Shannon Layton

Leadership Igniter | Coach | Keynote Speaker

Stepping out of a six-figure corporate career to follow a deeper calling, Shannon Layton is a leadership igniter, transformational coach, seasoned keynote speaker, and the founder of Awaken Your Best Life, LLC. With more than 30 years of corporate leadership experience, she helps impact-driven global leaders navigate pressure, uncertainty, and burnout transforming self-doubt into calm confidence in the age of AI and rapid change. Her work blends executive-level insight with deep mindset and stress regulation practices to support sustained performance and wellbeing amind constant disruption.
 
Shannon's path into this work was shaped not by ease, but by unraveling. After years of leading high-performing teams, the ground beneath her work and personal life shifted all at once, a divorce, a significant financial hit, and the sudden elimination of her entire team. Stripped of familiar routines and stability, she found herself in the quiet aftermath of it all.
 
In that stillness, a deeper clarity emerged: this was not an ending, but an invitation to lead and live differently.
 
Drawing on decades of leadership experience, along with advanced training in human behavior, stress management, and energy wellness, Shannon focuses on creating lasting behavior and habit change by addressing not only how leaders think, but how they regulate stress, energy, and inner resistance. Having lived the personal cost of burnout herself, she brings a grounded, human-centered presence to every room she enters, on stage and in her work, meeting leaders exactly where they are.
 
Through her speaking, writing, and transformational programs, Shannon guides leaders through moments of pressure and transition, inviting them to slow down, reconnect to what matters most, and lead with clarity, confidence, and trust creating impact that is both sustainable and deeply human.
 
At the heart of her work is a steady reminder: even in moments of uncertainty, breathe through it, trust and remember, you've got this.