Professional Speaking
Are you looking for a speaker who will help your team feel
seen, understood and supported?
What if you could partner with a speaker who will curate a session specific to your audience’s needs?
I partner with helping industries to promote wellness & resilience through talks on mindfulness, self-compassion, emotional fitness & other ways to fill your cup.
Meet Your Speaker
It’s true. Speaks is really my last name!
Shannon Speaks
Licensed Independent Social Worker with a Supervision Designation
Certified Mindfulness Teacher
ICF Certified Holistic Life Coach
Bio
Shannon knows firsthand about the demands of front-line service work, she has lived it for thirty years! After earning a Bachelor’s of Science from Kent State University in Therapeutic Recreation, Shannon spent nearly a decade serving older adults and their families in a long-term / rehabilitation setting. While working, she went back to graduate school at Case Western Reserve University to advance her education earning a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Utilizing her new skills, Shannon would shift her service to companioning with people on hospice care. Her love of research and learning was strengthened while teaching at Kent State University in Human Development & Family Studies for 15 years.
Shannon currently works part-time at Summa Health as a Social Worker. She spent over five years supporting people living with cancer and their families at the hospital’s outpatient cancer treatment center. Today at the hospital, you will find her supporting the hard working health care employees through mindfulness.
In addition to her hospital work, Shannon has started her own business – Nourish Whole-Person Counseling & Coaching, LLC where she supports other caregivers with innovative whole-person-coaching. Along with course creation, Shannon is on a mission to share the science-based benefits of mindfulness and self-compassion with caregivers of all kinds!
Signature Talks
Permission to Pause
Give your audience the space to press the pause button and settle their molecules with this combination educational-and-experiential talk regarding the evidence-based benefits of mindfulness in real life.
Self-Compassion When Things Are Hard
Let’s be honest – things have been really hard. How can we build resilience in the face of so many challenges? Learn and practice the evidence-based benefits of mindful self-compassion and become more resilient!
Finding the FUN in Mindfulness
Let’s find the FUN in mindfulness together! Treat your audience to wonder, delight, and laughter with this light-hearted approach to the meaningful practice of mindfulness.
Emotional Fitness for the Every-day Person, in Every-day Life with Every-day Emotions
We all know about physical fitness, but what does emotional fitness feel like? How can we gain emotional strength, flexibility, endurance, and stillness? What’s at the core of who we are? Learn the eMOOV practice (co-created by Shannon) and see how adding a work-in to your workout can transform your every-day experiences.
