POWERHOUSE GLOBAL MAGAZINE (PGMAG) INTERVIEW WITH: DANNY A. SHANNON (DS)

PGMAG: Thank you Danny for this opportunity to interview you today.

DS: Oh it’s my absolute honor, I feel like it is always a privilege when I get the chance to carry the message of recovery. This was a message that was so freely shared with me in the beginning of my journey to sobriety. I feel it is my duty as a human being to carry the message of love, hope and recovery to anyone who may be suffering. PGMAG: Our research shows us a man whose life journey has been of great challenge, yet inspiring. Please share a brief bio of yourself with our readers.

DS: I am a recovering addict who has not had a drink or a drug since the 15th of September 2009. I enjoy raising awareness through my personal stories about addiction and empowering and educating others about the emotional and social impacts of addiction.

I love my life I love my work I smile way to much And I love to make people happy!

I have earned a Diploma in Community Services and in the process of completing a Bachelor of Counselling. I am a Senior Case Manager at Glebe House, a treatment facility for men with addiction issues who are affected by the criminal justice system.

Most amazing of all, I am the founder of encapsulator, a secure web platform providing Digital Time Capsules. Allowing people to record their future hopes and dreams, documenting family histories to be passed on to future generations into a time-locked vault to be discovered at a later date. I love my life I love my work I smile way to much And I love to make people happy!

PGMAG: If you knew what you know now, what would you do differently?

DS: I have built myself a wonderful life today, in fact I am incredibly grateful to be a man in recovery from drug addiction. It truly is my past that has given me such a wonderful life today. I love everything about it and I do not regret a thing. I like to think that I would not do anything differently.

PGMAG: We want to know more about your invention which is a 'revolution' in Australia at the moment.

DS: Wow, thank you so much! Well, let me give you my pitch. My name is Danny and I am the very proud founder of a Digital Time Capsule company called encapsulator.

We provide clarity, discovery and motivation for individuals and a legacy for our future generations. So, for every time you have ever thought or said to yourself,

I wonder what I was like back then?

What was I thinking? How was I feeing? Well guess what, there is now a solution Our digital time capsules are 5 – 10 minute (self-recorded) videos on mobile phones and webcams in response to some engaging questions, allowing people to reflect on their present and record their goals and future aspirations. While the applications for our product are almost limitless, from schools and universities to corporates and not for profits, our first priority is helping rehab clients with their recovery and rehab centers deliver better outcomes. You see…I have ‘a passion for recovery’ and part of my significant progress over the last ten years has been recording my own time capsule videos, recording my hopes, dreams and aspirations and then updating these videos just recently to set new goals… being able to self - express without fear of judgement has been a big part of my progres.

Having personally experienced the value of these videos, worked as a case manager at Glebe House for the last eight years and recorded over 100 videos of clients over the last two years who I’ve received plenty of positive feedback from, I now want to help others. I could go on and on, I hope this has been able to explain a little bit about what we do at encapsulator.

PGMAG: What are the two books that changed your life?

DS: OMG, embarrassing but at the same time I almost feel proud to say I am not a reader, I do consume a lot of video content these days and I have learned so much. BUT as it happens I have read two books this past 12 months. Like I said, prior to this I couldn’t even tell you that I have ever read a full book.

The 2 books I read were, “Key persons of influence” by Daniel Priestly And the second was “how to quit smoking “by Alan Carr. Haha, guess what, they were two books that changed my life, I am still using tactics today and every day that I learned in the book key persons of influence to build my brand and become noticed. And I am a nonsmoker. Woo Hoo!

PGMAG: What is your message for someone struggling with an addiction?

DS: Great question, first of all I guess it’s really important to acknowledge that I struggled for 17 years on the streets using and abusing any drug I could get my hands on. In and out of jails, institutions and I felt like there was no hope for me.

The best advice I ever heard and I never understood it in the early days of recovery, I was told that the opposite of addiction is connection. What did this even mean I thought?

Well the fact is that my addiction took me to some dark places and in the end I was all alone, completely isolated from humanity.

When I got clean this last time I started to reach out and ask for help, finally. I started to build friendships that I had never even known how to do, I started to find people, who cared for me and people I cared for.

Today my life is full of amazing people that I love and care for, as it turns out, they were right. The opposite to Addiction was Connection.

PGMAG: Who would be your ideal travel companion?

DS: OMG, I love to travel, I have traveled with my best

mate quite a few times and he is amazing, I also traveled with another best mate and it was awesome. I love to travel with someone who is brave and likes to lead the way. I have done plenty of both, but I prefer not to be always leading the way. Its exhausting. Someone who can compromise and have lots of laughs and fun. Someone who is kind and brave. I hope that one day I will find my forever partner and travel the world with her.

PGMAG: What would you say to your younger self?

DS: Make sure you practice kindness and compassion always

PGMAG: You have been an excellent guest of this interview. Thank you once again and we wish you every success on your journey.

DS: Like I said in the beginning, I am truly honored to share my story and offer my love and hope to anyone out there, who may need to hear that message of recovery and share in my joy of life.

PGMAG: Please share your links with our readers.

DS:

LinkedIn “The Gratitude Maker and Sobriety King” https://www.linkedin.com/in/ danny-a-shannon-05a109163/

In this pod cast interview, you will hear about my journey of destruction and victory as Heroin addict and my journey to recovery and happiness Nesh Nikolic-Better Thinking Podcast https://neshnikolic.com/ podcast/danny-shannon-1 https://neshnikolic.com/ podcast/danny-shannon-2

Amy Waterman- from Yourbrilliance captured some of my journey and reasons why I developed A Digital Time Capsule Company called encapsulator https://yourbrilliance.com/talkto-your-future-self/ For more information, please follow me on YouTube for all the latest content 

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