Equip your clients with a powerful tool for self-driven change.

“PARA creates an even more powerful structure within my coaching sessions. I have a newfound sense of confidence with this tool in my toolbox!”

—Ashley De Filippis, Business Coach

PARA Technique™ is a potent yet simple transformative modality used by professional coaches, THerapists and wellness experts seeking to unlock the best of their clients.

This groundbreaking technique is deeply rooted in a rich blend of positive psychology, behavioral therapy, high-performance coaching, and mindfulness. It's been meticulously designed and continually honed to foster beneficial thought patterns, habits, and behaviors that eventually become second nature, integrating seamlessly into their desired identity. 

With PARA, your clients are equipped to lead a life that's more conscious, more intuitive, and authentically aligned with their true selves – empowering them to achieve the life outcomes they've always aspired to but on a new, refreshing path of least resistance (and more self-worth).

“PARA is an essential tool in my work. It’s a quick, streamlined framework that packs a huge punch. To have a process that disrupts a pattern, moves clients into acceptance, and shifts them into their higher perspective all at the same time has completely revolutionized my work with clients. The best part is PARA is easy enough to teach and follow that my clients can take it into their lives to use independently in their day to day. I’ve seen massive shifts and transformations as result of PARA, both for myself and my clients!”

-Shannon Kroll, M. Ed., Child Behavior Specialist + Parent Coach

PARA Technique™ is not just another self-improvement tool.

It's a revolutionary approach that, when incorporated amidst the unique challenges of their daily life, turns the user into a powerfully agile, self-led individual capable of initiating profound changes from within.

THE RESULT?

A ripple effect that catalyzes substantial improvements in their relationships, career, and home life.

Become a certified PARA Technique™ practitioner and enable your clients to unlock their potential for self-driven transformation.

Get a $400 discount on registration and access to a 6- month payment plan. Only available during early-bird registration.

In the quest for personal growth, excellence and/or self-improvement, people often find themselves at the crossroads of coaching and therapy. On one hand, a coach can guide us towards achieving specific goals and fortifying our mindset. On the other, a therapist can help us heal from past traumas and manage mental health challenges. 

However, both these paths may sometimes place an overwhelming amount of authority in the hands of the provider, inadvertently making the client feel helpless and the provider feeling overwhelmed with pressure to get results.

Who holds the Power of Transformation?

But what if there was a third way? A path that honors the expertise of the provider but shifts the power back into the hands of the individual, allowing them to take control of their own transformation (which in turn builds powerful momentum in their lives)?

Enter the PARA Technique™, an innovative approach that's not quite therapy, not quite coaching, but something even more empowering. As one clinical psychologist who vetted PARA Technique™ said, "It’s like self-leadership mentorship.”

"The PARA Technique™ certification program expanded my skills as a coach and deepened my understanding of the value of present moment awareness. Everything I gained throughout the certification has not only benefitted my clients, but has impacted the way I view my own hurdles and default behaviors."

-Kim Garcia, Coach & Transformation Expert

“PARA gives me a solid structure to utilize with my clients. A framework to guide them through sustainable change and something they can call upon easily when they need it. It’s allowed me to take my own expertise and assign various techniques to each step so that it is unique to my practice, and it has enhanced what I do in a huge way. PARA is an essential framework for all coaches and humans.”

 -Lyndsey Goodman, Mindset Educator

BOOST YOUR EXISTING BUSINESS WITH PARA TECHNIQUE™

Get certified in PARA Technique™ in just 8 weeks. Our next cohort starts April 1st, 2024. Early-bird registration is currently open through March 19th!

You’re here to get your clients results and the results you get are predicated on the wisdom and resources you bring to the table as a professional. With PARA Technique™, you get the best of two worlds: a proven transformation modality grounded in science + a tool to empower your clients to become self-led toward positive changes in themselves and in their lives. This means stronger referrals, repeat business, and more energy to grow your business.

COACHES

PARA technique™ is your new secret weapon. Use it in session to guide your client toward immense clarity and as a takeaway tool to holding themselves accountable to change.

THERAPISTS

Incorporate the PARA™ technique right into your existing practice (in session or as a takeaway tool) as a way to empower your clients to take charge of their healing journey.

WELLNESS PRACTITIONERS

Having a proven tool for disrupting outdated patterns of behavior in your back pocket will help your clients shift into new, more healthy habits much faster.

MEDITATION & YOGA TEACHERS

Give your meditation and yoga practice a performance boost by incorporating PARA Technique™ right into a yoga or meditation flow to help clients get tangible results out of their mindfulness practices.

THE bENEFIts oF PARA ARE …

  • Whole-Mind Transformation: Rewire the conscious and subconscious mind for peak performance.

