. Discover how dedicating just 10-15 minutes for yourself can make a world of difference. Plus, get a sneak peek into the excitement surrounding the sold-out "Something Beautiful" self-care retreat, a testament to Shana's impact in the wellness community.
Creating lasting connections and empowering women is at the heart of Shana's mission. In this episode, she reveals her vision for building sisterhood bonds that extend beyond retreats, offering continuous support and encouragement. Listen as Shana shares her journey into life coaching, her efforts to promote authenticity and self-acceptance, and how she inspires larger audiences through summits and conferences. This episode is brimming with heartfelt stories and invaluable insights into achieving balance and inner peace. Don’t forget to rate our show and help us spread the message of mental wellness to more listeners!
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Shannon D Martin (00:00):
Hello, beautiful, welcome to today's
conversation where we're goingto talk about one's journey to
breathe, exhale and thrive.
Let's talk about it.
I'm your host, hannon Martin,and welcome to today's episode
of this Thing Called Wellness.
Welcome back.
I'm so excited to introducetoday's guest, shana Scott Lee,
(00:21):
the visionary founder of Breatheand Exhale 360, a wellness
brand dedicated to helping womenembrace self-care, healing and
personal growth.
Through her company, shanaoffers life coaching, quarterly
subscription boxes and wellnessretreats, all designed to
support women on their journeyto balance and inner peace.
(00:42):
Women on their journey tobalance and inner peace.
She's been featured in Voyage,dallas, Shout Out and Bold
Publications for her incrediblework in the wellness space.
Shauna's mission is deeplypersonal, guided by the
scripture Song of Solomon 4 an 7.
You are altogether beautiful,my darling.
(01:07):
There is no flaw in you.
It's this message that drivesher to empower women to feel
valued, whole and capable ofthriving.
Today, we'll explore how herpersonal self-care journey led
to the creation of Breathe andExhale 360, what participants
can expect from her upcomingretreat, and how she balances
her role as CEO and life coachwhile enjoying time with her
(01:28):
husband, family and friends.
Let's listen in.
Hi, shauna, thank you for beinghere today.
We're so excited to have Shaunafrom Breathe and Excel 360.
We met years ago at aconference and we have been
friends ever since, so thank youfor being here today.
Shana Scott-Lee (01:45):
I am happy to be here.
Yes, I get to hang out with mygirlfriend.
I'm excited.
Shannon D Martin (01:53):
I'm excited too, god.
It's been a hard time catchingup with you.
Have been so busy, but a goodbusy, yeah.
So, Shana, I wanted to ask youyou know we talked.
We talked about Breathe andExhale, but I never really asked
you about, you know, yourpersonal retreat that led you to
creating Breathe and Exhale 360.
Can you talk to us about that?
Shana Scott-Lee (02:14):
Yeah, so you know, it's funny and interesting
at the same time.
I always said I wanted to havemy own business, but I never
exactly knew what type ofbusiness.
So when I came up with myretreat so how my retreat even
came about it was the pandemic,of course, in 2020.
(02:38):
And then in 2021, the year later, we were still under certain
advisory and all my friends wereactually doing the pandemic
very differently.
And I typically hang.
I typically for my birthday, Itypically do something with my
friends and then I do somethingwith my husband.
So, that particular year, sinceeverybody was doing, you know,
(03:01):
doing the pandemic very, verydifferently, I didn't want
anybody to come in.
And then they get COVID, etcetera, et cetera, et cetera and
all those things.
So I said, well, I still wantto do something for my work day.
So I said, you know, let me goahead and plan a retreat and do
something and go out of town,because I love to travel, I love
(03:23):
to explore new cities and justsee what they have to offer.
So I always wanted to go toFredericksburg.
So I ended up going there,Fredericksburg, Texas, and it is
a wine country.
They also call it the hillcountry.
So I created so we're going ona retreat because I'm so extra,
(03:45):
I decided to create myself likea little basket.
You know, when you go to aretreat, you go to any
conference, they give you alittle goodie bag.
Right, I created myself a littlegoodie bag and from there that
actually was the start ofbreathing and health.
So when I went to, I went theweekend.
(04:05):
It was a fabulous weekend wentby myself.
My husband just wanted me tocheck in with him every night,
just to make sure I got backsafe and everything, and part of
that was with wanting to launchmy own business.
I was also scared, because, ofcourse, you're scared when you
put things out and people aregoing to receive it and people
(04:26):
are going to reject it right,you're going to say you know
things such as that, so that waspart of it too.
So while I was in frederickburg, I wanted to go and see the sun
sunrise.
I love sunrises and I lovesunsets, yeah and I particularly
wanted to see the sunrise atthis park.
It's one of the national stateparks and I wanted to go and see
(04:48):
the sunrise, not thinking it'spitch dark, because of course,
if I'm trying to see the sunrise, I got to get to the sunrise.
It's pitch dark and it's roadsI'm not familiar with.
Shannon D Martin (05:00):
Oh no.
Shana Scott-Lee (05:01):
And, like I said, it's hill country, so
there's a lot of hills, there'sa lot of twists and turns and it
was such a scary experience and.
I just kept going Long storyshort when I finally made it to
the national park.
First of all, I thank God thatI made it to St.
Louis, because I was like Lord,I didn't know, but just trying
(05:22):
to get here and it was so manytimes I wanted to quit, so many
times I wanted to just turnaround and quit.
But another part of me was likekeep going, keep going so you
can see the beautiful sunrise.
And I was able to see thebeautiful sunrise while the moon
is disappearing.
It was so beautiful.
(05:44):
And in that moment, moment Irealized that's kind of like
fear, right, um, and I can putthis whole analogy of you know,
it wasn't that I wasn't afraidwhile I was trying to get to the
sunrise because I was, um, butit's also about how I'm
channeling, channeling that fear, right and still continuing to
(06:05):
go and still getting to see thedestination, and doing it while
I'm scared.
So ever since that moment Istarted saying and I started
seeing it more and more I'mseeing people saying it Do it
while you're scared, Do it whenI'm scared.
I mean, I'm still going to do it.
It doesn't minimize the factthat I'm fearful, or I mean, I'm
still going to do it.
It doesn't.
It doesn't minimize the factthat I'm fearful or scared or
(06:28):
anything like that.
Um, it's.
It also propels me to like okay, you can still do this, even
with all those differentemotions, so breathe.
The next hell that was that.
That event alone Um number one.
It gave me the idea of having,of starting a business, and
creating like a personalizedgift basket, like something that
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I could send to people for themto do their own self-care.
So the tangible thing it didwith my personal retreat, but it
also gave me the permission perse to go out and say, hey, we
are going to start this businessand even though I'm fearful of
all these things and I can listeverything that I'm fearful of
(07:15):
but I can still do it and stillacknowledge my fears.
