Author, Coach, & Keynote Speaker
Shannon Joy Mekeel is a USAF veteran, a seasoned marketing professional, and a dedicated storyteller committed to transforming the modern workplace through empathy and transparency. Since embarking on her transformative 30-day journey in March 2023, a pivotal pause that allowed her to finally reconnect with her small, quiet voice, Shannon’s life has evolved in beautiful and unexpected ways.
In the second edition of YOU HAVE ARRIVED, Shannon expands her narrative beyond her own becoming to provide a fierce social analysis of the American heartland. Drawing on the last 20 years of building a career in Florida and her deep roots in rural Colorado, she examines the systemic intersections of industrial decline, mental health crises, and the historical lack of consent education that has impacted generations.
Her work is now a call to action, advocating for national reform in consent education and a restructuring of workplace culture to protect the most vulnerable and restore humanity to our professional lives.
The irony of her title, “YOU HAVE ARRIVED,” is that none of us ever really do arrive. Instead, we just do our best every day to be authentic and honor those who have gone before us. Sure, there are those big, beautiful moments when we sense the clouds parting and we reach the proverbial summit, but eventually, we must climb down the mountain, regroup, and walk toward our next goal to arrive once more.
Read the book. Book the speaker. Be the change you want to be in the world.
Give Your Employees the Gift of Pause & Reflection
Discover your organization’s Roadmap to Empathy as Shannon invites your employees to ride shotgun on her epic 30-day voyage. Leaders will learn resiliency and be guided down a path of deep personal reflection. Shannon, or (SunshineShan as she is known by her friends) is ready to bcome your team’s ignition for happier, healthier, and more satisfying lives in 2026 and beyond.
Her two-day corporate retreat curriculum will compel and inspire you to understand and implement more humanizing approaches in business and in life. We can’t wait to meet you!
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Testimonials for Shannon Joy Mekeel
"Shannon is one of the most insightful groundbreakers and changemakers I have ever worked with. She has always been ahead of the curve! She leads to serve, has a strong moral compass, is selfless beyond measure, and her willingness to always go the extra mile is unparalleled. If you get a chance to work with Shannon, you won’t regret it!"
Erica Spivey-Averion
Executive Director
Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence
“I can attest to her exceptional work ethic, expertise, and commitment to excellence”
—Lindsey Freeman, Colleague, 2016- Current
Watch this short video as USAF Veteran, author, and consultant, Shannon Joy Mekeel discusses empathy, humanization, and its practicality in corporate America, with special guest, Erica Averion, Executive Director
Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence.
“Shannon is a catalyst for positive change. Her systemized and efficient solutions not only provide a competitive advantage in attracting new talent, but they also significantly improve employee loyalty and job satisfaction. Any organization would greatly benefit from her expertise and dedication. Shannon has my highest recommendation."
Sam Pepin
Co-Founder @CoreCentrica and host of the Meaningful Marketing Podcast
“Shannon has this unique ability as a storyteller to weave personal and professional lessons into something very meaningful. She shares why listening to your small, quiet voice and journaling for clarity is so important for your sanity in today’s busy world. She also has a knack for connecting people personally and professionally, and I know she is going to make huge waves.”
Katy Rey, Entrepreneur + Author of Your Labels Don’t Define You, YOU Define You. Organizer of CelebrateYOU
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Shannon offers many other ways to connect including Consulting, Marketing Freelance, The Prostate Wife Blog, Ghostwriting Services, Ladies Retreats, and Bookclubs.
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Don’t lose your wisdom to time. Work with a 20 year veteran journalist to document the stories that make you special. Give future generations the gift of your life’s work. This is an invaluable gift to others and humanity. Shannon will hold your hand through the planning, execution, and publishing of your memoir. This is a three month committment. Starting fee is $999 for the downpayment. Depending on your project, rates will vary.
Shannon grew up in rural Colorado🚞 but has lived in Florida since 2006. She has been a party planner, organizer, and hostess for many types of awesome events and she is pumped to bring the Tampa area her very first book club.
As a professional journalist, marketer, and consultant, she realizes the value of in-person, human connection, and community. Cost includes paper back second edition and postage. For the first book we read, YOU HAVE ARRIVED (includes "The Roadmap to Empathy: A Comprehensive Workbook).
Offering an in-person group in the Tampa area on the 8th of each month and an online book club on the 20th of each month
We will read approximatly 100 pages each month. Audio books will be an option but you will need the printed version for the group. $30 for new book a the beginning of each book session.