A Formula for Coming Alive (Shannon Watts)

Pulling The Thread with Elise Loehnen

Elise Loehnen

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

“Living on fire is really a metaphor for figuring out two things,” says Shannon Watts. “What is limiting you. And what is calling you.” Watts spent 11 years as the full-time volunteer lead of Moms Demand Action, which she founded. Now, as she puts it, Watts continues to summon the audacity of other women. Today, she shares so many useful life nuggets from her new book, Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark Into a Flame and Come Alive at Any Age. For the show notes, head over to my Substack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Elise Lunan, host to Pulling the Thread.
0:03.3	Today, I'm talking to Shannon Watts, who honestly fills me with such hope, inspiration, and clarity.
0:10.4	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:12.4	It's hard and it's brutal, and that's what makes it special.
0:16.2	The multi-award-winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:21.5	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:25.3	And every second counts.
0:27.8	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:31.8	FX's the Bear.
0:32.7	New season streaming June 26th exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:37.4	18 plus subscription required season C's apply.
0:52.4	Hi, it's Elise Lunan, host of pulling the thread. On this show, we pull apart the web in which we all live
0:56.8	to understand who we are and why we're here.
1:00.1	My hope is that these conversations spark moments of resonance
1:03.2	and plant tiny seeds of awareness
1:05.2	so that we might all collectively learn and grow.
1:10.5	Here is today's guest, Shannon Watts, on her formula for, well, really, coming alive.
1:17.6	Living at Fire is really a metaphor for figuring out two things.
1:21.6	What is limiting you and what is calling you?
1:24.9	And I had a lot of things in my life that were limiting me, including a
1:29.3	marriage I shouldn't have been in and a career I didn't love and the resulting eczema that came from
1:34.9	not facing those things, but then also what is calling you? And I had thought enough about those
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