WHO IS
ANNETTE SHEPHERD?

Some practitioners study transformation. I lived it first.

I didn't know I grew up in a cult until eight years after I left for the second time. From the inside, it just looked like faith. My entire understanding of worth, safety and belonging was built on fear, control and conditional love. Self-sacrifice wasn't just encouraged, it was the measure of your faith. And for women especially, obedience wasn't optional, it was doctrine. To have desires of your own, to take up space, to lead, to speak with authority, these weren't just discouraged, they were coded as dangerous, even shameful. I learned early that shrinking yourself was survival, and that abandoning yourself was the price of belonging.What I couldn't see then was how deeply these beliefs had shaped my identity, my choices and my relationship with myself. Today, I recognise this as one expression of what is described in spiritual frameworks as false light programming: beliefs and teachings that present themselves as good, righteous or spiritually elevated while conditioning people to surrender their own discernment, suppress their truth and disconnect from their inherent power.By the time I turned 30, I had lost myself so completely beneath layers of conditioning, trauma, depression and people-pleasing that I didn't know who I was anymore. Leaving that world was one thing. Unravelling what it had built inside me, and what I had done to myself trying to survive within it and beyond it, took everything that followed.That rebuilding became an 18 year journey of personal transformation, professional development and deep exploration into what drives human behaviour, how we change, and what it takes to create a life that reflects who we truly are. I invested in my own development, pursued professional training and explored approaches spanning health and wellbeing, mindset, identity, emotional and behavioural change, and energetic work. Every modality I hold, every certification I've earned, every tool I use with clients, has been informed by both professional study and my own lived experience. I didn't enter this work out of curiosity alone. I pursued it because understanding and transforming these experiences became essential to my own life.My upbringing also gave me an unexpected foundation: a deep familiarity with spiritual teachings and an appreciation for the importance of spiritual hygiene. I came to understand that spiritual language and appearances alone don't establish the nature or integrity of an energy or practice. Discernment matters. So does understanding what you're engaging with, the intentions behind it, and the influence it may have. I take that responsibility seriously in my own work, with energetic integrity and discernment at the centre of my approach.Today, I bring together health and wellbeing, life coaching, transformation work and energetic practices to work across four interconnected layers of the human experience: body, mind, energy and identity. Because lasting change rarely happens in isolation. Our physical wellbeing influences how we think and feel. Our conditioning shapes the choices we make. Our identity influences what we believe is possible, while our energetic and emotional experiences can influence how we engage with ourselves and the world around us.My work brings these dimensions together to help people understand what's influencing their lives, create meaningful change and move towards the person they want to become. It draws on years of lived experience, professional training and continued exploration, brought together through an approach that sees the whole person rather than just one part of their experience.

WHAT I DO

I hold qualifications and lived experience across three distinct areas:ENERGY HEALING & METAPHYSICAL WORK
Forensic Healing (practicing since 2017), Retrieval Recode (Australia's first certified practitioner), Mediumship (Levels 1 & 2), Reiki (Levels 1 & 2), Energy Medicine, and curently completing my second year of 1:1 Master Mentorship training in Psychic Development, Parapsychology and Metaphysical Biocommunication.MIND, IDENTITY & BEHAVIOURAL WORK
Certified Life Coach, Advanced Human Design Practitioner, Astrology Coaching, Apogee Mindset Consultant (Demartini Method), Breathwork Facilitation. Shadow Work, NLP.PHYSICAL BODY & NUTRITION
Applied Muscle Testing (Levels 1, 2 and Masters), Certified Muscle Nerds Coach, Metabolic Precision Nutritionist and Body Transformation Specialist, Flex Diet Certified by Dr Mike T Nelson, Complimentary Medicine and Health (National Institute of Integrative Medicine).I work online with clients across Australia and internationally or by appointment from Assist Personal Training Studio in Lilydale, Victoria.

