Why does The Well Known Podcast exist, and why is Shannon Conklin talking about wellness now? In this episode, Shannon goes back to the beginning, sharing her experience growing up chronically unwell, searching for answers, losing her father at 19, and eventually building a career around helping people better understand their own health.
From chronic fatigue and gut health to Lyme disease, holistic wellness, longevity, and the lessons she learned from decades of working with clients, Shannon shares the experiences that shaped her philosophy today: living longer isn’t the only goal. Feeling well while you’re living matters too.
What You’ll Learn
- How Shannon’s childhood health struggles introduced her to holistic and functional wellness
- Why her father’s death became a turning point in the way she thought about health and longevity
- How her own wellness journey eventually became her career
- Why Shannon believes there is no single wellness solution that works for everyone
- The real reason she created The Well Known Podcast
Chapters
00:00 Why The Well Known Podcast exists
00:40 Growing up chronically unwell
02:15 Searching for answers beyond traditional medicine
03:30 The testing that changed Shannon’s perspective
05:15 Learning to look at her body differently
06:40 Losing her father at 19
08:20 Living longer vs. actually feeling well
09:30 Turning personal loss into a mission
10:15 Beginning a career in wellness
11:15 Discovering colon hydrotherapy and infrared sauna
12:40 Finally receiving a Lyme disease diagnosis
13:25 What thousands of clients taught Shannon
14:15 Why The Well Known Podcast was born
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