Hi there! I’m Shannon.
My passion for helping people through midlife was born after my own powerful midlife experience. After 21 years of working for a large corporation, I found myself restless, exhausted and in need of a serious change. The training role that I had loved for so many years was no longer fulfilling to me. I was yearning to make a greater impact in people’s lives and connect with people in a more intimate way.
That’s when I decided to make a major shift in my career and launched my coaching business, where I work one-on-one with other people who are navigating midlife changes.
Looking back, I can see that long before my coaching career began, I was providing informal coaching to colleagues, friends and family anytime they came to me for support. However, what has shaped my coaching practice the most is my own personal experience with change, including divorce, career shifts, struggles with people-pleasing and perfectionism, burnout and recovery, loss and grief, and the many daily changes that touch every human life by midlife and beyond. Nothing lights the flame of compassion in the human heart better than ones own lived experience through tough times.
My goal is to support people through change by facilitating how they think about what they want and how to get there. Midlife coaching is all about helping you to create the changes you want at this stage in your life so that you can experience more freedom and joy.
Credentials
21 years of experience at a large corporation in sales and training roles
Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University
Certified Life Coach from the Wayfinder Life Coach Training Program, an International Coaching Federation (ICF) accredited program
A lifetime of experience with change, including divorce, career shifts, grief, opening a new business, burnout and recovery, overcoming perfectionism and people-pleasing and currently navigating perimenopause
Okay, okay, I still dabble with people-pleasing here and there and can overthink with the best of them, but I’m on m way! :-)
More about me
I live in Michigan with my beloved partner, Jeffrey where I work out of my home office.
I love to read - fiction, poetry or books on coaching, mindset, habits or women’s health.
I restore my energy through solitude and get most of my creative ideas through quiet contemplation
What clients are saying
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“I experience Shannon to be keenly intuitive who creates a warm & trusting space in serving my various & unique needs with each session. Shannon is always respectful of where I am at, with each step & provides the exact coaching required embracing me as I move forward. It is always a great decision choosing Shannon as your coach, you will gain with her help!”
Miche Rayment | Founder of The Hire Effect™
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"During the painful, completely stuck times as I was grieving the loss of my dad, your offering observations and tools to act in the moment were immensely helpful. Two things in particular really helped: I can still hear you say, "it will help if you can be gentle with yourself" and the tool you walked through with me to counter my negative self-talk.”
Nanami Zaitsu | Consultant & Business Owner
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"Shannon has wisdom and gentleness to help me look inwards and find answers that work best for me. Her sessions expanded my perspectives so much that my life looks different from how it used to. I look forward to working with her again. I cannot recommend Shannon enough.”
Dale Kennedy | Corporate Professional