WHAT CLIENTS EXPERIENCE

"I never knew just how much baggage I was carrying until I lost what felt like 20kg in our last session. What you know is unbelievable."
— Mishel Karen
(Forensic Healing Session)"I've had Annette work on some very deep seeded personal issues which were like a looming cloud. Annette easily understood the entirety of my situation and with her innate wisdom and instincts got to the core, and also advised me further. Annette’s healing abilities and skills are truly mind blowing. I truly trust in her and her work as my sessions were profound. Highly recommended."
— Vicky Makris
(Forensic Healing Session)"The shift I received from my session with you has without a doubt been the most intense, instant life-changing experience. Rage gone, anger gone. I am so light, so free, so ridiculously calm it's almost hilarious. You have changed our lives, and my children's lives."
— Emma Jade
(Forensic Healing Session)"In the days that have followed I'm so amazed to see how much has shifted in such a short time. I feel so empowered, confident and strong. I feel seen, respected and heard."
— Crystal Coad
(Retrieval Recode Session)"Annette was able to explain how an internal conflict from a past life, along with my current direction in life, was holding me back and bringing about panic attacks. Weeks went past and the attacks have not returned."
— Matt Marth
(Forensic Healing Session)"She has helped me to fuel my body nutritionally, physically and emotionally. My energy is my biggest business asset."
— Paula Ivy
(Applied Muscle Testing & Forensic Healing Session)"It takes a very special person to hold you through the darkest moments of your healing. Annette has this in spades."
— Tumai Meroiti
(Forensic Healing Session)"I was definitely a little skeptical to start with, but after changing my protein powder as Annette recommended, I immediately noticed the uncomfortable bloated feeling I would get after consuming my post-workout protein shake had disappeared."
— Sinclair
(Applied Muscle Testing Session)"I loved the way my body was able to tell us what it needed, what was missing, what it didn't like, and how to turn it back into a fat-burning machine. The body is an amazing thing and Annette knows how to work with you to get the best out of it."
— Amy
(Applied Muscle Testing Session)"I was amazed at how my body responded after implementing everything you suggested."
— Silvester
(Applied Muscle Testing Session)"I wish I came to see you earlier! Every time I see you I learn so much and I cannot thank you enough. I am so grateful for your help."
— Grace
(Applied Muscle Testing Session)

• Work With Me

Work With Me

Deep, intuitive support tailored to what you’re currently moving through. Every session goes where it needs to go. Nothing is guessed at. Everything is read.

Whether you're navigating a physical health issue that's never had a clear answer, a pattern you can't seem to break, or a deeper soul-level question about why you keep arriving at the same place, there's a session here for where you are right now.All sessions except Applied Muscle Testing are available online or in person at my healing room inside Assist Personal Training Studio, Lilydale, Victoria.

LIFE PATTERN READING

Identify the pattern. See it clearly. Understand how to reprogram it.

A Life Pattern Reading identifies a specific recurring pattern in your life, how it shows up in relationships, finances, health, or behaviour, and gives you a clear understanding of how to reprogram it.This call is a powerful starting point for anyone who keeps asking "why does this keep happening?" and hasn't yet found a satisfying answer.Service Includes:15 minute reading over the phone followed by your Pattern Reprogramming Workbook delivered to your inbox — AUD $105

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CREATE METHOD 1:1 MENTORSHIP

Understand your patterns. Reprogram your responses. Create lasting change.