So, that's how my personalretreat came into, came into
place of in launching mybusiness.
Shannon D Martin (07:29):
Uh, breathing exhale wow, that is awesome.
So how did you come up with thename?
Was it from the?
Seeing the sun in the in the umsun setting and rising in the
moon setting?
Shana Scott-Lee (07:38):
no, actually it's funny.
I wanted to name it.
I forgot what I was trying tothink about.
What was the original thoughtwhen it went, what the original
name?
I was going to name it, butthen I was still playing around
with it because it just didn'tsettle.
And then I thought about mybusiness.
So my business is, in essence,reminding women to take time for
(08:01):
themselves, to do self care, tolove on themselves, to empower
themselves.
So, with all of that being said, I thought about that and I
thought you know, when we arerushing, when we are running
around and we wear multiple hatsas women, one day I was like
(08:23):
driving and I thought about thebreath, like breathing.
And I was like man, like if wecould just take a breath, right.
And so then exhale well, whatgoes with breath, what goes with
breath, what goes withbreathing?
And then I thought, and thenexhale came to mind, and so
breathing and exhale, and I waslike, yeah, because when we're
running around and we're wearingmultiple hats, it's going to
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take a moment to breathe.
And then with the exhale of itall right, just releasing
anything that is hindering us,anything that is bottled up in
us, any stresses, any worries,because that's part of it is
that I want women to know thatyou know, we, we do handle, we
do have stress of this world, wedo have worry, we have all
(09:09):
these.
But if you exhale and juststart taking like some deep
breaths and exhaling, um thenyou, then that really helps.
So what you're um just channelwhat's going on with you.
So that's where the breathingand the exhale came from.
And then the 360 came from.
(09:30):
Really, I was just thinkinglike for the whole woman and the
exhale just don't just focus onyes, to me, self-care is not
just.
I am an advocate of doing likemassages and facials and right
here, the pedicures and all thatgreat time.
We also focus on the wholewoman.
(09:52):
So if you're a mother and withuh, with children, you know
trying to, how do youincorporate getting some time to
recharge yourself so you cantry to?
be the best mother for thosechildren Right.
Shannon D Martin (10:05):
Right.
Shana Scott-Lee (10:05):
Think about that aspect of it and I have
someone on, someone on my teamthat actually, you know, gives
me.
They help me come up with waysfor moms to incorporate their
child in self-care.
So then I think about thefinances, right.
If, if our money ain't right,we ain't thinking about no stuff
(10:31):
, nothing, exactly exactly.
Exactly, we have that mindset,so making sure that our finances
are up to staff, up to par.
So I'm not a financial advisoror anything like that.
(10:52):
I do love learning aboutfinances and how to make our
finances better Exactly so wehave that aspect of it.
So in my weekly newsletter wetalk about the finance.
We have like a finance sectionwhere I give a tip.
Shannon D Martin (11:10):
I love that section.
Shana Scott-Lee (11:12):
So that's where the 360 came from.
Just thinking about the wholewoman and then Breathing in
Tales just came about when Ithink about women and I think
about what we deal with andeverything.
Shannon D Martin (11:25):
It's like how do I?
Shana Scott-Lee (11:25):
women to remember to breathe.
Shannon D Martin (11:28):
Yeah, I love all of that.
Shauna.
That's amazing.
I love that.
So how has your personaljourney?
I know that you said thatyou're for all things wellness.
How has that also helped youcultivate, Breathe and Exhale?
Shana Scott-Lee (11:49):
Yeah, so you know, I've always been a person
you know, I didn't know the termright and I know, self-care is
like.
It was like one of those likewords that was like so overused
and everybody, everybody.
Shannon D Martin (11:57):
It's that cha-ching word?
Shana Scott-Lee (12:00):
and with that.
Um, it was one of thosesituations where I was doing
stuff here before I knew it wasa time for it.
Shannon D Martin (12:10):
I just thought it was my quality time
Right, my me time.
Shana Scott-Lee (12:14):
I was like it's my quality time and so ever
since I can remember, I'vealways been the child that went
to journal and expressed myselfand talked about how I'm feeling
and what's going on in my life.
I've always been that person.
I've always been the personthat believes in going to take
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walks and spending time withthemselves to really replenish
myself.
I love being around people.
It's not that I necessarilybelieve I'm an introvert,
because I'm really.
I think I'm like I'm a littlebit of both, which they call
that ambivert yes, me too but um.
So for me, I'm like I alwaysjust want to have time with
(12:56):
myself so I can check in withmyself, you know.
So I've done that way, likeever, since I was a child.
And then in college I used tolike make myself bubble baths.
I used to like have my candlesand like.
Listen, I love you, India Arie.
I read, Let me.
I love you.
Shannon D Martin (13:15):
I love you.
Shana Scott-Lee (13:15):
I read you and your friend.
Yeah, so it was so natural whenit came to like breathing that
health, so it was so naturalwhen it came to like breathing
that's healthy.
Hey, I can tell you.
I can tell you about, if you'rea busy person, how to
incorporate, you know, self-careand what things that you can do
around the house and thingsthat you can do for free.
(13:36):
You don't always have to pay todo self-care right, and so,
again, you know there are timesthat you want to pee and you
want to splurge and you want totreat yourself.
And that is completely OK.
So, with all of that, that'swhere that's, that's how I
incorporate my personal lifewith Breathe, and Exhale is
(13:58):
coming from my own personalexperience.
And then, even now, even though,yes, I have a business, I have
a family, I have, you know,friends, I have, I do, I am
still in corporate America and Ihave a job and everything on
all those things, but I stilltry to make time and not really
(14:20):
try, I really schedule it in tosay I'm still going to do it
because I can't have a businessabout self-care, but they don't
do self-care that part yeah makesure that you know that's part
of it.
So, and as I evolve, as I, as Icontinue to grow, and just look
at what are some ways um thatthen I can continue to help
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women know like, like it'simportant to do, to spend time
with yourself and to take timefor yourself.
Shannon D Martin (14:50):
So you just went to my next question.
So how you?
Said one of the things is thatyou schedule time in for
yourself?
Yes, so what other tips can youhave?
Someone that has all these busylives, because you know we all
are doing like entrepreneur, ormothers, wives, all the things.
So how do you put that time infor yourself?
Shana Scott-Lee (15:10):
Yeah, yeah, so one is scheduling it.
I definitely say, okay,schedule the time right.
Sometimes it's about beingimpromptu and what I always try
to tell people.
It doesn't have to be so lavish,right, if you find that while
you're driving, because it'sgoing to be different seasons,
and I acknowledge that rightthere are different seasons
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where we are more busier than wecan even imagine, and then
there are times when we're notas busy, those moments when you
find that you're like, oh mygosh, when am I going to
schedule it?
