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At Where To Start Consulting, we guide individuals through life transitions, career changes, and personal growth with practical tools, compassionate support, and personalized guidance.

Sometimes support starts with being reminded of what you already bring.Every person comes with strengths, values, experi...
08/28/2026

Sometimes support starts with being reminded of what you already bring.

Every person comes with strengths, values, experiences and abilities that have been shaped over time.

Support can help create space to notice those things more clearly — especially during periods of change, uncertainty, or when the next step feels harder to see.

That reflection does not replace practical information, guidance or services. It works alongside them.

Because when people have a stronger sense of what they bring, they are often better able to make decisions, ask questions, recognize possibilities and take their next step in a way that feels more connected to who they are.

The starting point may look different for everyone.
The value they bring is already there.

Donna Sheppard, Founder & Consultant
Where To Start Consulting
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

08/28/2026

Life doesn't always have to be about the big milestones, major accomplishments, or the next thing we're working towards. Sometimes, the most meaningful parts of life are the tiny moments we almost forget to notice.
Don't forget to slow down, look around and take it in. 🧡

🍀 www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

08/26/2026

Resilience isn't about never struggling. It's about discovering that you can struggle, bend, break, rebuild ...and still keep going. Not every struggle is an obstacle. Sometimes it's the weight that builds the strength to carry you forward. 🦅

🍀 www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

A good plan should work with your life — not against it.The truth is, most people aren’t working toward a goal with noth...
08/26/2026

A good plan should work with your life — not against it.

The truth is, most people aren’t working toward a goal with nothing else going on.

There’s family, work, caregiving, appointments, unexpected changes and limited time. But there’s also something else we don’t always talk about enough — some days are simply harder than others.

A person can have several really good days and then hit a stretch where anxiety, depression, social anxiety, overwhelm or low energy makes even ordinary things feel difficult.

That doesn’t mean the goal no longer matters.

It means the plan has to leave room for the person carrying it.

Sometimes the best place to start is by looking at what feels realistic right now, what can wait, and what one or two things would actually make a difference.

There’s nothing wrong with adjusting the plan when your capacity changes.

Sometimes flexibility is what makes it possible to keep going.

At Where To Start Consulting, we believe progress should fit into real life — including the days when real life feels heavier.

A good plan makes room for the days you can do more — and the days you can’t.

Where To Start Consulting
www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

Our workshop collection is growing.Following the introduction of Strengths, Skills & Beyond, Kim White and I kept talkin...
08/24/2026

Our workshop collection is growing.

Following the introduction of Strengths, Skills & Beyond, Kim White and I kept talking, reflecting and building.

Today, we are excited to introduce our newest three-part workshop series:

BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR WAY

Values. Voice. Connections.

Over the past several weeks, Kim and I have talked about what it means to build a business that feels like your own.

We wanted to create workshops that recognize both the business and the person behind it.

That idea grew into three connected workshops. Each one explores a different part of building a business with clarity, purpose and confidence.

BUILDING THE BUSINESS WITHOUT LOSING THE BUILDER

Take a grounded look at the person behind the business.

Explore the values, choices, unseen work and real-life demands that shape how you build.

Because growing a business should not mean losing sight of yourself.

YOUR BUSINESS, IN YOUR OWN WORDS

Find clear and natural ways to talk about your business.

Explore what you do, how you do it and how to communicate it in a way that feels genuine and true to you.

FROM CONVERSATION TO CONNECTION

Explore networking and relationship-building from a more human place.

Move beyond the pressure to “network” and focus instead on genuine conversations, meaningful connections and relationships that can grow over time.

Each workshop can stand on its own or be delivered as part of the full three-part series.

Because you can build a strong business while staying true to yourself.

For workshop information or bookings:

Donna Sheppard, Founder & Consultant
Where To Start Consulting
[email protected]
1-709-689-8138
www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

Kim White, Consultant
[email protected]
1-825-977-3160

Some workshop ideas come from research.Others come from living through the process yourself.As Kim and I have been build...
08/22/2026

Some workshop ideas come from research.

