The Motion of Gratitude®

✨ The Motion of Gratitude Podcast | Hosted by Shannon Missimer There’s more to life than going through the motions. Welcome to The Motion of Gratitude Podcast , where we explore what it truly means to live with intention, reconnect with yourself, and create a life aligned with your values. Join Shannon Missimer , holistic well-being coach, breathwork facilitator, and mindfulness expert, as she brings you real conversations, science-backed strategies, and transformative insights to help you: ✔ Cultivate daily gratitude for a stronger, more resilient mind ✔ Regulate your nervous system and break free from stress & burnout ✔ Reconnect with your intuition to make empowered life decisions ✔ Shift out of autopilot and into a life of presence, purpose, and fulfillment Each week, we dive deep into personal growth, nervous system regulation, mindful living, and emotional resilienc

The Motion of Gratitude® is a education podcast hosted by Shannon Missimer, with 93 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shannon Missimer hosts The Motion of Gratitude®, a education show with 93 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Giving Yourself Permission

  May 1, 202621 minS6

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>After a few months away, Shannon returns to the mic — not because it was scheduled, but because something was pulling her back. In this heartfelt solo episode, Shannon reflects on her intentional pause from recording, social media, and the constant intake of information, and shares what that stillness has revealed.</p><p>This episode was inspired by Shannon's final deep dive breathwork class at her Pennsylvania wellness center before her family's upcoming move to Florida. What unfolded in that room — the vulnerability, the connection, and one powerful theme — felt too important not to share...

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  Episode #7

  Healing from the Inside Out with Amanda Soukoulis

  Mar 3, 202646 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What if the symptoms you've been managing are actually signals your body has been trying to send you for years?<br/><br/>In this episode, Shannon sits down with functional health practitioner Amanda Soukoulis — a former collegiate dancer, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader finalist, and self-described health detective — who went from the peak of her physical performance to watching her health collapse almost overnight. What followed was a years-long journey through dismissal, confusion, and eventually, a complete transformation in how she understood the body.<br/><br/>Amanda now works with high-performing individuals across the country — from M...

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  Episode #6

  When Alcohol Stops Serving Your Life: With Abby Calabrese

  Feb 3, 202658 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What if you didn’t have to “hit rock bottom” to decide alcohol isn’t serving you anymore?</p><p>In this episode of <b>The Motion of Gratitude Podcast</b>, Shannon sits down with <b>Abby Calabrese</b> (aka <b>Alcohol Free Abby</b>) for an honest, real-life conversation about what it actually looks like to shift out of drinking culture—without judgment, preaching, or perfection.</p><p>Abby shares her story of how alcohol was woven into everything: college, NYC work culture, marriage, motherhood, suburb life… until the anxiety, shame spirals, and “this is...

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  Episode #5

  Okayness: Finding Freedom Where You Are with Caverly Morgan

  Jan 13, 202649 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this episode of The Motion of Gratitude Podcast, Shannon sits down with spiritual teacher, author, and nonprofit founder <b>Caverly Morgan</b> for a conversation about what it really looks like to live a practice—inside a monastery, inside a school system, and inside everyday life.</p><p>Caverly shares her unexpected path into meditation (and eight years of Zen monastic training), how practice became something she could filter her entire life through, and why leaving the monastery was both liberating and deeply challenging. From there, we move into the origin story of...

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  Episode #4

  From Surviving to Flourishing: Nervous System Regulation, Alignment, and the Courage to Pause with Florence Shaffer

  Dec 16, 20251 hourS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this deeply resonant episode of The Motion of Gratitude Podcast, Shannon sits down with <b>Florence Shaffer</b>, founder of Start Becoming and a leader in human flourishing, to explore what it truly means to move beyond survival and into a life of alignment, presence, and sustainable performance.</p><p>Florence shares her personal journey from global executive leadership to guiding individuals and organizations through profound inner recalibration — including the pivotal moment of a stage four cancer diagnosis that became a catalyst for radical listening, surrender, and transformation.</p><p>Together, Shannon an...

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