When life feels overwhelming…
I will help you THRIVE
Why Me?
I help you figure things out in the way that works best for you — without pressure or overcomplicating it.
Why I became a coach
Hi, I’m Soleil.
I didn’t set out to become a coach. I didn’t wake up one day wanting to help people change their lives. Sure, I’ve always had a soft shoulder for friends and strangers to lean on — but this work wasn’t part of the plan.
Life forced me into it.
Last year, I experienced a tragedy that ripped me apart.
Grief didn’t just break my heart — it gutted me.
It ripped the floor out from under me and left me questioning everything:
my choices, my guilt, everything I thought I knew, every moment I wished I could redo.
I started searching internally for answers.
What could I have done differently?
When did I get so tired and overwhelmed that I stopped showing up the way I should have?
Why couldn’t I help?
I didn’t go looking for coaching.
I went looking for answers.
Decades ago, when my son’s father took his own life, my aunt sent me to see someone — a master NLP practitioner.
He helped me shift, helped me get back on track.
So when NLP and coaching started showing up in my feed, it caught my attention.
Years ago, I had looked into training as a coach with Tony Robbins — the GOAT — but I didn’t think I could make it happen.
I didn’t do it.
And honestly? I truly believe that if I had done it back then, I might not have experienced the tragedy I did a year ago.
But the past is the past.
We can only control where we are now.
So I signed up.
And I spent the past year completely immersed in Strategic Intervention, Advanced Strategic Intervention, NLP, and finally Hypnosis.
With every step — every modality, every breakthrough — something kept opening in me.
Aha moments that changed how I saw myself, my patterns, and the world.
And I started seeing how these tools could help so many people.
Honestly, I believe this should be taught in schools.
Somewhere early on, passion took over.
This work didn’t lose its luster — it grew.
Ask my husband, my kids, my friends…
I don’t shut up about it.
I’ve seen what it can do.
I’ve lived what it can do.
I know what it could have done.
So here I am — wanting to share what I’ve learned, wanting you to know that better is always possible if you believe in it, and there is no better time than now.
Soleil Shepherd
Transformation Coach / Strategic Intervention / NLP / Hypnotist/ Mindscaping for Changework
Meet Soleil
Biography
About Soleil Shepherd
Soleil Shepherd is a Certified Robbins-Madanes Coach, Certified Master NLP Practitioner, Certified Neo-Ericksonian Hypnosis Practitioner, Mindscaping Practitioner, leadership and personal development coach, entrepreneur, and mother of four who is passionate about helping people create meaningful and lasting change.
For more than 20 years, Soleil has worked in leadership, operations, management, coaching, and business development roles across multiple industries. Throughout her career, she became known for her ability to recognize potential in others, develop future leaders, improve operational performance, and help people achieve results they often did not believe were possible.
She has lead teams of more than 55 employees, coached and mentored emerging leaders, improved business operations, built customer-focused cultures, and successfully led projects ranging from operational assessments to software development initiatives. In addition to her corporate and entrepreneurial experience, Soleil founded, facilitated, and grew an online community of more than 8,000 members, creating an environment where people could connect, learn, and support one another through life’s challenges.
While her professional accomplishments were significant, it was a profound personal tragedy that ultimately changed the direction of her life.
Faced with challenges that deeply impacted her family, Soleil became determined to understand why people think, feel, and behave the way they do—and more importantly, what creates genuine and lasting transformation. What began as a search for answers became a passion, and eventually a calling.
That journey led her to study some of the most respected approaches to human behavior and personal change. She became a Certified Robbins-Madanes Coach through Robbins-Madanes Training, earning certifications in Strategic Intervention, Advanced Strategic Intervention, and Marriage Education and Divorce Prevention. She continued her education by becoming a Certified Master NLP Practitioner, earned a certification in Neo-Ericksonian Hypnosis through the Mike Mandel Hypnosis Academy, and finally becoming certified in Mindscaping for Therapeutic and Generative Change.
Today, Soleil combines practical life experience, leadership expertise, and advanced training in human behavior to help individuals, parents, couples, and families better understand the patterns that drive their lives. Her work focuses on helping people identify unmet needs, limiting beliefs, unconscious patterns, and relationship dynamics that often keep them stuck.
Drawing from Strategic Intervention, NLP, hypnosis, and Mindscaping methodologies, Soleil helps clients create meaningful change at both the conscious and unconscious levels. This work can be done without clients needing to relive painful experiences or disclose every detail of their circumstances, allowing them to focus on getting results rather than remaining stuck in the problem.
Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, Soleil helps clients uncover the deeper drivers behind their challenges so they can create meaningful change that lasts. Whether someone is struggling with self-doubt, relationship conflict, parenting challenges, overwhelm, communication difficulties, stuck, or repeating life patterns, her goal is to help them develop greater awareness, confidence, resilience, and most importantly, transformation.
Clients appreciate Soleil’s practical, compassionate, and down-to-earth approach. She believes lasting transformation doesn’t come from simply knowing what to do—it comes from understanding why we do what we do and learning how to create change at the level where patterns are formed.
Today, Soleil works with parents, couples, families, leaders, and individuals who are ready to stop feeling stuck, strengthen their relationships, and create the life they truly want. She works with clients throughout Canada and internationally through virtual coaching sessions conducted via Zoom and Google Meet.
Based in Lethbridge, Alberta, Soleil enjoys spending time with her family, continuing her studies in human behavior and personal development, and pursuing her mission of helping people better understand themselves and each other and ultimately love the life they live.
Her vision is simple: to empower people with the awareness, tools, and support they need to create healthier relationships, stronger families, more empowered decisions, and more fulfilling lives. To Thrive.
Why Clients Trust Soleil
Professional Certifications
• Certified Robbins-Madanes Coach
• Certified in Strategic Intervention
• Certified in Advanced Strategic Intervention
• Certified in Marriage Education and Divorce Prevention
• Master NLP Practitioner
• Certified Neo-Ericksonian Hypnosis Practitioner
• Certified in Mindscaping for Therapeutic and Generative Change
• Trauma-Informed Practice Training (Alberta Health Services) – In Progress
Real-World Leadership & Business Experience
• More than 20 years of leadership, management, coaching, and business experience
• Led and developed teams of up to 55 employees
• Developed future leaders and high-performing teams
• Entrepreneur and business owner
• Led operational improvement and business optimization initiatives
• Project owner and project manager for software development initiatives
• Extensive experience in operations, customer experience, training, and organizational development
Coaching & Community Impact
• Founder and facilitator of an online community of 8,000+ members
• Extensive experience coaching, mentoring, and developing individuals and teams
• Specialized focus on human behavior, relationships, personal growth, and lasting transformation
• Helps individuals, parents, couples, and families identify and change the patterns that keep them stuck
• Utilizes Strategic Intervention, NLP, Hypnosis, Mindscaping, and content-free change methodologies where appropriate
Personal Understanding
• Mother of four with firsthand experience navigating the challenges of parenting and family life
• Turned personal adversity into a mission to help others create meaningful change
• Combines professional expertise with real-world life experience
• Committed to creating a compassionate, practical, and judgment-free environment for growth and change
Certificates
