Life Design Coaching for Young Adults

You did everything right. So why does it feel like you’re stuck while everyone else is moving forward? Maybe it’s work. Maybe it’s motivation, confidence, or just not knowing who you are yet outside of school. Let’s figure out what’s really going on and get you moving again.

(And for parents who are quietly worried, you’re in the right place too!)

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If you feel behind, you’re not alone.

The old script went like this: graduate, launch your life, get a “good job”, move out, move up the ladder. For a lot of people in their 20s right now, that script just isn’t working.

Friendships, dating, job searching, even figuring out who you are, have been squeezed onto a screen. And here’s the part nobody posts about: when you’re stuck, days lose their shape. Scrolling, gaming and late nights fill the gaps. Every milestone in your feed stings a little more, and you still feel like you have to look like you’ve got it handled.

What the Data Shows

I’m Shannon Brown

For the past 25 years, I’ve worked as a digital product designer. I started as the sole-proprietor of a boutique web design studio in New York City, and then worked with Fortune 500 companies including Centene, Teradata, Procter & Gamble, eBay, and Prudential helping them build fantastic products and tools to power their business.

I didn’t start out with a network or a roadmap. I grew up in a rural area of the USA and built my career from scratch: reaching out to strangers, asking for informational interviews, taking work that wasn’t glamorous and learning from all of it. Along the way I coached and trained junior designers and engineers on how to understand problems, design solutions, communicate with stakeholders, and use AI to work smarter.

That square-one hustle is the part of life nobody teaches. It’s also the part I can help with most.

Learn more on LinkedIn.

My Methodology: Life Design

Good technology teams don't build a product and hope it works. They explore the problem, try small ideas, test them in the real world, and learn fast.

My method is called Life Design. I take the same design thinking approach technology teams use, and leverage it to help young adults design their own unique path forward.

It's flexible, it's judgment-free, and it turns "I should really figure out my life" into a game plan with real actions and clear measures of success.

Here’s the best part about experiments: there’s no failing. A job that isn’t a fit, a move that doesn’t work out, a stretch back at home. Those aren’t losses. They’re information. You learn something, adjust, and try the next thing. Plenty of people look back years later and realize the jobs they tried along the way added up to a career.

The Life Design Process:

How we work together

Our 1:1 private sessions will be held on Zoom for 50 minutes each. The sessions are part practical (setting goals, planning next steps, and trying small experiments across all five areas of your life) and part personal (how you’re doing, what’s getting in the way, and how you’re treating yourself through it). Both matter.

You will come away with:

  • A holistic review of your life across all five areas

  • A personalized action game plan with experiments and measures of success

  • A trusted partner to brainstorm with and confide in

Is this therapy?

No, coaching isn’t therapy. I don’t diagnose, and we don’t dig into the past. We focus on where you are now and where you want to go. If anxiety, depression, or anything else is weighing heavily, I’ll encourage working with a licensed professional alongside our coaching.

The topics we can explore:

    • Finding your direction and fit

    • Job search strategies that work now

    • Résumés and using AI as a tool

    • Networking and informational interviews

    • Showing up professionally

    • Interview practice with honest feedback

    • Rebuilding structure and energy

    • Breaking the scroll-and-game cycle

    • Changing how you talk to yourself

    • Knowing who you are beyond your LinkedIn

    • Moving past the fear of failure

    • Real human connection beyond the group chat

    • Connecting with yourself and your future

    • Escaping the comparison trap

    • Living at home as an adult

    • Simple guardrails for independence

    • Budgeting on any income

    • A real plan to move out

    • Spending habits that feel better

    • Rediscovering what makes you feel like you

    • Trying new things offline

    • Finding community through shared interests

    • Rebuilding energy and confidence

For parents

You’ve seen them struggle. Maybe it’s the job search, maybe it’s motivation, maybe they just don’t seem quite like themselves. You’ve offered advice, encouragement, maybe a little pressure. And you’ve probably noticed that advice lands differently when it comes from you.

If you’re quietly worried, you’re not alone. Many parents reach out to me before their young adult does, and that’s a great place to start. I can be the neutral, experienced partner in their corner. They set the agenda, and our conversations stay between us.

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Let’s talk

It won't always be easy. But there is real reason to be hopeful, and you don't have to figure it out alone.

Questions? Email me at shannon@shannon-brown.com

Or schedule a free consultation.