100 Days of Human Connection

21:15

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 25 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/09

Day 25 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I gave a lightning talk today at the Mental Health in Journalism Summit.So many folks doing similar work, around the globe!The proof is there, now how do we build the support systems, the infrastructure that will replace the institutions that are naturally sundowning?#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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4:59

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 24 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/08

Day 24 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Almost forgot today! Bone-deep weary today.Ready for a rest. Presentation tomorrow. Visit with lovely friends.Massages Friday and off for the weekend.Eager to get away.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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30:42

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 23 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/06

Day 23 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Tig Manzueta and Margaret Williams, MS, ACC joined me in the chat.Recounting the all candidates’ meeting last night, where the one candidate who may have been disruptive, never showed.Reminiscing about the old radio days. Wages were low, job security close to nil.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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14:30

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 22 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/05

Day 22 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Nervous excitement around moderating tonight’s all candidates’ debate.Time is limited to complete my 5 minute lightning talk I give on Thursday.Canadian Thanksgiving is a week away, with a long weekend coming up.It’s a lot.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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25:48

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 21 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/04

Day 21 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I wasn’t sure how this experiment might turn out, or even if it has a purpose, but pieces are starting to come together.Showing up has been the one constant. By removing expectations, refusing to phish for validation and ignoring what folks might think about all that, it has been a freeing experience so far. It becomes simply a stream of consciousness. An enjoyable one.Memories within families can be vastly

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18:59

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 20 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/04

Day 20 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Workout kicked my ass. Catch up with a friend at a festival. Foundations.Thinking about how we move from an ‘established’ institution to a brand new way of doing things.How do we celebrate the maturity of what’s retiring/sundowning while the baton is passed to the building of a new foundation?How do we respect all involved WHILE leaning into the discomfort and mourning all humans have in letting go, as well as the

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20:05

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 19 0f 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/02

Day 19 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.It’s Friday. I went for a drive around the region for the afternoon, visiting local shops and farm stores and stopping in to visit Lady (Lake) Erie to recalibrate and centre.Grateful for the fall colours and the adornment Mother Nature creates.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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23:18

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 18 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/10/01

Day 18 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I felt lonely today. Heavy and sad. I watched Kate Bowler read a bit from The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjory Williams Bianco.( Kate Bowler on Substack).It’s one of my all time favourite books (I mentioned Charlotte’s Web too) and I wept a big.It felt really good to express those emotions and show up in that way.“Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves

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21:07

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 17 0f 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/30

Day 17 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Here in Canada, it’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Somber day of remembrance of the oppression and persecution of Indigenous people, through residential schools, the 60s scoop, the overt racism and systemic denialism that continues today.A visualization that brought spinning rage to the fore.A trip in my future to the graves of my relatives.A memory of the title I gave myself close to 15 years ago,

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17:25

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 16 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/29

Day 16 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Beautiful fall day. Fall goodies. Grateful to witness sunrise. Moderating candidates: Are we conditioned to hope for drama? Bullying?Leg press, how I’ve missed you (and being fit).#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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16:45

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 15 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/28

Day 15 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Unrehearsed. Unplanned. Unedited.Our primary relationships can kick our ass if we’re prone to rumination (like I am).I was wide awake at around 4:30 a.m. so got up and journaled. It truly helps.I hadn’t journaled that much in a while.We’d been working on the places where we get stuck. And we still do.I tend to catastrophize. It’s not helpful. And it’s a distraction.I try to return to gratitude. Light always

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20:46

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 14 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/27

Day 14 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.A lovely poem from an Insight Timer friend. (Insight Timer is the world’s most popular meditation app)Here’s my profile on Insight Timer. I host live journaling sessions on Wednesday mornings, starting with meditation and gratitude.Where are our modern day myths? A previous post I wrote about divine feminine figures, including a few from Greek mythology. Women’s righteous anger needs to be felt, processed and

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25:38

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 13 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/26

Day 13 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I talked about my last day as a journalist/talk show host and the identity unfurling that happened afterwards.Here’s the LinkedIn post I referenced.I also referenced my other Substack publication and podcast - Clearing a New Path, which you can find here.Sharing tender, vulnerable moments with my partner.We witnessed a mishap with a father and his kids and it made me curious.And I talked about the tenaciousness I

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17:28

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 12 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/25

Day 12 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I felt my brother’s hand on my shoulder today, during some worry. He died in 2016, 10 years and 10 days ago.I finally printed some pictures, and wept a little in the store.And I ended up with two new chairs for the price of one!#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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17:26

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 11 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/24

Day 11 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.Unrehearsed. Unplanned. Unedited.Headaches, physical ones.A youth program that didn’t get off the ground.How journalism continues to evolve.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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14:17

Live with Shauna Rae- Day 10 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/23

Day 10 of 100.100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.It’s the Equinox - equal parts light and dark. But not just externally - outside - but also the lightness inside of us, the parts we covet and love and the dark parts we often hide in the corners of our consciousness.Writing a book has been a long journey. I hadn’t realized how many words I’d already written, but I remembered a story today that I have kept hidden in the depths of my memory that wants to see

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11:56

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 9 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/22

Day 9 of 100 Days100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.I talked about a teen journalism program I tried to get started, including a homemade, modernized Speaker’s Corner.I heard a discussion on this podcast that mentioned Speaker’s Corner and CHUM (whom I worked for in London, Ontario at a local radio station).(You can actually watch old footage on YouTube here.)The podcast: Friends of Canadian Media (FCM)’s Executive Director, Raj Shoan hosts the podcast. This

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14:10

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 8 of 100

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/21

100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.It was lovely to have a chat with Margaret Williams, MS, ACC today.If you missed it, you can see it HERE.Today, folks stir up helplessness at the prospect of AI and rage bate taking over our minds but our attention has always been for sale.We always get to choose where our attention goes.Where attention goes, MONEY flows - meaning, however many eyes, attention and/or influence something or someone has - it’s for sale.When I

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95:51

How Do I Leave the World Better with Shauna Rae...

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/21

Thank you so much to Tig Manzueta, EG, Kristen, and many others for tuning into the live video hosted by Margaret Williams, MS, ACC! What an amazing human she is, it was such a pleasure. Grateful to share space with this electrifying woman!Join me later today for Day 8 of 100 Days of Human Connection! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shaunarae.com

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16:34

Live with Shauna Rae - Day 7 of 100 Days

100 Days of Human Connection ·

2026/09/20

Day 7 of 100100 Days of Human Connection.1 piece of content, every day, for 100 days.First week. 7 days.Slow Sundays.F**k it, leave winter tires on FOREVER! Liberation!Don’t cover Trump at all, says Unlearn16. Brilliant, agree.Can anyone be 'neutral' anymore? United we are unstoppable.I want to learn to fight better so turning to Priya Parker and the Art of Fighting.Tomato and meat sauce. Little doggo. Sundays in the fall.Beauty.#imperfectengagement This is a public episode. If you would like to

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