Unwritten

About Unwritten

Life doesn’t always go as planned — but it’s never too late to begin again. Unwritten with Steph is a podcast about reinvention, resilience, and the beauty of starting over. Each week, host Stephanie Shanks sits down for honest, heart-centered conversations with people who have faced life’s unexpected turns — and found their way back to themselves. Through stories of transformation, courage, and self-discovery, Unwritten reminds us that our past doesn’t define us — it refines us. Whether you’re navigating midlife changes, rediscovering your purpose, or healing from the past, these raw and inspiring conversations will help you reconnect with your truth and remember: it’s never too late to rewrite your story. Keywords: personal growth, transformation, reinvention, authenticity, self-discovery, healing, midlife awakening, empowerment, resilience, self-worth, courage, starting over

Publisher

Stephanie Shanks

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

30 Jul 2024

Latest episode

4 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

81 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Aug 2026

   The Tower I Built (And Why I'm Leaving It)

   Send us Fan Mail After four years of living alone — building a life, a business, and a version of herself that finally felt safe — Steph is signing away her lease and moving in with her boyfriend. In this episode, she gets honest about what dating after 40 actually feels like: the judgment single women face, the walls she built after two marriages that left her feeling "not enough," and the moment she realized her safe, beautiful apartment had quietly become a tower she was hiding in. She tal...

2. 

   30 Jul 2026

   The Glass Ceiling We Build Ourselves with Shannon Hill

   Send us Fan Mail Why isn't being good at what you do enough? In this episode of Unwritten, Stephanie sits down with returning guest Shannon Hill to unpack the glass ceiling — both the one the world puts over women in business and the one we quietly build for ourselves. The conversation starts with HBO's Hacks and a line that stuck: when you're a man you have to do a hundred things right, when you're a woman you have to do a hundred and one. From there it moves through workplace inequality, th...

3. 

   28 Jul 2026

   My Future Isn't Built on How Much I Give

   Send us Fan Mail Recorded on the other side of a burnout, this episode is about what happens when overgiving finally runs you out of fuel. Stephanie traces the pattern back — the women she watched give until they were empty, the belief that exhaustion means you did a good day's work, the men who taught her that asking for help costs you — and into a freeze response that shut her down for a full day after a good conversation with her partner. The lesson underneath it: it's not about how much y...

Who has been a guest on Unwritten

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Christie Bemis
• Betsy Bowers Hansen
• Dineo Dowd
• Francesca
• Courtney Feigl

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

101,217

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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