I can't figure out when I'mgoing to schedule it, and
everything like that.
Use your car like when you'redriving, turn off the radio,
right just have a moment ofsilence, have a moment that you
(15:57):
talk to yourself.
Yesterday I was driving to oneof my friends house actually,
and it's a lot of things thatare going on right now in my
life and I and and I haven'tbeen, I've journaled, but I
haven't been able to and I gotan epiphany while I was driving,
um, so I actually turned downthe music, I turned off the
(16:18):
music, I, I I turned on myrecorder on my phone and I just
start talking and downloadingwhat the epiphany was while I
was driving Sometimes it's justas simple as just being in your
car and you spending time withyourself and just reclaiming
that moment for yourself.
(16:38):
Sometimes it is being in yourcar and listening to your nice
music or your favorite song andjust jamming out to it.
I've done that.
I've done that where it's asong that comes from the blast
and I'm like, oh my gosh, I usedto love this song and it just
(17:00):
makes you feel really good.
The endorphins are doing it andeverything like that.
So that's what I tell peoplelike you can schedule it, you
can go ahead and just don'toverthink it and just try to
steal some time.
Figure out in your schedulewhere can I steal some time
before you have to, you know,pick up the kids or before you
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walk in the house.
You know what can you do Ifyou're a mother and you're a
single mother and you find thatyou know I really like what am I
going to do with my child?
Go for a walk.
Shannon D Martin (17:40):
Go for a walk right.
Shana Scott-Lee (17:41):
It's something simple as that Go for a walk in
your neighborhood, go for a walkin your neighborhood, go for a
walk in the park and have yourchild go for a walk, have them
on their bike or just have themwalk alongside Sometimes kids,
they don't run and jump andeverything like that.
So while they're, you know andmake sure you can see them, you
know, but let them go and thenthey get that energy out, you
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know.
So that even helps you.
When you bring them back homethey go to bed, so you know
things such as that.
So if you're a single mom, youknow you can't find someone to
babysit your child and you can'tfind some.
Some um and your child justhave to always be with you.
I always recommend going to thepark, go and get ice cream.
(18:29):
Don't even treat them, butyou're also treating yourself.
You're sitting there.
I'm a firm believer in talkingto your child and saying, hey,
how do you feel?
How was school today?
And they're taking that as partof time with their mom.
Shannon D Martin (18:47):
Right.
Shana Scott-Lee (18:48):
But it's also a time that you can just
decompress and just enjoy thisprecious moment, right?
So don't overthink it.
Find little pockets in yourschedule that you can't steal
away.
That you can't steal away likefive, 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
That's part of it.
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And then the other part of ittoo.
I mean, you can't do somethingevery day.
I'm not one to say you gottahave some tacos up here every
day.
That's the idea, that's thegoal, right?
If we're being realistic,because we're wearing multiple
hats, that may not be an option.
So, even if you shoot for once aweek or shoot for once a month,
start off with like once amonth and then it will grow to
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once a week and then it can growto probably two or three days.
And so, and even if it's likegoing to the gym, like things
such as that, that you can findand say you know what, I'm doing
this for myself and I'm notallowing anything to interrupt
that time for me.
Shannon D Martin (19:51):
Right, and that's so important because I
used to walk with my mom.
I never understood that thatwas her time, yeah, but I
remember enjoying it so muchbecause it was just our time
together.
But it was also her time to,you know, walk and pray and all
the things for the daily life.
So, right, I totally understandthat.
Shana Scott-Lee (20:10):
Yeah.
Shannon D Martin (20:11):
So you're coming up with a retreat that's
coming up?
Tell us about your retreat andit's sold out and I'm so excited
for you.
I'm just like, oh my goodness.
Shana Scott-Lee (20:23):
Yes.
Shannon D Martin (20:23):
How did that come to fruition?
Shana Scott-Lee (20:25):
Yes, oh my gosh , let me tell you, I'm just like
, oh my goodness, how did thatcome to fruition?
Yes, oh my gosh, let me tellyou Something beautiful retreat,
my first annual self um, some,um, first annual self-care
retreat.
And it's called somethingbeautiful.
It actually, you know, when I,when I birthed, breathe and
Exhale 365, I actually wanted todo, I wanted to do retreats as
(20:48):
well.
But I was kind of gearing uptowards retreat.
And then this year, and then,like towards the end of last
year, I was like trying to thinklike what do I want to?
You know, how do I want to growmy business and everything, how
do I want to stretch mybusiness?
And I thought about, like, isit time to do a retreat?
(21:10):
And I remember, and so so Ihave a business plan, I have
like goals and I said, you know,my third year, I want to start
doing a retreat.
Well, in october 1st, will bethree years, okay yes, with that
, um, I said, okay, well, it'sthat time right so I.
(21:33):
So I thought about okay, Ithought about my own personal
retreat what I went on and whatthings that I can take from it.
What things um I would changeand everything like now with the
group of women.
So we're going back tofrancesburg where yes my
personal retreat.
That is the first place.
Every year I want to change thelocation, um and so.
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So with that I thought aboutlike I do want to spend some
time that we get to explore thecity, because I never want to go
to somewhere and it's like wejust in the house and we ain't.
I want to see what's going on.
So it's a part of spending timewith one, and I wanted the
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retreat to be relaxing.
I want it to be fun.
I had certain adjectives that Iwas like.
I want them to.
I want the women to walk awayfeeling refreshed.
I want them to.
Shannon D Martin (22:29):
I want the women to walk away feeling
refreshed.
Shana Scott-Lee (22:30):
So with that, I have some of that.
So some of the activities is atthe house.
We're going to be relaxing,enjoying each other, and then it
is some time that we areexploring the city and we're
going to.
You know, furchesburg is knownfor a wine country, so we are
doing a wine tasting.
I'm very big on having a nicedinner.
(22:53):
Listen, I'm all aboutexperiences, right?
So I'm like, hey, if I go onany type of trip, I don't care,
we can eat.
you know, like find differentplaces to eat but, one night, we
gotta have a good meal you know, and I'm not saying you gotta
(23:16):
break the bank, but it's a goodexperience and everything nice
experience so with that um,instead of going to a restaurant
, um, I decided to hire aprivate chef.
So we're having a private dinnerwith the retreats and then we
are going to be doing someactivities and some yeah, just
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some activities individually aswell as a group, so we can bond
with one another, because I alsowant it to be a retreat that
I'm able to work with the ladiesindividually, but at the same
time, also opportunity that wecan bond and we can get to know
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each other and everything.
Because that's important to me,sisterhood is important to me.
