What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist

podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to

rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take

back your motherhood

and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show.

Well, hey there, welcome to another episode of the Maximized Minimalist. I am your host, Katie Wells,

and on the show today is my friend Shannon Shern, and she is here to help us lay the foundation to a healthy holiday season and beyond and get motivated to continue on our journey towards a healthier us.

Shannon is a retired Cirque Day Soleil acrobat.

Oh my gosh, I think that's the coolest thing in the world.

She's also a mom of two boys. She's a certified personal trainer and weight management specialist

and the founder of Savage Wellness, which is an online virtual gym for moms. And she is passionate

about helping busy moms find a way to prioritize her health and

happiness while juggling everything that comes with mom life. Let's dive in. Well, Shannon, welcome to the

show today. Thank you. So I have to start out. I have to ask this first. And I don't know if you

get asked this a lot, but I'm going to do it. How did you become a circus acrobat? That has to be like the story of the century, and I need to know.

Okay. So I do get asked that pretty often, but it's kind of amazing. It's either like a conversation

starter or a conversation stopper. Like some people, I think, just are like, I can't relate. I don't even know

where to start asking questions, but then they kind of just like either go silent or walk away.

So, yeah, I get it a lot, but it's always goes one of two ways. I was a gymnast as a kid.

So, you know, I was always used to using my body. I went to a birthday party once when I was

kind of early teens and they were, the girl had like horses. And I guess she would do like acrobatics

on horseback. So I don't know, her coach was there and she got us all up on the horse and we were

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