Connected with Jen and Shannon: Where storytelling meets transformation. A podcast where leaders in neuroscience, spirituality, philosophy, and the arts share personal stories and powerful strategies for connection and reimagining what it means to be fully human.
We all need to belong. But what happens when belonging starts dividing us?
We communicate to connect. We connect to relate. And we relate so that we can belong.
But in this conversation, Jen and Shannon explore the other side of belonging: how our need for community can create in-groups and out-groups, reinforce echo chambers, and shape the meaning we make together.
So how do we build communities that actually help us connect, grow, and flourish?
Because we can do a lot of inner work on our own—but ultimately, we can’t HumanWell alone.
Come join the conversation as we head into Season 3 of Connected with Jen & Shannon.
What does healthy belonging look like to you?
#ConnectedWithJenAndShannon #HumanWell #Belonging #Community #HumanConnection #RelationalSpace #Communication #EchoChambers
14 Sept 2026
One Year In: What’s Living Rent-Free in Our Heads?
One year. Two seasons. Almost 5,000 of you. So much gratitude!
Jen and Shannon are back together for an end-of-summer catch-up, looking back at what we’ve learned in our first year of Connected and ahead to what we’re curious about as Season 3 begins.
What does it actually take to HumanWell in complicated times? We talk about rewriting the stories we tell about the future, embodiment, Zazen, self-awareness, deep listening, the magical third thing, and learning to do hard things before we feel 100% ready.
Plus: Thriller Dance Club, shadow work in Wales, and the very real challenge of actually practicing all the things we spend so much time talking about.
As we head into Season 3, we want to hear from you: What’s living rent-free in your head? How do you HumanWell through it? And what do you want us to explore next season?
🧘 Explore Zazen & Zen Leadership
Ginny Whitelaw Roshi + Institute for Zen Leadership:
Institute for Zen Leadership resources (https://zenleader.global/resources/books-videos/zen-leader-resources?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
🌿 Explore Shadow Work®: The Feminine Journey
Inessa Golubova + ESSENSE Business School:
Shadow Work®: The Feminine Journey (https://essense.school/shadow-work-feminine?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
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23 Jun 2026
What happens when reality no longer makes sense with Kelly Chase
What if the experiences we've been taught to dismiss are actually invitations to expand how we understand consciousness?
In this episode of Connected with Jen and Shannon, we sit down with Kelly Chase, Writer, Researcher, creator of "Cosmosis" and host of the new podcast "Inquiry" for a conversation about anomalous experiences, consciousness, transformation, and the stories we tell ourselves about reality.
Rather than asking whether anomalous experiences are "real," we explore a deeper question:
What do they reveal about us?
Topics include:
Anomalous experiences and transformation
Consciousness and the science of belief
Why our models of reality sometimes break
How narratives shape perception
Curiosity as a practice
Noetic science and expanding consciousness
Finding truth at the edges of what we know
If you've ever had an experience you couldn't explain—or found yourself questioning the assumptions you've always held—this conversation is for you.
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