So that was one of my issuesthat I had for the retreat.
I wanted to be a sister, notsaying everybody's going to walk
out and they're going to, but Ido want to start something that
, hey, I met this young lady ata retreat and here we are, you
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know how many months later, andI still talk to her, I still
call and check up on her,because I realize that we're all
learning together.
Shannon D Martin (24:30):
Right, that's awesome.
I love the whole concept.
I'm just excited for it.
Yes, yes, thank you.
And so you have anotheraccomplishment as a life coach.
So how did that?
How did you think that becominga life coach would encompass
into you know, breathe andexhale?
Shana Scott-Lee (24:49):
Yeah, so so you know.
So you know it's funny becauseI started working so last year.
Again last year I worked withthis young lady about um.
She was kind of stuck.
She was like I don't know whatI want to do, um, with my um.
You know, I know I need to goto college, but I don't know
(25:10):
what I need to major in, and soI had.
So one night I went over to herhouse and we sat down and we
talked about, you know, all thedifferent options that she had
in front of her.
We talked through some thingsand afterwards I know her aunt,
her aunt was like she, so shetold me that I see you working
(25:32):
with individual women I reallydo, because you break it down
and you help um in such a waythat's not intimidated, that's
not fearful, right but,you also speak truth.
So I thought about that and Iwas like, really, and I was like
, well, I always thought aboutdoing retreats.
And so I was like, really, andI was like, well, I always
(25:52):
thought about doing retreats.
And so I was like, yeah, but Iwas always thinking of like the
fun aspect of it and helpingladies just to see like we're
more similar than we think weare.
And then, and then I was like,ok, well, I'm doing this retreat
.
And I said, and in this climate, you know, I'm very much aware
that we all have so many thingsgoing on- Right.
(26:13):
And some of us are hurting, butwe don't vocalize our hurt
because we're wearing this mask,because we think, you know, I'm
supposed to show up this way,right?
So, with that being said, I waslike well, maybe we can look
into doing a life or get sometype of certification.
And so with that I also thoughtabout I'm always that friend
(26:37):
that my friends call to getadvice from I'm that friend, so
I'm like well, I know.
So, even when I was thinkingabout my business and then I
started realizing like well,you've always been that person
that just gives.
I just want to help people, youknow I encourage people.
Um, that's, one of my gifts isthat I'm I have a gift of
encouragement, right.
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Well, with that being said, Iwas like, oh, and I was like,
well, to get a master's, get alicense, like you know, get an L
, I'm like that's a lot, that'sa lot, that's a lot.
So it's like, well, I do wantsomething that can certify me to
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say, hey, I'm willing to walkwith you through this journey.
I want to walk with you throughthe season of life and help you
come out on the other endsuccessfully and as whole as you
can be.
(27:42):
So that's where I was life coachcame about is that I want to
help people walk with themthrough this season and help
them become better individualson the other side of it.
Shannon D Martin (27:57):
I love that, Shana, I love that so much.
I know that also, too, you'vebeen doing summits and
conferences and everything.
So how has that been justsharing your experiences with a
larger audience?
Shana Scott-Lee (28:12):
Yeah, you know what it's fun it's.
It's been so fun.
People have been taken to me.
Um, because you know, I alwaystry to tell people like, hey,
I'm just here just trying tohelp, but I remind you, really,
really wait.
Whenever I go and I speak atsummits and conferences, I just
want to remind women that theyare beautifully, they are
wonderfully and beautifully made, that you know their paths to
show up as their authentic self,even if it's something that
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happened to them.
That is all.
If it's something that, whenyou're comfortable with sharing,
you know if something badhappened to you, that's part of
your superpower, right, and notto be afraid of that, not to be
ashamed of that part of yoursuperpower, right, and not to be
afraid of that, not to beashamed of that.
That is part of your superpowerbecause you can show up and you
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can speak to that aspect andyou have such a different
perspective, right.
You show up with the compassionand things like that.
So my job whenever I go andtalk to these summits and
conferences and things like suchas that is, to remind people to
not only take time forthemselves, but to also remind
them that they are, they areawesome, they are wonderful and
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they and, and that they show upas them, as themselves,
recognizing their superpower.
They helped.
They helped the next woman,they helped the that.
Shannon D Martin (29:29):
We're all here to help each other.
Exactly.
Shana Scott-Lee (29:31):
It's important, and if we can just get to a
space that we're empowering eachother, it's even better.
So I just show up and givereminders, that's all.
That's all.
Shannon D Martin (29:44):
I love that.
Shana Scott-Lee (29:47):
It takes a little minute to really
understand it.
Number one and to not be afraidof it and to lean into it.
So just to remind them and toencourage them to press in,
press in on that space.
Shannon D Martin (30:03):
And also too, when you hear from someone else
that you kind of know or maynot know, to actually hear that
it kind of it kind of awakenssomething in you to say, hmm
yeah, that gentle that like agentle reminder to say, hey,
it's time for you to take timeout for yourself or whatever
your message was for the day,and that gets that comes across
so much better I love that yeah,love that.
Okay, ma'am.
(30:23):
So what do we have to see forum breathing exhale down the
line your long turn goes.
What do we see?
Shana Scott-Lee (30:30):
oh my goodness, you're gonna see more retreats
um I I actually have an idea.
I have a couple ideas, um, butI'm just well, I actually have
an idea for just one more typeof retreat, and so we shall see
if that, if that comes tofruition next year along with um
(30:51):
my year, along with theself-care retreat, so you'll see
more retreats.
Okay, you'll also see me as alife coach.
I do plan on.
So right now, with being a lifecoach, I am right now creating
my formula, my kits andeverything, my strategies and
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all those things, and then in2025, in January 2025, I'm
officially launching the lifecare, the life coach aspect of.
Breathe and Exhale, and so I'mexcited about that.
I'm excited too, be in the know.
Yes, and then, and honestly,just continuing to remind women
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that they have a voice and touse their voice and that
everything that they are goingthrough in their life to take
time to stop smell the roses Iknow it sounds cliche as well as
reminding them that they, theytoo, have something great inside
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them.
So that's, that's what you,that's what you'll be seeing in
the future All those things.
We're treating life like coach,as well as just reminding
people of who they are.
Shannon D Martin (32:17):
I love that, Shana, and I'm so excited to see
all of that because you knowI'll be here and I'll support
you in any way I can, and I willmake sure that all of your
contact information is in ourshow notes so that everyone can
reach out with you and sign upfor your newsletter so they can
keep up with what's going onwith Breathe and Exhale and what
Shana Scott Lee has coming up.
So, ma'am, I thank you so muchfor being on this thing called
(32:40):
wellness and I'm excited to seewhat's in store for you and wish
you so much more success.
