Shanelle Ann

September 30th was Truth & Reconciliation Day. In honour of this, and also what I have been exposed to recently, I wanted to share. 
 
This needs to be talked about more. It's a hidden gem for a lot of people. I will always try walk this earth with gratitude and humility, and I will always be open-minded, learning and growing.
 
If you know any elder, let me know. I think that would be a great conversation.
 
Cheers!

Unlocking the Chains Where Shame and Guilt are Holding You Captive.
Being Set Free.

2026-09-23
 
Chapter six walks through patterns of self-rejection that plays into relationships.
Friendships, or relationships that are long-term, have lasted through the test of time, know you well. You still perform. When vulnerabilities come up, you say, then you run. Don't reach out to them for a while. Go ghost until you figure it out. 
Leave before they have the chance to accept you in your mess. 
 
It comes into play when there is someone new and exciting because they have no reason to reject you. You get addicted to this, anxiously attached. Attached to your "Perfect Self", also who you are with alcohol. This isn't real. If they love you, it's only an idea of you. So when they give you an inch of maybe a rejection is coming, that is when our nervous system alarm system goes off, "They got bored of you! THey figured you out! THey aren't addicted to you like you are addicted to them, therefore you aren't worthy!!"
 
This episode walks through these patterns and what it looks like in real time.
Also, practices of what we can do instead. Exercises of strengthening the what-if POSTITIVE muscle, instead of feeding the what-if NEGATIVE muscle. The brain is made up of neuropathways, we choose our experience on this earth, no one else. 
 
Amazon:
AMAZON - 'MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT' - BOOK
 

Taking it back to the brokenhearted, and how maybe that is the only path to meet and encounter the Divine. How to find true unconditional love.

A conversation how Alzheimer's taught Marilyn how to love, how to receive love, and the beauty that life holds when we embrace this simpler life. She talks how she despised that she was the "chosen one" to be her mother's caregiver, yet how it changed her life. She wishes everyone could experience this, so she wrote a book so they could through her journey!! Enjoy the conversation :)
"Marilyn Raichle, founder of The Art of Alzheimer’s and Executive Director of Maude’s Awards for Innovation in Alzheimer’s Care. Marilyn's mother, Jean McFee Raichle, like many people in her family, lived with Alzheimer’s in her 80’s. The other perspective is that of Jean herself, who, through her vibrant and intriguing paintings, tells a story of creativity and community, one that has already touched and inspired thousands of families facing similar challenges."
YouTube || Marilyn Raichle
 
How to Purchase Marilyn's Book:
Marilyn's Book Website
Don't Walk Away: A Care Partner's Journey - AMAZON

Just some morning thoughts...

Saving Abigail is a true story about a little girl taken hostage by Hamas the morning of October 7, 2023, after thousands of terrorists breached Israel by land, sea, and air. That day, Hamas slaughtered 1,200 men, women, and children, and 246 innocent people were dragged across the border into Gaza against their will.Among them was three-year-old Abigail Mor Edan.
 
Shanelle interviews Abigail's great aunt, Liz Hirsh Naftali, who advocated for the Hostage Families, and is the author of 'Saving Abigail'.
 
 
 
More from Liz Hirsh Naftali (*Highly Recommend her Book*)
"SAVING ABIGAIL" - Book (Amazon)
Liz' Podcast: "Liz's Coffee Connection"
 

"Right now I can hear God laughin' Guess he must have heard my plans and my hopes, thought it was a joke, Gave me more than I could ask...
I wish I knew back then there's no perfect in life."Brett Young (feat. Gavin DeGraw) 'Chapters'
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"You didn't even try to navigate your emotions-If your heart was beating with anxiety or excitement, You embraced it.Trust the process.
The night didn't go as expected.But as you walked, you took it all in.
You felt like the outcast-But your heart was full.
This was the perfect night.Not becasue it was glamorous.Not because it was extravagant.
But because you had let go of expectations.
Because you had allowed yourself to be free and spontaneous.
And in that, you had found magic."
Pg. 63, 64 'Meet Me at Midnight'BUY MY BOOK
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Enjoy the Conversation.

Drink, Party, Live to Numb. However Love Finds You When You are Vulnerable. 
 
"Sometimes life is disappointing. And you make peace with that. You could see people inside, the music blared. They were drinking, dancing, laughing. It looked like they were having fun because they were drinking. Not because they were happy..." (Meet Me at Midnight, Shanelle A., Pg. 58)
Or maybe this was just you...
 
An honest conversation about how we are all in the same boat. We choose joy or despair. Gratitude, or envy..
 
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We always want to know what our god-given talent is when we naturally seem to slip through the cracks. The lie we tend to believe is that it will come easily, when being great is never easy. However, I believe it will bring us energy. It will instil in us this spirit that charges us, rather than drains. These are one of the greatest gifts life can bring us... but a lot of us are too 'busy' to ever tap into our unique calling, 'busy' trying to forge someone else's gift...
 
Enjoy the conversation.
 
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