Dr Shana Johnston

11/04/2026

This week, I'm sharing tearful reflections on what I'm learning in the "caterpillar soup". To get the full emotional impact, I encourage you to listen to the audio version ;-)

https://drshanajohnston.com/caterpillar-soup/

10/20/2026

This week in my heart to heart newsletter, we're talking about spirals of growth. How we often revisit the same lessons over and over as we deepen in our process of growth and transformation

You can find the article at https://drshanajohnston.com/spirals-of-growth/

10/07/2026

Over the past 6 years since burning out and leaving my practice, I’ve really resonated with the metaphor of the butterfly. The incredible transformation from a furry little caterpillar crawling around and munching on leaves to a beautiful butterfly, flitting about as if they haven’t a care in the world.

As I look around, I see so many individuals, as well as our species as a whole, going through this time of transformation. Of letting go of the caterpillars we used to be - living our lives according to what we “should” be doing, what society tells us is “normal” - to the butterflies we are becoming as we each release these old stories and conditioning to begin following our hearts on our soul’s path.

The challenge is to move from the caterpillar to the butterfly, we need to go through the very uncomfortable process of transformation. Of releasing who we thought we were so who we are becoming can emerge.

In this second newsletter of the fall series, we'll talk about how the release of fall and fertile void of winter are a vital part of the process of transformation and growth.

These are challenging times we are living through. No question. Things are REALLY hard, individually and collectively, as we move through these transformative times… and I believe in us. We are each a beautiful, unique piece of a giant puzzle that makes up the New Earth. Each with our own gifts and challenges. As we each learn to release our conditioned patterns and begin to tap into our inner wisdom, we not only change our own lives but we also shift the culture. Each of us plays a part. We can do this. Together.

https://drshanajohnston.com/transformation/

09/23/2026

Fall has been challenging for me for as long as I can remember. Even as a little kid, I would get headaches and tummy aches when school started every September. Throughout my life, fall would come along and I’d wonder what was “wrong” with me. I always felt “off”. My energy was lower. Things felt harder. I eventually chalked it up to “seasonal affective disorder” and continued pushing myself to keep going even though I was really struggling inside. Put on a happy face and keep going, right?!?

What I’ve been learning over the past few years is that there is nothing “wrong” with me. I’m a sensitive person, who is deeply in touch with the rhythms of the Earth, and what I was unconsciously tuning into was Mama Gaia in her process of slowing down and letting go as she turns inward and prepares for winter.

We teach best what we most need to learn, so I will be writing about the energy of fall/winter every 2 weeks from Fall Equinox to Winter Solstice.

In this first newsletter in our fall series we'll talk about the energy of fall and how it invites us to release what no longer serves us. I hope you enjoy it 🥰

https://drshanajohnston.com/fall-release/

09/09/2026

BC Residents, we'd love for you to join us...

Empowered Menopause welcomes women at all stages of the menopause transition - from those in their reproductive years wanting to learn about and prepare for this transition through the peri/menopause transition and into the post-menopausal years - to learn, ask questions, connect with other women, and feel supported in navigating this powerful life transition.

There's a small course fee ($35) for the self paced online portion of each of the three parts. The workshops are covered by MSP/Medavie.

Registration opens Monday, Sept 14. There are a limited number of spaces which are available on a first come, first served basis. No referral necessary. Registration is through my website drshanajohnston.com.

Please note: This series is for BC RESIDENTS ONLY. As much as I would LOVE to serve women from around the world, I am bound by legislation governing virtual care by physicians, and must restrict my live interactions to residents of BC.

For more information, please visit drshanajohnston.com where you can access my free hormone basics video, watch my talk on Menopause: A Portal to our Wisdom Years and add your name to the waiting list to be notified when registration opens.

You may also be interested in my Heart to Heart Newsletter, where I wrote a 13 week series on Reclaiming our Feminine Nature last spring. The fall series will begin soon.

Everything on my website is offered from my heart to yours, in the hopes of providing inspiration and helping you remember that you are not alone. These are crazy times we are living in... and we can do this! We're all in this together.

Looking forward to meeting you 🥰

Learn about hormonal support and how to care for ourselves in body, mind and spirit through the menopause portal and into our wisdom years.

07/15/2026

In this final newsletter of this series, we'll recap the last 12 weeks and talk about ways to invite more aliveness into our lives.

https://drshanajohnston.com/aliveness/

07/08/2026

When was the last time you allowed yourself to daydream? Put down your phone and let your mind "out to play"?

This week's newsletter/podcast is about finding both healing and aliveness in life through creative expression
https://drshanajohnston.com/creative-expression/

07/01/2026

Are you feeling dis-ease in your body, mind and/or spirit? Have you gone to the doctor and been told everything is fine? You know something isn't quite right but all the tests come back negative and no one seems to be able to explain why you feel so unwell?

What if there isn't anything "wrong" with you? What if the "symptoms" you're having are your body's way of telling you that you're out of alignment with who you really are and your soul's way of guiding you "home" to who you really are?

This week's newsletter/podcast is on The Art of Healing
https://drshanajohnston.com/the-art-of-healing/

06/24/2026

Where has life been guiding you lately? What inner nudges have you been getting?

This week's newsletter/podcast is on Tapping into our Inner Wisdom
https://drshanajohnston.com/tapping-into-our-inner-wisdom/

06/17/2026

In what ways do you notice yourself trying to control your life rather than allowing yourself to surrender to Divine guidance?

This week's newsletter/podcast can be found at https://drshanajohnston.com/surrending-to-divine-guidance/