Permission to Shine: Empowering Women to Overcome Obstacles and Lead with Authenticity

Episode 159: The Power of Your Self Talk: How Your Thoughts Shape Your Reality

Have you ever noticed how quickly an old belief can come back when you’re tired, overwhelmed or moving through something intense?

That happened to me this week.

The eclipse portal brought an old pattern to the surface that I thought I had already released. But because of the intensity of what was coming up, I found myself believing that old story again.

And it reminded me of something so simple, yet so powerful: the wa...

Episode 158: The Energy We Inherit: How Birth Stories, Family and Intergenerational Trauma Shape Us

What if some of the patterns you carry aren't actually yours?

In this fascinating conversation, Sherisse is joined by energetic therapist Avril to explore birth stories, intergenerational trauma, inherited energetic patterns and the ways our family history can continue to influence us, sometimes across generations.

Avril shares her personal journey into energetic therapy, inspired by her father's pioneering work in bioenergy and her mother's own challenging childhood, and explains how she works with women, parents, babies...

Episode 157: The Cost of Perfectionism: What Being "The Woman Who Has It All Together" Is Really Costing You

What if the woman you've been trying so hard to become is actually the woman exhausting you?

As September approaches, many women find themselves slipping straight back into an old identity. The productive one. The responsible one. The woman who has everything organised, everything handled and never drops the ball.

But after a summer of more space, rest, freedom or simply being a little more present, you might suddenly realise that you're...

What happens when the life you built no longer exists?

In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Dr. Linda Varisco, whose life journey has taken her through experiences that could have broken her completely.

Linda spent 30 years married to an addicted husband, lost her medical licence and her chiropractic practice, and ultimately served 10 months in federal prison following a healthcare fraud conviction connected to her former husband's business partners.

But this isn't a story about what happened to Linda.

It's a story about who she became because of it.

Episode 155: What Turning 35 Taught Me About Success, Self Worth, Love and Life

What does it actually mean to be successful at 35?

As I entered my 35th year, I had a strange few weeks where I found myself questioning my life, my choices and whether I should be further along by now.

I wondered what I had to show for 35 years.

And then I realised how much of that questioning came from societal expectations and my own ideas about what success is supposed to look like.

Because...

Your Worth Is Not Your Productivity: Healing Burnout Through Self Love

What happens when you've built a successful life but still don't feel worthy, fulfilled, or truly connected to yourself?

In this powerful conversation, Sherisse is joined by author and self love coach Jasmyn Quiana to explore the deeper relationship between burnout, self worth, self love, and manifestation.

Jasmyn shares her journey from working more than 60 hours a week in a high pressure corporate career to experiencing burnout so severe that she was placed...

Episode 153: Why Confidence Isn't the Answer What Women Actually Need to Feel Alive Again

For years, I believed my work was about helping women become more confident.

But recently, I've realised it's something much deeper.

Confidence isn't the destination.

Safety is.

Because when a woman truly feels safe, she naturally becomes more confident. She stops performing. She stops proving. She stops carrying the pressure of being everything for everyone else.

Episode 152: Menopause, Midlife & Self Worth: How Women Can Reclaim Their Power at Any Age

What if menopause wasn't something to survive, but an invitation to rediscover yourself?

In this deeply inspiring episode, Sherisse is joined by midlife and menopausal midwife Sally Berg for a powerful conversation about identity, healing, feminine power, and why the second half of a woman's life can become her most liberating chapter yet.

Sally shares her own journey through trauma, depression, and profound personal transformation, revealing how discovering embodiment practices, Tantra, and nervous...

Episode 151: "If I Don't Do It, No One Else Will" The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One

Have you ever caught yourself thinking...

"If I don't do it, no one else will."

At first, it sounds like responsibility.

Like leadership.

Like being dependable.

But what if it's actually one of the biggest stories keeping you stuck?

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores one...

Episode 150: Why High Achieving Women Struggle to Find Love (And How to Build a Healthy Relationship)

Why does finding love often feel harder than building a successful career?

In this insightful episode, Sherisse is joined by dating expert Rachel Mailer to explore why so many high achieving women struggle to create the healthy, fulfilling relationships they truly desire.

Together, they unpack the hidden patterns that can keep women stuck in unhealthy dating cycles, from over-functioning and needing to stay in control to struggling to receive support and allow a relationship to unfold naturally.

Rach...

Episode 149: Why Peace Feels Uncomfortable for High Achieving Women (And How to Finally Trust It)

Have you ever noticed that just as life starts to feel calm... you suddenly find yourself overthinking, overworking, worrying, or creating another problem to solve?

