Purpose, Power, and Permission

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  • Recovering from Being Dropped

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    Sha-shonda

    Not everyone begins his/her journey with the same credentials and qualifications, gifts and skills, or physical and economic advantages.  Wherever you start from and whatever you start with, you must recognize that it is enough to get you to the place you are destined to be. Yes, it does seem…

  • Getting Back To My Former Glory: The Process of Restoration

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    Sha-shonda

    Sometimes, you get to a place in life that you had not intended to go.  Somehow, somewhere along your journey, you turned left when you should’ve turned right.  Perhaps, you stopped when you were supposed to go.  And just maybe, you didn’t pay close enough attention to the directions in…

  • Change

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    Sha-shonda

    This is my first “requested” blog.  Until now, I’ve simply written “in the moment” from my own, personal/ creative/emotional/ spiritual/philosophical space.  However, I was recently asked to talk about “change,” and I’ve had to sit with that request for a moment.  I had to gather my thoughts, or as my…

  • Getting Back to Me

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    Sha-shonda

    Experiences and circumstances may shape who you are, but they do not have to dictate who you become.  I am not one to idly say, “Just get over it,” or “just forget about it and move on.”  I know personally that there are some situations that leave irreparable scars, and…

  • What Cancer Taught Me about Thankfulness

    What Cancer Taught Me about Thankfulness

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    Sha-shonda

    September 2010, I was diagnosed with stage 2, HER2 positive, invasive ductal carcinoma – breast cancer.  I wasn’t taken aback by the diagnosis; I knew in my heart, that I was going to be alright.    I had been what Christians refer to as “saved” for a long time before being…

  • Welcome

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    Sha-shonda

    Welcome to Purpose, Power, and Permission! Discovering and living in/with/on purpose is a journey, and it is one that I hope to take along with you.  Come back often to join in honest conversations about our journeys and becoming the people we were created to be.