Shannon Donohoe-Simpson Joybringer | TruthTeller | TEDx Speaker | Facilitator

I’m a Joybringer, TruthTeller, and fierce-hearted spaceholder. As a TEDx speaker, facilitator, and coach, I create spaces where people feel safe to be real—where stories matter, joy is reclaimed, and healing happens through truth shared in community. I’ve walked through illness, heartbreak, reinvention, and the complexities of parenting children with big feelings and beautiful hearts. I know what it is to fall apart—and rise again. I believe joy isn’t something we wait to feel—it’s something we choose, especially in the mess, the grief, and the uncertain in-between. It’s the choice to keep showing up with an open heart.

From retreats to intimate circles, to powerful conversations on stage or online—my work lives inside the sacred moments where courage and vulnerability meet. For years, I’ve been gathering people—around tables, in shared spaces, through celebration and quiet connection. I live for the moments that remind people they are seen, heard, and never alone.

Whether I’m speaking on stage, facilitating a retreat, or sharing a Toolbox Tuesday episode, my mission is always the same: to spark connection, raise the energy in the room, and remind people of the light they’ve forgotten they carry. You don’t need to be “healed” to feel whole. You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin again. You just need a space to come home to yourself. That’s what I do. And that’s why I’m here.