Daily Inspiration: Meet Tassel Shanebrook

Today we’d like to introduce you to Tassel Shanebrook.

Tassel, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
My story begins within a family system and an educational system where I was socialized to believe that my own power, my own survival, and my own place in my tribe were contingent upon me playing nice, conforming, being obedient, going along with others, not making waves, and toeing the line.

And truly what that path brought me was absolute devastation in my life. Ten years ago, during my first very powerful awakening, I clearly realized that my life was a catastrophe.

I was in a traumatic marriage – within that marriage, within a very challenging step-family. I did not have a career. I was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. I vehemently disliked where I was living. I had surrounded myself with relationships that were very unhealthy. And I did not love or take care of myself.

THIS WAS THE OUTCOME THAT BURYING MY POWER HAD BROUGHT ME.

Now my initiation into my power and magic came during the darkest time of my life: during my divorce/custody situation with my former spouse. My initiation into my power and magic came when I felt stripped of every single vestige of power that I might have thought I held.

On the advice of my former spouse’s attorneys, I was cut off from all of our bank accounts. (I, too, followed my attorney’s advice and did things I later regretted). Women whom I thought were my friends (including three bridesmaids) wrote damning testimonials against me as a mother and as a human being for my former spouse.

During a court hearing, I was character-assassinated and publicly shamed by both my former spouse’s attorney and by the judge. And at the end of this court hearing, my former spouse’s attorney discussed the possibility of full custody of my children for my former spouse with the judge.

Where I thought I had some power: through money, my personal relationships, and my “good name”/ “good reputation,” this was all shattered. YET this was all counterfeit power. This was not true power.

My true power and magic at that time were still buried deep inside of me. And, for the custody of my children, I needed to access that power and magic. And I will never forget that after that court hearing, not knowing what else to do, I went home and I called the two most powerful men I knew.

I DID NOT KNOW AT THAT POINT TO GO WITHIN FOR MY OWN GUIDANCE.

Now, my life could have gone in one of two directions here. I could have succumbed to the invitations around me to remain powerless, to integrate the damnations of myself from those around me.

And I went through a very dark period where it was very challenging to shake off and release all of these public indictments of myself. It actually took years. I will never forget going to a healer and crying and crying and crying and saying, “I am so scared. I am so scared.” At that point, I did not know where to find my power and magic. And there was certainly a trajectory here where I might not have overcome this.

And I have seen several past (parallel) lifetimes of mine where I was not able to overcome similar situations. Where I was but a shadow of a human being, where I was completely lost, where I committed suicide. But this life was different. I went to another healer and I will never forget this healer telling me, “Tassel, you are a very powerful being.”

And, I thought, “Really? What is he talking about?” And I started to have an inkling of my own power. And eventually, through a process of about four years, I unearthed my power and my magic. I unearthed my power and magic by spending time alone and connecting with myself and with Spirit.

I unearthed my power and magic by aligning with my guidance, living from my heart-mind, and moving through my fears. I unearthed my power and magic, and now I am unstoppable in loving myself, in an orientation of joy and abundance, and in embodying my life purpose.

I UNEARTHED MY POWER AND MAGIC, AND I CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Your true power and magic are not dependent on anyone else. It is not dependent on how much money you have in your bank account. It is not dependent on your public reputation.

It is not dependent on your relationships. It is not dependent on the degrees you have. Your true power and magic have nothing to do with the external world. Your true power and your magic are about you and your alignment with yourself and your Spirit.

What comes in for me over and over, through my guidance, is that the world profoundly needs us to come into our power and our magic. The world needs us to be in alignment with ourselves and with Spirit. The world needs us to be in alignment with our own values, hopes, and dreams for ourselves and the world.

THIS IS HOW THE WORLD HEALS AND HOW WE ALL LIVE ON OUR HIGHEST AND BEST LIFE PATHS.

Your true power and magic are not dependent on anyone else. It is not dependent on how much money you have in your bank account. It is not dependent on your public reputation.It is not dependent on your relationships. It is not dependent on the degrees you have. Your true power and magic have nothing to do with the external world. Your true power and your magic are about you and your alignment with yourself and your Spirit.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am a shamanic priestess. I assist people in turning their greatest pain into their greatest power.

We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up.
Being in nature, swimming underwater, spending the summer climbing trees.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://drtassel.kartra.com/page/metamorphosis ALSO https://www.yourfountainofyouth.xyz
• Instagram: @drtassel
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtassel
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouAreYourOwnHero