The Flavored Word
with Shauna Gabriel
Candid essays and unfiltered podcast conversations about reinvention, resilience, and the messy beauty of becoming. Sharp, honest, and sometimes delightfully snarky, it’s not polished self‑help; it’s real life with flavor.
The Flavored Word
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My Dream Dinner Guest
I haven’t read The Physiology of Taste yet, but Brillat-Savarin is still the author I’d want at my dinner table. I’m confident he’d…
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Turn the Fan Around
A little wisdom from my future self (and a nod to Robin Williams): turn the fan around and seize the day.
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Self‑Publish, But Don’t You Dare Self‑Edit
On the tiny mistakes that haunt authors, the big ones that should be illegal, and the one piece of advice every indie writer…
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In the Breaking, We Find the Light
Her words still land with the kind of clarity that only comes from a life lived in the light and the shadows. Sometimes…
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The Cost of NOT Choosing (The danger of staying still)
A one‑minute read on the quiet power of choosing — and why stagnation is the only decision that never leads anywhere.
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Resilience 101 (a one-minute read on handling life’s sour cherries)
We teach kids long division and sentence diagrams but somehow skip the skill that actually gets us through the hard days. This is…
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The Archetype I Borrow From—a woman with claws (metaphorically… mostly)
Complicated in the way real women are complicated — soft when she chooses, sharp when she must. Unapologetically complex.
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Blaming Destiny is Easy. Choosing, Isn’t.
I used to believe everything happened for a reason. Now I think things happen, and we decide what they mean.
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Zora Neale Hurston
Feeling my way through the darkness. Guided by a beating heart. I can’t tell where the journey will end. But I know where…
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Wake Me Up When It’s All Over
Some lyrics stay because they tell the truth before we can. Six years ago, I wrote a journal entry that still echoes. Here’s…
PODCAST
Part confession, part commentary. 🎙️These are the stories behind my healing and the world around me. If you want gentle self‑help… wrong turn. This isn’t a scrapbook—it’s real life with flavor.
The flexitarian Rx
Passionate—in the kitchen and out … find out more about my cooking journey and how I revamped the way I live, the way I love, and the way I eat, at The Flexitarian Rx. 🍳
Behind the scenes
Small moments, sharp thoughts, and cinematic snippets pulled from the podcast.⚡These are the fragments and clips from the show—the mood, the tension, the heartbeat of the show.
