Who Are You Practicing to Become? | Rewriting Your Identity with the SHINE Framework

What if the identity you've been living isn't the one you're meant to keep? In this solo episode of What's Your Shine? The Happy Podcast!, Claudia Beeney explores the powerful connection between your beliefs, your behaviors, and ultimately—who you become. Through a deeply personal reflection on navigating a new season of life, Claudia unpacks the difference between assigned identities and authored identities, and how many of us unknowingly live inside labels we never chose. But what if you could rewrite that story? Using the SHINE Framework—Strengths, Hobbies, Interests, Irritants, Needs, and Experiences—this episode invites you to take a closer look at the patterns shaping your life and begin intentionally designing the person you're becoming. This episode will help you: Recognize the identities you've been "practicing" into existence Understand how early beliefs shape lifelong behavior Identify where you may be limiting yourself Use the SHINE Framework to author a more aligned, intentional future Because identity isn't fixed—it's formed. And you have more say in it than you think. Grab a pen, write out S-H-I-N-E, and start discovering what's been true about you all along.