Support that Adapts as Life Changes
Support for families and caregivers facing memory loss and cognitive decline. We provide practical strategies, emotional guidance, and coordination tools tailored to your loved one’s stage of dementia.
Reduce stress. Improve quality of life. Know what’s next.
From long-term care planning to coordinating medical needs, we help older adults and their families understand their options and make confident decisions.
Whether aging in place or exploring care options, we’re in your corner.
Get clear, compassionate support when facing a terminal illness. We help you make informed choices, honor your values, and find peace during the final chapter of life.
Create space for meaning, closure, and the goodbye you want.
Support that adapts as life changes
Providing professional advocacy services for patients and the disabled. Personal representation, conservatorship support and executor services for individuals and families facing complex life transitions. With clinical background and systems-level experience, we help clients understand diagnoses, coordinate care, navigate the disability and legal maze, and make informed decisions when surrogate decision-making is required.
Bringing clarity, organization, and steady guidance during special circumstances—ensuring your voice, rights, and best interests remain at the center of every step.
Guidance for families and caregivers facing challenges with aging in place or exploring care optiosn. We can help you guide older loved ones, those living alone, experiencing memory loss, and in the more advanced cognitive decline of a dementia. We provide practical strategies, behavior management techniques, emotional guidance, and coordination tools tailored to your loved one’s stage of life.
Reduce stress. Improve quality of life. Supporting the path forward.
Get clear, compassionate support when facing a terminal illness. We can help guide you in making informed choices, honoring your values, and finding peace during the final chapter of life. We provide professional, tailored end-of-life guidance and help for those facing serious illness or life-limiting conditions.
After-loss assistance is an option to all families. We collaborate with you in navigating and prioritizing immediate needs, next steps, administrative tasks, and help with closing a loved one's life with grace and care. Our approach is grounded in professional experience, ethical boundaries, and family-centered advocacy.
Create meaning, closure, and the goodbye you want.
Meet Shannon Pearson,BSN, RN
Nurse, Educator, Advocate
Founder of On Your Terms
Shannon doesn’t just offer checklists or protocols—she brings presence. She brings 1:1 concierge services when you need it most.
Whether she’s helping a solo ager make a plan, supporting a family in crisis, or being alongside someone for a sacred goodbye and beyond,
Shannon’s calm, grounded approach provides real peace of mind.
Her services are non-judgmental, deeply human, and highly informed—
bridging the gap between healthcare systems and the people navigating them.
For more than 15 years, I’ve had the gift of walking with individuals and families through some of life’s hardest seasons—whether it’s facing a new diagnosis, navigating the complexities of chronic disease or dementia's, or preparing for the end of life. I know it takes courage everyday to face illness, caregiving, loss and death.
On Your Terms exists because I believe everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and supported—especially when life feels overwhelming. I’ve been at the bedside, helped families make impossible choices, and watched firsthand how powerful it is when people feel informed and cared for. OYT is rooted in connection and care.
This work isn’t just what I do—it’s who I am. I’m here to listen without judgment, offer clear options, and be a steady presence when you need it most. This is my true passion and life’s work, and I feel it is my divine purpose to be in this important space. Whether you're planning ahead, facing a crisis, or dealing with the loss after a death, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I'm here to help you take the next step—with dignity, peace, and clarity.
With Warmth,
Advanced Qualifications:
B.S. in Psychology and Gerontology
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse (former CHPN)
Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)
Certified Multiple Sclerosis Nurse (MSCN)
Certified Patient Advocate (BCPA)
Certified Integrative Nurse Coach (IN-NC)
Certified Integrative End-of-Life Coach (IN-EOLC)
Prior Authorization Certified Specialist (PACS)
End-of-Life Practitioner – Before I Go Solutions (BIGS)
Transactional Dementia Intelligence (CTDI) Certified
International Caregivers Asssociation Fellow (ICA)
She has personally served thousands of patients and families as a nurse, educator, and advocate.
A Heart for Middle Tennessee (and Beyond)
Shannon serves clients across Middle Tennessee and virtually nationwide. Whether you're looking for dementia care coaching, elder care navigation, end-of-life planning or after loss help, you’ll find compassionate, specialized support tailored to your story.