About Dr. Shelley Maddox

m/other, lover, visionary, dreamer, rebel, futurist, writer, creatrix, guide, feminist, philosopher, seeker
I AM THAT, I AM.
Credentials
Education
- 2024, PhD, Cultural & Educational Policy Studies, Loyola University Chicago
- 2017, MEd, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Washington, Seattle
- 2013, Graduate Certificate, Women’s & Gender Studies, Middle Tennessee State University
- 2010, Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Middle Tennessee State University
Training
- 2022, Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master
- 2021, Usui Holy Fire III Reiki I & II
- 2020, Basic Master, New Paradigm MDT



My Story
An astrologer since 1998 and a reiki master since 2022, I am ruled by Venus in Gemini in the 9th and guided by the intuitive realms of embodied knowing, a pagan feminist spiritualist incarnate to help facilitate a return to heart-centered knowing, mine and yours. I believe that love is the means and the end, the process and goal, the very foundation of all that is, and my soul demands that I contribute to the creation of a world in which it is easier to love.
My spiritual awakening was fast-tracked in January 2020 when I witnessed the death of my fave, Sophy Math. Sophy drowned in the sound while retrieving our crab pots as Saturn and Pluto met on my IC, and the material experience of my existence completely shifted. For months, I felt as if I was floating. Life took on a surreal quality as I came to understand death as an illusion of a boundary.
My twins were born when my progressed moon hit my MC, and their existence was the first to break me open in this life, inspiring expanded consciousness and a decade of graduate study on the relational ethics of asymmetrical relationships. I am forever grateful that they chose me to be their mother.
The forest is where I go for peace and beauty, to feel both strong and small. I love to hike, backpack, meet the forest creatures and feel the spiritual connection with all that is. Geologic time brings me comfort, reminding me how small I am in the scheme of the universe and how important it is that I make the most of this spark of consciousness I call life. I hope to live my life as a testament to love’s infinite possibilities, however fragmented and filtered through the joys and suffering that constitute the miracle of our existence.
