Author|Therapeutic Coach|Yoga For Healing—Transform Your Mind. Elevate Your Life. Break the cycle of anxiety, self-doubt and overwhelm.
Develop unbreakable confidence✨ Former angry victim who had "I'm not Enough" belief that projected into my whole life, my thoughts, my choices. I worked with a spiritual teacher for 4 years and birthed into a brand new person:) Through meditation, self exploration, inner child work, forgiveness, and surrender, I now have the capacity and passion to help others heal, to lift them up to see their potential. My approach to coaching includes both intuitive and practical tools and I only give you tools that I know work because I have used them. My background of yogic studies and practices along with therapeutic coaching allow me to have a dynamic toolbox for you to heal.
11/21/2025
📣NEW BLOG POST JUST DROPPED: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Self Worth-When Your Job Leaves You Doubting Your Value
If you’ve ever walked out of work feeling defeated, questioning your capabilities, or wondering “Am I even good enough?” — you’re not alone.
But you also don’t have to stay in that place.
In today’s blog, I’m breaking down 5 powerful steps to help you rebuild your confidence, reconnect with your inner strength, and remember the truth of who you are — outside of titles, performance reviews, and impossible expectations.
✨ Your worth isn’t up for negotiation.
✨ Your confidence can be rebuilt.
✨ And your power? It’s still there — waiting for you to claim it.
Feeling undervalued at work? Learn how to rebuild your self-worth, restore confidence, and redefine success on your own terms.
11/15/2025
📣NEW BLOG POST JUST DROPPED: When Your Brain Rejects Affirmations
You whisper the words every morning:
✨ “I am enough.”
But before the sentence even lands, a quiet voice fires back—
“No, you’re not.”
If you’ve ever felt this… you’re not alone.
And no, nothing is wrong with you.
Most women think resistance means they’re failing at affirmations.
But the truth is… your subconscious is protecting you.
Your mind isn’t rejecting your affirmation —
it’s rejecting the threat of becoming someone new.
💛 And THAT is the exact moment where your healing begins.
💭 Why Affirmations Can Feel Fake
When affirmations clash with old beliefs shaped by criticism, comparison, rejection, or impossible standards… your nervous system tightens.
Your body says,
“Wait. This doesn’t feel safe yet.”
This is why saying “I am confident” can create anxiety instead of empowerment.
Affirmations don’t fail because you’re broken.
They fail because you’re healing.
🌱 A Softer Way: Bridge Statements
Instead of forcing a statement that feels impossible, try gentle, believable reframes:
🌼 “I’m learning to trust myself more each day.”
🌼 “I’m open to the possibility that I’m enough.”
🌼 “It’s becoming easier to speak kindly to myself.”
These work because they honor BOTH parts of you—
the part ready to grow and the part still needing safety.
🧘♀️ Integrate It Into the Body
Confidence isn’t built in the mind — it’s built in the body.
Try this morning ritual (3 minutes):
• Sit tall, hand over heart
• Repeat your bridge affirmation slowly
• Let it vibrate through your chest
• Breathe between each repetition
• Notice the subtle shifts
At first it feels uncomfortable.
That’s normal.
You’re teaching your subconscious a new language.
Every repetition becomes a brushstroke painting a new identity rooted in calm, confidence, and worthiness.
One day, you’ll notice something magical…
You’ll catch yourself living the affirmation—
making decisions with ease, trusting yourself without effort.
That’s when you know: the affirmation has become a belief.
Read the blog here⏩️
Affirmations aren’t about pretending to be confident—they’re about teaching your mind and body a new way of being. In this post, Cindy Shaw shares how to bridge the gap between saying the words and believing them, using mindful repetition, emotion, and body awareness to rewire old thought patt...
11/14/2025
if you're struggling with tools, let's hop on a call so together, we can map out a journey toward joy❤️
11/08/2025
if you can't find one, reach out so we can develop a plan for you to notice the small wins!
11/06/2025
🪷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱!
Each week, I share tools, insights, and reflections to help you calm your mind, relax your body, and restore your nervous system.
This week’s post: Harnessing Your Energy for Good: Transform Negativity Into Positivity--How to protect, direct, and elevate your energy for your well-being — and the world’s.
Take a few deep breaths as you read — every article is an invitation to pause, reset, and come home to yourself.
💬 Share your thoughts below — I’d love to hear what speaks to you most.
11/05/2025
Embracing Positivity in a Chaotic World
🎤In this episode of The Coaching Corner, I discuss the importance of releasing negativity and choosing to embody positive emotions such as peace, compassion, and joy.
Watch for some practical tools to manage your emotional well-being amidst the chaos of the world.
👉Takeaways
✅You don't have to join the vibration of fear, frustration, or chaos.
✅Washing the energy off can be a cleansing ritual.
✅Choosing peace is a conscious decision.
✅Compassion can be cultivated even in tough times.
✅Mindfulness practices can enhance emotional well-being.
✅Embodying positive emotions can influence your environment.
✅Small actions can lead to significant emotional shifts.
I've dropped a link to book a coaching session in the comments if you're interested in diving deeper!
10/31/2025
living a more conscious life requires us to think about our future in terms of creating what we want.
the more we put our minds attention on what we desire, the higher the risk you face in actually getting it:)
Do you dare this weekend?