Shana Scott-Lee (32:47):
Thank you.
Thank you and the same to you.
I wish you nothing but success.
I love the podcast.
Shannon D Martin (32:53):
Thank you so much and I'm just so proud of
you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'll talk to you later.
All right, bye, bye-bye.
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Thank you so much.
Disclaimer I am not a licensedmental health professional.
The information provided hereis for general informational
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It should not be considered asubstitute for professional
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Hello, beautiful, welcome to today's
conversation where we're goingto talk about one's journey to
breathe, exhale and thrive.
Let's talk about it.
I'm your host, hannon Martin,and welcome to today's episode
of this Thing Called Wellness.
Welcome back.
I'm so excited to introducetoday's guest, shana Scott Lee,
(00:21):
the visionary founder of Breatheand Exhale 360, a wellness
brand dedicated to helping womenembrace self-care, healing and
personal growth.
Through her company, shanaoffers life coaching, quarterly
subscription boxes and wellnessretreats, all designed to
support women on their journeyto balance and inner peace.
(00:42):
Women on their journey tobalance and inner peace.
She's been featured in Voyage,dallas, Shout Out and Bold
Publications for her incrediblework in the wellness space.
Shauna's mission is deeplypersonal, guided by the
scripture Song of Solomon 4 an 7.
You are altogether beautiful,my darling.
(01:07):
There is no flaw in you.
It's this message that drivesher to empower women to feel
valued, whole and capable ofthriving.
Today, we'll explore how herpersonal self-care journey led
to the creation of Breathe andExhale 360, what participants
can expect from her upcomingretreat, and how she balances
her role as CEO and life coachwhile enjoying time with her
(01:28):
husband, family and friends.
Let's listen in.
Hi, shauna, thank you for beinghere today.
We're so excited to have Shaunafrom Breathe and Excel 360.
We met years ago at aconference and we have been
friends ever since, so thank youfor being here today.
Shana Scott-Lee (01:45):
I am happy to be here.
Yes, I get to hang out with mygirlfriend.
I'm excited.
Shannon D Martin (01:53):
I'm excited too, god.
It's been a hard time catchingup with you.
Have been so busy, but a goodbusy, yeah.
So, Shana, I wanted to ask youyou know we talked.
We talked about Breathe andExhale, but I never really asked
you about, you know, yourpersonal retreat that led you to
creating Breathe and Exhale 360.
Can you talk to us about that?
Shana Scott-Lee (02:14):
Yeah, so you know, it's funny and interesting
at the same time.
I always said I wanted to havemy own business, but I never
exactly knew what type ofbusiness.
So when I came up with myretreat so how my retreat even
came about it was the pandemic,of course, in 2020.
(02:38):
And then in 2021, the year later, we were still under certain
advisory and all my friends wereactually doing the pandemic
very differently.
And I typically hang.
I typically for my birthday, Itypically do something with my
friends and then I do somethingwith my husband.
So, that particular year, sinceeverybody was doing, you know,
(03:01):
doing the pandemic very, verydifferently, I didn't want
anybody to come in.
And then they get COVID, etcetera, et cetera, et cetera and
all those things.
So I said, well, I still wantto do something for my work day.
So I said, you know, let me goahead and plan a retreat and do
something and go out of town,because I love to travel, I love
(03:23):
to explore new cities and justsee what they have to offer.
So I always wanted to go toFredericksburg.
So I ended up going there,Fredericksburg, Texas, and it is
a wine country.
They also call it the hillcountry.
So I created so we're going ona retreat because I'm so extra,
(03:45):
I decided to create myself likea little basket.
You know, when you go to aretreat, you go to any
conference, they give you alittle goodie bag.
Right, I created myself a littlegoodie bag and from there that
actually was the start ofbreathing and health.
So when I went to, I went theweekend.
(04:05):
It was a fabulous weekend wentby myself.
My husband just wanted me tocheck in with him every night,
just to make sure I got backsafe and everything, and part of
that was with wanting to launchmy own business.
I was also scared, because, ofcourse, you're scared when you
put things out and people aregoing to receive it and people
(04:26):
are going to reject it right,you're going to say you know
things such as that, so that waspart of it too.
So while I was in frederickburg, I wanted to go and see the sun
sunrise.
I love sunrises and I lovesunsets, yeah and I particularly
wanted to see the sunrise atthis park.
It's one of the national stateparks and I wanted to go and see
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the sunrise, not thinking it'spitch dark, because of course,
if I'm trying to see the sunrise, I got to get to the sunrise.
It's pitch dark and it's roadsI'm not familiar with.
Shannon D Martin (05:00):
Oh no.
Shana Scott-Lee (05:01):
And, like I said, it's hill country, so
there's a lot of hills, there'sa lot of twists and turns and it
was such a scary experience and.
I just kept going Long storyshort when I finally made it to
the national park.
First of all, I thank God thatI made it to St.
Louis, because I was like Lord,I didn't know, but just trying
(05:22):
to get here and it was so manytimes I wanted to quit, so many
times I wanted to just turnaround and quit.
But another part of me was likekeep going, keep going so you
can see the beautiful sunrise.
And I was able to see thebeautiful sunrise while the moon
is disappearing.
It was so beautiful.
(05:44):
And in that moment, moment Irealized that's kind of like
fear, right, um, and I can putthis whole analogy of you know,
it wasn't that I wasn't afraidwhile I was trying to get to the
sunrise because I was, um, butit's also about how I'm
channeling, channeling that fear, right and still continuing to
(06:05):
go and still getting to see thedestination, and doing it while
I'm scared.
So ever since that moment Istarted saying and I started
seeing it more and more I'mseeing people saying it Do it
while you're scared, Do it whenI'm scared.
I mean, I'm still going to do it.
It doesn't minimize the factthat I'm fearful, or I mean, I'm
still going to do it.
It doesn't.
It doesn't minimize the factthat I'm fearful or scared or
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anything like that.
Um, it's.
It also propels me to like okay, you can still do this, even
with all those differentemotions, so breathe.
The next hell that was that.
That event alone Um number one.
It gave me the idea of having,of starting a business, and
creating like a personalizedgift basket, like something that
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I could send to people for themto do their own self-care.
So the tangible thing it didwith my personal retreat, but it
also gave me the permission perse to go out and say, hey, we
are going to start this businessand even though I'm fearful of
all these things and I can listeverything that I'm fearful of
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but I can still do it and stillacknowledge my fears.
So, that's how my personalretreat came into, came into
place of in launching mybusiness.
Shannon D Martin (07:29):
Uh, breathing exhale wow, that is awesome.
So how did you come up with thename?
Was it from the?
Seeing the sun in the in the umsun setting and rising in the
moon setting?
