| Media Relations Office The Casual Gardener Company P.O. Box 358 Warrenville, IL 60555 Contact: Shawna Coronado FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What Shawna Coronado is All About! Shawna's goal is to inspire the world to get off the couch and get out in the garden to improve physical and emotional health! Increased Health - For Shawna, the benefits of garden and horticulture has initiated a life- changing self discovery: gardening has significantly improved her health and emotional well-being! Shawna has suffered for over ten years with severe allergies. They have been quite debilitating at times and have most recently developed into asthma. A stressful career pushed her blood pressure into an extremely high range. During garden “season” Shawna noticed the increased exercise, sunlight and better breathing techniques had a positive effect by lowering her blood pressure count, allergy symptoms and increasing muscle strength and tone. This exciting personal discovery began her journey to inspire others in the community to learn about the health benefits of gardening. Life altering decision - For over 18 years Shawna held very stressful positions in business while maintaining her gardening interests as a sideline. The extreme stress of managing long hours at work had left her burnt-out and miserable with her career. The life altering decision came to completely reinvent her job by "downsizing" income and hours so she could move into a business which was more horticulturally and garden-centric. It left her more time with family as well as a more emotionally satisfying career. Stress will always exist, but doing what she loves, combined with seeing her family more and being emotionally available has been a gift for both Shawna and her loved ones. How she got started - Shawna received her first gardening experiences while growing up on a farm in Central Indiana. Her earliest influences in gardening were her Grandmothers who each had practical and interesting gardening know-how to share. Although Shawna has always enjoyed gardening, her first true interest in health and gardening as an adult came in the early 1990’s. She began doing creative research to learn how to design and paint flowers. At that time Shawna owned an art and design firm which specialized in the design and resale of ornamental items. From the beginning of her research on the botanical nature of plants, Shawna became fascinated with the beauty of nature. With the support of her loving husband, Luis, she began to garden heartily and soon expanded her gardens to cover a large portion of their suburban property. Her garden became a calming force for her strong personality and "Type A" nature - a place to be meditative as well as physically active. Current Activities - Shawna’s growth in gardening and interest in inspiring others soon led to a weekly newspaper column based on the subject of gardening. This column combined with additional writing ventures has helped her passion for horticulture, gardening and conservation develop further. This passion has touched Shawna's life profoundly. Shawna continues to write on gardening, health and conservation and owns her own landscape design firm which focuses on teaching homeowners how to build and maintain their own gardens while using her design skills. She is heavily ensconced in expanding her knowledge base on the health benefits of horticulture and conservation as well as publicly exciting others to do the same. Shawna's Message - Shawna's message to the world: Get out and Get Healthy!! If I can do it - you can do it too! Shawna Coronado is a dynamic sales, public relations and marketing expert with over 18 years experience in Business Development, Communication, Sales/Account Management and Online Marketing. Her feisty personality and overall enthusiasm make her a strong choice as a public speaker and representative. Shawna has been speaking in public about her healthy discovery - and hopes to spread her message so more people in the community can understand how they can have better physical and emotional well-being. You can find Shawna getting healthy by working regularly in her garden with the family dog and mascot, Harry the Pug. ### |
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