The CREATE Method combines life coaching, mediumship, reiki, metaphysical analysis and Forensic Healing to help you understand what's driving recurring patterns in your life and work through the process of changing them.Across five personalised sessions, we'll identify the patterns influencing your experiences, explore their origins and impact, uncover the beliefs and emotional responses keeping them in place, and develop new ways of thinking, feeling and responding. Using the CREATE framework, I'll guide you through the reprogramming process, with personalised energy healing to support the changes you're working towards.This is a practical, do-it-with-you process designed to help you move beyond understanding your patterns to actively creating change in your everyday life.Session Options:
Individual Sessions — AUD $150 each
Book the session that aligns with where you are in your process:C — Conscious Awareness
R — Reprogramming Conditioning
E — Evolve Identity
A — Aligned Action & Lifestyle
T — Transmute Energy
What's the E? I hear you ask!
It's Embodiment, the part that continues beyond our sessions as you put what you've learned into practice in your everyday life.Complete 5 Session Mentorship — AUD $700
Five 30 minute sessions to guide you through the complete CREATE Method, saving you $50.All sessions are done online.

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FORENSIC HEALING

The deepest root-cause energy healing framework available.

Forensic Healing gathers the pieces of the puzzle together to make sense of what's actually going on in your body, your patterns, and your life, then brings about immediate, measurable change.This session is for you if you're experiencing: chronic health issues or pain, stress, sabotaging behaviours, ongoing negativity, trauma, disconnection, or a sense that you're not living your purpose.Session options:60 minutes — AUD $250
90 minutes — AUD $373
30 minutes — AUD $125
(30 minute sessions for children only)Available online or in person.
Please reach out for more availability if no suitable times are available.

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RETRIEVAL RECODE

Soul retrieval, past life healing, and nervous system recoding. For the pattern that won't shift no matter what you try.

Retrieval Recode works across soul, quantum, psyche and somatic layers to identify the subconscious roots of your current struggles, retrieve fragmented parts of self lost to trauma or past-life imprinting, and recode the cellular memory and nervous system patterns keeping you in a loop.Annette is Australia's first certified Retrieval Recode practitioner.This session is for you if you've done the inner work and keep hitting the same ceiling. Something deeper is running the pattern, and you know it.Session:90+ minutes — AUD $373Available online or in person.
Please reach out for more availability if no suitable times are available.

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APPLIED MUSCLE TESTING

Your body already knows the answer. This session helps us hear it.

Applied Muscle Testing is a bio-reflective analysis that reads energy patterns in the body through meridian feedback, identifying the root of where issues are stemming from with precision no guesswork-based approach can match.This session is for you if you want to: identify food sensitivities or gut issues, get a personalised nutrition or supplementation protocol, understand what your body actually needs to improve body composition or wellbeing (not what a generic protocol says it needs), or identify the root cause of your symptoms.Session options:Initial session — AUD $280
Follow-up 30 minutes — AUD $125
Follow-up 60 minutes — AUD $250Available in person only.

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ALCHEMYZE

For the Woman Ready to Go All the WayThis isn't a program you consume. It's a container you live inside.

Alchemyze is a women's mentoring and transformation ecosystem built on CREATE, my own framework for root-level change across every layer of who you are, mind, body, energy and identity.Inside, you'll find over 285 resources, live group healing sessions, deeply personalised 1:1 support, and a growing library of tools built from 18 years of lived and practiced transformation. Nothing in here was created from theory. Every piece of it was needed first.The 12-week Mastery Experience is where most women begin. It's guided, supported, and built around you specifically, not a one-size-fits-all curriculum. Many stay well beyond 12 weeks, because real transformation isn't a program you finish. It's a way of living you grow into.Alchemyze is not for everyone. It's for the woman who is done with surface-level fixes and ready for the kind of change that actually holds.

• Find Out If Alchemyze Is For You

Come Into the Free Space

Not ready to commit to a session or program yet? This is where you begin.

Inside the Alchemyze Lite community, I regularly gift personalised oracle card pulls, share insights on healing, patterns and the body, and give members first access to special offers and new offerings before anyone else.It's free. It's ongoing. It's inclusive. And it's a genuine space where real value is shared, and yes, you'll occasionally hear about my offerings too.If you've been circling this work and wondering if it's for you, this is the lowest-commitment way to find out.

After joining, you'll receive a link to request access to the community directly.