Stigma Shift Founding Cohort
8 Weeks to Change the Direction of Your Life
You don't have to have your whole life figured out. You just have to know you don't want to stay where you are.
Dates & location coming soon.
Something new is shifting
A small group. Eight weeks. One direction: forward.
The Stigma Shift Founding Cohort is an 8-week small-group experience built around Shaun McClure's Five Gears framework.
Together, you'll move from recognizing where you're stuck to building support, discipline, purpose, momentum—and a practical plan for what comes next. It's honest, direct and practical: real conversations, real tools, and a small group moving forward together.
The framework
Built on the Five Gears
You don't rebuild a life all at once. You shift one gear at a time.
Gear 1
Awareness & Acceptance
You can't change what you cannot see.
Gear 2
Seeking Help & Research
Understanding changes everything.
Gear 3
Discipline, Healing & Growth
Healing isn't the destination. It's the way forward.
Gear 4
Purpose & Momentum
Your story becomes your strength when it's lived with purpose.
The turning point
Gear 5
Mastery & Legacy
Leave hope where stigma once lived.
Fourth Gear is where the question shifts from “What happened?” to “What now?”
Explore the full Five GearsThe roadmap
Your 8-week shift
Week 1
Awareness & Acceptance
Where am I?
Week 2
Patterns & Responsibility
Why do I keep ending up here?
Week 3
Seeking Help & Building Support
Who is in my corner?
Week 4
Discipline & Daily Structure
What do I do when motivation disappears?
Week 5
Healing, Growth & Resilience
What happens when I get knocked down?
Week 6
Fourth Gear: Purpose
What am I moving toward?
Week 7
Momentum & Contribution
Put purpose into motion.
Week 8
Mastery, Legacy & Your Next 90 Days
Where do I go from here?
How it works
What a week looks like
1
90-minute group session
Learn and work through the week's focus together.
2
Small daily practice
A few focused minutes a day to put it into action.
3
Midweek check-in
Accountability and support between sessions.
4
Reflect & adjust
Notice what worked, what didn't, and why.
5
Next shift
Carry it forward into the next week.
This is an active program. You won't just come to listen to Shaun speak—you'll practice what you're learning between sessions and have accountability throughout all eight weeks.
What you'll walk away with
Practical tools you can keep using
- A clearer understanding of where you're stuck and why
- Tools for recognizing and interrupting old patterns
- A stronger support system
- A realistic daily structure that doesn't depend on motivation
- Strategies for recovering from setbacks
- Greater clarity around purpose and direction
And your final takeaway
A concrete 90-Day Shift Plan
Who this is for
For people who know something needs to change
This cohort is for you if you know something in your life needs to change, but you're not sure how to move forward.
Maybe you're rebuilding after a setback. Maybe you're navigating recovery, life after incarceration, a major transition, a loss, or a career change. Or maybe you've simply felt stuck for longer than you'd like to admit.
You don't need to have it all figured out. You just need to be ready to show up, be honest, and do the work between sessions.
Participants must be 18 or older.
Meet Shaun
I spent years surviving my story. Then I learned how to use it.
I'm Shaun McClure—mental health advocate, speaker, educator, coach, CIT Certified, NAMI leader, former radio host, and creator of the Five Gears framework.
The question that changed everything wasn't “What's wrong with me?” It was “What happened to me—and what am I going to do with it now?”
That question became a doorway. Education, peer leadership, discipline, fitness, recovery, advocacy, service, and eventually purpose began to stack on top of each other. The Five Gears grew out of that experience: a practical framework for awareness, help-seeking, healing, discipline, purpose, momentum, and legacy.
First Access
Be first to know when the founding cohort opens
The first Stigma Shift Cohort will be intentionally small. Join the First Access list and you'll receive the dates, location, founding-member price, and registration information before public enrollment opens.
The founding cohort will be limited to 8–12 participants. Joining First Access does not obligate you to enroll.
Stigma Shift is an educational and coaching program. It is not psychotherapy, medical treatment, diagnosis, crisis intervention, or a substitute for professional mental-health or medical care.