Shonnie Lavender

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If you're a mom, a caregiver, or someone who's spent years taking care of everyone ahead of — or instead of — yourself, Shonnie Lavender's work is for you. As a mental health counselor and parent coach, Shonnie helps people build, deepen, and repair the relationships that matter most — with themselves, their partners, and their kids. A recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, she knows firsthand what it's like to lose touch with your own truth under the weight of internal criticism and cultural expectations about who you're supposed to be. Her work helps people find their way back — to themselves, and to deeper, more loving connection with the people in their lives. Shonnie's approach is grounded in formal training in clinical mental health counseling and coaching, but it's also shaped by her own life: being adopted, losing a parent during young adulthood, building a marriage that has lasted more than 25 years, and facing a cancer diagnosis. These experiences don't just inform her work — they're part of why her clients trust her.

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