The woman who hid behind being good

On the outside, you're thriving. But underneath, you're starving.

For beauty.

For authenticity.

For sensuality.

For creativity.

For you.

Maybe you…

Have spent years being what everyone needed: responsible, likable, successful.
Are good at your job. The therapist, the academic, the corporate woman. And nobody, including you, has seen the real you in years.
Were raised with messages about being a proper young woman, being good, and not being "too much," or with religious messages that made pleasure, desire, or self-expression feel sinful.
Are tired of performing, and hungry for confidence, pleasure, play, and joyful expression.
Want to be taken seriously without having to sacrifice feeling fully alive.

What if you could stop trying to become the woman you're supposed to be… and start discovering the woman who's already there?

Maybe you don't even think of yourself as an artist.

That's okay.

Because this isn't really about becoming an artist.

It's about becoming more fully you.

What this can look like

My poem, "Want," danced. Words born from the body, then given back to it.

Here's what we'll do together

Pick the one place you feel most hidden.
Your body. Your pleasure. Your relationship. The book inside you that you haven't written yet.
Every week, we move, we write, we create.
We awaken one part of you, get to know her, and create from that place.
You create your piece.
An original work of art (a dance, a poem, a chapter, a painting) that could only have come from you.
You share it.
On the final night, you step into the light, share your expression, and are witnessed exactly as you are.

Unmistakably you.

Claim your spot

Movement + words. Every week.

Some things cannot be thought into existence.

Your body knows things your thinking mind doesn't.

Sometimes you have to move before you know what you feel.

You have to feel before you know what you want to say.

And you have to express before you can fully understand what you've been holding inside.

That's why we work with movement and words together. Every week, you'll move, write, and create.

This journey draws from my signature seven sensual expressions, the framework I've developed through years of working with embodiment, creativity, writing, pleasure, and authentic expression.

Week 1

Come Into Your Body

Find your embodied voice. See which parts of you are shut down. Choose the place you feel most hidden, and most want to express.

Weeks 2 – 6

Awaken Your Expression

Each week, a part of you that's been quiet wakes up. You meet her. Move with her. Write with her. And week by week, you stop being only good, and start being whole.

Pleasure

What feels good when you stop asking whether you're allowed to enjoy it?

Passion

What moves you? What makes you care? What makes you come alive?

Play

What happens when you stop trying to be impressive and give yourself permission to experiment?

Power & Philosophy

What do you believe? What matters to you? What becomes possible when you let your ideas and your authority have a voice?

Peace & Psyche

What happens when you stop fighting yourself and begin listening to the deeper parts of your inner world?

Week 7

Come Be Beautiful

The woman who hid behind being good steps into the light. You share your piece and are seen, celebrated, exactly as you are. In front of the whole group, or in a small, intimate circle.

Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10, Nov 17, Dec 1, Dec 8, Dec 15. No session Thanksgiving week.

Imagine yourself seven weeks from now…

You've faced the place where you've been hiding.

You've moved through it. Written through it. Danced through it. Created through it.

And now you're holding something that didn't exist before: a piece of art that could only have come from you.

Maybe it's a seductive dance. A poem. A personal manifesto. A painting. A chapter of the book you've been carrying. Or something neither of us could predict yet.

But it's more than something you made.

It's proof.

Proof that the part of you you've been hiding is still there.

Proof that you can express yourself without getting it perfect.

Proof that you don't have to be "good" to be worthy of creating.

And perhaps most importantly… you've experienced what it feels like to be seen without performing.

You feel free. Grounded. Joyful. Expansive. You feel like art.

You'll leave with

An original piece of art.
Born from your body and your words.

A deeper map of yourself.
A way of knowing the parts of your expression you've been hiding, and how to come back to them.

A celebration.
A token, a trophy, proof that you are here, and that you are someone worthy of creating, of being.

And you don't need to know what you're going to make yet. We'll discover it together.

What have you dreamed of making?

What would make you feel beautiful?

That's what we'll create.

Shawnrey modeling at an art school, in a white dress, holding a yellow fruit

About Shawnrey

Before I even graduated from college, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a high-achieving good girl: perfectionistic, competent, likable. I tried so hard to show up as an academic that I felt confined. All I dreamed of was living as an artist.

So I did. I danced in a small dance company. And then I found art modeling.

I've been a nude art model for more than 20 years, and I've learned more about confidence, visibility, and authentic expression on that stage than anywhere else in my life.

Naked on a stage.

No costume. No mask. No performance.

Just me.

And what I discovered in that vulnerability was power.

If I'm self-conscious and small, the whole room feels small. If I'm open and free, full of love and celebration, everyone in the room feels it.