  • Mind-Body Harmony: Re-establish communication between mind and body.

  • Emotional Mastery: Boost emotional intelligence and resilience.

  • Core Skills Sharpening: Enhance discernment, emotional stability, perspective, and self-trust.

  • Intuitive Development: Amplify your intuition and override default instincts that keep you stuck.

  • Self-Worth Restoration: Repair and elevate your sense of self-worth.

  • Results-Oriented Identity Shifts: Transform unhelpful patterns into new ones for success and opportunities.

  • Neurological Optimization: Activate and install beneficial mental states as lasting neural traits.

UNLOCK MORE …

  • Breaking Generational Patterns: Disrupt the ripple effect of outdated and limiting patterns.

  • Flow vs Force: Easily see and turn challenges into opportunities for growth.

  • Happiness Choices: Choose joy over struggle.

  • Mind Clarity: Clear and reset your mind for optimal functioning.

  • Self-Connection: Rediscover and enhance your connection with self.

  • Satisfying Evolution: Embrace a more joyful journey of self-discovery and growth.

  • Balanced Control: Let go easily and gain control over what truly matters.

  • Perspective Shift: See life and challenges from an evolved perspective.

  • Experiential Living: Experience life with more presence.

Real CLIENTS Seeing Real Changes With PARA Technique™

PARA for a lifetime of therapy in minutes.

PARA for emotional intelligence.

PARA for grounding.

PARA for easeful living.

PARA for parenting.

PARA for presence.

PARA for tough circumstances.

PARA for joyful productivity.

PARA for weight-loss.

PARA for self-shaming.

PARA for gratitude.

PARA for anxiety.

PARA for self-awareness.

PARA for self-guidance.

PARA Technique™ Certification Details

Our next certification cohort begins TBD. Early-bird registration will open soon!

  • This 8-week program is a combination of live calls and pre-recorded training. The live calls will meet via Zoom weekly on Tuesdays for 75 minutes.

    There are also open office-hours to connect with your trainers throughout the week.

    We recommend accounting for anywhere from 2 - 3 hours of time per week to dedicate to the training.

    All calls are recorded and posted to your dashboard within 24 hours.

    Being there live is important because that is where you integrate the knowledge of the pre-recorded training modules but we understand life can get in the way which is why we supply you with recordings to catch up and stay on track.

  • Tuition for the entire certification program is $2700 or 4 payments of $695.

    During early-bird registration, there is a $400 discount and a 6-month payment plan available, bringing the investment to $2300 or 6 payments of $395.33.

    You will also be referred to supplemental books/texts that may cost an additional fee (not included in your tuition).

  • We are currently welcoming anyone with an existing practice in the corporate training, coaching, wellness or transformation industry to join this hands-on PARA technique™ training. This includes life coaches, performance coaches, therapists, hypnotherapists, corporate coaches, nutrition and wellness coaches, yoga practitioners, breath-work practitioners, transformation experts, and anyone that works personally or professionally with individuals to create change and transformation.

    We do not have qualifications to join at this time. However, this program is intended for established professionals who have experience in their respective fields and are looking to hone their skills and offer the best of resources to their customers & clients.

    While we do work with our students on how to best incorporate PARA into their existing business and offering marketing tactics to do so, this program will NOT teach you business skills or how to start a wellness/transformation business.

  • This certification is the only legitimate way to use PARA Technique™ in your existing practice, ensuring your clients are equipped with the most effective, safe and qualified PARA Technique™ process with you as their practitioner.

    Upon successful completion of this program, you will be allowed to refer to yourself as PARA Technique™ Certified, receive a completion certificate and a PDF of documented course hours to turn in for any Continuing Education you track for other organizational memberships.

8-Week Curriculum

  • Welcome/Introductions

    PARA™ overview

    History of PARA & theoretical approach

    Identifying case uses of PARA Technique™ with clients

    Identifying limitations of PARA Technique™ with clients

  • Reactions vs Responses

    The Be/Do/Re framework

    The Get Light / Take Flight framework

    The neuroscience of PARA Technique™

  • Preparation checklist for using PARA Technique™ with clients

    Identifying transformative modalities that PARA Technique™ is built on

    Deep diving into the 4-step process

  • Mastering the Accept & Reminder steps

    Offering clients a PARAchute when stuck

    Crafting personalized & powerful reminders

    “Turn The Page” supplemental technique

  • Real case studies & instructor practice

    Class practice with PARA on self and partners

    Instructions for Final “Exam”

  • Identifying marketing language & messaging that sells

    Building the PARA Technique process into your existing service-offering

    Crafting a launch content message to your audience for immediate sales

  • Real case studies & instructor practice

    Class practice with PARA on self and partners

  • Q & A wrap-up

    PARA Technique™ coaching as a group

    Certification & next steps

Meet Some Alumni

  • "I needed a tool outside my therapy training to support my consulting clients that would complement my background and education. PARA meets the needs of my clients beautifully."