Shana Scott-Lee (07:38):
no, actually it's funny.
I wanted to name it.
I forgot what I was trying tothink about.
What was the original thoughtwhen it went, what the original
name?
I was going to name it, butthen I was still playing around
with it because it just didn'tsettle.
And then I thought about mybusiness.
So my business is, in essence,reminding women to take time for
(08:01):
themselves, to do self care, tolove on themselves, to empower
themselves.
So, with all of that being said, I thought about that and I
thought you know, when we arerushing, when we are running
around and we wear multiple hatsas women, one day I was like
(08:23):
driving and I thought about thebreath, like breathing.
And I was like man, like if wecould just take a breath, right.
And so then exhale well, whatgoes with breath, what goes with
breath, what goes withbreathing?
And then I thought, and thenexhale came to mind, and so
breathing and exhale, and I waslike, yeah, because when we're
running around and we're wearingmultiple hats, it's going to
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take a moment to breathe.
And then with the exhale of itall right, just releasing
anything that is hindering us,anything that is bottled up in
us, any stresses, any worries,because that's part of it is
that I want women to know thatyou know, we, we do handle, we
do have stress of this world, wedo have worry, we have all
(09:09):
these.
But if you exhale and juststart taking like some deep
breaths and exhaling, um thenyou, then that really helps.
So what you're um just channelwhat's going on with you.
So that's where the breathingand the exhale came from.
And then the 360 came from.
(09:30):
Really, I was just thinkinglike for the whole woman and the
exhale just don't just focus onyes, to me, self-care is not
just.
I am an advocate of doing likemassages and facials and right
here, the pedicures and all thatgreat time.
We also focus on the wholewoman.
(09:52):
So if you're a mother and withuh, with children, you know
trying to, how do youincorporate getting some time to
recharge yourself so you cantry to?
be the best mother for thosechildren Right.
Shannon D Martin (10:05):
Right.
Shana Scott-Lee (10:05):
Think about that aspect of it and I have
someone on, someone on my teamthat actually, you know, gives
me.
They help me come up with waysfor moms to incorporate their
child in self-care.
So then I think about thefinances, right.
If, if our money ain't right,we ain't thinking about no stuff
(10:31):
, nothing, exactly exactly.
Exactly, we have that mindset,so making sure that our finances
are up to staff, up to par.
So I'm not a financial advisoror anything like that.
(10:52):
I do love learning aboutfinances and how to make our
finances better Exactly so wehave that aspect of it.
So in my weekly newsletter wetalk about the finance.
We have like a finance sectionwhere I give a tip.
Shannon D Martin (11:10):
I love that section.
Shana Scott-Lee (11:12):
So that's where the 360 came from.
Just thinking about the wholewoman and then Breathing in
Tales just came about when Ithink about women and I think
about what we deal with andeverything.
Shannon D Martin (11:25):
It's like how do I?
Shana Scott-Lee (11:25):
women to remember to breathe.
Shannon D Martin (11:28):
Yeah, I love all of that.
Shauna.
That's amazing.
I love that.
So how has your personaljourney?
I know that you said thatyou're for all things wellness.
How has that also helped youcultivate, Breathe and Exhale?
Shana Scott-Lee (11:49):
Yeah, so you know, I've always been a person
you know, I didn't know the termright and I know, self-care is
like.
It was like one of those likewords that was like so overused
and everybody, everybody.
Shannon D Martin (11:57):
It's that cha-ching word?
Shana Scott-Lee (12:00):
and with that.
Um, it was one of thosesituations where I was doing
stuff here before I knew it wasa time for it.
Shannon D Martin (12:10):
I just thought it was my quality time
Right, my me time.
Shana Scott-Lee (12:14):
I was like it's my quality time and so ever
since I can remember, I'vealways been the child that went
to journal and expressed myselfand talked about how I'm feeling
and what's going on in my life.
I've always been that person.
I've always been the personthat believes in going to take
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walks and spending time withthemselves to really replenish
myself.
I love being around people.
It's not that I necessarilybelieve I'm an introvert,
because I'm really.
I think I'm like I'm a littlebit of both, which they call
that ambivert yes, me too but um.
So for me, I'm like I alwaysjust want to have time with
(12:56):
myself so I can check in withmyself, you know.
So I've done that way, likeever, since I was a child.
And then in college I used tolike make myself bubble baths.
I used to like have my candlesand like.
Listen, I love you, India Arie.
I read, Let me.
I love you.
Shannon D Martin (13:15):
I love you.
Shana Scott-Lee (13:15):
I read you and your friend.
Yeah, so it was so natural whenit came to like breathing that
health, so it was so naturalwhen it came to like breathing
that's healthy.
Hey, I can tell you.
I can tell you about, if you'rea busy person, how to
incorporate, you know, self-careand what things that you can do
around the house and thingsthat you can do for free.
(13:36):
You don't always have to pay todo self-care right, and so,
again, you know there are timesthat you want to pee and you
want to splurge and you want totreat yourself.
And that is completely OK.
So, with all of that, that'swhere that's, that's how I
incorporate my personal lifewith Breathe, and Exhale is
(13:58):
coming from my own personalexperience.
And then, even now, even though,yes, I have a business, I have
a family, I have, you know,friends, I have, I do, I am
still in corporate America and Ihave a job and everything on
all those things, but I stilltry to make time and not really
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try, I really schedule it in tosay I'm still going to do it
because I can't have a businessabout self-care, but they don't
do self-care that part yeah makesure that you know that's part
of it.
So, and as I evolve, as I, as Icontinue to grow, and just look
at what are some ways um thatthen I can continue to help
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women know like, like it'simportant to do, to spend time
with yourself and to take timefor yourself.
Shannon D Martin (14:50):
So you just went to my next question.
So how you?
Said one of the things is thatyou schedule time in for
yourself?
Yes, so what other tips can youhave?
Someone that has all these busylives, because you know we all
are doing like entrepreneur, ormothers, wives, all the things.
So how do you put that time infor yourself?
Shana Scott-Lee (15:10):
Yeah, yeah, so one is scheduling it.
I definitely say, okay,schedule the time right.
Sometimes it's about beingimpromptu and what I always try
to tell people.
It doesn't have to be so lavish,right, if you find that while
you're driving, because it'sgoing to be different seasons,
and I acknowledge that rightthere are different seasons
(15:33):
where we are more busier than wecan even imagine, and then
there are times when we're notas busy, those moments when you
find that you're like, oh mygosh, when am I going to
schedule it?
I can't figure out when I'mgoing to schedule it, and
everything like that.
Use your car like when you'redriving, turn off the radio,
right just have a moment ofsilence, have a moment that you
(15:57):
talk to yourself.
