We recently had the chance to connect with Shania Elliott and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Shania, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: What are you most proud of building — that nobody sees?
I’m most proud of building resilience and legacy in the quiet moments turning grief into recipes, late nights into books, and silence into strength that holds everything else together.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Shania Elliott, and I’m a proud mother, grandmother, veteran, international best-selling author, and student of Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. I’m also the proud owner of Decadent Chef and the new Savas Jewels Catering, both rooted in heritage, family, and the belief in “Luxury in Every Bite.”
What makes my journey unique is how I weave together legacy and creativity whether through novels that explore love and resilience, or recipes inspired by my father and grandmother’s kitchens. Right now, I’m growing my businesses into a food truck and pop-up venture while also completing my romance series and memoir. For me, food and words are two ways of feeding the heart
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
It was my children who saw me clearly before I could see myself. They are all different versions of me my strength reflected in their resilience, my softness mirrored in their compassion, my fire carried in their determination, and even my fears showing up in ways that remind me I’m still growing too. Through their eyes, I saw the woman I was becoming: flawed but fierce, imperfect yet worthy. They held up a mirror I didn’t always want to face, but in them I found the proof that I am more than enough, because they are my living legacy
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
I stopped hiding my pain the moment I realized silence was suffocating me more than the struggle itself. Carrying it quietly only made me feel invisible, but when I started pouring that pain into my writing and into the meals I created, it became power. It gave my grief a voice, my love a legacy, and my struggles a purpose. Pain didn’t vanish it transformed, fueling stories that heal others and recipes that carry memory forward. That shift from hiding to creating is what made me unbreakable.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What truths are so foundational in your life that you rarely articulate them?
Some truths are so foundational to who I am that I don’t often put them into words. One is that love and legacy are everything they shape every decision I make, from how I raise my children and grandchildren to how I cook or write. Another is that resilience is survival I’ve learned that no matter how heavy life gets, I will always find a way to keep moving, creating, and building. And finally, I hold the truth that my story matters, even when it feels easier to shrink into silence. Those truths guide me every single day, even if I don’t always speak them aloud
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: When do you feel most at peace?
I feel most at peace when I can sit down with a pen in my hand, headphones on, and just write. In that moment, I disappear into a space that belongs only to me no noise, no expectations, no distractions. It’s a world where I can release everything I’ve been carrying, where words become both escape and healing. That’s when I breathe the deepest, when peace wraps around me like a quiet sanctuary
Contact Info:
- Instagram: Savasjewels
- Linkedin: Shania Elliott
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