04/03/2026
Deeply humbled and continued gratitude to Mirror Review for featuring my story, my work, and my mission. 🕊️
Thank you for the honor and recognition of NeuroTech Pioneer of The Year, Women in Business 2026. ✨
Shawnee Harkins: Building Recovery from the Inside Out
Recovery is often described as a process, but for many people navigating neurological injury, it feels more like a series of disconnected steps.
12/04/2025
Today marks 10 years since Kyle’s traumatic brain injury (TBI). 🧠🥳
🗣️ Happy New Life to you buddy!
I am so thrilled and blessed to share in your journey.
Ten years of healing.
Ten years of transformation.
Ten years of defying the odds one day at a time,
And tomorrow, we celebrate seven years of neuro fitness training together — seven years of learning and teaching, breaking limits, and chasing greatness, together. .
I’ve watched Kyle become the man he was always meant to be.
Determined.
Focused.
Purpose-driven.
What a gift it’s been to witness his evolution — not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
�To work with him, his incredible mom, his children, his Nana, and his entire family — has been a blessing and an honor.
I love this quote by Picasso:
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”�
My sentiments exactly.
And we stand on this:�“In your strength, I can crush an army. With my God, I can scale any wall.” – Psalm 18:29
Let your obstacles be your driving force to victory no matter the adversity.
❤️ Please join me in celebrating Kyle’s life, his triumphant transformation, and his much anticipated breakthroughs.
We thank each and everyone of you for supporting Kyle’s journey.
We love you.
Blessings,
Shawnee 🕊️
11/28/2025
HOW FITNESS CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY TBI RECOVERY
🗣️ Most people know me as the creator of The Harkins Method™ and founder of Neuro State of Mind™ and now, The Harkins Project, VRx™, … but before ANY of that?
I was an 18-year-old girl from Rowlett, Texas living alone in El Segundo, CA who had just survived her first severe traumatic brain injury.
📸 Picture 1 — Age 18 (First time EVER to share my TBI photos publicly)
Wearing a neck brace, smiling after flat-lining, waking from a coma, and overcoming temporary quadriplegia + a bruised spinal cord.
It was the very beginning of my TBI journey — the one that would test me, shape me, and reveal who I would become.
After doing one single push-up in my tiny studio apartment, I decided I would still try to become a firefighter + EMT… my childhood dream.
After all, I had been given another chance at life.
I started working out when my body felt broken, my identity was shaken, and my doctors told me:
“This is as good as it gets.”
The pain was physical… but the internal battle was worse.
The overwhelm overwhelming thoughts, and emotions of “What if…?”
I hit a point where I realized I could surrender to the diagnosis — or fight for my future.
So I chose to fight.
After all, it takes courage to heal.
And in our weakest moments, we discover just how powerful and strong we truly are.
And I wasn’t alone — God was with me.
Fitness became the catalyst of my healing — the foundation that changed the trajectory of my recovery.
Not because I wanted to “get in shape,” but because movement gave me proof that healing was still possible.
I relearned to walk while relearning to speak.
Then I ran.
Then I lifted.
I rebuilt my atrophied muscles and worked two jobs to afford a trainer who helped me rebuild from the ground up.
But the REAL transformation didn’t happen until I did two things right:
1️⃣ I trained my mind with the same intensity as my body.
2️⃣ I learned how to activate neuroplasticity on purpose — training my mind + brain as a team.
That’s when everything changed.
📸 Picture 2 (Diagnosed Healed & A Thriving Career
Standing with Dr. David Kawashiri at Cedars-Sinai — hearing him say:
“You’ve healed yourself, Shawnee.”
The protocol I created (now The Harkins Method™) restored my brain + nervous system after 3 TBIs and years of complications.
Today, I help others do the same.
Our brain CAN heal, rewire, adapt, and transform after trauma.
My mission is to implant hope for every TBI, ABI, concussion, and stroke survivor — and anyone navigating anxiety, depression, or PTSD — who refuses to give up.
If you relate to ANY part of my story, drop a ❤️ below.
To the survivors + caregivers keeping their eyes on the prize — you got this! 🏅🕊️
Pass the love. 🫶
Share the light. ✨
Chase Greatness. 🌈
07/05/2025
🧠 The brain changes based on what we feed it.
Your thoughts are its nutrition. Your movement is its medicine.
✨ Every step, every mindset shift—you’re rewiring your brain.
Fuel it wisely. Move with purpose.
👉 Tap the link in bio to start your neuro recovery journey today.
11/28/2025
07/05/2025