About

I’m Shannon Post (she/her) and I’m a career coach—but not the conventional blue-suit-and-tie type. 

I believe finding the work you love is an act of rebellion that will change the world. 

What I know is, if you hate your job right now, it isn’t your fault. We live in a culture that depends on people believing work is supposed to be abusive and miserable. The good news is you have the power to change that. This is a skill you can learn.

I can also tell you that you're not alone. I searched for the work I was meant to do for well over a decade. I’ve had crappy minimum wage jobs and what on paper were “dream jobs.” 

None of the jobs felt right (spoiler... it wasn't the jobs).

The reason I wasn't fulfilled was because I wasn’t fully using my natural talents (mostly because I didn’t understand what they were) and I wasn’t making the kind of positive impact I wanted to make in the world.

I’d tried to find the perfect career so many times without success that I thought something was seriously wrong with me. Like maybe I wasn’t allowed to have a career I loved and felt passionate about. Or maybe having a career I was naturally good at was just a pipe dream.

If you can relate, know that it’s not you. It’s the box you’re trying to fit yourself into. That box, the traditional career path, doesn’t work for everyone—and that’s okay. There is fulfilling work out there that fits you and your personality like a glove, and it’s my goal to help you find it.

I transitioned to working with private clients in 2014, and since day one, I'd wanted to create a more affordable way to get help. There have been several versions, but in 2020 the full version of Discover What You Were Born To Do^® was born. It’s a robust 12-week course where I work with you to help you find a career path that not only fits your financial needs but also celebrates your talents, lifestyle, and desire to make an impact.

My work is informed by my own experience building careers in vastly different industries, over twenty years supervising, managing, leading, and mentoring employees, continuing education and my studies at the University of Montana, the University of Virginia, and Stanford University. 

But the thing I’m most proud of is that, against all odds, the life I have now is the dream I had long ago. Alaska. Based in Talkeetna under the shadow of Denali and the Alaska Range. The ability to make a tangible impact in people’s daily lives and improve the world around me. Alaska is breathtaking, and I am indebted to the Denaʼina Ełnena [dənʌʔɪnʌ] and their traditional territory where I now get to live and work.

I’ve been certified as a coach by Kathy Kolbe, a leading authority on human instinct, and Dr. Martha Beck, a Harvard-educated sociologist specializing in human behavior. 

I’m an INFP and my Kolbe index is 3-2-10-4. So I’m an introverted, empathic, innovative disruptor. I had a boss who said my results always broke the barriers of what he thought was possible and changed the world. He wasn’t wrong. 

Now I want to break the barriers of what you think is possible and help you change your world and the world of everyone around you.