Magic Moments With Shannon ✨️⏳
- shannonmindbodywel
- 2 hours ago
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My Magical Mindset🧠✨️
How I went from fully disabled, fighting for my life after a domestic violence attack, to running a full marathon, and more 💫
My story of overcoming life's shattering obstacles with mindset, determination, and turning inward to my spirituality.
I offer something truly unique and powerful. I have come out of the darkest shadows we could ever imagine on multiple different occasions, each time holding a lantern that shines brighter than the sun itself☀️
Why I turned to my spiritual side.
Trigger Warning** (Domestic Violence)
I have been on this journey, well my whole life, but in summer 2010, I really started to dive more inward. That is when everything changed. I was battling for my life after a horrific domestic violence incident. I had suffered from a traumatic brain injury, and a severe spinal injury, amongst a laundry list of other injuries. This impacted my ability to walk and talk. My short term memory and cognitive functions were severely damaged which left me in a dark place, at 22 years old. I spent the next couple years listening to doctor after doctor telling me that nothing could be done and to expect to be in a wheelchair by the time I was 25.
Luckily for me, my mindset is one of my best qualities. There was ZERO way I was going to let that happen. I had a choice. I could listen to these doctors and experts, come to terms with my fate, take the pills to mask everything and live a completely disabled life for the rest of my days. Or I can take matters into my own hands, beat the odds, transform and heal my body. I would rather take that second option. So I set on my mission to do something that everyone told me could not be done. I said “Hold my water and watch this…”
My body wasn’t strong enough to handle traditional physical therapy, so that’s when I turned to water therapy, which changed my life. Every single day I would dedicate myself to building my body and mind back. I would spend hours everyday in the pool. It was the only place I was able to move. I would almost forget for a few moments about my pain. I would be laid up for days sometimes if my back was bad or my legs weren’t working. I used to love reading but after the brain injury, I couldn’t remember a single sentence after I read it, so I would handwrite self-help books while I read them in hopes to retain as much information as I could and help my cognitive skills come back. Let’s take a quick second and talk about this. I wrote whole books, word for word to retain the knowledge. That is determination.
I had dedicated my life to health and wellness, and completely built my body back over the next few years. I knew what it was like to be disabled and I would do anything in my power for that to never happen again. I started working on a pilates reformer after a year or so in the water, then I was strong enough to add in resistance training. My pain was GONE and I pretty much had full mobility back. I became a personal trainer, and went back to college for nutrition. Fitness and that whole world was my life.
I was on a life's mission to show the doctors that they were wrong. Not only was I NOT going to end up in a wheelchair, but I set a goal of running a full marathon, something I never thought in a million years was able to do...
In May of 2018, I ran 26.2 miles.
I did it. The following year, I took it to the next level and started my life as a bodybuilder. I spent the next couple years training and competing. My body was so strong. If you would have met me during that time period, you would have NEVER guessed that I had such a severe injury years ago.
We have our one body, and we must do whatever we can to take care of it. The choices we make everyday compound and construct our future.
My coffee spill & destiny✨️🖋
Storytelling is what I was born to do. It’s a bold statement but completely true. Recently I received a major confirmation and you will agree after you hear this story 💫
It was one morning right after an extra powerful meditation and writing session. The theme of the meditation was focused around storytelling, and me starting to speak/write more, which is my true destiny/purpose. I was telling Josh all about my meditation, I was getting so excited and flailing my arms around enthusiastically, so much that I lost the grip on the pen I was holding. My eyes followed it in slow motion as it flew a few feet away, flipped multiple times up in the air and then plopped right down in my full coffee cup. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Before taking the pen out of the coffee, I looked right at Josh and told him that happened for a reason, that’s going to be a sign, watch. I knew it. I took the pen out, and then continued telling him about the meditation.
A few minutes had passed, we had finished talking, and I was going to continue to write. I clicked the pen to write, and I shit you not, the largest stream of coffee spewed from the pen directly on my note book highlighting one single sentence. You are a storyteller.
Pen drop.
This is my destiny, there is zero doubt about it. What a crazy ride!! I’m in for it 💫
I’m a huge believer in signs from the universe ✨
When we slow down enough to notice, life becomes absolutely magical.
A few months ago, right before a walk, I opened Instagram and saw a post about dragonflies — how seeing them often is a sign of transformation and growth. I didn’t think much of it and a few minutes later, went on a walk with Josh… only to turn the corner and see dozens of dragonflies
swarming around us, something that’s NEVER happened before 🐉💫
I couldn’t believe it. The timing and synchronicity was insane!
Moments like these remind me how important it is to be present. Had we been rushing, we would’ve missed that sign completely — a reminder that I’m on the right path, leaning deeper into spirituality, intuition, and magic.
Dragonflies symbolize transformation, joy, and clarity. They teach us to flow with change and let go of limiting beliefs.
I’ll be sharing more magical synchronicities, stories, and signs — all real-life reminders that the universe is communicating with us if we just slow down to listen 💫
My life is truly magical✨
I would love to show you guys just how magical life can really be, if you are in the present moment and seeing the signs of the universe💫
This summer, there was randomly a huge amount of synchronicities around dragons both in my life and during my meditations.
I was telling one of my close clients how dragons have been poppin’ up lately and described a few wild meditations I have had with them, then we didn’t talk until the following week during our next session. She was super eager to tell me something and had a startled look on her face. She then told me how right after our last appointment she had taken her daughter somewhere and came out to find a random dragon rubber duck toy on the hood of her car, then she whipped out the dragon ducky from her bag. It was a green dragon with a yellow belly. That is insaneee. But that’s my life, weird cool shit happens to me all the time. I go home, tell Josh, everyone's mind is blown, this is one for the books. Add it to the list.
But then, a week later, that’s when it went to that next level.
My son asked if we could practice YouTube videos, and then he came out with a prop for the videos and guess what!? It was a green dragon stuffed animal… with a yellow belly. Alright, what the fuck. I haven’t seen this thing in years, and he had no idea about any of this dragon talk. But here we are.
The message is to get in touch with my inner green dragon🐉✨
What does that mean?
A green dragon represents calm strength, natural healing, and the steady growth that comes from nurturing yourself — very aligned with wellness and self‑care energy 🧘
This perfectly defines my next path, and what I need to focus on. I’m so excited for it! I am so grateful that the universe gives me the signs to confirm that I’m on the right path.
✨🎤Can’t wait to tell you more stories!
The universe speaks to us, we need to slow down so we can hear and see it 💫
My Magical Stories About Butterflies🦋✨
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