Hi! I'm Shan Withnell and I help heart-centred female entrepreneurs (40+) ditch self-doubt, show up
I help you quickly uncover and heal the primary cause(s) of your self doubt, uncertainty and overwhelm. Once you have clarity and confidence and can plan and prioritise the important things in your business and life, I will support you through the inevitable challenges that always arise shortly after a big life upgrade. I guide you to tap into your intuition and connect with your body, so you can stay level-headed under pressure and handle day-to-day life with ease. I am an Advanced Rapid Transformational Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Soul Coach. I am an experienced practitioner with 30 years practicing many modalities including remedial massage and intuitive healing.
09/01/2026
I've been making vision boards for so many years - and have lots of stories to tell!š
I've been running them for years too. Women return year after year because they're fun, sociable, creative - and they work!
This year's workshop has evolved a little bit. Come along and see what's different
We only protect what we love. Most of us have forgotten how to fall in love with the natural world.
This is part of the introduction to this book written by Clare Andersen, to help us remember that it's not too late to fall in love with our planet again.
It's full of stories from people whose lives are shaped by the natural world.
These are stories by people who are well known, and people who aren't. Writers, artists,adventurers, scientists, farmers, athletes, and more.
And. I'm in there too! Humbled, honoured, and a bit nonplussed - but proud as well.
It's a lovely book. I recommend you get a copy!
08/01/2026
So how do we get people to care?
We only protect what we love. Most of us have forgotten how to fall in love with the natural world.
This is part of the introduction to this book, written by Clare Andersen, to help us remember that it's not too late to fall in love with our planet again.
It's full of stories from people whose lives are shaped by the natural world.
There are stories by people who are well known, and people who aren't. Writers, artists, adventurers, scientists, farmers, athletes and more.
And, I'm in there too! Humbled, honoured and a bit nonplussed - but proud as well.
It's a lovely book. I recommend you get a copy!
05/01/2026
Back to work today!
I hope the beginning of 2026 was rejuvenating and everything you hoped it would be.
21/12/2025
Itās Midsummerās Eve, the Summer Solstice, and a time of big magic.
Iāve borrowed a tradition I first heard about in England, called the 13 Magical Nights.
You write down 13 wishes or intentions on 13 small pieces of paper. These are statements of fact for the year ahead ā the life youāre calling in ā written as though itās already happening. Each wish goes on its own piece of paper. Fold them up and keep them somewhere safe.
After sundown on the Solstice, you take one piece of paper at random each night for 12 nights and release it ā by burning it, burying it, or letting it go in some other meaningful way.
Make sure you donāt look at it. Itās important that you donāt know which one it is. The idea is that youāre handing it over to the universe to take care of.
On the 13th night ā the 2nd of January ā you open and read the final piece of paper. This one you keep. This is your responsibility to make real. It becomes something to return to throughout the year. You might put it in your diary or journal, or on your altar ā somewhere that feels meaningful.
I like to keep a list of my intentions too, and at the end of the year I come back to them and reflect on what unfolded.
21/12/2025
A bit of Solstice magic
Itās Midsummerās Eve / Summer Solstice ā a powerful moment to pause and set intentions.
I love a tradition calledĀ The 13 Magical Nights.
You write 13 wishes or intentions for the year ahead ā written as if theyāre already true ā each on its own small piece of paper. Fold them up and keep them safe.
From the night of the Solstice, for 12 nights in a row, take one piece of paper at random and release it without reading it. Burn it, bury it, or let it go in a way that feels meaningful. The idea is to hand it over to the universe.
On the 13th night, 2 January, you open the final piece of paper.
This one you keep.
This one is yours to bring to life.
I love revisiting my intentions at the end of the year to see what unfolded.
Happy Solstice
20/12/2025
Iāve just graduated from the Platinum Program in Woman-Centred CoachingĀ®, and it marks the end of a significant chapter, and the beginning of a very intentional new one.
This year-long, research-based training deepened not only my skill set, but my embodiment as a specialist in womenās transformation.
It also asked me to stretch, commit, and grow, personally and professionally.
Iām proud of that.
With this completion, Iāve simplified my offerings and created one clear pathway for the women I most love to work with:
Reclaim: Putting You Back in Your Life
Reclaim is designed for midlife women whose lives look āfineā on paper, yet who feel stuck, disconnected, or unclear after years of prioritising others.