    Samantha Barnes, Registered Psychotherapist

  • "The PARA Technique™ certification program expanded my skills as a coach and deepened my understanding of the value of present moment awareness. Everything I gained throughout the certification has not only benefitted my clients, but has impacted the way I view my own hurdles and default behaviors."

    Kimberly Garcia, Coach & Transition Specialist

  • "I absolutely LOVE the framework - it creates an even more powerful structure within my coaching sessions. Plus all the science backing up this tool adds to the credibility of my coaching work, which is helpful when selling "intangibles" to clients. I have a newfound sense of confidence with the PARA tool in my coaching toolbox!"

    Ashley De Filippis, Business Coach

  • "PARA gave me a clear framework that works for my coaching. I felt really good after just the two practice sessions! That gave me the confidence to take this and run."

    Nicole Que Convento, Coach & Mindset Mentor

  • "I wasn't sure that I needed yet another certification. Don't let that doubt stop you. PARA is a mental hygiene tool that should be in every person's pocket, no matter the industry. The certification has given me a community of incredible women, alongside a practical strategy that I can call upon whenever necessary. It has provided depth to my current modalities."

    Lyndsey Goodman, Coach

  • "I have benefited so much from PARA. More often than before, I can be at peace with my next steps AND I know how to better soak in the joy available to me moment to moment. I wanted to bring it to my clients. The live calls were great and I got tons of benefits from the office hours during the program."

    Micky Kerwick, Coach

  • "I love the science behind the PARA Technique™. I was able to match this proven modality with the intuitive nature of working through a client's issue."

    Beth LeonGuerrero, Intuitive Coach

  • "I saw the value of this tool in my own life. It uses your normal life to motivate growth and walk towards wholeness. This certification has been so refreshing because it acknowledges that we are allowed to be human, but we also have co-creative power to build the life we desire."

    Christin Stevens, Profesional Organizer

  • "I have used PARA on my own and always felt nudged to share it with others. This certification has given me the confidence to put myself out there and I thoroughly enjoyed the delivery of this program."

    Lisa Ocampo, Mindfulness Educator

  • PARA Technique™ is a four-step journey that helps the user exit the ego so they can disrupt unhelpful thought and behavioral patterns, reconnect with their inner authority, and strengthen their self-trust. The goal of PARA Technique™ is to expedite results for your clients while empowering them to be fully in the driver’s seat of their future.

    The four steps of PARA have been meticulously designed so that it translates as a simple, digestible tool for the end-user but is grounded in powerful psychological, behavioral and performance coaching methodologies and theories–all of which you master in the 8-week certification program.

    The client's transformative journey begins in session as you guide and navigate them through the four steps: Pause, Accept, Remember, and Appreciate (PARA). Each step is curated to their unique situation and circumstances to help the client re-orient to a new, fast-tracked, more appealing approach toward success. When the client walks away, they’ll be shown how to employ PARA in their day-to-day life as a tool for when they find themselves on the old, outdated, unhelpful path so they can easily navigate themselves back to the new path.

    As we like to say, your clients will get results by simply knowing how to drive and navigate the car, but the engine–the actual mechanics of how the car works–are what actually make it a reliable and satisfying drive to their destination.

  • PARA Technique™ is a linear four-sequence model for a non-linear life. We know life does not flow A to Z but more like a spiral of evolution, with highs and lows, seasons and phases. It’s not that we don’t have any control, but we’ve likely convinced ourselves we’ve got more of it than we really do.

    PARA offers an approach to life that is focused on living out a more satisfying existence by finding a flow state, even amidst life’s challenges and seasons, by accessing the wisdom we innately carry inside ourselves for our unique lives and situations.

    In contrast to other models and modalities out there, PARA is built to be simple and easy-to-use (almost unbelievably simple considering the results it gets). In addition, PARA is ultimately focused on strengthening the relationship we have with ourselves—including our self-talk—as the gateway to high-performance, habit-change, and self-mastery.

    It’s a tool for improved self-leadership, not a tool to eradicate unwanted parts of yourself, that has a beautiful healing byproduct that comes as a result of PARA’s built-in ability to foster emotional intelligence, self-trust and mindfulness.

