About Shawn Raven

I am Shawn Raven.

I am a writer, storyteller, speaker, and fire carrier.

I am a certified personal trainer, certified nutritionist, and a life and wellness coach.


I overcame homelessness and substance use disorder.

I am the child of a residential school survivor.

I am a human rights advocate, a community leader, and a co-lead on a recovery house and sober living community project dedicated to ending homelessness.


My work is rooted in truth, healing, and the remembering of what it means to be fully human.

My voice comes from lived experience. Trauma. Survival. Identity. Leadership. And the long path home to myself.


I write about the world we have inherited.

I write about the world we have forgotten.

I write about the world we are becoming.


My work blends Indigenous worldview, lived truth, philosophy, and fire.

The kind of fire that burns away illusion and awakens something real in the reader.


This space is where I share reflections, teachings, and pieces of my journey.

It is where I speak about humanity, culture, spirit, resilience, and the sacred connection to the Earth that modern society has tried to erase.


If my words reach you, I hope they remind you of something older than fear.

Something deeper than shame.

Something true.


We are already enough.

We already belong.

And it is time for us to remember who we are.


Shawn Raven

Never Give Up

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