We were lucky to catch up with Shawnti Refuge recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Shawnti, we’re so appreciative of you taking the time to share your nuggets of wisdom with our community. One of the topics we think is most important for folks looking to level up their lives is building up their self-confidence and self-esteem. Can you share how you developed your confidence?
My confidence and self-esteem was developed through various ways, such as setting achievable goals, embracing my strengths, practicing self-care, and seeking support from positive and encouraging people.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
My name is Shawnti Refuge. I’m the CEO of Shawnti Refuge Journals. I was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. I’m a wife mother of three. I started Shawnti Refuge Journals in 2021, two years after I experienced a Mental BREAKTHROUGH (as opposed to breakdown).
After being put on medication, I decided that wasn’t what I wanted for my life, through therapy, I was able to dig deeper and get to the root of my issues and learn how to heal from them.
One of the coping skills that I learned was guided journaling. Through Guided Journaling, I was able to acknowledge, face, and heal from many issues that I didn’t know I even had!
Through my journey, I felt that I needed to help others like myself, who don’t want medication to numb them and instead want to HEAL!
I teach people how to journal & effectively target their goals into realistic results. I teach people how to manifest. The exciting part of what I do is encourage & support my clients from the beginning to their end goal. After they achieve their goal(s), my clients are always amazed at how courageous they were and didn’t realize it. I show them a side of themselves that they didn’t know existed.
I developed a series of guided journals for your emotional & mental wellness. I am a support group facilitator, journaling instructor, and I host wellness workshops.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
My resilience, eagerness to learn, and heal holistically were most impactful in my journey. While you are on your journey, my advice is to always be open minded, ready for change, and willing to learn new ways of accomplishing things that may not be traditional. Keep seeking knowledge and implementing it every day. Choose to be 1% better every day!
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
I am looking to collaborate with Physicians, Therapists, Counselors, Coaches, Mental Health Professionals, & Wellness Businesses who offer a holistic approach to helping clients with mental health and mental illness. Contact me via email at info@shawntirefugejournals.com and put “Collab” in the Subject line.
Contact Info:
- Website: shawntirefugejournals.com
- Instagram: @shawntirefugejournals
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawntirefugejournals/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawntirefuge
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/srefugejournals/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphZdqbNfPI0wwCgFX8IwRQ
Image Credits
Photo: B2dul Photography-Patrina Anthony Product Photos: Shawnti Refuge
