Shannii Maree

When I hear Men say they wish they had a wife like me or they just need a wife like me I have a giggle to myself. Because you have to be a certain type of man that gets a wife like me.  You have to be a man who can handle a wife like me. My husband goes above and beyond compared to any of the men who make these kinds of statements.  He’s the kind of man who will drive me where I need to go…

On International Women’s Day I was asked who a woman is that inspires me or I appreciate and I said my daughter.  And I can safely, after this past week, say that title still stands.  I knew witnessing my daughter in birth would be one of the hardest things ever but I seriously misunderstood exactly how hard. This woman is my hero. I am so inspired by her grit and strength.  Watching and…

Maybe my kids are happy to be in long term relationships and desire it because they have seen their parents in a healthy one and know what it looks like and that it’s not the end of the world.  Maybe my children want children young because they haven’t heard us say that they ruined our lives but instead how they enriched them and made our lives better so they know that having children doesn’t…

This has probably been the closest I’ve been to depression in so long I can’t even put a time on it. This year has been a big year. And I never imagined losing my dog would be the straw that breaks my back.  The moment that forces me to slow down and stop. The piece that says you have the tools now are you using them? And again, it makes me wonder how on earth I lived my life in this state…

Those who have known me a while know I reclaimed my name, Shantel, a few years back. Yet at retreat the ladies who I hadn’t met had trouble relating me with my name they told me. And I’ve noticed recently I’ve been Shannii again as much as Shantel. During my magical visit to Avebury we spoke with and asked for messages from the Trees and the Wind. That night in ceremony we created a potent…

It’s something that’s been weighing on my heart lately, especially because my own children have found love young, and it’s beautiful. But I keep hearing, “They’re too young to settle down,” or “They should be out there living their lives!” And it leaves me wondering—why do so many people think that being in a committed, loving relationship means you’re not really living? Are people saying my…

If you haven’t seen – there has been a social experiment going around on social media asking if you would rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man, showing women saying they would feel safer with the bear than a man. There was a time where I would have chosen the bear too. There was a time when I thought there were no safe men. There was a time when my nervous system was so…

There was a time where I would have chosen the bear too. There was a time when I thought there were no safe men. There was a time when my nervous system was so on that nothing you could do would ever give me a fright because I was prepared for everything. There was a time where I never said no, and therefore kept the story in my head going that there was only one thing men wanted from…

If you haven’t seen – there has been a social experiment going around on social media asking if you would rather be alone in the woods with a bear or a man, showing women saying they would feel safer with the bear than a man. There was a time where I would have chosen the bear too. There was a time when I thought there were no safe men. There was a time when my nervous system was so…

Throughout our lives we have various requirements that must be met. These are our needs and desires, which range from basic physical needs to selfless desire. When any of these are not met, negative physical, mental, and emotional complications and addictions can result, sometimes with distressful consequences. This post is about needs. A need is an explicit requirement, like feeling hungry…

Creativity is a quality that we all have buried inside of us, one way or the other. It involves the invention of something new or the re-invention of something already existing to make it useful or interesting. Some people’s creative abilities are closer to the surface and one can easily see the manifestations of them. People say that their creativity is “inborn”. For others, expressing…

This may be an Unpopular opinion but Femininity cannot be taught. At least not in the way I see most people thinking it can. It’s not wearing flowing dresses. It’s not wearing long flowy hair. It’s not wearing makeup. It’s not a certain way of speaking. It’s not bigger boobs. It’s not bowing down to all the men. Anyone teaching this stuff is teaching you how to play a character. And…

Are you tired of the same old existence? Do you want more out of life than what life seems to be handing you? You can rise above mediocrity but you must first change your mindset. To begin, you must have a keen desire for change in your life. You must know what you want, even if you don’t yet know how to get it. Be definitive in your desire. If you only had a short time to live, what would…