  • Having a proven technique that you can empower your clients to use in their daily life lifts a lot of weight off your shoulders. It puts responsibility on your client to show up for themselves and creates changes after or in-between the sessions they have with you. Because you’ll be able to get immediate results with this tool, you’re setting yourself up for more referrals, repeat business and glowing testimonials.

  • If you’d like to incorporate PARA into your business to use with your clients, the only credible and reputable way to do that is through our 8-week certification program. It’s one thing to drive the car, it’s another to know why and how it works, and how to discuss the inevitable challenges that may come up when the client puts PARA to work. The opportunity to get certified happens twice a year online.

  • Yes, this program runs twice a year virtually and includes live weekly calls and lifelong access to the training dashboard online. When certification starts, we meet on Tuesdays and all sessions are recorded. We know things can come up and get in the way of joining live but we hope you’ll do your best to make space on your calendar to attend as many calls live as you can.

  • You do not have to be a business owner, but you do need to have experience or be actively working with individuals in some kind of personal/professional development or transformational field/modality. We are not teaching you how to start a business in this program. This is open to people who want to grow their existing career or add more value to their organization by adding this technique to their toolbox.

  • At this time, yes. We are actively working to build out new training opportunities for those not yet ready to make the certification leap.

 FAQs

  • Besides get even more amazing results with your clients … upon completion of the certification, you’ll be able to refer to yourself as PARA Technique™ Certified, get access to apply for advanced trainings, and be able to include “PARA Certified” along with your credentials and in your bio.

  • You’ll be able to catch the recording at your own convenience but we require you to keep up week-to-week so be sure to watch it as soon as possible so you don’t fall behind.

    Watching/attending all classes is part of the requirement to get the official certification at the end of the program.

  • We are not yet affiliated with a governing organization like the International Coaching Federation. However, we will supply you with documentation of hours trained and a PDF of your certification that may allow you to turn those in for continuing education credits.

  • Early-bird registration is an opportunity to join the program at a discount and/or with an extended payment plan that spans six months. This is the only time we offer a 6-month payment plan to make it more financially accessible.

  • We estimate 3 - 5 hours a week, which includes attending the calls live, reading the supplemental books and practicing the technique.

  • To fully qualify for certification, there is a proof of competency project at the end of the 8-week certification that will need to be successfully completed.

Meet THE team behind PARA Technique™.

  • Shauna VanBogart is a trailblazing leader in the world of personal and professional development and the innovative force behind the PARA Technique™. Beginning her career as a personal branding and image consultant, Shauna harnessed the power of body language, communication, and personal style to help individuals achieve their goals.

    Always ready for a challenge, Shauna put her Master's degree in Communication and Leadership to work, along with her love for business, to breathe new life into numerous female-led organizations. By working hand-in-hand with founders and leaders as both a performance coach and a business strategist, she provided the support they needed from the inside-out to take these businesses, startups and nonprofits to the next level.

    Motivated by a desire to create faster, more sustainable results for her clients, Shauna obtained her license in clinical hypnotherapy— a move that revolutionized her approach to personal development. During this period, she also embraced her keen intuitive gifts which she has possessed since childhood. These gifts later informed her remote readings, which clients have hailed as "life-changing," "mind-blowing," and "disruptive in all the right ways."

    In 2020, Shauna took all the wisdom and knowledge she'd gathered from over 15 years of working closely with clients and used it to create the PARA Technique™. Over time, she's strengthened this technique with scientific and psychological research, making it a powerful tool that professional coaches and therapists all over the world now use to spark speedy and lasting positive change.

    The PARA Technique™ serves as the foundation for The Pause, another of Shauna's innovative creations. Designed to anchor high-performing women to their inner authority, The Pause is an app-based membership for women to ground themselves amidst the challenges of their fast-paced lives.

    Shauna VanBogart continues to be a beacon of transformative change, paving the way for individuals to master self-leadership and unlock their full potential with her unique combination of intuitive insights and vast education in the mechanics of high-performance coaching and human behavior.

  • Shannon is a learner, thinker, feeler, empath, perspective shifter, possibility-seer, wife, and mother. For over 15 years, she has helped people of all ages see and step into their highest potential. She began working with Shauna VanBogart and her team in 2021 as a Support Coach for the program, Mynd Over Matter, where PARA was first introduced to the masses. Shannon holds a B.A. in Special Education, a M.A. in Educational Leadership, and is a National Board Certified Exceptional Needs Specialist. She lives in the south suburbs of Chicago with her husband and three children.

Let’s change lives together.

Get PARA Technique™ in the hands of your clients and experience the ROI immediately.

Our next certification cohort begins TBD. Early-bird registration will open soon. Get a $400 discount on registration and access to a 6-month payment plan. This early-bird promotion is through TBD.