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One of the Greats

by Shannon Turner | Sep 10, 2025 | Blog, personal narrative, self-worth, vulnerability, walks with grief

There are some pairings in this life that just don’t make sense. Even Bailey’s son, Max, said to me one day, “I just don’t get you two. I do not understand this relationship.” I’m not sure I could have described it until now.

The Play’s the Thing

by Shannon Turner | Apr 3, 2025 | personal narrative, self-image, self-worth, Teapot project, transformative storytelling, vulnerability

But what happens if my job is only successful if I learn how to really F.A.A.F.O.? What I’m learning is…I don’t think I get any better at my storytelling, especially if I’m going to make a whole full-length show, if I can’t learn to play–really play, like I’m a little kid again–and let some things fail.

The Story of Our Stuff

by Shannon Turner | Apr 9, 2024 | authenticity, Blog, change, empathy, grief, memory, mental illness, nostalgia, personal is political, personal narrative, podcasting, self-image, self-worth, transformative storytelling, trauma, vulnerability, walks with grief

As I have slept on hospital recliners, created calendars for coordinating treatment transportation and meal drop-offs, and called on networks for everything from emotional support to equipment donations, one clarion call keeps echoing in my ear. We are not doing elderhood the right way around here. It is terrifying, isolating. It can break your back and your bank.

On Being Lost & Dancing My Way Through

by Shannon Turner | Mar 28, 2023 | #ShannonGoesToIreland, Blog, self-consciousness, self-image, self-worth, vulnerability, walks with grief

If you’ve not been through this phase, particularly as a female-identified human or person with a uterus, I gotta tell you: rough. It’s been the greatest opportunity for me to dig deep and try to tell a new story try to learn how to give myself love, grace, and time for healing. One thing that’s 1000% helped is getting my groove on.

Cereal Killer

by Shannon Turner | Mar 17, 2022 | authenticity, disordered eating, food, grief, self-image, self-worth, vulnerability, walks with grief

The first time it happened, it was really unplanned. I was twelve. My best friend had thrown me over for cooler girls. There I sat at home on a Friday night, not at a slumber party with the rest of them. So, I invited Loneliness over to hang out. Always so obliging, so eager, that Loneliness. Unlike me, she never begrudged being the substitute friend when there was no one better or more interesting to fill the social calendar.

Prepared

by Shannon Turner | Jun 2, 2021 | camp stories, happy stories, memory, nostalgia, pandemic, self-consciousness, self-worth

Being helpful and prepared was like a silent mantra. She yearned for the day when someone would need…something…and she would pull the (exact) (right) object triumphantly from her car’s trunk as if it were Mary Poppins’ purse. Yes, let us enjoy our spontaneous picnic with the blanket I have right here!