Creating Her Best Life

Creating Her Best Life

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! To learn more, visit bflycoaching.com.

Episodes

October 14, 2026 • 8 mins

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "I'll be happy when…"?

When life settles down. When someone treats you differently. When you lose the weight. When you finally reach that goal, meet that person, or have the thing you've been wanting.

But here's the tricky part: there's always another when.

In this episode, I'm talking about what happens when we keep putting our happiness somewhere in the future or in someone else...

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Have you ever wanted to do something, say something, or ask for something—and before you even took the first step, you were already imagining how someone might respond?

Maybe they'll say no. Maybe they'll disagree. Maybe they won't choose you.

And before anything has even happened, you've already decided what their response will mean about you.

In this episode, we're talking about projection and the ...

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September 30, 2026 • 8 mins

What if quitting doesn't happen all at once?

When we think about quitting, we usually think about the big moments: leaving the job, ending the relationship, giving up on the goal, walking away from the thing we said we wanted.

But most quitting happens long before that.

It happens quietly, in the tiny moments when you stop doing the things that were helping you. You stop keeping promises to yourself. You t...

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September 23, 2026 • 8 mins

Something happened last week that made me angry. And not the kind of angry that disappears after a few minutes. It stuck with me for days.

My instinct was to do what I think a lot of us do: get myself back to "fine" as quickly as possible.

It's fine. I'm fine. It'll be okay. Everything happens for a reason. Just let it go.

But what i...

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September 16, 2026 • 10 mins

Sometimes we really do need more information, time, or perspective. But other times, "I don't know" becomes a place to hide when the answer we already have feels uncomfortable.

Because knowing what you want doesn't mean acting on it will be easy.

It might mean having a conversation you've been avoiding. Setting a boundary someone won't like. Making a change ...

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September 9, 2026 • 10 mins

What if you don't need more motivation, confidence, or courage before you begin?

Sometimes the thing keeping you stuck isn't that you don't know what to do. It's that you're waiting to feel different before you do it.

But you don't think your way into a different life. You move your way there.

And movement doesn't have to mean some m...

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September 2, 2026 • 11 mins

What if you stopped trying to make everyone understand you?

For the people-pleasers and over-explainers, being misunderstood can feel unbearable. We want to clarify, defend, explain our intentions, and make sure everyone knows why we made the decision we made.

But there's a difference between communicating and trying to control someone's opinion of you.

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August 26, 2026 • 10 mins

What if some of the things you believe about yourself aren't actually facts?

They're just stories you've repeated so many times that they started to feel like the truth.

I've never been good with money.
I always quit.
I'm just not a confident person.
I can't stick with anything.
I'm too old to start over.
I always choose the wrong people....

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August 19, 2026 • 17 mins

Transformation rarely happens in one big, life-changing moment.

It happens on an ordinary Tuesday.

It happens when you take the walk instead of choosing the couch. When you speak kindly to yourself after making a mistake. When you have the difficult conversation, go to bed on time, drink the water, set the boundary, or simply keep a promise you made to yours...

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There's a strange part of growth we don't talk about enough.

We talk a lot about becoming the next version of ourselves. About building confidence, changing habits, thinking differently, making better choices, and creating a life that feels more aligned with who we want to be.

But becoming her doesn't only mean gaining something.

Som...

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August 5, 2026 • 13 mins

Have you ever caught yourself saying yes... when every part of you wanted to say no?

People-pleasing isn't always obvious. It doesn't just look like overcommitting or constantly saying yes. Sometimes it looks like staying quiet when you have something to say because you're afraid of being judged. Sometimes it looks like avoiding conflict, apologizing for things that were never your ...

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What if the way you've been reacting isn't who you are... it's simply what your nervous system has learned to do?

In this episode, I'm talking about the difference between your identity and your survival responses. Feeling anxious doesn't mean you're an anxious person. Feeling overwhelmed doesn't mean you're weak. So often, we mistake temporary nervous system states for permanent pe...

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So many women believe confidence is something you're supposed to have before you take the leap.

Before you start the business.
Before you speak up.
Before you apply.
Before you set the boundary.
Before you change your life.

But that's not how confidence works.

In this episode, I'm talking about why confidence is never...

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The life you're living isn't shaped only by what has happened to you. It's shaped by the story you've been telling yourself about what happened.

Somewhere along the way, many of us turned difficult moments into lifelong identities.

I'm not confident.
I always quit.
I'm too old.
I'm terrible at relationships.
I never finish what I start.

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So many women want different results, yet keep holding onto the same identity that's been shaping their choices for years.

If you've ever described yourself as a people pleaser, anxious, not confident, terrible with money, too busy, or simply "that's just who I am," this episode is for you.

The truth is, those labels aren't facts. They're stories you've repe...

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Episode 319 | The Gift Hidden in the Waiting

What if the season you're trying so desperately to rush through is the very one changing you the most?

It's easy to look around and believe you should be farther along by now. Whether it's your health, your relationships, your finances, your confidence, your business, or your personal growth, it's tempting to believe that not being where you want to be means you've somehow failed.

But wh...

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June 24, 2026 • 15 mins

Every time you say yes to something, you're also saying no to something else.

Yes to overworking may be saying no to rest. Yes to scrolling may be saying no to movement, connection, or growth. Yes to everyone else's needs may be saying no to your own.

This episode isn't about guilt. It's about awareness.

Because so many of us move th...

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June 17, 2026 • 6 mins

How many things in your life are sitting on a shelf waiting for the "right time"?

The nice dishes. The fancy lotion. The outfit you love. The bottle you've been saving. The trip you've been talking about. The photos you keep meaning to take. The fun you've been postponing.

The truth is, most women aren't just saving the nice thi...

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Everyone talks about the excitement of growth.

The confidence.
The breakthroughs.
The next level.

But almost no one talks about the grief.

Because every new version of you requires an old version of you to be released.

And even when that version of you no longer serves you, she was still familiar.

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Hot girl summer isn't about becoming a different person. It's about finally letting yourself fully live your life again.

In this episode, I talk about what happens when life becomes all responsibility, all productivity, all survival mode… and fun becomes something you keep pushing to "later." After the work is done. After the house is clean. After you finally feel good enough.

But life is happening right now.

We're redefinin...

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