Shanna Beavers

This author runs an offline coupon delivery business with her husband across roughly a dozen Atlanta area counties alongside her Empower Network blog, and admits candidly that after returning from the San Diego conference she struggled to write even a single post, priorities shifting in ways she is still sorting out.

The parenting post describes a specific moment of surrender, giving up a strict no co-sleeping rule two weeks after her daughter Lilly was born and pulling her into bed to nurse, deciding her own instincts mattered more than the schedule she had planned to follow. A post on writer's block treats the problem seriously rather than dismissing it, working through a university writing lab's list of symptoms and causes until she finds the one that actually describes her.

None of the three posts pretends motherhood and business build easily on top of each other, sitting instead with the real friction between them.

Nothing else here matches the parenting post for sheer candor about a rule she gave up under pressure from her own instincts.

What do I do???????

Oct 4, 2012 · Shanna Beavers

So here’s the deal. I got involved with Empower Network because I love everything they stand for. And I want to help people the way they have helped me. But, since I…

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Following My Instincts

Aug 3, 2012 · Shanna Beavers

When Lilly was born 20 months ago my motherly instincts were in full swing. I’d read a few parenting books and had decided that I would be sure to stick to proper…

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When All Else Fails Just Start Writing

Aug 2, 2012 · Shanna Beavers

I’m sitting here with my laptop in my lap, ready to write but with nothing to say. I sip some wine, grab the clippers and trim a few hard earned hangnails from…

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