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I speak about what I've lived, not just what I've studied.

Licensed clinical psychologist. Creator of the Shattered to Sovereign™ framework. Speaker on posttraumatic growth, emotional signal literacy, nervous system overload, savoring, and healing in community.

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Signal Literacy — Understanding your emotions as information, not emergencies

Rest as Resistance — Especially for Black women and women of color

Savoring vs. Gratitude — Presence that includes the bitter, not just the sweet

Nervous System Overload — Why high performers stall, brace, and override

Capacity & Self-Abandonment — Why knowing what to do isn't enough

Whole Body Decision Making — Consulting your full intelligence, not just your head

Posttraumatic Growth — What becomes possible after shattering

Healing in Community — Why witnessed practice changes things solo work can't

Plant Medicine & Wholistic Healing — Honest conversations about what helps

Extended bio:

Dr. Shenell Evans is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, coach, and creator of Shattered to Sovereign™, a developmental approach to cultivating posttraumatic growth rooted in emotional signal literacy, capacity awareness, and the practice of savoring.

Dr. Shenell studied posttraumatic growth in people living with chronic and terminal illness, and then lived it herself. Years of high-achieving, non-stop work led her to the only place it could: a place in need of healing. That journey—restoring her own access through rest, surrender, community, and fierce self-loyalty—became the foundation of everything she teaches today.

She is the founder of Resilience Psychological Services, where she has served Black and Brown professionals since 2017. Her ecosystem of offerings includes the Grounding Together in-person gatherings, Savoring Journal, Come On In The Room™ posttraumatic witnessing sessions, Whole Body Decision Making guided practice, and the Shattered to Sovereign Quiz. She speaks on posttraumatic growth, emotional signal literacy, rest as resistance, savoring, and healing in community.

Dr. Shenell is based in Hawaii and New York. She is a mother of two daughters, a lover of the ocean, and someone who rests like her life depends on it…because it does.

Jackson State University (B.S., Ph.D. Clinical Psychology) · Columbia University & NY State Psychiatric Institute · The Flourishing Center (Applied Positive Psychology) · Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (Advanced Training)

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Brief bio:

Dr. Shenell Evans is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, and creator of Shattered to Sovereign™. She helps people who've been overloaded for too long restore access to themselves—through emotional signal literacy, savoring, and whole body decision making. Her work is shaped by Black and brown women's lives, and has been proven effective for all.

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