“Presence is a rare quality in a world of 20-second sound bites, nonstop stimulation, and gnawing anxiety. What underlies presence?….People with presence have an ineffable quality about them; they are “present,” surprisingly attentive, and undistracted. A fullness, a centeredness, a wholeness radiates from them. We enjoy being “in their presence.” You can build presence. It is the natural radiance of heart security.” Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer Shawnee Shahroody Spitler has a holistic and intuitive approach to life coaching that invites a sense of joy and possibility while partnering to chart a course that will lead her client to the transformation they are seeking. She incorporates mindfulness and somatic experiencing, a practice that cultivates resilience for clients to respond to life and work from embodied self-leadership and foster resolution of trauma and burnout. She has dedicated her career to social and personal change. Prior to becoming a coach, she supported local and national non-profit organizations, public agencies, and schools for over a decade through fundraising strategy, grant management, program development and as an attorney. She is biracial of Iranian and European descent. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and led the colorful life of an American from a mixed cultural household growing up in the 70’s and 80’s – an unconventional family in a conventional suburb. She sees clients at Enso Natural Medicine and through her own practice Riverspire Coaching & Consulting at the Emerson. She offers somatic experiencing coaching, coaching for transformation, coaching for creatives, and coaching for organizations.