Crowned & BECOMING supports women in perimenopause and menopause who feel emotionally overwhelmed, anxious, and foggy, offering faith-centered guidance to restore calm, clarity, and confidence.
You are successful. Capable. Strong.
And yet lately, something feels off.
You are more irritable than you used to be.
Your mind feels foggy and overstimulated.
You feel anxious, emotionally reactive, exhausted, and disconnected from yourself in ways you do not recognize.
Everyone talks about hot flashes.
No one talks about the mental and emotional toll.
Crowned & BECOMING exists for the woman who knows this season is deeper than hormones alone.
You Are Dysregulated
Professional women in perimenopause and menopause are often told to:
Because the real issue is not just hormonal fluctuation.
It is a chronically overstimulated nervous system shaped by years of pressure, responsibility, stress, and overachievement.
This creates what we call:
When your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, irritability, brain fog, restless sleep, and fatigue become your new normal. As estrogen and progesterone fluctuate, your ability to regulate stress weakens, intensifying emotional and cognitive symptoms.
Most approaches treat isolated symptoms.
Lasting calm comes from retraining the stress response and restoring mind-body balance.
Crowned & BECOMING is a faith-centered menopause wellness brand created exclusively for women navigating perimenopause and menopause who are experiencing emotional burnout, anxiety, and brain fog.
This is not surface-level wellness.
This is not ...
The Mind–Body Reset Framework™
Crowned & BECOMING uses a holistic, trauma-informed system designed to restore calm, clarity, and confidence by addressing the root of dysregulation.
Our work integrates:
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to rewire stress ...
- You feel emotionally overwhelmed or easily irritated
- Your thoughts race and your sleep no longer feels restorative
- You struggle with brain fog, forgetfulness, or loss of confidence
- You feel reactive with people you love and guilty afterward
- You feel like you have lost touch with who you are
- You want ...
Shashondalyn “Shanay” Samuels is a Certified Counselor and Menopause Mind-Body Coach, and Co-Founder of Total Development Institute.
With over 20 years of experience in counseling, behavioral health, wellness, and trauma-informed care, Shanay specializes in supporting professional women through the emotional and neurological impact of perimenopause and menopause. Her work is grounded in faith, neuroscience-informed practices, and mind-body integration.
She created Crowned & BECOMING to offer women a space where emotional healing, identity, and faith are honored together during midlife transition.
I didn’t create Crowned & BECOMING from theory alone.
I created it from lived experience.
There came a season when I no longer recognized myself. My emotions felt unpredictable. My thoughts raced. My patience was thin, and my clarity was fading. I was doing everything I had always done to manage stress and stay ...
You Are Still Becoming
This season is not the end of who you are.
It is the refinement.
You do not need to fix yourself.
You need support that understands your body, your mind, and your faith.
Ready to Begin?