Dr. Shanea Clancy

From Trauma to Triumph: The Mountaineering Mindset™

At 21 years old, while working a shift as an EMT, Shanea Clancy experienced an event that would forever alter the trajectory of her entire life. What followed were years marked by guilt, accountability, adaptability and relentless self-examination. Not as a victim, but as a woman determined to rebuild from the inside out and from the ground up.

That journey did not lead Shanea back to “normal.” It led her somewhere far more powerful.

Years later, while ice climbing, Shanea discovered a truth that would become the foundation of her life’s work: the mindset required to scale mountains is the same mindset required to rise after trauma, lead through uncertainty, and perform at your highest level when the stakes are real. The physical demands of mountaineering - managing fear, adapting to rapidly changing conditions, carrying weight, and choosing when to push forward or pause - mirrored her own evolution from a fixed, survival-based mindset to one rooted in clarity, courage, and resilience.

From that realization, the Mountaineering Mindset™ Academy was born.

What sets Shanea apart as a speaker is not just her story. It’s her credibility at the intersection of lived experience, science, business, and strategy. As a forensic nurse with deep expertise in trauma and addiction, a business strategist, and a high-performance mindset coach, Shanea translates complex human behavior into practical, unforgettable frameworks audiences can immediately apply and sustain. She doesn’t motivate people to feel inspired for a moment. She equips them to think differently long after the applause fades.

Shanea’s message has resonated with audiences across the globe, from Fortune 500 companies and universities to international leadership conferences. She has coached and shared the stage with influential leaders including Demi-Leigh Tebow, Jeff Hoffman, Jack Canfield, and Jamie Kern Lima, and has helped organizations and individuals achieve sustainable success under pressure.

Featured across major media outlets, Shanea has spoken to live audiences of more than 65,000 people and has appeared on multiple Times Square billboards. She is a #1 international best-selling author, renowned motivational speaker, mindset forensic nurse expert, and founder of Clancy Consulting Services.

When you bring Shanea Clancy to your stage, organization, or leadership table, you don’t get a keynote filled with clichés or a step-by-step guidebook.

You gain a mindset forged in high-stakes environments that drives transformation, peak performance, and lasting results.

Outside the spotlight, Shanea can be found volunteering, scaling mountains, skydiving, traveling with her family in their RV, and turning everyday moments into unforgettable memories - because she believes the summit is only meaningful when you know how to live fully on the way up.