Hey there! I’m Shannan, founder of Kairos Coaching for Holistic Healing…
…where mystery meets practice!
Here’s a bit about my own journey
I’m an intuitive guide and healer, dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their intuition, bodymind wisdom and cultivate a life of self-trust and soul-self acceptance.
My journey began in my adolescence with traditional therapy, and I’ve spent decades actively piecing myself back together after growing up in an alcoholic family system and spending my adult years inside a religious cult.
The challenges of the pandemic resurfaced old wounds and I discovered the profound healing power of body-based, somatic equine therapy (that’s me during my retreat, right there!). This created an opening for powerful, ancient spiritual tools, including Human Design, Astrology, Chakra & Crystal healing, and Tarot. I’d been taught these were evil & sinister, but nothing could be farther from the truth, and these tools now guide my soul-centered approach.
My Unique Blend
I earned Master’s degree way back in 1992 and achieved advanced certifications in DBT and trauma-focused techniques like EMDR, CPT, and Brainspotting. I now combine decades of clinical experience with the wisdom of spiritual traditions. My Human Design Gates and Personality Sun Gate bring a grounded, accessible energy to complex topics, helping me offer practical, transformative guidance to others, while my Libra elements bring social justice, empathy, and a desire for harmony – all bridging the gap from the mystical to the practical.
My Philosophy
I believe healing isn’t about becoming the “best version of yourself” but embracing your authentic, messy self, imperfections and all. “My Mess is My Message,” is a motto reflecting the belief that vulnerability is the bridge to deeper connection. Healing is a lifelong process, and I work to nurture harmony, wholeness, and growth in my clients’ lives, and in my own as well!
What You Can Expect
Whether we’re exploring the archetypes in your astrological birth chart, unlocking the insights of Human Design, engaging in deep somatic practices, or standard cognitive restructuring work – my goal is to foster a safe, inclusive space for exploration and personal autonomy. Together, we’ll unlayer challenges, build self-trust, and reconnect with your embodied experience.
Beyond Healing
My passion extends beyond professional work—I’m deeply attuned to justice, fairness, and compassion, using these values to create meaningful connections. My nurturing energy and open heart create the foundation for a journey where you feel seen, understood, and inspired to step into your power.
Let’s embark on this transformative journey together.
Outside of Work
When I’m not in sessions, at day-long intensives, or hosting personalized retreats, I deeply enjoy time with my four adult kids and their partners, visiting my step-kids, and connectin with the grandkids!
I enjoy watercolor painting, making photobooks, riding on the back of my husband’s motorcycle, and recently learned how to crochet! I really enjoy being at the beach or poolside with family as water is my familiar element for spiritual connection and power. My deepest joy comes from my relationships – all of them!
1:1 Sessions
Leverage my spiritual intuition and professional skills to your advantage, become a Kairos Coaching client now!
Healing is my jam, including inner disconnection, indecision, depression/anxiety, inner child wounds of trauma/religious trauma, self-doubt/insecurity, attachment fears of rejection and abandonment, and emotional neglect – just to name a few!
I’m not a low-cost provider and my soul-centered coaching isn’t a covered benefit through insurance, but if you work with me you’ll receive individual sessions (50-90 minutes) learning how to integrate powerful spiritual and evidence-based practices.
I have decades of experience blending various modalities, and one of my gifts as a Libra is working in harmonious collaborate to achieve soul-self harmony and balance. My session fee is $175-$250/session, depending on the length.
Modalities & Skills used in 1:1 Sessions and Coaching Memberships
DBT/CBT – I’m intensively trained using these evidence-based behavioral frameworks. CBT explores the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and actions while DBT adds to that a skills-acquisition approach using 5 practical modules.
EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitizaiton Reprocessing therapy is a body-based, trauma resolution treatment based on activating both hemispheres of the brain or “bilateral stimulation” (BLS). BLS has been demonstrated to assist in reducing “big” emotional disturbance in assocation with traumatic events.
Somatic or Body-based Tools – blending somatic or body-based tools, concepts, and techniques like Somatic Tracking, Pendulating, Breathwork and gentle movement.
Spiritual, Nature-based Wisdom – pulling from non-religious, ancient self-reflective practices, we’ll bridge from mystical to pratical for healing of the body, mind, heart, and spirit. This includes Crystal work & Ritual building, Tarot/Oracle use of imagery for self-reflection and insight, Energy Healing through sound/frequency and chakra work, Human Design and Astrology resources, etc.
Print Resources
I offer the following resources, designed with your healing in mind:
- Self-reflective journals
- Worthiness Affirmations
- Values Card Deck
- Boundary affirmations journals and card decks
- Body acceptance journals and card decks,
- Daily Dose of DBT book & guided journal
- Mindful Productivity Planner
- Therapy thoughts guided journal: women, men, adolescents and non-gendered versions.
Click here to find these on Amazon.
Holistic Memberships/Mentoring
As a seasoned coach and healer, I’m honored to “pay it forward” and share with others the knowledge, guidance, support, and wisdom taught to me.
For Self-Healers: I provide a 6-month weekly email membership “Kairos Access Membership” for only $10/month. Each week, you’ll find both evidence-based and holistic tools for healing. Click here.
For healers and coaches: I offer a yearly “Elevate Mentoring Membership” for providers seeking monthly mentoring in a non-judgmental, process-based manner, combined with the ease of ready-made client resources. All this for $120/year. Click here.
Self-Paced Courses
Offered through my therapy business: SBMFT Services, PLLC – I’ve deveoped Mini- and MasterCourses founded in evidence-based modalities addressing Boundaries, The Drama Triangle and Top Ten Thinking Traps. Click here.
What They Say
Shannan is a really unique coach in that she’s also a therapist of 30 years. She brings such in-depth insight, guidance and support – it’s amazing! I didn’t think I could really sustain healing until I worked with her – don’t wait a minute longer!
My only regret is that I didn’t find this type of a healing process when I was younger and raising my children. I know healing is always possible, and I’m grateful I’ve learned these steps so I can share them with my grown children. Such a game-changer!
My healing happens at moments I least expect, and this type of a process helped me recognize those moments more clearly and establish a sustainable healing LIFESTYLE – she’s not wrong when she talks about how different that is than just going to therapy to learn isolated skills. Such a whole-person approach – I LOVE IT!
