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Empowering Your Next Chapter

Welcome! I support women navigating career-life transitions, grief, and personal transformation. Together, we’ll cultivate clarity, confidence, and meaningful next steps aligned with who you truly are.

Life transitions are a natural part of life and often create opportunities for growth, renewal, and meaningful change. Together, we’ll explore what’s next in your work and life and help you move forward with greater clarity, purpose, and possibility.

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  • If you are in a work-life transition, I got you.

  • If you feel like something is missing, I got you.

  • If you feel a little lost and a lot frustrated, I got you.

  • If you desire to feel more aligned and alive in your work and life, I can help guide you.

Work With Michelle

Are you ready for clarity and new possibilities?

How would it feel to move forward with confidence, knowing you’re supported every step of the way?

Clients come to me when they’re ready for more—more clarity, more fulfillment, more impact. They’re done feeling stuck, confused, or burned out. They know deep down that something greater is calling them and are ready to figure out what’s next.

You don’t have to navigate this journey alone. Change is not only possible—it can be energizing and deeply rewarding with the right support. I’m here to help you confidently step into the next chapter, uncover your purpose, and create a life and career that aligns with your deepest desires. Together, we will transform the unknown into your next becoming.

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1:1 Coaching

Move from feeling stuck and into purposeful action. Gain the clarity you need to take courageous steps toward a life and career that inspires you.

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Seasonal Gatherings

A beautiful opportunity to pause, breathe, and reflect on the closing season while inviting in the new.

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Alchemize Your Grief

Begin creating a life where loss and love coexist— and step forward with meaning and purpose.

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  • Michelle helped me overcome burnout and low confidence, enabling me to realign with my values. Her effective, holistic, practical coaching helped me create the change I sought. I'm now confidently building my business as a full-time entrepreneur, and I wouldn't have been able to take this leap without Michelle's support, coaching and leadership.

    Rachel Bonds
    Consultant

  • I hired Michelle to help with my business. Her holistic coaching transformed my life, starting with my self-connection and prioritizing my well-being. I improved my relationships, emotional health, and financial abundance. With Michelle’s guidance, I confidently made decisions, bought my dream home, and set healthy boundaries. Her coaching boosted my self-confidence, freedom, and lifestyle.

    Laurie Hinck
    Business Owner

  • Coaching helped me start living my authentic best life. I left my job, and more importantly, I developed the confidence and trust in myself to lead the way. Working with Michelle is like being supported by a therapist, priestess, coach, and friend all in one! I felt truly held in her competent hands. When you falter along the way (because faltering is part of the deal), Michelle will lovingly pick you up and guide you back to yourself and the vision you have created. Having Michelle in your corner is a precious gift I will cherish forever.

    Molly Mekjavich
    Midwife

  • Michelle's intuitive coaching made me feel instantly at ease, allowing me to explore my life goals during a challenging transition. She balanced practical advice with inner guidance, helping me trust myself and tune into my deeper wisdom, a truly empowering experience! Michelle has a gift for helping women to find their gifts!

    Jana Carey
    Intuitive Healer

  • Before Michelle, my work life was disorganized, and I was overworked and inefficient. Now, I have a thriving business. Michelle's support and accountability were crucial for creating change. She connects the dots and challenges you throughout your growth. Michelle is the best of the best.

    Andrea Dindinger
    Couples Therapist

  • Michelle is awesome, and if you are feeling stuck in your career, she can help you get excited about creating the shift you are craving. Within just a few sessions with Michelle, I committed to hatch my next project. Michelle offers a gentle structure and compassionate guidance. I am so grateful for how Michelle helped me integrate my spiritual practice into my work with my work! She really is my doula, helping me through these changes, one surge at a time, with the fierce calm and gentle groundedness of a bodhisattva.

    Britt Fohrman
    Pleasure Coach

  • Michelle is an excellent coach! What Michelle gave me was guidance based in a solid coaching framework and leveraging her strong intuition, empathy, and compassion--and humor--while working through a career transition. I have recommended her to friends and participated in a small group workshop where she used her considerable group facilitation skills to create a safe and engaging environment for collaborative coaching.

    Wako Takayama
    UX Research Lead

Your purpose is in you. It belongs to you.

It is your authentic self-expression—a thread woven through every chapter of your life.

Let’s meet it with curiosity.  

I help you find clarity and strengthen your sense of purpose during career & life changes.

Together, we pay attention to your inner compass to help your wisdom to emerge.