Common themes I hear:
ā¢ āI want to stop being so grumpy with my husband.ā
ā¢ āI know Iām meant for more, but I canāt see the path.ā
ā¢ āI want to say no without feeling guilty.ā
This is high-touch, deeply personalised work that restores clarity, self-trust, and the capacity to make meaningful, lasting change.
If this resonates, I invite you to book a conversation with me to explore whether Reclaim is the right next step for you.
12/12/2025
You have decades of lived experience.
Wisdom earned through work, love, loss, learning, caregiving, creating, showing up.
And stillā¦ you can find yourself wondering:
Who am I now? What do I actually want?
When I stepped away from a 30+ year massage practice a huge part of my identity was lost. When my kids left home, another layer fell away.
Even with all the learning, journalling, healing and personal development, I didnāt feel clear.
What I did feel was this quiet knowing that this chapter could become the most expansive, meaningful time of my life.
I look at women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond living fully, creatively, and unapologetically.
They inspire me deeply.
And I donāt just want to be one of them. I want to help other women become one too.
Thatās why I created Reclaim: Putting You Back Into Your Life.
A deeply personal, transformational programme to help you reconnect with who you truly are, clarify what you want, and go after it with confidence, without guilt.
If something here speaks to you, message me.
Iād love to talk.
11/12/2025
"You can't change it now - we've always done it this way!"
Are you caught in the tug-of-war of conflicting schedules, people's expectations, and the end of year crazy?
Telling yourself, "Keep smiling. Just hang in there".
Gritting your teeth. Sweat pouring down your back while you rush from keyboard to shopping centre, trying get everything on your list. Budget abandoned. You'll worry about that later.
It doesn't have to be that way.
Stop.
Take a breath.
Slow down.
Check in with yourself.
What do you need?
What do you want?
You have permission to change the way it's always been.
And you can do it - even if it upsets people.
It's your choice.
I can help you take the stress out of the season.
I can help you change the traditions.
And feel good about it.
I have a brand new program - Reclaim: Putting you back in your life.
Ask me about it.
01/12/2025
Fun, friends, ocean...
All the ingredients needed for a worthwhile endeavour!
Through November, my friends Kym Charles, Mina Pontello and I swam almost 70km towards SwimTrek's challenge to save our seas. We placed 192 of 320 teams!
This year, collectively, we swam 36,353km! Less than 4,000km to go, to have completed the whole lap. Next year we collectively might make the whole circumference of the world - we got pretty close this year!
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Helping you find freedom - mental, emotional and physical.
Like WD40 for your life, Shan facilitates your healing on all levels.
Achieve your biggest goals, re-write your story, live the life you dream of.
You can be more confident, more successful in career and sport, free from addictions and phobias, sleep better, reduce or eliminate physical symptoms and illnesses, get pregnant, lose weight - and more!
Shan is also an Intuitive Remedial Massage Therapist and Clairvoyant Healer with over twenty-five years' experience, both in the UK and Australia. Her early training was in osteopathy.
Shan Therapy is physically located in a purpose built cabin in Mona Vale on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia.
Sessions are equally effective online via Zoom or WhatsApp.
Testimonials:
Hi Shan, I wanted to thank you so much for the gift of your RTT session. It truly was wow! Wow! Wow! I am feeling so much better in myself. I am noticing since the session the clawing hunger for food I had seems to have relaxed its grip on me and I am feeling so much lighter. I am listening to the audio each night and feel so relaxed and happy to do so. This shows me that any resistance I had has melted away. How did I get so lucky? I am so grateful and thankful for your working with me and your professionalism. There is nothing I would change at all. Thanks again. - Helena.
I recently had a session with Shan to deal with my fear of being in enclosed spaces and in particular lifts. Iām pleased to say that Iām now riding the lift quite happily and I still have the recording of our session, if I feel the need to listen to it again. I was amazed at how quickly I worked through it. Thank you Shan for your professionalism, insight and guidance. I have no hesitation in recommending Shan - Molly
Fabulous RTT session. The tape recording is brilliant. I listen at least twice a day ā once in the morning and when I go to bed. Total relaxation. The feeling of complete exhaustion I have been experiencing for a long time now has gone. FANTASTIC! - Claudine
