Shea PASHIN
Co-Founder & CEO
Hi y’all! I’m Shea Pashin, founder of Roots and Reins, nestled in the heart of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, a serene place that’s been in my family for decades.
After many years working in social services, supporting women and children who had experienced trauma in shelters throughout Austin, I began to notice something essential was missing. There was an opportunity for deeper healing, connection, and growth beyond traditional care settings.
That realization led me to start bringing children to Montesino Ranch, the sanctuary where I was lucky enough to spend my entire childhood. Watching the kids interact with the horses, explore the trails, and simply breathe in the peace of this place, I saw something shift. Their resilience, confidence, and patience began to bloom. Roots and Reins was born from that vision.
Our programs are grounded in science, specifically the Trauma-Focused Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP) method. Learning Natural Lifemanship provided the clinical framework I had been searching for. It confirmed my deep belief that healing happens in relationship with self, with others, and with the natural world.
This work brings together everything I believe in, and I’m honored to witness these individuals heal, grow, and find strength in the quiet power of nature.
Hannah Parker
Co-Founder & COO
My journey to Roots and Reins is one of convergence, bringing together my background in the life sciences and startup systems. Grounded in a Biology Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, my career has spanned diverse roles across various sectors, most recently at Google, where I joined in 2021 as an early contributor supporting startup programs and scalable frameworks. Alongside that work, I developed a deep passion for relational psychology and somatic therapies to support human resilience. Discovering the Natural Lifemanship framework brought that focus to life.
I believe every child deserves supportive, compassionate care regardless of their circumstances, and I’m honored to be stepping into this work to create trauma-informed spaces for children and families.