Former 911 Dispatcher Shajuan Connell Releases Candid New Book on Love, Resilience, and Finding Peace

July 27 22:42 2026
Published by Harmony Publishing LLC, Love Lessons & Group Chats is a candid, witty, and deeply honest reflection on the people, relationships, and experiences that shaped the author Shajuan Connell.

Author Shajuan Connell announces the release of Love Lessons & Group Chats: A Candid Journey Through Love, Growth, Self-Worth, and Finally… Peace, a straightforward and honest reflection on the people, relationships, and experiences that shape a woman’s life. Now available for purchase, the book offers a look into the messy, often humorous reality of personal growth.

In Love Lessons & Group Chats, Connell shares her experiences spanning marriages, motherhood, financial challenges, and spiritual development. The core message of the book centers on a hard-earned reality: life rarely teaches us through perfection; it most often teaches us through survival. By exploring love in its many variations: romantic, familial, platonic, and self-directed, Connell presents a relatable account of what it takes to rebuild a life from the ground up.

The title reflects the unfiltered conversations shared among close friends during late-night hours. Connell brings that same 1 a.m. honesty to the page, balancing vulnerability with a sharp sense of humor. She acknowledges that growth is rarely graceful. Often, it looks like setting firm boundaries, forgiving oneself for bad decisions, or simply laughing with friends while guarding personal peace.

Inside the book, readers will find real stories of heartbreak and healing told without pretense.

Connell provides practical lessons on faith, self-worth, and the importance of choosing peace over chaos. She also gives readers permission to grow imperfectly, reinforcing the idea that becoming who you are meant to be is a painful, funny, and entirely worthwhile process.

Connell’s perspective is informed by a unique professional background. After spending nearly twenty-five years working in a 911 communications center, she retired to enter a new phase of life. Her current focus is entirely on family, faith, emotional well-being, and protecting her peace at all costs. Love Lessons & Group Chats speaks directly to women who have loved hard, lost big, laughed through tears, and continued to move forward anyway.

“This book isn’t about having all the answers,” Connell writes. “It’s about living long enough to recognize the lessons. And learning how to love yourself through all of them.”

Love Lessons & Group Chats: A Candid Journey Through Love, Growth, Self-Worth, and Finally… Peace is available now on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HB7665M2.

About the Author

Shajuan Connell is a woman of faith, an advocate for peace, and a self-proclaimed professional manifester. She is known for her sharp sense of humor, her appreciation for honest conversation, and her refusal to pretend that life is perfect. Following a 25-year career as a 911 dispatcher, she is now focused on emotional growth and family. When she is not writing, she enjoys entertaining, cooking for loved ones, listening to music, and sending voice notes and memes to the group chat.

Additional information can be found at https://shajuanwrites.com/.

About the Publisher

Harmony Publishing is a self-publishing company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, offering book printing, editing, cover design, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, marketing, and global distribution services for authors. The company handles hardcover, softcover, and ebook formats, with titles distributed through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online and physical bookstores.

More information is available at harmonypublishing.net

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