A MEMOIR BY SHANE RODDY

RISINGTIDE

From Survival to Purpose.

From Spite to Legacy.

A deeply personal story about transformation, fatherhood, boundaries, faith, responsibility, and building a life that lifts others.

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WHY THIS BOOK EXISTS

Not a story about proving people wrong.

For years, pain was fuel. It created motion, ambition, and endurance. But motion without direction eventually becomes another way to stay lost.

Rising Tide is the story of learning the difference between being pushed by pain and being guided by purpose. It explores what happens when success stops being about reaction and starts becoming about responsibility.

It is about fatherhood, alignment, faith, healing, boundaries, leadership, and the decision to build a life steady enough that the people closest to you can rise with you.

“There is a difference between being pushed by pain and being guided by purpose.”

THE JOURNEY AND ITS CURRENTS

Six movements.
One life in transformation.

The story moves from survival and pain toward purpose, responsibility, fatherhood, and legacy. Each stage is shaped by the deeper currents of faith, boundaries, and alignment.

01

Survival

Learning to keep moving when standing still was not an option, while beginning to recognize the role faith played in carrying the weight.

02

Pain

Understanding that pain can create motion, but cannot choose the destination or sustain the fire forever.

03

Purpose

Replacing reaction with direction, ambition with alignment, and the need for approval with a clearer sense of calling.

04

Responsibility

Choosing integrity, learning boundaries, and accepting that growth becomes meaningful when it reaches beyond the self.

05

Fatherhood

Becoming the stable, present example that changes what the next generation believes is possible.

06

Legacy

Building more than personal success. Building a life steady enough to lift the people closest to you.

0Years Building Businesses
0Impacted Through Service
0Mission: Leave a Legacy
Shane Roddy, author of Rising Tide

MEET SHANE RODDY

A life measured by what it helps others become.

Shane Roddy is an entrepreneur, father, business leader, and advocate for service-driven impact. His work spans business development, technology, nonprofit medical missions, and initiatives designed to create opportunity for the communities and people around him.

Rising Tide is his most personal project. It is an honest account of the experiences, mistakes, responsibilities, and relationships that transformed how he defines success.

Continue the journey at ShaneRoddy.com

EARLY READER REACTIONS

Words that stay with you.

“Raw, reflective, and grounded in the kind of responsibility that cannot be performed.”
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“A memoir about becoming more honest, not more polished.”
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“The message of boundaries, fatherhood, and legacy feels both personal and universal.”
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How I Stopped Living for Approval and Started Building a Legacy

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