Yesterday I was driving to oneof my friends house actually,
and it's a lot of things thatare going on right now in my
life and I and and I haven'tbeen, I've journaled, but I
haven't been able to and I gotan epiphany while I was driving,
um, so I actually turned downthe music, I turned off the
(16:18):
music, I, I I turned on myrecorder on my phone and I just
start talking and downloadingwhat the epiphany was while I
was driving Sometimes it's justas simple as just being in your
car and you spending time withyourself and just reclaiming
that moment for yourself.
(16:38):
Sometimes it is being in yourcar and listening to your nice
music or your favorite song andjust jamming out to it.
I've done that.
I've done that where it's asong that comes from the blast
and I'm like, oh my gosh, I usedto love this song and it just
(17:00):
makes you feel really good.
The endorphins are doing it andeverything like that.
So that's what I tell peoplelike you can schedule it, you
can go ahead and just don'toverthink it and just try to
steal some time.
Figure out in your schedulewhere can I steal some time
before you have to, you know,pick up the kids or before you
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walk in the house.
You know what can you do Ifyou're a mother and you're a
single mother and you find thatyou know I really like what am I
going to do with my child?
Go for a walk.
Shannon D Martin (17:40):
Go for a walk right.
Shana Scott-Lee (17:41):
It's something simple as that Go for a walk in
your neighborhood, go for a walkin your neighborhood, go for a
walk in the park and have yourchild go for a walk, have them
on their bike or just have themwalk alongside Sometimes kids,
they don't run and jump andeverything like that.
So while they're, you know andmake sure you can see them, you
know, but let them go and thenthey get that energy out, you
(18:06):
know.
So that even helps you.
When you bring them back homethey go to bed, so you know
things such as that.
So if you're a single mom, youknow you can't find someone to
babysit your child and you can'tfind some.
Some um and your child justhave to always be with you.
I always recommend going to thepark, go and get ice cream.
(18:29):
Don't even treat them, butyou're also treating yourself.
You're sitting there.
I'm a firm believer in talkingto your child and saying, hey,
how do you feel?
How was school today?
And they're taking that as partof time with their mom.
Shannon D Martin (18:47):
Right.
Shana Scott-Lee (18:48):
But it's also a time that you can just
decompress and just enjoy thisprecious moment, right?
So don't overthink it.
Find little pockets in yourschedule that you can't steal
away.
That you can't steal away likefive, 10 minutes, 15 minutes.
That's part of it.
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And then the other part of ittoo.
I mean, you can't do somethingevery day.
I'm not one to say you gottahave some tacos up here every
day.
That's the idea, that's thegoal, right?
If we're being realistic,because we're wearing multiple
hats, that may not be an option.
So, even if you shoot for once aweek or shoot for once a month,
start off with like once amonth and then it will grow to
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once a week and then it can growto probably two or three days.
And so, and even if it's likegoing to the gym, like things
such as that, that you can findand say you know what, I'm doing
this for myself and I'm notallowing anything to interrupt
that time for me.
Shannon D Martin (19:51):
Right, and that's so important because I
used to walk with my mom.
I never understood that thatwas her time, yeah, but I
remember enjoying it so muchbecause it was just our time
together.
But it was also her time to,you know, walk and pray and all
the things for the daily life.
So, right, I totally understandthat.
Shana Scott-Lee (20:10):
Yeah.
Shannon D Martin (20:11):
So you're coming up with a retreat that's
coming up?
Tell us about your retreat andit's sold out and I'm so excited
for you.
I'm just like, oh my goodness.
Shana Scott-Lee (20:23):
Yes.
Shannon D Martin (20:23):
How did that come to fruition?
Shana Scott-Lee (20:25):
Yes, oh my gosh , let me tell you, I'm just like
, oh my goodness, how did thatcome to fruition?
Yes, oh my gosh, let me tellyou Something beautiful retreat,
my first annual self um, some,um, first annual self-care
retreat.
And it's called somethingbeautiful.
It actually, you know, when I,when I birthed, breathe and
Exhale 365, I actually wanted todo, I wanted to do retreats as
(20:48):
well.
But I was kind of gearing uptowards retreat.
And then this year, and then,like towards the end of last
year, I was like trying to thinklike what do I want to?
You know, how do I want to growmy business and everything, how
do I want to stretch mybusiness?
And I thought about, like, isit time to do a retreat?
(21:10):
And I remember, and so so Ihave a business plan, I have
like goals and I said, you know,my third year, I want to start
doing a retreat.
Well, in october 1st, will bethree years, okay yes, with that
, um, I said, okay, well, it'sthat time right so I.
(21:33):
So I thought about okay, Ithought about my own personal
retreat what I went on and whatthings that I can take from it.
What things um I would changeand everything like now with the
group of women.
So we're going back tofrancesburg where yes my
personal retreat.
That is the first place.
Every year I want to change thelocation, um and so.
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So with that I thought aboutlike I do want to spend some
time that we get to explore thecity, because I never want to go
to somewhere and it's like wejust in the house and we ain't.
I want to see what's going on.
So it's a part of spending timewith one, and I wanted the
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retreat to be relaxing.
I want it to be fun.
I had certain adjectives that Iwas like.
I want them to.
I want the women to walk awayfeeling refreshed.
I want them to.
Shannon D Martin (22:29):
I want the women to walk away feeling
refreshed.
Shana Scott-Lee (22:30):
So with that, I have some of that.
So some of the activities is atthe house.
We're going to be relaxing,enjoying each other, and then it
is some time that we areexploring the city and we're
going to.
You know, furchesburg is knownfor a wine country, so we are
doing a wine tasting.
I'm very big on having a nicedinner.
(22:53):
Listen, I'm all aboutexperiences, right?
So I'm like, hey, if I go onany type of trip, I don't care,
we can eat.
you know, like find differentplaces to eat but, one night, we
gotta have a good meal you know, and I'm not saying you gotta
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break the bank, but it's a goodexperience and everything nice
experience so with that um,instead of going to a restaurant
, um, I decided to hire aprivate chef.
So we're having a private dinnerwith the retreats and then we
are going to be doing someactivities and some yeah, just
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some activities individually aswell as a group, so we can bond
with one another, because I alsowant it to be a retreat that
I'm able to work with the ladiesindividually, but at the same
time, also opportunity that wecan bond and we can get to know
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each other and everything.
Because that's important to me,sisterhood is important to me.
So that was one of my issuesthat I had for the retreat.
I wanted to be a sister, notsaying everybody's going to walk
out and they're going to, but Ido want to start something that
, hey, I met this young lady ata retreat and here we are, you
(24:22):
know how many months later, andI still talk to her, I still
call and check up on her,because I realize that we're all
learning together.
Shannon D Martin (24:30):
Right, that's awesome.
