Shortcode content does not show in feed discription/excerpt

I have a shortcode for my content. This shortcode organizes a couple of things in my posts on the frontend.

However, when I look at my feed, the content in the entirely leaves out any content from my shortcode and only starts after the shortcode content.

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When I take the content outside of my shortcode it shows up in the

Why is my shortcode content not showing in the description of the feed? It worked great before I introduced the shortcode!

I have found a similar issue here with no resolution: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/execute-shortcodes-in-feed-content

Update:
So I just read that shortcodes are being stripped by wordpress. How can I prevent this behaviour?

I have also tried this without any luck: the_excerpt and shortcodes

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  1. Ok I had to write my own custom excerpt like such:

    function custom_excerpt($text = '') {
        $raw_excerpt = $text;
        if ( '' == $text ) {
            $text = get_the_content('');
                    // $text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
            $text = do_shortcode( $text );
            $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text);
            $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text);
            $excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 200);
            $excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');
            $text = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
        }
        return apply_filters('wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt);
    }
    remove_filter( 'get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt'  );
    add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'custom_excerpt');