About Sherri-Lyn Shaw

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To answer this question, it’s probably best that I share with you a defining moment, and a resulting “compelling story”, that brought me to where I am today – mentoring people like you on exactly what to do to take the reins back on your life, to take full responsibility for and control back on your health and healing journey, to create the life of your dreams – a life that now fills me with happiness and satisfaction, healed my food sensitivities and other health ailments, and put me in direct contact with my inner wisdom and compass. That defining moment in my life happened in January of 2008.

I was in my late twenties, building a life together with my husband, building my I.T. career and building a beautiful, fun, busy, adventurous life experience where I always had enough money, had everything I needed, but things were crumbling in terms of my body and health.

My hip (left S.I. joint) challenges were severely limiting my life. I had given up running, curling, and any other activity that would negatively impact my left SI joint and therefore, negatively impact my life as a whole.

My food sensitivities were holding me hostage. My social life had been hugely impacted because most of my friends and family found my new restrictions too challenging to work with, which meant that the social food-based gatherings we would have previously been invited to were now no longer offered to my husband and I. I don’t judge this - I had previously made similar judgements and decisions with someone close to me who had serious allergies (I could barely cook as it was and now I would have to remove a key ingredient AND take the responsibility of not making them sick...that was simply too much for me to consider taking on). Now that shoe was on the other foot and I recognized how challenging and isolating it is to have health challenges. 

I had entered a career into the I.T. industry at the suggestion of my Mother (who I know simply wanted me to create a better life for myself) and committed myself to building a successful career, starting with programming, doing testing and compliance and eventually working as a Business Analyst. I was really good at what I did, I loved the people that I worked with and the work I did. Working as a Business Analyst was the best fit for me within the I.T. industry that I had run across, with the high engagement with people and just enough tech-stuff to keep my mind engaged and challenged. It came at a cost though. The stress and pressure of the project deadlines and project coordination was hard on my body – of that I could sense and see (although I did not listen to my body’s calls). I sensed deep down that I was meant to do something different. My hair was greying in my early twenties. I always felt like my job was “trying to kill me”…and maybe it was because it truly was not what my heart was calling for. 

My food sensitivities took over my life with my primary sensitivities being to gluten, dairy and eggs. Not only did I need to avoid these items and other various items, but I also ended up confining myself to my home for, at times, up to three days at a time because often it wasn’t “safe” for me to leave the house because my digestive system was so imbalanced, volatile and unpredictable. Each item that I was sensitive to gave me very distinct, unpleasant digestive issues.

Along with those food sensitivities, I was fatigued (my adrenals were maxed out), had hypothyroidism and experienced regular migraines which would take me down for up to a week each month where I could only tolerate a dark, quiet room and sleep. My symptoms were getting in the way of living my life and definitely impacting my overall quality of life.

I visited my family doctor and was prescribed multiple prescriptions for the various issues, some with possible side-effects like headaches and digestive issues - weren't those the things I was trying to get away from?. I asked if there was more that I could do to help myself and was told that I would just need to live with these conditions and take the prescriptions. EVERYTHING about this felt wrong to me.

I had always believed in a more natural, holistic ways to heal our bodies. In my heart, I sensed that our body’s were designed to and were capable of healing. I believed in the power of plants and lifestyle changes. I had seen it first hand with my Dad turning his life around in my younger years and I had seen it with others as well. I knew that there had to be a way for me. It was in that moment that I vowed to myself that I would find a different, better way, a way to figure out this whole “healing thing”! It was in that moment that I took the power I had given away to our medical system back and took full responsibility for my health and life. 

And so began my healing journey. I tried EVERYTHING! I cleaned out ALL chemicals and toxic ingredients in my life (cleaning products, laundry detergents, foods, etc), focused on more organic produce and food. I worked with osteopathic therapists, massage therapists, naturopaths, acupuncturists, coaches, psychologists, ayurvedic practitioners and various holistic practitioners. I tried yoga, sound and colour therapy, Reiki, had a mediumship reading, attended a retreat, changed the way I ate, thought, and even my beliefs. I cut out watching and listening to the news more than once a day (I could keep on top of what was going on without drowning in the negativity). I started meditating, spending more time in nature, connecting with my intuition, learned how to hear the callings of my heart and soul and started making decisions from my heart rather than only my logic. Each of these items impacted my life – some in smaller, more subtle ways, others in more profound, visibly impactful ways. It was like each of these was a cog in the personal healing journey of Sherri-Lyn Shaw, which has been the adventure of a lifetime! 

I found the role “life coach” which honestly made my heart soar because it absolutely hit on my knowing that I was meant to help others in more deep and meaningful ways and to make a positive impact in the world (although I didn't know quite how I would do that). I took the certified life coach and master life coach certification programs and then halted. One of the tools I was provided with was a chart to help my clients to assess their level of satisfaction and happiness with the various areas of their lives holistically, to create a baseline and identify the areas to focus in. One of the areas was labelled “Spirituality” and to be completely honest, I had NO IDEA what that word even meant. I wasn't raised with religion and if I am honest, I didn't believe in the higher source that many referred to (I was jaded after losing my neice in my teens, amongst other events). If I couldn’t properly find the words to define it, there was a good chance that I had more work to do in my own personal journey before I could help support someone else in a balanced, holistic way. So I paused the “life coaching” to learn first-hand what spirituality really meant.

Somewhat reluctantly, I took my Level 1 Reiki certification to allow me to start practicing Reiki on myself and my close family and friends. From there, I felt curious about other modalities and approaches so I learned about Sound and Colour Therapy, explored Shamanism, Access Bars, Universal Spheres, Emotion Code, Body Code, Mediumship, Ho’oponopono and much more! With each step and approach, more of my health issues started melting away – my hypothyroidism, my migraines and I started to regain some quality of life. My hip and digestive issues were still a thing.

With Emotion Code, I was able to address my hip/Left SI joint issue when I found a pocket of grief that was held in my left hip from the loss of my niece in my early teens. This had never been processed and releasing the emotions tied to that grief freed me from this “biomechanical” issue for good! I’ve even started running again. 

With a combination of eating foods to help clean-up my liver, connecting to my intuition and developing my spiritual practices more deeply, listening to and following my heart (I previously operated primarily on logic, what society and my family said I "should do" and analysis - at least in terms of my career and finances) and healing/releasing the things that were sub-consciously holding me hostage, I was able to heal my food sensitivities as of Spring 2021. 

I restored balance to my body, cleaned up my past and started helping women to restore balance to their bodies and lives while teaching them how they can better manage their energetic state: I watched their confidence soar, their connection to themselves deepen, their trust in their own abilities increase and their health and life improve too! I have since made a commitment to dedicate the rest of my professional life to helping other women to take their power back in their life and build a life that brings them happiness and satisfaction, skyrocket their personal success and satisfaction, balance their health and wellbeing and experience the peace, ease and freedom that they desire.

I’ve now been formally working as an energy practitioner since 2017 and I absolutely LOVE what I do!     

Since then, I’ve worked with many private clients: I lived my dream of stepping out of my career in the I.T. industry and stepping into my healing work to help others to create deep and meaningful change in their lives, working for myself, healing my body and my life and finding a peace, joy and simplicity in my life; and I have created Heal your Body Blocks and Deep Dive into Your Intuition, a series of 1-on-1 sessions to release the energetic weight that is holding you back while building your connection with your own inner wisdom and navigation system (your intuition) that every woman needs to improve their health and navigate life with confidence and ease.