MEET YOUR MENTOR
SHANNON VALLANCE
I’ve always been a weirdo but it took me a long time to recognize what a gift that is. As much as at times in my life, I wanted to be normal and to fit in. It was always my strangeness that led me to greatness.
From the very beginning, I was pushing against the cages society tried to place around me. I wasn’t born to fit inside systems—I was born to break them down.
That is my blueprint. It’s why I am here!
As a child, I’d hear,
“You’re so intelligent, if only you’d apply yourself.”
But I had no desire or ability to follow rules, sit still, or make myself small. The structures weren’t made for people like me. And no matter how hard I tried to play by their rules, it never ended well. In fact, it nearly cost me my life.
My early training ground was deeply traumatic; I've had to work through early childhood sexual abuse and a chaotic and unstable family of origin that perfectly led me into
chaotic and harmful relationships.
There were layers upon layers of survival.
And all of this was played out in a world not built for
neurodivergent minds ...
WE ARE HERE TO BUILD NEW WAYS
But back then, if you couldn’t mask, you were locked away or heavily medicated. So I learned to mask enough.
Creating confusion and MORE trauma in my young mind.
My high intelligence (in some areas only) and hyperawareness let me spot patterns and blend a little when I had to, but the cost was deep.
That same pattern spotting and environmental adaptation helped me succeed professionally.
I built a 20-year career helping others do exactly that: adapt, shift, survive, and then thrive.
But by the time I hit my third extreme burnout, I knew I couldn’t keep going. I loved my career, but I was operating in someone else's creation, someone else's rules.
you break out.
I am a shadow work therapist and I am here for you.
ENTER SHADOW WORK
For me it began with Reiki, level one became level 2 and that led into my master's...Twice. I had a thirst!! I studied counselling, hypnotherapy, NLP, somatics... Anything that would help me understand the human condition. I read books like they would run away if I didn't finish them in a day. I employed mentors and did apprenticeships with Sangomas...(South African Shaman). I learned plant medicine... It was endless…almost.
And at the end of it all...What stood out to me was the huge gap in spiritual circles. I was here to fill it. I launched my own business. BOOM!!
The patriarchy was alive and well in spiritual circles… We needed to refocus and clean this shit up!
Bring the Mother home to all of us. Through the work of the shadow.
The reclamation of what has been hidden, denied, and shamed.
Everyone hides, splinters, and creates shadows embedded in shame and pain. It's an inclusive human experience.
Every single one of us learns to deny parts of ourselves to fit inside this psychopathic society, one that’s ruled by patriarchy, hierarchy, and disconnection.
But I was never meant to be ruled, and if you are reading this, NEITHER WERE YOU!
I’ve always been a pattern breaker. School couldn’t hold me. Corporate life couldn’t contain me. Even the creative industries, where I had more freedom to be quirky, bold, and expressive, still asked me to work on their terms, on their watch.
So seven years ago, I stopped building other people’s dreams and started building mine. I launched my own business, developed my own systems, and brought everything I loved—mentoring, coaching, spirituality, heartfelt work, and real human development in a container of safety and left behind everything that didn't resonate.
Since then, I’ve been guiding people through the same process: coming home to their truth, stripping back the lies, and stepping fully into power. Holding them whilst they do the big work.
To deny nothing and embrace everything. Darkness and light. It's all part of the tapestry of you. And it's beautiful.
Now, I live a life most people dream of. I travel the world. I lead retreats. I have a wildly loving relationship, deep and held friendships, and a work life that is rich, free, and completely on my terms. I pick and choose who I work with. I move with a frequency that magnetises the incredible.
I'm not pretending my lifestyle for views; it's fucking real!! I created it through shadow work.
And I see it. The conditioning. The suppression. The cages wrapped in gold foil. I see the systems built to keep you small. And I’m not here to whisper sweet affirmations while you stay stuck inside them. I’m here to help you break out.
I am a shadow work therapist and I am here for you.
Meet The Serpent
She is not the villain. She is the life force.
The Serpent has always been sacred—sensual, wild, and wise. In this 6-week rite of passage, you’ll awaken the ancient cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Shed old skins, reclaim your body, and rise in your full power. This isn’t a course. It’s a remembering.
Meet The Crone
Prerequisite: Meet the Serpent
The Crone doesn’t coddle—she awakens.
Over 6 potent weeks, Shannon leads you into the raw, untamed wisdom of the Crone. This is deep, transformative work for those ready to burn illusions, break patterns, and stand fully in their power. Not for the faint-hearted. For the ones who are ready.
Retreats
These aren’t holidays. They’re initiations.
Seven-day sacred containers where shadow work meets cultural reverence. Held in powerful locations across the world, each retreat blends ceremony, deep inner work, and cultural immersion—honoring the land, its ancestors, and your truth. Rest. Rise. Remember who you are.
Meet The Serpent
Meet The Crone
shadow work
She is not the villain. She is the life force.
The Serpent has always been sacred—sensual, wild, and wise. In this 6-week rite of passage, you’ll awaken the ancient cycles of life, death, and rebirth. Shed old skins, reclaim your body, and rise in your full power. This isn’t a course.
It’s a remembering.
Prerequisite: Meet the Serpent
The Crone doesn’t coddle—she awakens.
Over 6 potent weeks, Shannon leads you into the raw, untamed wisdom of the Crone. This is deep, transformative work for those ready to burn illusions, break patterns, and stand fully in their power. Not for the faint-hearted.
Therapy Sessions
A Shadow Work Session is an initiation into the hidden self. Across each session we move through layers of talk therapy and energetic work to access the parts of you that have been buried or denied.
Wednesdays 10am-1pm-7pm
Thursdays 8am-11am 5pm, Friday 8am-11am 5pm
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S H A D O W M E N T O R I N G
This Is Not Surface Work...
This is excavation of the soul. A raw, intimate, and unflinching space for those ready to meet their shadows and rise into alignment.
I work one-to-one with only 8 people at a time, Wednesday through Friday, so you receive my full presence—not just during our sessions, but in the spaces between. These sessions are spacious, trauma-informed, and deeply supportive—designed for those standing on the edge of change.
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