S.ISAACS WELLNESS
M.Ed, Counselling Psychology
S.ISAACS WELLNESS
Trauma-informed counselling & coaching
for career growth & financial wellness
rooted in somatic (mind-body) approaches.
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Transforming our relationship with work & finances involves healing our relationship with ourselves, the mind-body connection, the Earth & our inner child.
You may be holding:
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Patterns of self-sacrifice, over-giving, over-responsibility and perfectionism.
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A history of nervous system dysregulation with / difficulty feeling safe with money, visibility, or asking for what you need
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Constantly 'hustling', striving & doing all the 'right' things you should do to become successful - but still feeling unsatisfied and stuck in survival mode.
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Ancestral and cultural narratives around survival, sacrifice, and self-worth
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Fatigue from navigating workplace systems that were never designed for you
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A quiet (or strong) desire to build financial wellness, career expansion, or business growth that feels sustainable and true to your values.
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Caught in cycles of over-giving and undercharging, especially in healing, creative, or care-based work.
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Desiring to build wealth in ways that support your holistic wellness and align with anti-capitalist, collective liberation values.
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Struggling to talk about money openly, especially around boundaries, needs, rates, pricing or value.
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You have a vision of your ideal career / business and are seeking ways to create deeper structure to bring it to life.
Hi, I'm Shalyn Isaacs. (pronounced: sha-leeen)
About Me.
Since 2021, I have supported women and women of color with reclaiming their careers and financial decision-making through a trauma-informed approach that combines insights from neuropsychology, somatics (mind-body) frameworks, and creative arts. This work honors your lived experiences, nervous system, and deeper values & desires —so you can build a career and financial future rooted in safety, clarity, and self-trust.
I hold a Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of Toronto and am a member with Career Professionals of Canada. As a Certified Trauma of Money Facilitator and Counsellor, I offer counselling as a registered professional member with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. I'm also currently completing training to be a Certified Career Strategist with Career Professionals of Canada. In addition to my education
in the field of psychology, I have been trained in trauma informed methods and mind-body resources as a Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator through the Ritvo Lab at York University
and as a Yoga Teacher through Samadhi Yoga ashram with traditional lineage teachers, through the Trauma of Money Professional Program, Cultural Somatics Institute, and through a certificate program taught by Dr. Janina Fischer.
Career Counselling
for Gaining Brief Support & Clarity on
Career Growth, Navigating Career Choices
& Financial Wellness
( 1 Session - 75 mins / $190 CAD )
Follow-up sessions - 60 mins / $170
Trauma-informed support for exploring your career choices, directions, self-worth, or money beliefs and habits while gently bringing you back to your core values and what is most important to you.
Counselling & Coaching Packages
Who I Work With.
I work with Women of Color who identify as leaders, entrepreneurs, mid-career professionals and healers-visionaries who have established careers, businesses, or creative work. I work with those are ready to grow and expand in ways that honor their highest vision of themselves, their careers & impact while tending to their their well-being, values, and nervous system. My clients are often leaders, healers, or caretakers who have carried patterns of over-giving, perfectionism, or self-sacrifice — and are now longing for a different relationship with work, money, and success. They’re ready for personalized, trauma-informed support that integrates mind-body wisdom, financial healing, and strategic growth, allowing them to build careers, businesses, and financial lives that feel spacious, sustainable, and aligned with who they are becoming — not just who they’ve been taught to be.
Embodied Liberation
Second Cohort - Five Spaces Available.
6-Week Private
Career Clarity & Financial Wellness Coaching Program
For Women of Color Leaders, Entrepreneurs,
Healers-Visionaries, and Mid-Career Professionals
Online / August 25th - October 11th, 2025
What I Do.
Since 2020, I have supported clients with:
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Identifying the roots of their financial habits (overspending, underearning, financial boundary troubles) - and creating financial habits rooted in self-trust and clear values.
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Developing trauma-informed strategies to address perfectionism and self-worth issues impacting their leadership, work and finances.
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Integrating mind-body practices into their daily lives to make choices with their work and money that support clear-minded decision making and holistic well-being.
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Using mind-body resources to help advocate for themselves in the workplace through communicating needs and boundaries from a place of confidence & groundedness, not survival.
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Making career changes, leaving unhealthy workplaces, and developing career change plans rooted in personal values and vision.
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Starting businesses, developing business plans and strategies that support financial nourishment and nervous system regulation.