What if nothing is actually wrong?

What if peace simply feels unfamiliar?

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores one of the most common patterns she sees in high achieving women. After years of living in survival mode, carrying responsibility...

Dressing as Your Authentic Self The Link Between Confidence and Personal Style

What if getting dressed was about so much more than fashion?

In this inspiring episode, Sherisse is joined by holistic style coach Christina to explore the powerful connection between personal style, confidence, identity, and self expression.

Christina shares her journey of embracing her individuality from a young age, including the story of wearing a red corduroy dress to school when her family couldn't afford the correct uniform. What could have been a source of shame became the beginning...

Episode 147: Grief + Healing: What 18 Years Without My Dad Taught Me About Life, Love + Living fully

This week's episode is one of the most personal I've ever recorded.

With Father's Day here and 18 years since my dad passed away, I found myself reflecting on something profound: I've now lived more of my life without him than with him.

In this raw and honest conversation, I share my journey with grief, healing, forgiveness, and the lessons that have shaped me into the woman I am today.<...

Episode 146: From Playing Small to Taking Bold Action How Women Build Unshakeable Confidence

What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next level isn't strategy, experience, or qualifications?

What if it's confidence?

In this inspiring conversation, Sherisse is joined by business mentor and strategist Rebecca Lotto to explore the transformative power of self-belief, courage, and taking bold action even before you feel ready.

Rebecca shares her remarkable journey of stepping far beyond her comfort zone, from learning multiple languages while living abroad in France and Spain...

What if the discomfort you're feeling isn't a sign that something is wrong?

What if it's a sign that you're growing?

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores the often-overlooked reality of personal growth and expansion. While so many of us say we want more confidence, more success, more freedom, and more fulfilment, the truth is that expansion requires us to move beyond what feels familiar.

And that's where most people get stuck.

Inspired by the energy of the Sagittarius Full Moon, this episode explores why growth can feel uncomfortable, why we...

Episode 144: How to Heal Toxic Relationship Patterns and Stop Seeking External Validation

In this powerful episode, Sherisse is joined by somatic practitioner Jeni for an honest conversation about toxic relationships, emotional healing, and what it truly takes for women to reclaim themselves after years of losing their identity in unhealthy dynamics.

Jeni shares her deeply personal story of spending 15 years trapped in toxic relationship patterns before reaching a breaking point that ultimately led her toward healing, self awareness, and the work she now does supporting other women.

Together, they explore...

Episode 143: What to Do When the Life You Built No Longer Feels Aligned

What happens when the life you once worked so hard for no longer feels aligned?

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores the identity shifts many women are moving through right now and why so many high achieving women are being called to rediscover who they are beneath the roles, expectations, and versions of themselves they thought they were meant to become.

With the energy of the New Moon in Taurus highlighting themes of stability, safety, self worth...

Episode 142: Finding Your Inner North Star After Loss, Addiction and Emotional Pain

In this deeply moving episode, Sherisse is joined by commercial fisherwoman, health coach, and author Colleen Clifford for an honest conversation about alcohol, grief, trauma, and the journey back to yourself.

Colleen shares her powerful personal story of living with binge drinking for decades without identifying as an alcoholic, until a devastating tragedy changed everything. Following the alcohol-related loss of her husband 14 years ago, she was forced to confront her own relationship with alcohol, emotional pain, and self-awareness in a...

Why Everything Feels Heavy Right Now Scorpio Full Moon, Uranus Shift and Beltane Energy

If this week has felt heavier, more emotional, or slightly unsettling, there is a reason.

In this solo episode, Sherisse breaks down the energy of the Scorpio Full Moon and why so much may be rising to the surface right now. Scorpio is not a surface-level sign. It brings depth, truth, and the emotions we often keep hidden, asking us to finally face and release what we’ve outgrown.

This Full Moon is not happening in is...

Episode 140: How Women Awaken Their Intuition Turning Breakdown Into Breakthrough

In this episode, Sherisse is joined by Jennifer Davey, also known as the Wellbeing Warrior, for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, motherhood, healing, and spiritual awakening.

Jennifer shares her journey from working as a secondary school teacher to experiencing postnatal depression after the birth of her second son, a turning point that ultimately led her to completely transform her life and career.

What began as a period of struggle became the catalyst for stepping into her true purpose. Since...

Episode 139: Why Fear of Judgment Is Holding You Back and How to Finally Feel Safe Being Seen

If you know you’re meant to be seen, heard, and fully expressed, but something keeps holding you back, this episode will help you understand why.

