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ARE YOU READY TO DIG DEEP?

Nothing That Stays Hidden Ever Heals

 
 
 
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Hi, I'm Michelle.👋

I created Pushing Beauty as an expression of my soul, and it evolved into a place that I hope will inspire you to heal. Healing is an opportunity to become fully human. It's your chance to embrace all of who you are right now. No feelings are wrong, no pain is too deep.

Pushing Beauty is a place for you to learn about yourself, and I have a number of ways to help you do that. 

Ultimately, this is a place for you to find the tools to journey inward to becoming fully human, a nicer way of saying:

You're here to learn that it's OK to feel shitty and that you have the power to heal your life.

 

 
 
 

Unbroken:
working through
depression

 
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Depression Happens
For A Reason

In this 6-week program, we're talking about the causes behind depression that you don't often hear about. We're going straight to the root, doing the deep work required to understand how and why depression is showing up in your life. 

Program begins August 12th.

 

 

 
 
 

the bright side
of a broken heart

 
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A book for anyone who has loved & lost, fallen into the dark hole of depression, grieved deeply, or is ready to heal.

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The
Pushing Beauty
Podcast

 
 
 
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Hey there!
I'm Michelle, and I'm here to help you learn how to heal yourself.

You're not broken.
You're not too much.
You are enough.
You're lovable.
You deserve the life your soul desires.

My job is to support you in uncovering these truths for yourself. I'm here to empower you to release your pain and access the wisdom within you.

 
 
 


Love for Michelle

Testimonials

"I had been in therapy for 6 months before meeting Michelle and felt that my issues weren't really getting addressed. Immediately after we began working together I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. If you're thinking of working with Michelle, be ready for change to happen right away! Oh and it's always important to remember that not every day is going to be unicorns and rainbows. Just because you're on a new path, doesn't mean you're not going to have bad days. I learned that it's OK to be emotional and to actually embrace the negative feelings because "this too shall pass."  
—Salina

"I am a big fan of working on myself and tried every kind of healer and healing but breathwork is actually me being my own healer for myself. Michelle leads me through an off the charts playlist and makes me feel safe and comfortable to let it all out. The transformations have been mindblowing (I accomplished a goal I had for years) and I only started working with her a few months ago." 
—Christina

"I want to thank you so so much for holding space for me to feel safe in opening and feeling my feelings. I had berated myself earlier in the day for spending so much on one hour of time. But I can honestly say I can't believe how much healing you can accomplish in an hour! Breathwork has helped me to be more open in my life, to continue forging through my fears of being open/vulnerable/showing my true self - I am finding the benefit of this comfort in vulnerability, and that when I am open, others react so positively to it, and my life is more beautiful because of it. "

—Andrea

"I consider myself very lucky to have found Michelle. She is very compassionate and caring, I felt I was talking to a long-lost friend rather than a coach. I looked forward to my one on one sessions with her, she challenged me to be my best self. Being from India I was aware of different breathing techniques but I really enjoyed the breathwork taught by her, it is the easiest to do! I also did the Desire Mapping Workshop with her in a group setting and her guidance was crucial for me to connect with my innermost feelings and come up with a life plan that works for me.”" —Dhirja

"Michelle’s breathwork sessions are absolutely incredible. She creates a very open and safe environment that allowed me to feel vulnerable. She sensed that I was struggling to get through the first breathing series, and with her calm presence and intuitive cues, guided me through it. I’m so happy that she could tune into my energy and recognize this because I was left in a euphoric state yearning for more. I can’t wait to take another session with her and would recommend Michelle to anyone looking for an incredible guided meditation experience." —Alisa

"I came to Michelle after a devastating breakup. I was miserable and extremely anxious. Michelle helped me focus on what feelings my mind was trying to avoid. Her focus was on helping me learn to love myself. Through Breathwork and Michelle's guidance I was able to control my mind and find hope for my life again. Each week I felt better and better. This work is not a quick fix, but I took it very seriously and showed up for each session. This work has been so encouraging for my life." —Leo

"Although I am a deeply spiritual person who is open to new experiences, nothing quite prepared me for the breathwork session with Michelle. It was an intense, out of body experience that opened up a part of my soul that I never knew existed. With her beautiful guidance, she helped me start the healing process of forgiveness and letting go. Michelle she has this ability to create a space full of trust and love, allowing you to explore a deeper part of yourself without fear or reservation." —Michelle

"Thank you SO much, Michelle. You crafted the space so beautifully, and you reminded me of the great, innate power of the breath. With a heart-breaking start to the year, I had forgotten about it. I pivoted away from my pain by drowning my myself in my work and being in service, sometimes as a way to nestle away from the hurt. Thank you for allowing me to feel... That soundtrack though... seriously girl. Thank you." —Tara Bliss

"Before working with Michelle I felt confused and lost. Through working together I feel 100% more grounded. Breathwork grounded me like no other healing method I've worked with before. I have always struggled with making time for myself, and with Michelle's encouragement I began to carve out solid time for self care. I feel so much more connected to my body and am so aware of how much can be learned from the breath and the body. I highly recommend working with Michelle." —Julia

"Working with Michelle has brought me so much inner strength and stability. This is huge for me! Through her amazing listening skills, her intuitive understanding of people and her knowledge, she helped me discover how to access the resources which were in me already but that I could not see." —Marie-Eve