My Approach To Counselling & Coaching
For Career Growth + Financial Wellness:
My approach combines counselling and coaching; integrating
insights from neuropsychology, trauma-informed practices,
somatic (mind-body) approaches, and creative arts.
This framework aims to address the holistic aspects that contribute
to career growth and financial wellness - beyond just strategies.
Many of our challenges with money, work, and self-expression are
rooted in trauma responses, social-cultural beliefs, and
systemic barriers, rather than personal failures.
My approach helps uncover what’s beneath the surface—
patterns and blocks— along with your true desires, values and vision
that are often hidden beneath social conditioning.
I support you with developing self-awareness, strategy and structure
to empower your financial wellness, career visioning, and business growth
in a way that honors your body’s unique wisdom.
Specializations
Does this sound familiar?
financial wellness
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“I’ve always felt like I had to earn my worth through overworking or self-sacrifice.”
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“Talking about money makes me feel anxious or ashamed.”
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“I don’t trust myself to manage money because I’ve made ‘mistakes’ before.”
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“Budgeting and investing feel inaccessible or like they weren’t made for someone like me.”
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“I want to be financially free, but not at the cost of my values, community, or wellbeing.”
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“My family’s relationship with money was shaped by survival—how do I shift that?”
Career Clarity
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“I’ve followed a path that looks good on paper, but it doesn’t feel like mine.”
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“I’m multi-passionate, but I don’t know how to ‘make it make sense’ or fit into a box.”
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“The careers I want to pursue don’t feel safe or secure enough for someone like me.”
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“I’m tired of chasing external approval—I want a career that actually honors my body and soul.”
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“I’m ready for a change, but I don’t know where to start or what I truly want.”
Business
Support
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“I want to build something meaningful, but I’m scared of being exploited or burning out again.”
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“I don’t want to follow hustle culture, but I also want to be financially stable.”
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“I struggle with charging enough or saying no to underpaying opportunities.”
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“My business is an extension of my healing—how do I protect it while growing it?”
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“I’ve been undervalued and over-delivering for so long—how do I rewrite that story?”
Leadership
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“I’m often the only woman of color in the room and feel pressure to prove myself.”
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“I’m ready to be a visible, impactful leader — but I don’t know what that looks like for me.”
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“I shrink in high-stakes situations even when I know what I’m doing.”
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“I’m afraid of being seen as too much — or not enough.”
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“I struggle to assert myself without feeling guilty or aggressive.”
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“I want to take up space without abandoning my values or softness.”
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“Conflict makes me anxious — I tend to avoid it or over-accommodate.”
I work best with those who:
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Identify as leaders, entrepreneurs, healers-visionaries or mid-career professionals with desire and resources to invest in trauma-informed coaching / counselling support.
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Open to exploring the mind-body connection and how trauma responses, culture, and lived experience show up in money, leadership, work, and self-worth.
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Seeking more than quick fixes—you want sustainable change, not just tips and templates.
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Reflective and self-aware, capable of exercising responsibility in their role in the process of change.
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Tired of overworking, under-earning, or self-sacrificing, and ready to question those patterns.
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Critical thinkers who are not afraid to question social-cultural norms that impact their well-being and career growth.
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Wanting a career, business, or financial life that aligns with their values, not just productivity or prestige
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Able to be with discomfort, gently, and open to slowing down in service of developing greater self-awareness and strategies that support both holistic wellness and career / financial growth.
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Open-minded or familiar with engaging in creative practices (writing, drawing, gentle movement) and mind-body practices (meditation, visualization)
This work may not be for those who:
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Require the support of a Psychotherapist or Psychologist for diagnosed mental health concerns / illness, or who are desiring to spend significant time unpacking childhood traumas.
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Currently in the early stages of career and business development and do not have the resource stability (yet) to invest in support.
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You’re looking for quick fixes, rigid financial rules, or traditional career advice that ignores systemic or emotional realities.
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You’re seeking high-pressure, “grind culture” business coaching or aggressive accountability.
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You’re not open to exploring how trauma responses, identity, or cultural context might shape your relationship with money, work, or success.
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You’re uncomfortable with gentle somatic (mind-body) practices or reflective inquiry as part of the process.
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You’re in active financial crisis (e.g. urgently needing housing, food or investing in my services would place you in financial hardship)—in this case, I recommend beginning with community-based or crisis supports first, then returning when you’re in a more resourced place.
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You are seeking someone to make decisions for you - you’re not able or willing to take responsibility for your part of the process— this work is a collaboration.
