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Hosted by Stephanie Shanks · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 80 episodes
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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
Stephanie Shanks hosts Unwritten with Steph, a education show with 80 episodes published.
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 ge
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 bus
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 em
Send us Fan Mail Steph sits down with marketing pro and longtime friend Shannon Hill for a conversation that starts with a five-years-overdue headshot session and spirals into everything that actually makes a portrait wo
Send us Fan Mail What if sales was never about selling — and always about knowing yourself first? Anna Hockett went from a broadcast journalism degree to turning down an anchor job, to closing million-dollar software dea
Send us Fan Mail What if instead of bracing for everything to fall apart, you got obsessed with it all working out? Recorded fresh off a camping trip in the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, this Soulful Sunday is about
Send us Fan Mail How I became a photographer — and the question that started it all: am I worth it? In this episode of Unwritten, I share my honest origin story: buying my first camera while pregnant, building a photogra
Send us Fan Mail "It wasn't a failure. It was an experience." This week on Unwritten I'm sitting down with Lacey Steffes — a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur who's built Spa Serenity, Pause Facial Bar, Gateway Powersp
Send us Fan Mail Happy July 3rd. This morning I sat with the birds and my journal and remembered something I'd forgotten: the importance of filling my own cup first. This episode is a real one. I get into the reality we
The minute you register that LLC, the wolves come for the fresh meat. In this episode, Steph sits down with her bestie Shannon Hill — calling in from her morning commute — to talk about all the stuff nobody warns you abo
I'm sharing the real, unscripted stories behind my own healing journey — leaving a marriage, a life, and a version of myself that no longer fit, one honest conversation at a time. No script, no perfect answers, just what
A Sunday morning soul session — just me this time. No guest, no agenda. It starts with a $13 dog toy and a money spiral, and opens into something deeper: what happens when I let my higher self take the wheel. Through two
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Dr. Harmony Ryan is a board-certified family medicine and obesity medicine physician, and owner of Harmony Medical Aesthetics in Verona, WI. After over a decade in corporate healthcare, she made the leap to build somethi
Raise Your Frequency with Dennim Daniels What if the anxiety you can't shake, the tension you carry in your shoulders, or the physical symptoms your doctor can't explain are actually stored emotions living in your body?
Dr. Tes Jordens didn't leave traditional medicine to do less — she left to finally do it right. In this conversation with Stephanie, she breaks down everything midlife women deserve to know about their bodies, their horm
Dr. Angela Hanley has been a chiropractor in Baraboo for 26 years, and she's seen the same pattern over and over: women walking into her office convinced their bodies have betrayed them. In this conversation, we talk abo
When was the last time you sent out a price and felt sick to your stomach? In this episode, I sit down with business coach Laura Hulleman to talk about the one thing that stops most of us from building sustainable busine
What if instead of fighting your anxiety, perfectionism, or that voice that says you're not good enough, you could actually befriend them? Tina Hallis introduces us to Internal Family Systems—a framework that says all th
What's Really Happening with Dr. Tesa Jordens You've been told you're fine. Your labs came back normal. But you're not sleeping. Your anxiety is through the roof. Your body doesn't feel like yours anymore. And no one is
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Unwritten with Steph is hosted by Stephanie Shanks. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 80 episodes.
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