Beauty isn't something people see on the surface. It's something we create from the inside.

That's where my philosophy, and the name Come Be Beautiful, comes from.

Since then, I've spent my life learning how to bring what's inside a person into expression.

I'm a professionally trained dancer and choreographer. I've choreographed music videos and created movement work for people who don't consider themselves dancers.
I'm the creator of Write Your Soul Book, an embodied process that takes people from the first spark of an idea all the way through writing their book, using movement, embodiment, and my seven sensual expressions.
I'm the author of Sensual Intelligence: The Lost IQ, a #1 Amazon bestseller, where I teach the intelligence of the body, pleasure, and sensuality.

Come Be Beautiful brings it all together. It's an invitation to do what I've been practicing for years: come out of hiding, create from what's alive inside you, and let yourself be seen.

Those who've worked with me

"I had stronger trust in myself that came from that work with Shawnrey: how to write, how to express myself, how to talk about my work, how to be in my intellectual well-being grounded in my physical and in my joy, and in my sensual. It's been life changing. I was just featured on a very big podcast, and I know how to ground that in myself, my soul, my body, my joy. Writing sort of feels like dancing and swimming, rather than struggling and suffering."

Saraa, mental health practitioner and therapist

"Working with Shawnrey really has been so healing, enlivening, transforming, possibility building, and magical! When I'm writing, when I'm doing my art, it feels more alive. And I can't think of anything better than that!"

Havi, therapist, artist, painter, author

"I feel more confident, radiant, passionate, and empowered! I also love my body more, inside and out! Shawnrey's ability to be deeply attuned while also staying fun, passionate, accepting, and compassionate set the stage for brilliant transformation!"

Tabitha

"I just totally appreciate the way that the body is included in this thing [writing a book] that's usually mental. Shawnrey has distilled writing into a process which feels so radical and so essential. This method is super, super powerful."

Rachel

What this is not

It's not a shame program, though we'll meet shame along the way, with love.
It's not a technique class. No one is grading your pliés or your prose.
It's not about looking pretty, performing for anyone, or getting it "right."
It's not therapy. It's art, movement, and words, and the aliveness that comes from them.

Your investment

This is the founding round. Early bird pricing ends Friday, October 23. Doors stay open until our first session on October 27.

Come Be Beautiful

$497

or 2 payments of $250

Early bird, through Oct 23. Then $597 (or 2 payments of $300) until Oct 27.
Next round: $997.

7 live 90-minute sessions of movement and writing
The full journey through the seven sensual expressions
Every session recorded
Your final share night, witnessed

Join Come Be Beautiful

Add-on · 45 minutes · $97

Your Golden Ticket

One private 45-minute session with me.

You're going through a transformational seven-week experience, and if you need more personalized support, you get to pull me aside for 45 minutes and work on what's actually happening for you.

Sometimes you just need someone beside you.

You get stuck.

Something comes up.

You have an idea, but you don't know what to do with it.

Or you want a fresh set of eyes on what you're creating.

That's what your Golden Ticket is for. Bring me whatever is most alive for you: your body, your writing, your creativity, your pleasure, your confidence, your piece.

I'll help you find what's underneath the stuck place and figure out your next move.

Add it at checkout. Use it anytime during our seven-week journey, through December 15.

The first 5 women to join get a Golden Ticket free.

Join + add your Golden Ticket

Just tick the Golden Ticket box at checkout.

Questions

I'm not an artist. Is this for me?

Yes. You don't need any training. Everyone has something creative inside them. We start in the body, and the art comes from there.

Do I have to perform?

You share. That can mean dancing, reading a chapter out loud, or showing a painting. The stage fits the shy writer too. Most women share with the whole group, and if you'd rather share in a small, intimate circle, you can.

Where do we meet?

Live online. You'll get the link as soon as you join.

What if I miss a session?

Every session is recorded, so you can catch up. Come live when you can. That's where the magic happens.

Is there a payment plan?

Yes. Through October 23, it's 2 payments of $250. After that, 2 payments of $300.

How do I book my Golden Ticket?

You'll get a booking link right after you join. Use it anytime during our seven weeks.

Can I still join after the early bird ends?

Yes. Doors stay open until our first session on October 27, at the regular beta price.

Is this about sex?

No. It's about sensuality: feeling your body, your pleasure, and your aliveness, and letting that become your art.

Shawnrey laughing in a field of sunflowers

You deserve to discover the beautiful, full expression that's been inside you all along.

This is your permission.

Early bird ends October 23. We begin October 27.

Come be beautiful

Shawnrey