I signed up for life coaching because I was feeling totally defeated and overwhelmed as a mom. 

I felt like I wasn’t a very good mom and I was angry a lot of the time. I felt like I was doing everything wrong.  I knew I needed to make a change, but wasn’t sure where to start.  I hoped that talking to someone about how I was feeling would help–and it did!

 

The life coaching calls have had a very positive impact on my life.  I realize now that I do have some control over my thoughts and that my thoughts are what drive my actions.  When I replace some of my bad thoughts with more positive ones I am able to make some positive changes for our family.  I learned a lot during my calls, but the most surprising thing was that I am a perfectionist and that is part of why I am so hard on myself.  I assumed perfectionist had perfect homes, and I do not.  I think of all the things I learned this is my favorite.  This was a really big thing to learn about myself.  Once I realized this it was sort of like I could give myself permission to not be perfect.  Not have a perfect house.  Not have perfectly obedient children.  And to be happier and more present in the moment.

 

I’m so glad that I found Shawna’s blog and her Simple Saturday emails, and especially that I took a chance and went out of my comfort zone to talk to another mom about how I thought I was failing as a mom.  I know I’m not perfect, but now I also know I’m not failing.  Thank you!!

When I decided to look into life coaching, I felt stuck in a lot of areas in my life. I knew I needed to work on my mindset but I was overwhelmed and didn’t know how to get started.

 

Shawna has kindly helped me assess each area of my life and has helped me overcome many limiting beliefs. She has introduced me to new concepts that have greatly impacted my relationships.

 

She not only has given me hope in meeting my goals but she taught me to embrace myself while still being mindful of the things I would like to change.

 

I highly recommend Shawna as a life coach, she is so compassionate and great at what she does. Her way of sharing different perspectives is surely a gift. Her coaching was definitely a blessing in my life. 

Are you stuck, aimless, uncertain of what your next right step is in life? Do you swing from the guilt of the undone laundry and/or boxes piled up in your home yet feel simultaneously annoyed by why that’s your responsibility in the first place? Or whether it even IS your responsibility? Do you wonder why you’re exhausted at the end of your day, empty-handed in terms of what you’ve accomplished, even though it feels like you’ve done nothing but do, do, do? Do you ever feel like you’re on the cusp of losing your identity or wonder who you even are anymore…like you’re a shadow or shell of the self that you want to be (or used to be)?

So did I, and let me tell you: not only did Shawna meet me with grace, but she met me with a compassionate, joyful energy, ready to help me get to work. She opened my eyes to MY vision, maybe for the first time in my life. She helped me recognize the lies, the myths, and the fears in my own heart and mind that were keeping me from experiencing the life (and mindsets) that God had probably intended me to have for years.

To think that I’ve only just this year encountered Shawna’s amazing (and so much of it free!!) content and to think how blessed I have been to work with her over the past ~7 months both in 1:1 coaching and in group coaching is best summed up by this unlikely-for-2020 statement: 2020 has been powerfully & positively transformative for me in terms of my perspective, mindsets, assumptions, intentionality, and relationships (marriage, family, & friendships included).

This year I started out in a hard place, with lots of uncertainty, lacking clarity, and with (unbeknownst to me until I started working with Shawna) quite a bit of resentment toward myself, others, and the world. This year I am wrapping up the year in the same job, the same marriage, the same house, with many of the same circumstances, but with a radically, wildly different outlook on my life. And it is making such a difference in my experience of the here & now and in my outlook toward the future.

Don’t let another birthday pass you by…YOU and YOUR life are worth showing up for, fully, as the person that you were truly created to be. And Shawna just might be the coach to help you do that…she certainly was (and is) for me!