Shawna has spent the last two decades helping people navigate change with clarity and confidence
Hi! I’m Shawna, an educator, Certified Career Development Practitioner, and coach with a Master of Education and more than 10 years of experience in adult learning and personal transformation. For the past two decades, I’ve supported students, professionals, and people in transition. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most of us already carry a quiet sense of what we want. We just need the right environment to hear it more clearly.
With a background in adult education, program design, and career development, I bring a blend of structure, empathy, and strategy to everything I do. I’ve taught in classrooms, worked internationally, coached one on one, and guided people through some of life’s biggest pivots: career changes, personal resets, and rediscovering what matters most.
What I do best is help people cut through the mental clutter and reconnect with their own wisdom. Through reflection, storytelling, and practical tools, I create space for clarity, momentum, and the confidence to move forward with purpose.
Reset + Rise is deeply personal to me. It brings together everything I’ve learned, both professionally and personally, about how to pause, realign, and take meaningful next steps. My goal is to help you hear yourself more clearly and walk away grounded in who you are and where you’re going.
Nicole has spent 15+ years guiding others through transformation with compassion, cultural humility, and a deep respect for the unique paths of healing and resilience.
Hi, I’m Nicole. I have an educational background in social work, and for the past 17 years I have worked in a range of roles, from counselor to group facilitator and educator. My experience spans youth and adult programs, newcomer services, employment support, and post-secondary education. All of my work has centered on helping people move through life changes and reconnect with their inner resilience.
I come from a mixed European background with Anishinaabe ancestry. In recent years, I’ve been on both a personal and professional journey of reconnection, deepening my relationship with Indigenous teachings, the land, and the medicine wheel. This path has brought me closer to my authentic self through nature, ceremony, and sound. Along the way, I’ve also learned what it truly means to rest, reset, and live with intention.
Whether I am supporting newcomers as they rebuild, holding space for people in grief, or guiding sound meditations with crystal bowls, my work is rooted in compassion, cultural humility, and the understanding that wellness is layered and unique to each of us. I’ve walked alongside many people navigating life challenges, and I hold deep respect for the courage it takes to reach out, gain clarity, and begin anew.
Reset + Rise is a reflection of all these experiences. It is a reminder that healing is not linear, that balance looks different for everyone, and that we all deserve spaces to reconnect in ways that feel authentic and right for us.