In this solo episode, I dive into the fear of judgment and how it often begins much earlier than we realise. This isn’t just about confidence or showing up online. It’s about the patterns we formed in childhood around being seen, accepted, and safe to express ourselves.

I...

Episode 138: Reclaiming Your Voice How Confidence, Identity and Healing Transform Your Life and Business

In this episode, Sherisse is joined by confidence coach Savannah Madden for a powerful conversation about reclaiming your voice, rebuilding your identity, and stepping into your full expression after adversity.

Savannah shares her journey from a performing arts background to building a successful theatre school and coaching business, alongside the personal challenges that shaped her path. After experiencing a difficult divorce and losing her voice due to vocal nodules, she was forced into a period of deep reflection...

Episode 137: Why High Achieving Women Struggle to Receive and How to Expand Your Capacity

If you feel like you’re doing everything right but life still isn’t moving in the way you desire, this episode will shift your perspective completely.

In this solo episode, I explore the concept of capacity and why it may be the real reason so many high achieving women feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unable to receive what they truly want.

So often, we believe we need more strategy, more discipline, or more effort. But the trut...

Episode 136: Healing the Mother Wound Through Unconditional Love From Survival to Safety and True Expansion

In this deeply honest and powerful conversation, Sherisse is joined by Geraldine Crane, creator of the SOUL Shift™ Method, to explore the mother wound, survival patterns, and why unconditional love is the foundation of true healing and expansion.

This is not a surface-level conversation.

Geraldine shares parts of her lived experience, from being a young carer to working in probation and supporting individuals through addiction and trauma, alongside navigating her own profound life challenges. Her jo...

Episode 135: The Sisterhood Wound Isn’t What You Think It Is A Truth About Women, Jealousy and Connection

The “sisterhood wound” is a phrase that gets used often in conversations about women, connection, and community. But what if the way we understand it isn’t entirely true?

In this episode, I share a perspective that may challenge what you’ve heard before.

After spending months in rooms full of women, speaking, hosting, and observing, I began to notice a subtle but consistent undercurrent beneath the surface of empowerment and connection. Not overt...

Episode 134: From Fitness to Full Body Healing A Holistic Approach to Women’s Wellness

In this episode, Sherisse is joined by Jessica Kenniston, a fitness and wellness coach based in Galway, Ireland, who specialises in helping women reconnect with their bodies through holistic wellness practices.

Jessica shares her inspiring journey from spending 17 years in retail to opening her own fitness studio and building a career dedicated to supporting women’s physical, emotional, and somatic wellbeing. With a background in ballet and years of experience in the fitness industry, Jessica explains how her understanding of movement, disc...

Permission to shine podcast episode 133 Why High Achieving Women Feel the Need to Prove Themselves and How to Finally Let It Go

For many high achieving women, success begins with something deeper than ambition. It begins with proving.

Proving you are capable.

Proving you are strong.

Proving you are worthy of love, respect, and belonging.

Over time, that proving becomes an identity. It drives achievement, responsibility, and success on the outside, yet quietly creates exhaustion on the inside.

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores...

Permission to Shine Episode 132: Paid to Speak or Positioned to Sell Understanding Authentic Leadership on Stage

The stage has always been home for me. As a dancer, choreographer, facilitator, and now a speaker, I have lived on both sides of it. Because of that, I can feel the subtle but undeniable difference between being paid to speak and being positioned to sell.

On the surface, the talk can look the same. The slides can be polished. The delivery can be confident. The message can sound inspiring. Yet the energy underneath it is...

Permission to Shine Episode 131 Music as Liberation How Women Reclaim Their Power Through Creative Expression with Erika Torres

In this week’s episode, I sit down with rising artist and musician Erika Torres to explore music as a form of liberation, self expression, and feminine power.

Erika shares her journey from growing up in a small town to pursuing her calling in New Orleans, navigating the music industry as both a saxophonist and vocalist. We talk about the courage it takes to give yourself permission to shine, the humility required to fail pu...

Permission to Shine Episode 130 Healing, Self Trust, and Feminine Power Redefining Success on Your Own Terms with Niki Kinsella

In this episode, Sherisse sits down with Niki for an honest and expansive conversation about healing, feminine energy, and what it truly means to embrace your authentic self.

Together, they share their personal journeys of transformation and the challenges that shaped their work today. From burnout and societal pressure to self discovery and alignment, this conversation explores how holistic healing practices can reconnect women to their truth and inner power.

They...

Permission to Shine Episode 129: The hidden cost of holding it all together. Why being a strong woman is exhausting

So many high achieving women are praised for being dependable, responsible, and the one who always holds everything together. But what if those very traits are quietly costing you your peace, your intimacy, and your capacity to receive support.