I love the whole concept.
I'm just excited for it.
Yes, yes, thank you.
And so you have anotheraccomplishment as a life coach.
So how did that?
How did you think that becominga life coach would encompass
into you know, breathe andexhale?
Shana Scott-Lee (24:49):
Yeah, so so you know.
So you know it's funny becauseI started working so last year.
Again last year I worked withthis young lady about um.
She was kind of stuck.
She was like I don't know whatI want to do, um, with my um.
You know, I know I need to goto college, but I don't know
(25:10):
what I need to major in, and soI had.
So one night I went over to herhouse and we sat down and we
talked about, you know, all thedifferent options that she had
in front of her.
We talked through some thingsand afterwards I know her aunt,
her aunt was like she, so shetold me that I see you working
(25:32):
with individual women I reallydo, because you break it down
and you help um in such a waythat's not intimidated, that's
not fearful, right but,you also speak truth.
So I thought about that and Iwas like, really, and I was like
, well, I always thought aboutdoing retreats.
And so I was like, really, andI was like, well, I always
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thought about doing retreats.
And so I was like, yeah, but Iwas always thinking of like the
fun aspect of it and helpingladies just to see like we're
more similar than we think weare.
And then, and then I was like,ok, well, I'm doing this retreat
.
And I said, and in this climate, you know, I'm very much aware
that we all have so many thingsgoing on- Right.
(26:13):
And some of us are hurting, butwe don't vocalize our hurt
because we're wearing this mask,because we think, you know, I'm
supposed to show up this way,right?
So, with that being said, I waslike well, maybe we can look
into doing a life or get sometype of certification.
And so with that I also thoughtabout I'm always that friend
(26:37):
that my friends call to getadvice from I'm that friend, so
I'm like well, I know.
So, even when I was thinkingabout my business and then I
started realizing like well,you've always been that person
that just gives.
I just want to help people, youknow I encourage people.
Um, that's, one of my gifts isthat I'm I have a gift of
encouragement, right.
(26:58):
Well, with that being said, Iwas like, oh, and I was like,
well, to get a master's, get alicense, like you know, get an L
, I'm like that's a lot, that'sa lot, that's a lot.
So it's like, well, I do wantsomething that can certify me to
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say, hey, I'm willing to walkwith you through this journey.
I want to walk with you throughthe season of life and help you
come out on the other endsuccessfully and as whole as you
can be.
(27:42):
So that's where I was life coachcame about is that I want to
help people walk with themthrough this season and help
them become better individualson the other side of it.
Shannon D Martin (27:57):
I love that, Shana, I love that so much.
I know that also, too, you'vebeen doing summits and
conferences and everything.
So how has that been justsharing your experiences with a
larger audience?
Shana Scott-Lee (28:12):
Yeah, you know what it's fun it's.
It's been so fun.
People have been taken to me.
Um, because you know, I alwaystry to tell people like, hey,
I'm just here just trying tohelp, but I remind you, really,
really wait.
Whenever I go and I speak atsummits and conferences, I just
want to remind women that theyare beautifully, they are
wonderfully and beautifully made, that you know their paths to
show up as their authentic self,even if it's something that
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happened to them.
That is all.
If it's something that, whenyou're comfortable with sharing,
you know if something badhappened to you, that's part of
your superpower, right, and notto be afraid of that, not to be
ashamed of that part of yoursuperpower, right, and not to be
afraid of that, not to beashamed of that.
That is part of your superpowerbecause you can show up and you
(28:55):
can speak to that aspect andyou have such a different
perspective, right.
You show up with the compassionand things like that.
So my job whenever I go andtalk to these summits and
conferences and things like suchas that is, to remind people to
not only take time forthemselves, but to also remind
them that they are, they areawesome, they are wonderful and
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they and, and that they show upas them, as themselves,
recognizing their superpower.
They helped.
They helped the next woman,they helped the that.
Shannon D Martin (29:29):
We're all here to help each other.
Exactly.
Shana Scott-Lee (29:31):
It's important, and if we can just get to a
space that we're empowering eachother, it's even better.
So I just show up and givereminders, that's all.
That's all.
Shannon D Martin (29:44):
I love that.
Shana Scott-Lee (29:47):
It takes a little minute to really
understand it.
Number one and to not be afraidof it and to lean into it.
So just to remind them and toencourage them to press in,
press in on that space.
Shannon D Martin (30:03):
And also too, when you hear from someone else
that you kind of know or maynot know, to actually hear that
it kind of it kind of awakenssomething in you to say, hmm
yeah, that gentle that like agentle reminder to say, hey,
it's time for you to take timeout for yourself or whatever
your message was for the day,and that gets that comes across
so much better I love that yeah,love that.
Okay, ma'am.
(30:23):
So what do we have to see forum breathing exhale down the
line your long turn goes.
What do we see?
Shana Scott-Lee (30:30):
oh my goodness, you're gonna see more retreats
um I I actually have an idea.
I have a couple ideas, um, butI'm just well, I actually have
an idea for just one more typeof retreat, and so we shall see
if that, if that comes tofruition next year along with um
(30:51):
my year, along with theself-care retreat, so you'll see
more retreats.
Okay, you'll also see me as alife coach.
I do plan on.
So right now, with being a lifecoach, I am right now creating
my formula, my kits andeverything, my strategies and
(31:13):
all those things, and then in2025, in January 2025, I'm
officially launching the lifecare, the life coach aspect of.
Breathe and Exhale, and so I'mexcited about that.
I'm excited too, be in the know.
Yes, and then, and honestly,just continuing to remind women
(31:41):
that they have a voice and touse their voice and that
everything that they are goingthrough in their life to take
time to stop smell the roses Iknow it sounds cliche as well as
reminding them that they, theytoo, have something great inside
(32:02):
them.
So that's, that's what you,that's what you'll be seeing in
the future All those things.
We're treating life like coach,as well as just reminding
people of who they are.
Shannon D Martin (32:17):
I love that, Shana, and I'm so excited to see
all of that because you knowI'll be here and I'll support
you in any way I can, and I willmake sure that all of your
contact information is in ourshow notes so that everyone can
reach out with you and sign upfor your newsletter so they can
keep up with what's going onwith Breathe and Exhale and what
Shana Scott Lee has coming up.
So, ma'am, I thank you so muchfor being on this thing called
(32:40):
wellness and I'm excited to seewhat's in store for you and wish
you so much more success.
Shana Scott-Lee (32:47):
Thank you.
Thank you and the same to you.
I wish you nothing but success.
I love the podcast.
Shannon D Martin (32:53):
Thank you so much and I'm just so proud of
you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'll talk to you later.
All right, bye, bye-bye.
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Thank you so much.
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