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The things we don't say outlaid

Notes on love, life, & becoming

"The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud" is for every woman who has ever smiled while her heart was breaking, stayed longer than she should have, questioned her worth, outgrown a version of herself, or quietly wondered if the life she dreamed of was still possible. This is not a book about having all the answers. It is about finally being honest enough to ask the questions. Through intimate reflections on love, loneliness, heartbreak, ambition, self-worth, motherhood, becoming, and beginning again, Shawna B. gives language to the thoughts women so often carry silently. The complicated truths. The late-night realizations. The people we loved who could not love us correctly. The dreams we delayed. The boundaries we learned too late. The moments when achievement looked beautiful from the outside while something inside still felt unfinished. These pages are a reminder that a woman can be grateful and still want more. She can be accomplished and still feel lonely. She can miss someone and know she should never return. She can love deeply without abandoning herself. She can change her mind, rewrite her story, and choose a completely different life. Most importantly, she can begin again without treating everything that came before as a failure. Written with vulnerability, wisdom, and the quiet confidence that only comes from living through what once felt impossible, "The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud" feels like a conversation between women the kind that happens behind closed doors when no one is pretending anymore. It is a book to underline, return to, and pass down. For the woman healing from something she rarely talks about. For the woman building a life she has never seen modeled before. For the daughter becoming her own woman. For the mother still becoming, too. And for anyone standing between who she has been and who she knows she is capable of becoming. Some truths are difficult to say . But sometimes, saying them changes everything.

Genres

Self-help TechniquesHealth

ISBN

9798907975859

Format

Print / Hardback

Contributor

Shawna B

Author

Shawna B. is an entrepreneur, wellness founder, and writer whose work explores the interior lives of women the ambitions they pursue, the love they give, the heartbreak they survive, and the truths they often keep to themselves. Her life and career have been shaped by transformation, curiosity, and an instinct to create. From building a successful career in beauty and wellness to founding spaces centered on confidence, self-care, and longevity, Shawna has spent years studying the many ways women evolve physically, emotionally, and personally. Yet behind every visible achievement is a more intimate story. One of love and disappointment. Ambition and uncertainty. Loneliness and hope. The tension between being deeply grateful for the life you have built and still believing there may be something more waiting for you. Those contradictions became the foundation for "The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud". Written with candor and emotional clarity, Shawna’s work gives language to the experiences women often carry privately: loving someone you know you cannot keep, questioning your worth, outgrowing old versions of yourself, wanting softness without surrendering ambition, and learning that becoming does not end when you reach a certain age, title, or milestone. Her perspective is rooted not in perfection, but in observation, experience, and a willingness to tell the truth beautifully. Through her writing, Shawna invites women to see themselves without judgment and to recognize that vulnerability and strength can occupy the same space. "The Things We Don’t Say Out Loud" marks the beginning of a new chapter in her work one devoted to storytelling, reflection, and the conversations women have been having quietly for generations. Shawna believes some of the most important truths in our lives are the ones we are almost afraid to admit. She believes becoming is never finished. There is always another chapter. And sometimes the most powerful one begins when we finally say the things we once kept to ourselves.