The Awakened & Aligned Podcast with Shannon Kaiser

About The Awakened & Aligned Podcast with Shannon Kaiser

The She Saves Herself™ Podcast is your guide to healing from self-abandonment, reclaiming your power, and creating a life grounded in self-respect, emotional resilience, and authentic well-being. Hosted by 6x bestselling author Shannon Kaiser, each episode combines psychology, mental health insights, and practical self-respect tools to help you heal, rebuild self-trust, establish healthy boundaries, and reclaim your power. Through honest conversations with authors, survivors, experts, and women who have chosen themselves after years of people-pleasing, emotional abuse, or self-abandonment, She Saves Herself™ shines a light on what healing really looks like. Drawing on inspiration from Shannon's forthcoming book, Nourish Your Inner Light: Adaptogenic Recipes and Wellness Rituals to Soothe Stress and Support Your Whole Self, this podcast helps you integrate emotional healing into daily life. Whether you're an empath, a highly sensitive person, people pleaser, recovering from a toxic relationship, or simply ready to stop shrinking to keep others comfortable, each episode offers life-changing guidance, and empowering practices to help you reclaim your voice and become the woman who saves herself.

Publisher

Shannon Kaiser

Category

education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Dec 2011

Latest episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 119 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Oct 2026

   I Knew! The Time My Intuition Saved My Life (& How Yours Can Protect You)

   Have you ever had a gut feeling that something wasn't right, but couldn't explain why? Or been betrayed by someone you trusted, only to look back and realize the warning signs were there all along? Maybe you noticed the inconsistencies, felt uncomfortable in their presence, or questioned something they said. But instead of listening to yourself, you rationalized their behavior, dismissed your concerns, or convinced yourself you were overthinking. Until the truth came out, and you thought, "I knew!" In this episode of She Saves Herself, bestselling author and self-love coach Shannon Kaiser shares a chilling true-crime story from her time living in Mexico and the surprising role her intuition played in protecting her from potential danger. But this conversation goes beyond trusting your gut. Shannon reveals the hidden psychology behind why we dismiss our inner knowing, how childhood conditioning and people-pleasing influence our decisions, and what it takes to rebuild self-trust. In this episode, you'll discover: Why we override our intuition, even when something feels wrong. How people-pleasing and the fawn response can condition us to prioritize others' comfort over our own needs. The mind-body connection and why physical discomfort can be an important signal worth investigating. Why we rationalize red flags and make excuses for behavior that doesn't feel right. How to strengthen self-trust through small decisions, healthy boundaries, and acts of self-respect. From emotionally manipulative relationships to everyday decisions, this episode reveals why listening to yourself is one of the most powerful acts of self-love. GO DEEPER WITH NOURISH YOUR INNER LIGHT If this episode resonates with you, discover more about trusting and honoring your intuition in Shannon's forthcoming book, Nourish Your Inner Light: Adaptogenic Recipes and Wellness Rituals to Soothe Stress and Support Your Whole Self. Shannon shares an excerpt from the book's self-love principle, "Your Intuition Is Your Superpower," exploring how listening to your body and honoring your needs can transform your relationship with yourself. Preorder Nourish Your Inner Light: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0H58R89B6?tag=simonsayscom Available January 26, 2027.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Mexico, Mushrooms, and the Making of a New Life

   What do Mexico, plant-based chefs, adaptogenic mushrooms, and Sex and the City have in common? In this episode of She Saves Herself, I share the unexpected inspirations behind my new book, Nourish Your Inner Light, and how my own healing journey changed the way I think about food, stress, self-care, and the mind-body connection. From the cookbooks that inspired me to the adaptogens and wellness rituals that became part of my everyday life, we look at what it really means to nourish yourself from the inside out. Reminder: Self-Love Begins with Self-Respect. You can preorder Nourish Your Inner Light.

3. 

   14 Sept 2026

   What Are Relationship "Shit Tests"? 5 Patterns Worth Paying Attention To

   Do you feel pressure to prove your loyalty, no matter how much you give? In this episode of She Saves Herself, I share five patterns I experienced as relationship "shit tests," from inconvenient favors to suspected loyalty checks and money stories that drew me into rescuing. We look at repeated behavior, overgiving, and why being easygoing doesn't mean ignoring your discomfort. Reminder: you don't have to prove your loyalty to deserve respect.

Inside a recent episode

Rebuilding Trust: How to Love Again Without Losing Yourself (Jessica Baum)

Published 22 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There's avoidant protectors which are very different than avoidant attachment. But a true avoidant baby grew up in a home where the parents weren't connected as much to the right hemisphere and so they were attending to the child but they weren't emotionally connecting and attuning in that way. So the child learns why reach out for help. I'm pretty much on my own and doesn't learn that co -regulation and it's the opposite. And so when they're upset they tend to shut down and they tend to be super independent and pretty successful human beings usually which is rewarded in our culture. […]

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669,429

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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52

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

92

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