Shannon Dunn

SEPARATION: The Lie of the Ego

The rose is a symbol of the Divine Feminine. The Divine Feminine, along with the Divine Masculine, is the wisdom of all that is and all that ever was. It is where yin meets yang. There is no separation. We all originate from the Womb of All Things, therefore we cannot be separate. Separation is simply a projection of a third dimensional aspect that isn’t reality at all. Separation is an individual belief and a buying into the ego self—the false self. In order to understand this, we must go within to the Mother of All Things and listen to the only trut[...]

Shine Your Light

The Great Awakening

As we experience what is essentially the beginning of The Great Awakening, for many it will feel as if there is a great divide, formed of the awakened and those who slumber. For those who are living through third eye sight and intuitive nature, there will be chaos, mostly seen as a catalyst for brighter days ahead and ascension of human consciousness. For those who are awake, discomfort is consciously released, despite the pain. For those who sleep, the chaos may feel like an eruption that cannot be quelled, mirroring and amplifying the emotional cha[...]

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We Become What We Consume

The mindless media narrative is but a well-designed vehicle to distract us from the true meaning of life. However, it is our collective preoccupation with it that has allowed it to become a powerhouse of perception, regardless of whether its storylines are accurate—or not. If we have become obsessed with, or emotionally charged by, what we see on our television screens, social feeds and in printed material at the supermarket checkout, it is time to reevaluate what we have willingly taken on as truths. Our deep belief in stories fed to us, labelled as “[...]

Wellness

Salt Water Sole Benefits + Recipe

salt water sole is highly beneficial to health

Highly processed salt is a supermarket mainstay that has found its way into many a kitchen pantry. However, it is detrimental to health and should be avoided in favour of naturally occurring salts, which can also be made into the highly beneficial salt water solé. Ancients have long known the benefits of salt, and even more so in the concentrated elixir known as solé (pronounced sol-ay), a Celtic sea or Himalayan salt solution, known to lower blood pressure, support the body with detoxification, improve digestion, regulate blood sugar, act as a natural anti[...]

Empowerment

The Big Distraction

It is time for women to reclaim their sovereignty

If you’re a woman reading this, it’s time to wake up. For too long, we have been distracted—lured—into thinking we are fat, unworthy and powerless. This wasn’t a mistake, by the way. It was a well-designed formatting of the subconscious and conscious minds to ensure we women didn’t access the potency and power we have since forgotten we possess. But now, it’s time to wake the f*%k up. All of those diets we spent our time trying to manage? A distraction. All of those celebrities we looked up to, hoping we could be just like them? A distra[...]

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When Reality Isn’t Real

If we are not questioning the status quo, or taking moments to wonder why things are they way they are, we are nothing more than asleep at the wheel of a vehicle that is out of control. Just because we have always done what we have been told to do, or bought into the fear that is fed to the collective, doesn’t mean we should continue to trust in the name of not wanting to rock the boat. Never before have our children been so ill, so out of sorts and so burdened from the labels they have been given, all under the guise of normality and “we have a pill[...]

Wellness

Embrace the Light / Sunscreen Toxicity

Wearing sunscreen can be hazardous to health

A decade ago, I started a natural, holistic beauty blog to share what I knew to be true about fostering authentic beauty, from the inside out. I wrote many articles, some which would trigger people’s emotions, based on what they believed to be true about wellness in relation to beauty. None more so than when I would write about sunscreen. When I first wrote about sunscreen being toxic and how we should stop fearing the sun, many a keyboard warrior told me to bugger off (to put it politely). While my views went against every mainstream recommendation, I knew[...]

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Dissolving the Blame Game

Let's talk about blame. If we blame another for our discomfort, our perceived situation in life or other, we are merely prolonging our pain and suffering by not understanding the blame we are projecting is but a manifestation of not looking at our own stuff. Any outside causes of our emotional pain are actually reflections of our own inner turmoil. Blame is simply a label and projection of that turmoil onto another so we don't have to get real with ourselves. We may blame genetics or the people around us for what we perceive to be a life out of order. Bu[...]

Wellness

Hemp for Health & Beauty + Recipe

Hemp seeds are darlings of the holistic health and beauty industries thanks to their high fibre, protein, Vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc content, as well as an abundance and balance of good fats. “Hemp seed oil has three times more antioxidants than flax seed oil and is rich in Omega 3 and 6. It’s also a wonderful substitute to fish oil,” says holistic health coach, model and natural beauty advocate, Elise Carr. “It’s also very safe, as it’s toxin free it does not harm your body. It is also sustainable—no need for herbicides, pestic[...]

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Nutrition: What It Really Is

Nutrition is much more than the food we eat. Authentic nutrition feeds the mind, body and the soul, with no distinction between each. One cannot be authentically nourished without the other. Anything else is but a mask for the possibility of nutrition, but not the reality of what nutrition really is. This interconnectedness has laid dormant beneath the surface of our consciousness, with traditional and social media feeding our minds with junk food, willing us to believe our physical is the only thing that matters within the landscape of a truly happy life. The[...]