In this episode, I explore the silent burden strong women carry and why being the reliable one is often rooted in survival rather than strength. I share what I’ve witnessed again and again in...

In this episode, I’m joined by aligned business and burnout coach Emma Walsh for a powerful conversation about how personal healing directly shapes business success, especially for new and aspiring coaches.

Emma shares her journey through trauma, burnout, and deep self healing, and how those experiences led her to create a coaching approach that integrates nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and aligned business strategy. We explore why so many coaches struggle to grow sustainably because they are building from exhaustion rather than inner safety.

This conversation highlights how aligning your personal en...

Permission to Shine Podcast Episode 127 Why Letting Go of Control Is the Missing Key to Fulfilment for High-Achieving Women

In this episode, I share the powerful insights that emerged from She Rises and what I witnessed when women finally laid down the armour they’ve been carrying for years.

So many high-achieving women believe the next milestone, the next level of success, or more responsibility will finally bring fulfilment. Yet what became clear in the room is that what these women truly needed was not more doing, but more safety within themselves.

Permission to Shine Episode 126: What Emotional Strength in Men Actually Looks Like and How It Impacts Their Relationships with Jack Tipper Mindset Coach

In this episode, Sherisse explores the power of the divine masculine through a deeply honest conversation with Jack Tipper Mindset Coach about emotional vulnerability, mental health, and what true strength really looks like in men.

Jack shares how learning to understand and express his emotions transformed his relationships, his business, and his inner world. Together, they unpack why emotional availability in men creates safety, trust, and deeper connection, and...

Permission to Shine podcast Episode 125: Why High Achieving Women Lose Motivation in January and How to Rebuild It

High achieving women often struggle with motivation in January, not because they lack discipline or ambition, but because they are emotionally and energetically depleted.

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores why motivation disappears when you have been running on empty and how true momentum is rebuilt through inner safety rather than pressure. This conversation is for women who are successful on the outside yet feel disconnected, tired, or uninspired as the new year begins.<...

Permission to shine podcast episode 124: How to Nourish Your Inner World in 2026: Cancer Full Moon Reflections & Sustainable Success for High-Achieving Women

Welcome to our first solo episode of the new year! As we step into 2026, we’re already feeling the nurturing energy of the Cancer Full Moon — a perfect time to reflect on how we can nourish our inner world and create sustainable success. (Workshop link below)

In this episode, I share why true empowerment for high-achieving women starts from the inside out. We’ll explore how to support your i...

Permission to Shine Episode 123: A New Year Health Reset: Building Sustainable Wellness for Body, Mind & Life

As a new year begins, many women feel the pressure to overhaul their health — to do more, try harder, and finally “get it right.” But real wellbeing isn’t built through extremes or short-term motivation.

In this episode, I’m joined by Emma, a former corporate accountant who made a bold transition into the fitness industry, built a successful gym business, and now coaches health professionals in business, holistic wellness, and sustainable lifestyle change.

Together...

Permission to Shine Podcast Episode 122: 2025 Reflections, Sagittarius New Moon Wisdom & Holding Your Power This Festive Season

As we close out 2025, we arrive at a powerful pause point — the Sagittarius New Moon, the Winter Solstice, and a collective energetic reset at zero degrees.

In this reflective solo episode, I share the lessons 2025 taught me — how this year broke me open, stripped away what was no longer aligned, and asked me to take responsibility for what I accepted, tolerated, and outgrew. I connect this reflection to my latest blog (linked in the description) and expl...

Episode 121: From Trauma to Transformation: Reclaiming Confidence Through Feminine Energy & Emotional healing

In this heartfelt and empowering episode, Sherisse is joined by life coach Sarah Field, a mindset and confidence specialist who has turned her own emotional struggles into a mission to help others heal.

Sarah shares her personal journey of navigating trauma, overwhelm, and self-doubt — and how reclaiming her emotional health led her to coaching women through their own inner transformations.

Together, Sherisse and Sarah explore:

✨ The connection between mindset, confidence and emotional healing

✨ How unproc...

Episode 120: 7 Signs You’re the Cycle Breaker and Why High-Achieving Women Are Born for This Work

If you’ve ever felt like the different one, the strong one, or the one who sees what others won’t, this episode will hit home.

In this powerful solo episode, Sherisse breaks down 7 signs you are the cycle breaker in your family, the woman who came to end generational patterns, rewrite the story, and rise into her fullest expression.

But today’s conversation goes deeper.

Because high-achieving women — leaders, visionaries, over-performers — are often th...