Opportunities For Growth
Take advantage of one of these 3 opportunities below to work with Shannon: Individual Monthly Sessions, One Time Personal Retreats, Community Storytelling Consultation/Facilitation. Set up your free consultation and discover which option might fit you or your community best and help you connect with your authentic sense of spirituality and gain contemplative tools for grounding and centering in mind, body, and soul.
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Individual Contemplative Coaching and Spiritual Direction
Companionship for the Sacred Journey
There are seasons when we need someone to walk alongside us — not to give answers, but to help us listen more deeply to our own life.
Spiritual direction and contemplative coaching offer a sacred pause: a space to slow down, notice what’s stirring, and attune to the presence of the Divine in the ordinary rhythms of life.
As a certified spiritual director and contemplative coach, I companion individuals who are longing for deeper connection, clarity, and authenticity — those seeking to integrate their spiritual, emotional, and embodied lives. Whether you are discerning a new direction, navigating transition, tending to burnout, or simply desiring to live with more intention, our work together centers on listening, reflection, and gentle practice.
🌿 What to Expect
Each session is a spacious, confidential conversation where we listen for what is most alive in you — the invitations, resistances, longings, and quiet movements of Spirit.
We might draw on a multitude of spiritual practices depending on your comfort and needs. This is not therapy or life coaching; it’s a form of sacred accompaniment, a listening into your life with reverence and curiosity.
✨ The Value of Ongoing Companionship
Transformation unfolds slowly.
Monthly sessions allow us to trace the arc of your spiritual journey over time — noticing patterns, deepening awareness, and cultivating practices that support sustainable growth. Ongoing direction creates a rhythm of accountability and grace: a monthly space set apart for your soul’s attention.
Many directees find that regular sessions provide grounding through seasons of change, clarity in discernment, and renewed courage to live with integrity and joy.
💛 Session Details
60-minute individual sessions (online)
Frequency: Monthly recommended
Cost: $100 per month
🌸 An Invitation
If you feel a gentle pull toward slowing down, listening inward, and tending to your own becoming — I would be honored to walk with you.
📩 Reach out to schedule a free 20-minute conversation to see if this work feels right for you.
These sessions are booked according to client and coach availability. Cost: $100 per month
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VIP Contemplative Coaching and Spiritual Retreat
A Sacred Pause for Body, Mind, and Soul
There are moments in life that call for more space — space to breathe, to listen, and to realign with what matters most.
The VIP Contemplative Coaching and Spiritual Retreat is a private, half-day experience designed for those who are ready to step intentionally into stillness and clarity.
These extended sessions (2½–3 hours) are tailored to your unique season and needs, offering an integrative approach that attends to body, mind, and soul. Together, we’ll weave conversation, silence, reflective exercises, embodied practices, and spiritual guidance in a rhythm that allows you to rest deeply and listen inwardly.
This experience may be the right fit if you:
Are discerning or preparing for a major life transition or decision
Feel a need for focused re-centering and renewal
Are navigating grief, change, or burnout and longing for grounding
Wish to explore specific spiritual questions or practices in greater depth
These retreats are stand-alone sessions, booked intentionally as a spacious, sacred pause in the flow of daily life. They are held either in person (where available) or virtually, and scheduled according to mutual availability.
📅 Sessions are booked at least one month in advance.
💵 Cost: $450
This is not a typical coaching session — it’s a retreat for one.
A time set apart for deep listening, gentle guidance, and reconnection with your own inner wisdom and the sacred Presence that holds it all.
📩 To inquire or schedule your session, contact me for availability and preparation details.
These sessions are scheduled according to the availability of the coach and client. Cost: $450
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Community Storytelling Facilitation & Consulting
Healing. Connection. Transformation through Story.
Every community holds stories — stories of hope and hardship, of change and belonging, of who we have been and who we might yet become.
Community Storytelling creates a space for those stories to be seen, heard, and held — turning shared experience into collective wisdom.
As a certified facilitator in Community Storytelling, I help groups use the power of story to deepen connection, build empathy, and repair trust. Through structured, invitational processes, I guide participants in sharing personal and collective narratives that lead to healing, renewed understanding, and creative collaboration.
What I Offer
Customized storytelling facilitation and consulting for:
Congregations and faith communities navigating transition, conflict, or renewal
Nonprofits and advocacy organizations seeking to reconnect teams to mission and purpose
Healthcare and social service teams processing burnout, grief, or compassion fatigue
Schools and educational institutions exploring identity, belonging, and community care
Retreats and conferences seeking a meaningful collective experience
Examples of Storytelling in Practice
Community Building
A congregation uses storytelling circles to share memories of its founding, rekindling purpose and hope before a major leadership change.Community Healing
In a community reeling from tragedy, a storytelling project invited residents, faith leaders, and first responders to share their experiences and hopes, transforming grief into connection and isolation into belonging through the simple, sacred act of listening to one another’s stories.Conflict Repair
A church experiencing division over social issues engages in facilitated storytelling to listen beyond differences — restoring empathy and paving the way for honest, respectful dialogue.Collaborative Visioning
An organization hosts a “Stories of Impact” session to honor where they’ve been and dream forward — identifying shared values and emerging themes that inform future planning.Why Storytelling Works
Stories bypass defensiveness and invite heart-level connection. They make space for grief and resilience, difference and belonging, memory and imagination. When communities tell and listen to stories together, they create the conditions for healing, shared meaning, and transformation.
Storytelling doesn’t erase conflict or pain — it rehumanizes it.
It reminds us that before we are roles or labels, we are storytellers and story-bearers.Consulting & Facilitation Includes
Pre-session consultation to identify community goals and dynamics
Custom design of 1-time sessions, retreats, or multi-week series
Professional facilitation with trauma-informed, inclusive practices
Optional reflection materials for continued community integration
Let’s Begin the Conversation
Whether your community is seeking healing after conflict, connection across difference, or a renewed sense of shared purpose, storytelling can be the way forward.
Let’s explore how story might open something new for your community.📩 Contact me for a free consultation or program proposal.