A WEEKLY RESET FOR REAL LIFE, REFLECTION, AND A LITTLE SPARKLE
Balance
& Bubbles
Your Weekly Reset Hour
Come as you are.
Join Shannon and Amy for honest conversations, real-life reflection, laughter, and the kind of reset that helps you feel a little more like yourself again.
Some weeks call for deep reflection. Some call for laughter. Most call for both.
Balance & Bubbles is your weekly reset hour with Shannon and Amy — a place to pause, reconnect, and remember you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
You’ve been the strong one.
The capable one.
The one who figures it out, holds it together, and keeps showing up.
And honestly? You’re doing a pretty amazing job.
But that doesn’t mean you don’t get tired.
It doesn’t mean you don’t feel lonely sometimes.
It doesn’t mean you always recognize the woman looking back at you in the mirror.
And no, you’re not falling apart.
You may just be in one of those seasons where life keeps asking for more coffee, more patience, more stretchy pants, and a little more honesty.
Balance & Bubbles is your weekly reset hour – a place for honest conversation, real-life reflection, laughter, friendship, and the reminder that you don’t have to navigate this season alone.
Pull up a chair. Come as you are. We’ll bring the bubbles. 🥂
A reset for every
part of you.
Each month, we move through four simple lenses – body, mind, heart, and spirit – because real life touches all of it.
Most weeks are recorded conversations you can listen to whenever you need a reset. And when a month has a fifth week, Shannon and Amy go live so you can bring your questions, stories, wins, and real life into the room. Sometimes, we even have a special guest to bring their brilliance.
Week 1 — Body
Real talk about energy, rest, aging, movement, and the very human experience of living in a body that keeps changing.
“Some days your body needs a plan. Some days it needs a nap. We respect both.”
Week 2 — Mind
For the overthinkers, list-makers, meaning-makers, and middle-of-the-night problem solvers. We talk about the mental load and how to find a little breathing room.
“Not every thought needs a meeting.”
Week 3 — Heart
Friendship, family, love, grief, boundaries, belonging, and the tender places we don’t always say out loud.
“The real conversation usually starts when someone tells the truth.”
Week 4 — Spirit
The bigger questions: Who am I now? What still matters? What am I becoming? And what helps me feel connected to something beyond the noise?
“The soul gets a seat at the table, too.”
5th Week Live Reset
A little sparkle
for the reset.
Each episode comes with a simple mocktail recipe inspired by the week’s conversation
– whether we’re talking body, mind, heart, or spirit.
Because sometimes a reset starts with a deep breath.
Sometimes it starts with a good laugh.
And sometimes it starts with something pretty in a glass.
Sip while you listen, make it with a friend, or save it for your next girls’ night.
Get the weekly mocktail recipe delivered to your inbox.
Balance is the key –and bubbles are how we enjoy the journey.
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YOUR HOSTS
Real women.
Real lives. No filter.
Shannon and Amy bring the kind of conversation women are craving – honest, funny, thoughtful, and real. They’re not here as experts with all the answers.
They’re here as women who have lived, led, loved, rebuilt, questioned, laughed, cried, and kept going – and who believe the best conversations happen when nobody has to pretend.
The Balance — Resilience by Design
Resilience Trainer Leadership Trainer Multi-faceted Woman Gee
Shannon is the grounded fire at the table — equal parts depth, discernment, and “let’s not make this weirder than it needs to be.”
After decades in law enforcement, leadership, coaching, trauma-resolution work, health education, single motherhood, marriage, reinvention, and becoming “Gee” to her grandkids, Shannon knows what it means to keep showing up through every season of life.
She brings a steady voice to the conversations women are having in midlife: Who am I now? What still matters? Why am I so tired? And can someone please explain why the lighting in dressing rooms is a crime?
Her gift is making the complicated feel human — and helping women feel steadier, seen, and less alone.
On Balance & Bubbles, Shannon brings warmth, perspective, honest reflection, and the reminder that we can be strong, soft, wise, messy, and still becoming.
Amy Draper
The Bubbles
EdD — Org. Leadership Speaker Single Mom Grandmother
Amy has navigated divorce, multiple career changes, single motherhood, earning multiple degrees while single parenting, climbing the world of educational leadership, and the beautiful mess of becoming her perfectly imperfect, unique self, and she’ll be the first to tell you she’s still figuring it out and learning how to love herself a little more each day.
That’s exactly why women connect with her. She doesn’t claim to have it all together. She shows up real, funny, honest, and fully human, and somehow, you leave every conversation feeling a little lighter, and like you can do this, too.
With her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, principal and superintendent certifications, Amy has spent years studying how people grow, lead, motivate, and build sustainable success. Amy knows some of the best lessons don’t come from a textbook. They come from the messy middle, the unplanned pivots, the hard seasons, the regrets, and the “what am I even doing?” moments. Amy brings grit, grace, humor, heart, and just the right amount of bubbles and sparkle.
WHAT TO EXPECT
This is what it feels
like to come home.
You know that feeling when you find a podcast and think, Oh. These are my people. The conversation feels real. The laughter comes easy. The truth has room to breathe. And somehow, by the end, you feel a little lighter, a little steadier, and a little less alone.
That’s what Shannon and Amy are creating – a weekly reset that feels less like content to consume and more like a conversation you’ve been needing to have.
No perfection. No pretending. Just women showing up for women.
1. Real talk, not performance
We’re not here to pretend we have life perfectly figured out. We’re here for honest conversations — the funny ones, the tender ones, and the “wait, is it just me?” moments.
2. Reflection, not homework
You’ll leave with something to think about, something to try, or maybe just a little more breathing room. No 47-step plan required.
3. Depth, with laughter
We can go deep without making everything heavy. There’s room here for meaning, honesty, ridiculous stories, and the occasional well-timed eye roll.
4. Connection, not noise
Whether you’re listening on a walk, driving between errands, or sipping along at home, this is a place to feel less alone in the middle of real life.
Pull up a chair.
Stay awhile.
Stay connected with Balance & Bubbles between episodes – with weekly updates, fifth-week live reminders, mocktail recipes, and a simple reset note from Shannon and Amy to carry into your week.
Listen
Get the weekly episode drop and know what conversation is coming next.
Sip
Receive the mocktail recipe inspired by each week’s theme — body, mind, heart, or spirit – and enjoy it with us or in your bubble bath.
Reflect & Connect
Get a simple reset note to carry into your week, plus links to find us on Facebook and Instagram where the conversation keeps going.