Hey, Friend!

I'm Shaina!

They call me’ The Connection Queen’. I connect dots, hearts and people as a chaos-taming-motivational-coach, speaker and writer. I am a woman of resilience and giver of permission. 

“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.”

– Richard Rohr

You can find me in my garden, on the hammock, out hiking, an occasional networking meeting, or being a wife to my mechanic-turned-logger husband and momma to our baby boy in heaven and a rainbow baby girl who is now a sweet, wild and passionate three-going-on 13 year old. (Time flies when you are having fun right?!)

As I set out to find a way to live that was fulfilling and on my terms, I feel like God left me bread crumbs in the form of relationships, connections. Each one leading to lessons or a new understanding of what this life could be. Sharing HOW became my mission. (HINT: it’s still inside of you, too!)

I get it, friend. Life is crazy, but it doesn’t have to be riddled or overrun by the chaos. You are more powerful than you think. Being under-whelmed and over-stimulated does not have to be a common theme for you or the vision you have for your life.

My Lessons From West River

December 29, 2025

Choosing a Word of the Year

(That You Actually Live) If you’re here, I want to gently remind you of something before we go any further: You are in the middle

January 8, 2026

Making Room for True Abundance

As I sit here, Christmas has quietly and quickly approached. All month, my prayer has been simple: make Jesus the center. I bought a small

December 19, 2025

The Human Planner

How Keeping My Planner to One Page Helped Me Create a Limitless Life The planners available to us over the years have slowly become more

May 21, 2025

You Aren’t Behind Friend

The Truth That Shifts Everything Good morning, beautiful friend. I want to take you back to a recent Sisterhood session—one of those where we start

May 21, 2025

You Make the Rules

Redefining Self-Care, One Sip of Water at a Time Good self-care doesn’t always look like a massage, a bubble bath, or a weekend away. Sometimes,

April 15, 2025

Stretch Marks

A Trophy of Growth All right, friend. Let’s talk about something that shows up in the most unexpected places—stretch marks. We usually think of them

Every lesson I share or the understandings I encompass comes from a place of love, knowing and curiosity. Please know that I fully welcome YOU to pop into my chat, drop a comment or simply act, in whatever way feels right and connected.

I wish for every word I write to be of service to you. To positively affect you and your bottom line!

For it to resonate. For it to help you build a layer of resilience so deep that you many never know how it fulfills itself in this lifetime.

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A Quick Chat... Gardenside

As you can see… sunflowers are a thing in my life. They started with my grandmother, Janet, who had them sprinkled throughout her life. Then how I remember my son in heaven. Now I get to bring them here, to you, as the symbol of growth and resilience:

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