Do you ever feel like you’re doing all the right things—but still feel stuck, overwhelmed, or just… off?
Maybe you’re constantly second-guessing yourself.
Maybe your emotions hit like a tidal wave out of nowhere.
Maybe you keep people at arm’s length because closeness feels unsafe—but loneliness hurts too.
Or maybe you’re just plain exhausted from holding it all together.
I know those feelings intimately—because I lived them for years.
Even when life looked “fine” on the outside, inside I was always bracing for impact.
I didn’t have the language for what was happening. I just knew I wanted more peace, more clarity, and to feel like myself again—whoever that even was.
Bit by bit, I started finding my way back. Not to a perfect life, but to an honest one. One where I didn’t have to pretend, perform, or push through. One built on self-trust, connection, and a deep sense of calm I never thought possible.
Today, I help others do the same.
As a coach, speaker, and someone who’s walked the long road back to herself, I create spaces where people can stop performing and start becoming. I’m here to help you feel safe in your body, clear in your mind, and proud of who you are—even when life still feels messy.
Let’s begin where you are. That’s always enough.
Today, I am living my best life! Healthy, Joyous, Loved. At peace. Not at all what the first 30 years of my life looked like.
My youthful daydreams centered on an untainted parallel life, the one that could have been mine, had my beginnings not been so broken. An ever-present longing for who I might have been. Many years spent grieving the endless possibilities.
I was born to a teenage mom; my life instantly became a story of pain and survival. When I first entered the world, I was a seemingly healthy 4lb 8oz premature little girl. But soon after birth, a low-grade fever indicated that something was wrong. It would take days to discover what it was.
Unknown to those taking care of me, a staph infection was spreading throughout my little body, settling into my joints, breaking me bit by bit from inside. Wreaking devastating havoc that would leave me permanently damaged. I would spend weeks in the NICU fighting for my life. The lasting damage from the staph infection would continue to show itself over the course of my lifetime. I’ve never known a body without pain.
This severe traumatic birth would be just the first in many more painful experiences. Family violence, sexual abuse, alcoholism, infertility, disease - have all become parts of my story. Some caused by external forces and people, others caused by my own coping mechanisms to survive.
I spent my childhood and early adulthood as a passenger of my own life. A victim with no self-love, I settled for scraps of affection. A perfectionist, always striving to perform my way in to being worthy. But never feeling good enough.
It wouldn’t be until my late 20s that I’d begin to change the unhealthy patterns and shift into the driver’s seat of my own life. I started to gain lessons from others while also soaking up as much knowledge as I could about healing trauma, spirituality, the law of attraction, the releasing of shame and meditation. All of these practices would help lead me to a loving husband and family, a group of amazing friends, a fulfilling career and a feeling of peace with myself.
In recent years, I’ve come to learn through loss, grief, forgiveness and letting go, that a soul never stops evolving. The lessons will never stop coming. Old patterns will creep back up. The journey to wholeness isn’t a straight line. Becoming is messy.
But with the right tools, mindset and people in your life, it is possible to thrive. I know that to be true. That’s been my experience. I continue to see the same impact in the women that I work with.
If you too are ready to take control of your own path forward, I’d be honored to walk beside you.
My deepest calling—coaching and empowering others—wasn’t something I stumbled into . . .
It was shaped by lived experience, hard-earned wisdom, and over two decades of personal and professional growth.
I earned my B.A. in Psychology from Penn State in 2001 and spent the next 21 years leading cross-functional teams in the credit union industry. My work spanned instructional design, operations, product development, and partner success, giving me a front-row seat to the inner workings of growth, leadership, and change.
Along the way, I had the privilege of collaborating with some of the most respected authors, speakers, and thought leaders in the world—many of whom helped shape the very philosophies I now use in my coaching practice.
But it wasn’t just career experience that prepared me for this work. My own journey—overcoming chronic stress, learning to regulate my nervous system, and rebuilding my life from the inside out—taught me what no textbook ever could.
In 2024, I answered the call to serve in a deeper way. I left my corporate career, became a certified life coach through the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, and launched Meghann Dawson LLC with one mission: to help people create lives rooted in peace, purpose, and authentic power.
“I love working with Meghann!
Why? Because she is a creative thinker and is always looking for the next best. Being around her is like getting an infusion of fabulous ideas. She is always positive and a delight to work with. And just when you think her latest idea is the best - she tops it. THAT is why I LOVE working with Meghann.”
–Anne, Founder & Executive