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Welcome to Our Blog
Here, you won’t find a marketplace of loud opinions or a race for fleeting trends.
You’ll find a garden — a living, breathing space where ideas are planted with care, stories bloom across seasons, and wisdom unfolds like petals opening to the light. This garden was cultivated for seekers, dreamers, healers, and changemakers.
My writing is not meant to be consumed. They are meant to be wandered through.
Savored. Questioned. Revisited. Time and time again.
Curated Pathways to Explore
If you are new here, or simply wondering where to begin, we offer four pathways into the heart of our work:
Path of the Seeker
For those yearning for deeper connection to the unseen, the sacred, and the self beyond the surface.
Start here if you are drawn to:
Spiritual awakening and intuition
Energy, vibration, and the rhythms of life
Rediscovering ancient wisdom for the modern soul
Path of the Beloved
For those called to live, love, and create from the center of the heart.
Start here if you feel pulled toward:
Love as a living force
Sacred relationships and community
Wholeness, devotion, and becoming your true self
Path of the Visionary
For those who dream not only of a better world, but of becoming its weaver.
Step onto this path if you are moved by:
Reimagining society and leadership through a sacred lens
Myth-busting modern distortions and reclaiming truth
Cultural transformation rooted in wisdom, compassion, and courage
Path of the Brave
For those stepping into the courageous work of healing and transformation.
Begin this path if you are ready for:
Inner child healing and ancestral work
Self-compassion and self-awareness practices
Navigating grief, resilience, and rebirth
The Wayfinder’s Journey
If you would like to roam freely and explore to your heart's deepest desire, you will find all the enchanting and uplifting posts right here waiting for you.
Explore below at your leisure a delightful array of many fascinating subjects that spark your curiosity and ignite your imagination.
- Awareness 20
- Energy 15
- Relationship to Self 15
- Growth 14
- Healing 14
- Communication 11
- Relationship to Others 10
- Mystic 8
- Universe 7
- Courage 6
- Rising Energy 4
- Thoughts 4
- Veil 4
- Descent Energy 3
- Feelings 3
- Magic 3
- Relationship to the Collective 3
- Sensations 3
- Vibration 3
- Grief 2
- Compassion 1
- Emotions 1
- Fear 1
- Joy 1
- healing 1
- mystic 1
For all the posts, take a moment, breathe deeply, and follow your heart on this magical journey…
Manifestation and Transformation: Forces of Change
Manifestation brings energy into form. Transformation unthreads form back into energy. Though they move in opposite directions, they are not opposites in purpose. They are twin currents of transmutation—one rising, one releasing—guiding us through the spiral of becoming. This post offers a grounded exploration of these sacred forces through the lens of the Energetic Tides Framework, inviting you to live more attuned to when you are being called to shape… and when you are being asked to shed.
Choosing a Coach: Inspired, Seen, and Challenged
Selecting the right coach is more than checking credentials; it’s about finding someone who resonates with you, encourages your growth, and holds space for your journey. This guide offers insights into identifying a coach who aligns with your values and supports your personal development.
Torn Between Truths: How Inner Conflict Reveals What We Need
inner conflict often gets a bad reputation—seen as indecisiveness or emotional overload. But more often, it’s a sign that two deep truths are colliding inside you. In this post, I unpack how frustration, procrastination, and inner tension can actually lead to greater self-integration. Because the goal isn’t to choose between our truths—it’s to create something new from the wisdom of both.
The Path to Inner Truth: Learning to See Yourself Clearly
Inner truth often emerges through discomfort, contradiction, and curiosity. In this post, we explore how to begin a relationship with your inner truth through daily reflection, intuitive checks, and self-awareness practices that bring you closer to who you really are.
The Seven Inner Saboteurs: Naming the Voices That Keep Us Small
We all carry inner voices that get in the way of growth—like the Judge, the Perfectionist, or the Avoider. This post explores seven common internal saboteurs, how they show up, and how we can shift their grip and return to truth, humor, and authenticity.
Meeting Your Inner Council
You are not a single self—you are a constellation of voices shaped by time, memory, and soul. This post explores the eight archetypal Soul Selves that live within you, offering insight into how each one carries wisdom, shadow, and the potential for healing. You don’t have to wait to become them—you can call them forward now.
Too Much. Not Enough. The Game You Were Never Meant to Win
We’re taught to measure ourselves against invisible rules—don’t be too loud, too emotional, too honest. But “too much” and “not enough” were never about you. This post unpacks the system behind these labels, how they distort your sense of self, and what it means to break free and live fully in your truth.
The Hidden Gift of Hypocrisy
We often see hypocrisy as failure—evidence that we’re flawed or fake. But what if it’s actually something else? What if those uncomfortable moments when our actions don’t align with our values are less about moral collapse and more about growth? This post explores the subtle, often-overlooked truth: that our contradictions might not be a problem to fix, but a signal to follow.
Letting Go of Being “Good”Why I No Longer Aspire to Be a Good Person
For years, I tried to be a “good person”—to please, to be palatable, to stay within the lines drawn by others. But goodness, as defined by approval, became a mask I couldn’t keep wearing. In this post, I share why I’ve chosen wholeness over perfection, and how authenticity—not compliance—is the foundation of a meaningful life.
When Values Go Missing—and When They Take Control
Values help us navigate life with purpose and meaning—but they can also be distorted or go missing. In this reflection, we explore what it means to live in alignment with our values, how fear and over-identification pull us off course, and how to return to center with discernment and care.
Armor & Weapons: The Cost of Self-Protection and the Call to Live Authentically
What begins as protection can become disconnection. This post explores how we use judgment, performance, and spiritual bypassing as armor—and what happens when those defenses no longer fit. Through personal reflection and lived experience, Shayna offers a path toward softening, authenticity, and self-liberation.
Who Am I, Really?
We’re often taught to define ourselves through labels—traits, roles, personality types. But when our behavior no longer matches the image we’ve created, we feel fractured. This post explores how identity isn’t fixed, but fluid—and how real authenticity arises when our values, beliefs, and behaviors begin to align.
The Path of Personal Growth: A Lifelong Journey, Not a Destination
Growth isn’t a clean ascent—it’s a return to the same edges with deeper clarity and quieter strength. In this post, Shayna reflects on the truth of personal growth: not as a destination, but as a lifelong path of reckoning, remembering, and staying present to what still wants healing.
Don’t Be Afraid of Being Afraid Embracing Fear as a Catalyst for Growth:
Fear is not the opposite of love. In fact, it often arises because something matters. In this post, Shayna explores fear as a sacred signal—one that protects what we value most—and how facing it with presence, instead of bypassing it, opens the door to deeper courage and lasting transformation.