Gems in the Shadow

A Community for Healing, Personal Growth, & Shadow Integration

Gems in the Shadow is a heart-centered space dedicated to supporting those who are navigating their healing journeys, exploring their inner world, and learning to integrate the parts of themselves that often remain unseen. Shadow work can feel overwhelming, confusing, or isolating — but you don’t have to walk through it alone.

Our community is grounded, compassionate, and co-facilitated by Melissa Keating and Katrina Wiese, two practitioners who blend intuitive wisdom with trauma-informed, accessible guidance.

Together, they create a space where people can be held, witnessed, and supported while uncovering their inner brilliance — the gems in the shadow.

Meet Your Facilitators

Katrina Wiese

Katrina is an herbalist, intuitive practitioner, meditation teacher, and certified Usui Reiki Master and Tuning Fork Sound Healer. She blends plant wisdom, energy healing, and sacred ceremony to help individuals reconnect with their natural rhythms and inner truth. Her calm, nourishing presence offers earth-rooted support that helps people find balance, release energetic blockages, and move through their healing journey with steadiness and care.

Melissa Keating

Melissa is a trauma-informed intuitive healer, meditation teacher, and transformational guide with a professional background in design, leadership, and corporate wellbeing programs. She integrates mindfulness, shadow-work practices, intuitive insight, and shamanic healing training to create grounded, compassionate spaces for growth. Her work helps individuals reconnect with their inner wisdom, release old patterns, and move forward with authenticity, clarity, and courage.

Together, Melissa and Katrina offer a powerful combination of insight, compassion, and grounded guidance.

Gems Monthly Circle

Donation-Based Shadow Work Community

Once a month, we gather in a supportive, judgment-free environment to explore:

Shadow work integration
Nervous-system–friendly self-care tools
Emotional processing techniques
Grounding practices & embodied awareness
Community wisdom + shared experiences

This circle is open to everyone, regardless of background or financial situation.
Donations are welcomed but never required.

Gems Alchemy

A 12-Week Guided Path for Deeper Healing & Integration

Our first cohort will take place from February to April 2026.

For those who are ready to take their inner work further, we offer Gems Alchemy — a 12-week guided shadow work container designed to support deep personal transformation in a safe, grounded, and compassionate way.

This experience is for individuals who want to:

Build integrity within themselves
Learn how to hold space safely — for themselves and others
Break recurring relational or emotional patterns
Heal without retraumatizing the nervous system
Cultivate clarity, accountability, and resilience
Grow with community rather than alone

What’s Included in Gems Alchemy

Weekly Support & Guidance

12 Weekly live Zoom Q&A sessions for questions, reflection, and connection
A safe, trauma-informed space held by two grounded facilitators

Structured Learning & Integration

12 Weekly video lessons on shadow work, emotional patterns, self-awareness, and nervous system regulation
Integration worksheets + reflection prompts
Tools you can return to at any time

Community & Connection

A supportive group of people doing their inner work alongside you
Shared insights, support, and encouragement

A monthly opportunity to gather in-person & connect with others

Personal Transformation Tools

Practices to break long-standing patterns
Techniques to regulate emotions safely & process somatically
Guidance for meeting your shadow with compassion rather than shame
Support in reconnecting with inner clarity, truth, and resilience

Additional Support

Discounts on private sessions with Melissa and Katrina
Access to two facilitators with complementary healing modalities
A grounded, caring container to support every step of the journey

Along the way, you’ll meet a few trusted guest teachers — practitioners we know personally and who are aligned with the depth, safety, and integrity of this container.

Personal Investment

Energy Exchange $999 for the first cohort

That breaks down to about $41 per session — less than most healing or coaching support.

12 Live Q&A Calls
12 Video Modules
3 Open Group Gatherings
Full Course Resources
Bonus Guest Instructors
Payment plans available
Discounts on 1:1 sessions with Katrina & Melissa

Monthly circles remain free/donation-based for all

Interested in joining Gems Alchemy?

Email us at GemsintheShadow@outlook.com

Now Accepting Applicants for February 2026

Our Mission

Shadow work isn’t about fighting what’s hidden —it’s about uncovering the parts of yourself that have been waiting to be seen.

It’s a process of remembering what was quieted or overlooked, and walking alongside others who honor the courage it takes to grow.

Whether you join our monthly circle or the full 12-week Gems Alchemy journey, you will be met with gentleness, skill, and community support.

Let’s find the gems in the shadow — together 💎

Upcoming Events

Gem in the Shadow events are an opportunity to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself in community. Together, we explore shadow work, emotional clarity, and grounded personal growth through guided practices and thoughtful conversation. These circles are welcoming, accessible, and paced with care — a space where you can show up exactly as you are.