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The Shift Academy

The Shift Academy is for people stuck in old patterns. Move from understanding your childhood patterns to living differently.

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Pricing
$67 a monthWell above the personal development median of $15.
Size
392 membersBigger than 52% of the personal development communities indexed here.
Revenue ceiling
$26,264 a monthIf every member paid the listed price. Free tiers, discounts and churn are not visible from outside.
Platform
Skool
Category
Personal Development
Last verified
8 October 2026

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About The Shift Academy

The Shift Academy is for people stuck in old patterns. Move from understanding your childhood patterns to living differently.

Why you should join: The SHIFT Method course, a personalised quiz and plan, live coaching, integration workshops and breathwork, a 24/7 AI support assistant, guided meditations and embodiment practices and the Raise Your Vibration course. Membership is $67 a month.

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The one-liner

A personal growth academy for people who understand their patterns but cannot break them.

What they actually sell

The Shift Academy is run by Aaron Doughty. Its own pitch: "Let go of your childhood patterns and become the most magnetic YOU." The public offer sits at $67 a month. It moves buyers from analysing the old self to embodying the new one, with a personalised quiz and SHIFT plan and an AI assistant. Inside sit 10 courses. The page does not spell out a money-back promise.

Who pays and why

People who have read the books and done the meditations. The pain is knowing why they are stuck and still being stuck. They pay for the SHIFT Method course, a personal plan, live coaching, breathwork and an AI assistant.

Where the members come from

The page links Aaron Doughty's YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, so the community reads as the paid back end of an audience that already exists. Content does the attracting and the group does the keeping. Aaron Doughty's profile line reads: "I make Youtube videos, run live events/retreats and help people go full time doing what they love in the spirituality/metaphysical niche."

What's holding it back

Results are hard to measure. The community depends on members feeling change rather than seeing it.

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Name the gap between understanding and change, then sell the bridge.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for any self-improvement field, such as fitness. Weak for skills with clear tests.

Written 9 October 2026

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