you kept going. i see you.
You haven’t lost yourself. You’ve lost access to yourself.
I work with people whose lives have been quietly shattered—often while remaining highly competent. I help them come back home to their bodies, their knowing, and their lives.
Resilience & Post-Traumatic Growth: Empowering Women of Color & Culture
Together, we'll heal, grow, connect, and thrive in this crazy, beautiful world.
Prosper On Your Own Terms
Welcome, Lovable!
I’m Dr. Shenell
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, coach, and creator of the Shattered to Sovereign™ framework. I work with people whose lives have been disrupted, overloaded, or quietly shattered— sometimes without obvious trauma, and often while remaining highly competent.
I don’t approach healing as merely self-improvement or symptom elimination. I understand distress as a loss of access to yourself, not a personal failure. My work is about restoring that access. Slowly. Honestly. Without performance.
the work
This is not about bouncing back. It’s about coming home.
Most people I work with know what they value. They understand what should help. And they still can’t follow through. That’s not a failure of willpower. That’s what happens when you’ve been overloaded for too long.
I teach emotional signal literacy, how to read what your body and emotions are actually telling you. The panicking, the overriding, the going numb… those aren't failures. They're information. I help people learn to listen earlier, build the capacity to stay present, and when enough access returns, rewrite what comes next.
Hey, magical Women of Color and Culture, are you feeling:
Like a public success but a private failure?
Unenthused with life & yearning for a change?
Burned out from prioritizing work or others over yourself?
Ready to rediscover your own magic?
✦ Replenish Your Strength ✦
Does this sound familiar?
Something shattered. Maybe loudly. Maybe so quietly no one noticed.
And you kept going anyway.
You know what you value but can’t seem to act on it.
You’re exhausted in ways that rest doesn’t fix.
You’ve been the strong one for so long you forgot what it feels like to be held.
You’re not broken. You’re overloaded. And there’s a difference.
✦ Replenish Your Strength ✦
"I used to feel trapped, but the team at Resilience gave me tools that changed the game for me. They helped me take control of my life. It's not just Dr. Shenell, the whole team is amazing on this journey!"
"When I think of Resilience, words like grace and compassion come to mind. They help me understand and manage my emotions like no one else. It's a team effort over there, and it shows."
"My experience? One word: personalized. Dr. Shenell gives me tools for understanding my emotions and she's honest, open-minded, and free of BS. Plus, she accepts my insurance. It's been a gift to me, truly."
Go deeper
Your emotions are telegrams. I teach you how to answer the door.
Whether you’re in the aftermath of shattering, learning to taste your life again, or stepping into authorship… there’s a room for you. The blog, the videos, the gatherings are all ways in. No performance required. Just presence.
I see you.
You haven’t lost your way. You’ve been carrying too much for too long.
And the path forward isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about coming home to yourself. There’s a room for you. Whenever you’re ready.