
Shannon Connery - PACE
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, our guest is Dr. Shannon Connery, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Host of the "Fix Yourself" podcast. She is remarkably passionate about coaching people working with their traumas and spent her career developing the program known as the PACE program. Shannon shares the program's facets with us, her painful life experiences, and the different processes of overcoming a traumatic experience.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:55]</span> <strong>How did you get into this work?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was doing my post-doctoral internship when the Columbine shooting incident happened. I suddenly felt the drive and responsibility to help people treat their trauma with the best people in my life of work. I started my career working at that end of the spectrum. I want to learn how to achieve peak performance and try to figure out what led to the tragedy that I experienced.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[08:16]</span> <strong>The PACE Program</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My ex-husband ended up becoming one of the thousands of people addicted to opiates. One day, I lost everything. I spent my entire year scrambling, where I realized my desire to rebuild what was lost. I took my children to a bouncy castle where, instead of sitting as most parents do, I played together with my children. It dawned on me that I need to start a program because I realized that parents are not having enough pleasure in their life. I came up with four areas that require focusing on.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:05] Pleasure; you need pleasure in your life. Like how when you were young, swinging on swings, jumping on jump ropes, or makeup games. You need to add fun to your everyday activities.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:33] Accomplishment; you need to figure out what motivates you to up and work. If you work from 9 am to 5 pm, and you don’t enjoy it. Change it. It does