Others come from living through the process yourself.

As Kim and I have been building our own businesses, we have had a lot of conversations about what actually happens between having an idea and turning it into something real.

The excitement.

The uncertainty.

The decisions.

The practical pieces.

The moments when things feel clear — and the moments when you are still trying to figure out where to start.

Those conversations became part of something new we have been working on behind the scenes:

our Business Series.

We are still putting the finishing touches on it, so we are not ready to share all the details just yet.

But this series grew directly from the things we have each had to work through in our own business journeys — the questions, the lessons, the changes in direction and the pieces that do not always show up in a traditional business plan.

Because building a business is not only about knowing what to do.

Sometimes it is about understanding what you are building, why it matters, what you already bring to it and what your next step needs to be.

That is the space we have been building from.

And we are getting closer to sharing where it leads.

More soon.

Donna Sheppard, Consultant
Kim White, Consultant

www.wheretostartconsulting.ca
📞 709-689-8138

Sometimes the most valuable part of a workshop is the moment something begins to feel possible again.Practitioners and o...
08/19/2026

Sometimes the most valuable part of a workshop is the moment something begins to feel possible again.

Practitioners and organizations are already doing important work every day — building trust, supporting people through change, and helping them move forward in ways that are not always easy to measure.

Our workshops are designed to complement that work.

We create space for reflection, conversation and practical learning — giving people an opportunity to recognize strengths they may have overlooked, put words around what they already know, and leave with something they can carry forward.

For Kim and me, that is where the value is.

Not in trying to replace what is already working.

But in adding another meaningful layer of support — one that respects the work already happening while giving people another place to reflect, reconnect and move forward.

That is the kind of space we want our workshops to create — meaningful, practical, and connected to the good work already happening in our communities.

Workshop Inquiries
Donna Sheppard — [email protected]
Kim White — [email protected]
1-709-689-8138
www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

Sometimes one workshop can open up a new way of seeing what’s possible.Through Where To Start Consulting, Donna Sheppard...
08/17/2026

Sometimes one workshop can open up a new way of seeing what’s possible.

Through Where To Start Consulting, Donna Sheppard and Kim White are offering practical, conversation-based workshops for community organizations and the people they support.

Our workshops are designed to complement the good work already happening — creating space for reflection, confidence-building, practical learning, and meaningful conversation.

Whether connected to employment, wellness, community, disability, self-care, or personal development, the goal is simple: to work alongside existing programs and add something useful for the people they support.

We believe the strongest work happens through partnership, collaboration, and meeting people where they are.

🌿 Workshop inquiries & collaboration

Donna Sheppard
📧 [email protected]
📞 1-709-689-8138

Kim White
📧 [email protected]

🌐 www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

08/14/2026

Thanks Donna Jewer means a lot

Sometimes knowing where to start begins with knowing yourself better.Over the past several weeks, Kim White and I have b...
08/14/2026

Sometimes knowing where to start begins with knowing yourself better.

Over the past several weeks, Kim White and I have been creating a new workshop series designed to give people space to pause, reflect, recognize what they already bring, and decide what comes next.

The three-part series includes:

Self-Reflection
A safe, conversational space to explore the experiences, values, skills and lessons that have helped shape who you are.

Skills & Strengths Profile
A deeper look at the strengths and transferable skills gained through work, everyday life and lived experience.

Where To Start Roadmap
A practical next-step workshop focused on priorities, direction and realistic goals based on your own path.

We have also created two optional wellbeing workshops:

Pocket Full of Joy
A chance to reconnect with the small things that genuinely bring joy.

Growing Through Gratitude
An honest and practical look at what supports, grounds and matters to us, even during difficult days.

Organizations and groups can book the full series or individual workshops.

Sessions are facilitated by Donna Sheppard and Kim White and are available virtually or in person.

For workshop information or booking inquiries:

📧 [email protected]
📧 [email protected]
📞 1-709-689-8138

www.wheretostartconsulting.ca

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St. John's, NL
A1N2G6

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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