Second Act Success: Business Tips & Career Change Advice for Women Gratitude, Growth & New Beginnings: Reflecting on 2025 and Preparing Your Second Act | #224
Nov 24, 2025
A warm year-end reflection on gratitude, personal growth, and preparing for fresh starts. She highlights publishing a book, expanding speaking work, and running corporate LEGO Serious Play workshops. Family milestones, travel memories, and podcast achievements get celebrated. The conversation invites listeners to slow down, note wins, and plan intentional next steps for their second acts.
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Gratitude Fuels Reinvention
- Gratitude is the glue that holds growth together.
- Shannon Russell ties gratitude to leaving corporate life and using those learnings to fuel entrepreneurship and presence with her kids.
Publishing Start Your Second Act
- Shannon released her book Start Your Second Act after 18 months of work.
- She describes the vulnerability of nonfiction and being moved by readers tagging photos and leaving reviews of her book in stores.
Podcast Momentum Builds Community
- Reaching podcast milestones reinforces impact and community.
- Passing 200 episodes (episode 234) made Shannon grateful for listener messages, reviews, and relationships formed through interviews.
