Health Coaching

As a health coach & counselor, I help you solve life’s challenges.

Techies, think of me as a mind engineer 🧠

“The way you explain topics & come up with solutions is among the top percentile of those I know, including seasoned managers at Google with people management backgrounds.”

Praneet Dutta, Senior Research Engineer at Google DeepMind

My approach is informed by

  • Esteem Dynamics by Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Jen Howk

  • Behavioral science

  • Lifestyle medicine principles

  • Positive, strengths-based coaching

My experiences

  • Master’s in Clinical Counseling (MACC) degree in-progress

  • TrueNorth Health Center Health Coach

  • TrueNorth Health Center Lecturer

  • TrueNorth Health Center Group Facilitator

  • Certified Peer Counselor - Empower Work

  • Board of Directors of a mental health organization

  • Editor of multiple books on mental health

  • Animal-Assisted Therapy Volunteer

  • Special Needs Counselor

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Program Development Intern

  • American College of Lifestyle Medicine Member

See my LinkedIn for my full background!

Why I’m a coach

  • Empowering others is my life purpose

  • Deep conversations are my joy

  • We can engineer life change when we view human nature in a systemic, scientific way - I can show you how

Benefits of Coaching

Learn how to:

• Create permanent, sustainable lifestyle change

• Optimize your life & environment to set you up for repeated success

• Use tools to manage stress, anxiety, depression

• Overcome addictions, including to food

• Process emotions that arise during fasting & times of health change

• Resist social pressure to eat & live unhealthy

• Understand the reasons for your feelings & compulsions

By learning how to solve their problems, clients may enjoy physical health benefits such as:

• Improved sleep

• Decreased blood pressure

• Decreased inflammation

• Pain relief

• Improved immune system

For TrueNorth patients:

Having followed the TrueNorth lifestyle since 2016 and been a patient herself, Michelle understands many obstacles patients face. She is known for her empathy, humor, and ability to find and treat the root cause of problems.

To book a consult, say hello :)