10/30/2025
🪷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱!
Each week, I share tools, insights, and reflections to help you calm your mind, relax your body, and restore your nervous system.
This week’s post: From Chaos To Clarity - How To Calm Your Mind And Take Back Your Power
Take a few deep breaths as you read — every article is an invitation to pause, reset, and come home to yourself.
💬 Share your thoughts below — I’d love to hear what speaks to you most.
10/29/2025
Feeling like your mind is on autopilot—overthinking, replaying conversations, spiraling into “what ifs”? Join me, Cindy Shaw of Break The Cycle Coaching Academy, in this week’s episode of The Coaching Corner, where we’ll shift the power back into your hands.
In this live session we’ll explore:
✅Why overthinking keeps you stuck in the same patterns
✅The practical coaching tools to pause, observe and redirect your mind
✅How putting consciousness in the driver’s seat changes everything—from confidence to connection
10/29/2025
Learn how to stop overthinking this week
10/29/2025
Talking about The Real SolutionTo Stop Overthinking at 1pm today.
If you're ready to sleep, relax, feel peace in your daily life, I'm showing you the tool today!
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Cindy is a transformation leader, certified therapeutic coach, business development mentor & international yoga and meditation teacher guiding you to eliminate fear, anger and stress from your life. Cindy helps you become aware of obstacles in the way of reaching your goals and teaches simple and effective tools to overcome those obstacles. As you practice these tools, you will grow in confidence while owning who you are -all of your unique talents and truths- staying rooted in you. Cindy always says, "Awareness is the gateway to change."
Personal & Professional growth is a 4 step process with Cindy: Assessment, Recovery, Support and Accountability. Following these steps will help you build a solid foundation to then create the life, the business, the family, the relationships you desire!
In her journey personally and helping countless others, she understands the key to change is having a coach/mentor that has walked the path and can support you and hold you accountable as you change. She takes a 3 pronged approach to helping you feel healthy, balanced and comfortable in your skin.
-Physical: Cindy will provide you with simple, clear tools to help you heal physically and bring balance to and allow you to have healthy relationship with your body. Focus is on feeding your body well, and a balance of rest and activity
-Mental: Through guided meditation & coaching sessions, Cindy will help you gain awareness of your mental obstacles that keep you in the loop of racing thoughts, retelling stories, and beliefs that keep you small. Awareness is the gateway to change so once your eyes are open to your subconscious, she can guide you to repattern your thoughts and teach you to choose healthy thoughts leading you to strong, healthy mindset!
-Emotional: Most of our world has misunderstood the purpose of emotions and feelings and instead of utilizing them as internal indicators that something is off inside that needs to be addressed or felt, they lash out in anger or retreat in fear. Cindy teaches you just what you can learn from understanding your emotional body and use it wisely to navigate through times when you feel stressed, anxious, fearful and angry.
If you are ready to let go of negativity, if you are willing to challenge your beliefs and if you are ready to squash stress, freeze fear, and axe anger, Cindy is the teacher that will help bring lasting change to your life leading you to experience more joy, peace, and gratitude.
Look for her group meditation events, online courses and personal downloadable guided meditations to help you eradicate mental obstacles in the way from you creating your dream life!
Testimonials
It is amazing what a profound and lasting effect Cindy's meditations have had in my life since I committed myself to meditating. Of course, like many other people, at first I was skeptical about meditating and did not take it seriously. I was scatter-minded and wishfully thinking. Cindy's love, guidance and patience has taught me to be gentle, accepting and compassionate with myself. Guided by Cindy and listening within is how I gradually began to love myself, I began to trust myself, I began to appreciate who I am. (Marina)
I feel more calm internally. Learning how to clear the negative internal dialogue has helped with that. I've learned how to reframe my words by putting the feeling of my emotions on me and not blaming the kids. And I've learned that meditation, even if only for 5 minutes, is a great way to focus on a problem, recognize a feeling, and grow from there. (Andrea)
My Story
I found myself as an adult very angry and reactive and it affected my personal and work relationships. I had alot of conflict in my life and was extremely judgmental of others. I also kept choosing the same man with a different face and name! When I reflect back, I see that I had created an island of 1-me. I distanced myself from everyone in my life...but why? So I wouldn’t be hurt. See I hurt others before they could hurt me. This was my defense mechanism that I created. Now in the world I looked like a strong and independent woman (and I was and am) but this was a socially acceptable defense mechanism. One day after yet another failed relationship, something clicked inside of me and I decided that NOTHING was more important than getting to the bottom of why I was so angry and why I kept making the same decisions that would give me the same result-and this result did NOT leave me feeling good about myself. So I sought out a teacher-the universe led me to her:) and I began a DEEP DIVE into myself. I called this work ‘no stone goes unturned’. It is those years of work with my teacher that allows me to give and serve the way I do today. And one of the foundations of this work was MEDITATION. If any of this resonates with you or turns on a voice inside that says, ‘I cannot wait another minute to make the changes I need to feel happy and at peace with myself”, then reach out to me. Don’t let another day pass where you suffer. There IS peace, joy, freedom on the other side of suffering and I promise you I can help guide you there-if you are willing. Love to you!
