About Shawn

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Shawn is a celebrity life coach, author, and motivational speaker based in Los Angeles. He's coached everyone from A-list actors to people who are housing and financially insecure and trying to rebuild their lives, and everyone in between. 
Born in Brooklyn, NY to immigrant parents from Panama & Aruba, Shawn Antonio was raised in New York, Panama and Florida. Shawn now resides in Los Angeles with his Australian wife and young family. 
A trained dancer, Shawn spent the early part of his career running a dance company after deciding that a degree in medicine was not for him. After relocating to Los Angeles in his early 20's, Shawn worked briefly in reality television casting before going on to become one of Hollywood's most respected and well known event promoters for over 16 years.

In that time, Shawn has met millions of people. His ability to remember people and places is unmatched. Shawn's enthusiasm for life and boundless happiness is electric and infectious. Shawn has always been passionate about advocating for people and has spent many years on his own self improvement and personal growth.

Some of the people who have inspired him are Paolo Coelho, Mahatma Gandhi, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Dale Carnegie, David Bowie, Martin Luther King Jr. and many others who drew outside the lines and truly changed the world. 

Shawn has inspired and guided thousands of people in his life, and released his first book in 2017. Shawn is passionate about photography and travel, and his favorite destination is Egypt. Shawn speaks fluent Spanish and English.