I'm Michele.
I help people build healthy relationships
& heal loneliness.
How nearly two decades and almost losing my life led me to discover the
Power of True Connection.
Here's my story.
How I went from
depressed and anxiety-driven
to helping others find belonging.
Before I got serious about my health, both physically and mentally, I was miserable in every sense of the word.
In fact, for most of my life, I was timid, overweight, lost, unhappy, angry, mean, disconnected, and apathetic.
I didn’t have goals or aspirations beyond what was in front of me. And I lived my life ashamed, sad, and severely lonely.
In fact, who I am today, the ideas I share, and the solutions I promote did not come easy for me.
My passion for personal development and healing was birthed from my own trauma. I was born into a family that was emotionally neglectful, physically abusive, and dysfunctional, to say the least. Growing up in an environment with such dysfunction wasn’t the worst part, though; it was the normalizing of the dysfunction that hindered my ability to cope and perpetuated the loneliness I felt, and that is what almost cost me my life.
I am a suicide survivor, and as such, I have seen the mental health system firsthand, and I can bear witness to many of its shortcomings. The most disheartening part I experienced about the mental health system was that nobody seemed to have solutions beyond medication or answers to complex issues any more solid than fog. The encouraged practices were less about healing and more about learning to cope with difficult situations. To say it was a disappointing attempt at healing is an understatement. Maybe I was a complicated case. Or maybe there were flaws in the system. Either way, the disappointment I felt was real.
At 18, I made a decision that would alter the course of my life forever: I shot myself. For nearly two decades, uttering those words unleashed a crippling surge of shame despite years of intense personal work. But the story doesn’t end there. I wasn’t just a suicide survivor; I also bore the humiliating label of “criminal” after lying to the police about the incident out of fear of my parents’ reaction. Interestingly, I survived a bullet but nearly drowned in the aftermath of that decision. To this day, I still don’t know which one stings more: the act itself or the paralyzing belief that followed that I could never “become anything.” Today, despite the shame and humiliation, I now believe that “becoming something” isn’t about erasing the past but about how we rise from the past that shapes who we become, even if it is a future we never thought was possible.
So I decided to get better, to be better, and since that day, I have clawed tooth and nail to get to where I am today, growing and thriving. The road has been messy, complicated, and, some days, downright overwhelming, but it has been beautiful.
Now I am helping others find the kind of connection and compassion that leads to a life with meaning.
I’ve struggled with happiness and loneliness for most of my life. Despite working with therapists, counselors, and psychologists, I ended up feeling even more lost—broke, medicated, and still depressed. Through it all, I realized that no matter how much help we get from even the best experts, real change doesn’t happen until we decide to want more for ourselves.
I started this business to inspire others to want more for themselves by actively pursuing quality relationships. Happiness and connection aren’t just something we all want; they are something we all desperately need.
A lack of genuine connections makes us feel isolated, as if we’re the only ones experiencing complicated emotions. This perceived sense of loneliness, even in a crowded world, is the root cause of so much suffering we see around us.
But we are not alone. We just have to learn how to create the connections we want.
That’s what I do: I help people learn how to foster deeper connections, heal feelings of loneliness & communicate with compassion because quality relationships are the cornerstone of a meaningful life.
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There’s something for everyone!
If you are ready to master the one skill that will improve ALL your relationships, you’re in the right place.
Here’s the truth: The better your communication is, the better your relationships will be.
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