ESSENCE
private mentorship
Identity doesn’t fall apart out of nowhere. It becomes unstable when the life you built no longer matches who you are.
Identity instability shows up in the moments when something in your life forces you to pay attention. These moments make it clear that you have been living from roles, expectations, or survival strategies that no longer fit. They show you the distance between how you have been moving through the world and who you actually are.
When my 7-year partnership ended, the life I thought I was building disappeared overnight.
The months after were confronting. I could see how far I'd drifted from myself and how much of my confidence and direction had been shaped by old roles, fears, and strategies that once kept me safe.
I saw how many parts of myself were tied to that relationship.
I also realized that my entire business had grown around the identity I held inside that partnership. Losing the relationship meant losing everything I thought my business was rooted in and what I thought would carry me...forever.
What came next was not a rebuilding process. It was an honest look at what was true and what was not. It was an uncovering. A steady return to myself. A willingness to face the false structures I'd been operating from.
It required skill, honest conversations, and support that matched the level of truth I was being asked to step into.
This is the soil ESSENCE grew out of.
What is ESSENCE?
ESSENCE is for those who can feel that something in their life no longer lines up with who they are.
They’ve built entire identities around roles, expectations, relationships, or work they once felt connected to, but now feel unstable. They sense the gap between how they’re moving through the world and who they know themselves to be underneath it all.
Some arrive after a major life change:
A relationship ends.
A job shifts.
A health scare.
A pattern they relied on starts to feel unbearably painful.
Others arrive during a quieter transition, when they notice their confidence slipping or their direction blurring, and they realize they suddenly don't recognize themselves (or their business) like they used to.
Most have done years of therapy, coaching, or personal growth. They’re thoughtful and self-aware. They’ve worked hard to understand themselves. But none of it has touched the part of them that feels missing: the part that holds their identity, clarity, and sense of self.
In short, their essence.
What they want is honest support. They want safe and steady conversations that help them see the patterns they’re still repeating and the roles they’re still holding. They want clarity around the parts of their life that no longer match who they are.
If this describes your exact experience, keep reading to discover what ESSENCE can offer:
3 Promises of ESSENCE
1
Clarity about who you are and what guides your choices.
You’ll understand your needs, values, and identity with more accuracy, so decisions in your life and business become clear instead of confusing or reactive.
2
Emotional skills that help you stay steady in hard moments.
You’ll strengthen the skills that keep you connected to your essence which include needs, self-esteem, identity, boundaries, and maturity, so you can respond cleanly instead of slipping into old patterns.
3
A way of showing up in the world that matches who you really are.
You’ll begin moving through your relationships, work, and personal life in a way that feels congruent with your essence, rather than shaped by old roles or expectations.
What We'll Explore
ESSENCE is an all-inclusive deep dive and the most intimate way to work with me. It's a 3-month+ curated journey that takes commitment. The work we do inside ESSENCE can fall into any of the following categories:
Here are some things to consider when deciding to move forward with an inquiry for private work:
1. My clients have described the experience of working with me as "directed" "well-held" "exceedingly compassionate" "firmly reflective" "balanced" "practical brilliance" "spacious" "uncovering" "confronting" "illuminating" "clarifying" "warm" "tender" "loving" "enveloping" "intuitive" "seeing beyond words"
2. My style of mentorship and coaching are right for you if You're becoming aware of your emotional patterns and want to break free of them You grew up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional home and are ready to heal the vestiges of that childhood trauma You deal with stress with fawning/people pleasing, internalizing/saying nothing at all, emotional outbursts, or some other maladaptive behavior and want support with changing that You seek approval and affirmation in your life and without it you’re anxious, worried and afraid You get attached to your romantic interests quickly and it’s backfired on you on a few occasions You're in a partnership that's having challenges and you want help You have a pattern of falling for or getting close to emotionally unavailable people and it’s frustrating and painful for you You recognize you have a gift or calling you want to share with the world and feel blocked for some reason or another You want to run your business in way that feels authentic and generative to you You want to heal and find yourself
ESSENCE
Length
3 months with an option to extend
up to 6 months
Investment
Payment Plan - $888 per month
One-Time Payment - $2222
If you are not able to start at either of these investments, I invite you to explore my single-session mentorship offer SOFTEN + STRENGTHEN
What's Included
Private sessions (3 per month)
Session Notes emailed to you within 24 hours of each private session with clear, actionable next steps
Voice messaging support for Q&A, digestion, and integration between sessions
Custom Flower Essence Blends created to energetically support the work you are doing in the container
Private Client Testimonials
"Michele is relatable, reliable, kind, and challenges you. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to work with her and recommend her to anyone who is feeling a little lost in any relationship, whether it is with an intimate partner, family, friends, work, etc. I have been able to translate things I have learned in working with Michele to other aspects of my life. Working with Michele takes patience, perseverance, being able to look within, and letting go. It is a commitment and one I do not regret in any sense of the word."
Chelsea, Nurse
Meet Michele
I’ve spent the last decade learning how to return to myself through steady emotional work, honest reflection, and practices that helped me rebuild a stable sense of who I am.
My background is both professional and personal.
My background in Psychology and Human Development, along with advanced training in life coaching, trauma integration, 12-step recovery, somatic practices, and flower essence therapy, gives me a strong foundation for and confidence in mentoring women through identity transitions.
But the professional and personal work became real for me after the end of a long-term relationship, when the life I had built fell away and I had to sort through the layers of conditioning, fear, and survival roles that shaped how I showed up. That season taught me how identity becomes shaky, emotional skills hold us steady, and returning to yourself is both confronting and life-giving.
It’s the lived experience I am most proud of and what informs how I guide women inside ESSENCE.
Everything here is designed with care. The emotional skill-building, steady conversations, and support of flower essences will work slowly over time.
My intention is to offer a welcoming space where you can sort through what no longer fits and reconnect with the parts of yourself that feel clear and trustworthy.