"Working with Michelle really helped me learned that it's okay to feel ALL my emotions but not to define myself by them. This has also helped me dig deeper into what it is I'm really feeling which has helped me continue to discover something new about myself. She really challenged me even if it was uncomfortable. I thought that doing Breathwork over Skype wasn't going to be as effective or that it was going to be weird but it was perfect! You can tell when someone really wants to see you succeed, and with Michelle you can see the passion in her work and how she's rooting for you. The fact that I can keep doing Breathwork and automatically see the effects is amazing. Working with Michelle felt like a different approach to tackling the issues we're all struggling with. She's just wonderful overall." —Alejandra

"I began working with Michelle when I was diagnosed with cancer. Working with her has helped me let go of fear and get centered. There's something about knowing she has my back that makes a huge difference. Practicing Breathwork consistently with Michelle has helped me destress, calm me, and has given me deep insights into myself." —Lindsay

 
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Dig Deeper is a self-study platform that gives you access to all of my workshops, teachings, and guides.

If you're ready to manage your emotions, release your pain, face the fears that are keeping you small, and open your heart I'd love to invite you to Dig Deeper.

 
 
 
 
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DESERT DETOX: JOURNEY TO WORTHINESS Desert Detox is an afternoon workshop in Wonder Valley, an isolated town east of Joshua Tree. The workshop is held at Fox & Feather, my getaway cabin in the high desert of California. On April 20th, we’ll be working on self-worth. Link in profile to learn more about the workshop. Breathwork for Self-Love in Oakland at @rarebirdoakland on March 31st. Link in profile to register (click on workshops). You can read my article, “This is How You Love Yourself” over at pushingbeauty.com. “I don’t get to stop choosing me.” Link in profile to read The Bright Side of a Broken Heart. “Losses are very personal and comparisons never apply. No loss counts more than another. It is your loss that counts for you. It is your loss that affects you. Your loss is deep and deserves your personal attention without comparison. You are the only one who can survey the magnitude of your loss. No one will ever know the meaning of what was shared...You alone know your loss. Only you can fully appreciate the depth of the relationship that has ended.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Perfection doesn’t interest me because the human experience is messy, and I love being human. I was running a business based on helping others heal when I fell into the worst depression of my life. I couldn’t eat food and wished I would whither away in bed. I canceled clients because I had no other choice. I walked around life with tears dripping from my eyes, a heavy weight wrapped around my shoulders, and an empty heart for far longer than my mind believed I should have. Many people don’t share about their pain while they are feeling it, but I did. I wrote blog posts about my broken spirit and eventually wrote a book that is charged with the grief and triumph of heartbreak and soul redemption. I didn’t wait for a “perfect” time to share it. When it was done, it was time. I spent too many years trying to hide from my pain, from the parts of myself that I believed were unlovable, and wasted so much energy trying to be a hollow version of who I thought I wanted to be. Over five years into my healing journey, attempts at perfection feel only like a heartbreaking waste of energy. It’s just another way we perpetuate the belief that we aren’t enough. You could say I am in the business of imperfection. I have come to love the messiness of being human. If you do a healing session with me, you might hear the smile in my voice when I talk you through your pain. It’s because I have been there too, and I am not immune to it even through my journeys. I have come to love the messiness of being human and love holding others as they meet the imperfect parts of themselves that are, in fact, absolutely perfect. #imperfectishuman @imperfectbosses THE COMMUNICATION OF YOUR BODY Instead of living in a world where bodies are revered, no matter their shape, color, size, or form, we are taught that select bodies are beautiful and the rest are othered. We take on beliefs that there is something wrong with us and hide our pain in pockets inside our bodies. Sometime in middle school, we're taught anatomy, but not the truth that our bodies are information vessels, communicating to us our needs and desires. Our bodies become mechanical instead of magical, and we might even inflict violence on them when they don't do what we want them to do. We turn off the communication between our minds and bodies so gradually that we aren't even aware that it's happened. Like a bright light dimming, our heads turn down and our energy fades. It becomes laborious to move our bodies, and we get fresh hits of endorphins from bright screens. There is a heartbreaking paradox here: to be in our bodies can feel incredibly painful. Our bodies store traumatic memories, untamed emotions, and unmet desires. But to be disconnected from our bodies also means we are cut off from our hearts and souls, the very sacred source within us. The only resolution is to walk into the fire of our pain, whenever and however we can, to uncover the wisdom our bodies have been communicating with us all along. This 👆🏻is from my newsletter going out tomorrow morning. In it you’ll learn ways you can begin to tune into your body and learn what its communicating with you. To sign up, click the link in my profile, scroll to the bottom, and select SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER. I have been getting positive messages from people in my stories in response to interviews from @susannabarkataki’s Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga summit, but when I inquire whether or not they have signed up for the FREE summit, the response is no. When I encourage them to do so, I either get no response or am asked to do the work of sending them the direct link. There is a lot of inertia around facing into the truth of systems of oppression, and I get that. It means you have to change, and it means you have to face the pain that you’re creating harm. But if you continue to choose to avoid it, you’re STILL causing harm. Spouting spiritual language, use the word ‘rebel’ in marketing, and talking about healing and shadow without doing THIS shadow work is a form of spiritual bypassing. There is a lot of work to be done on the streets and on the hill, but the inner work is just as important. In case you needed the reminder or the part of you that is not yet conscious you carry this belief needs the reminder. 😉
Best thing ever, ever, ever. And it had nothing to do with my ex or my relationship. It’s because it threw me into a dark night of the soul, and that journey gave me all the wisdom to live a life I could never have imagined for myself. Gratitude for the heaviest moments of our lives is possible.
Working on a new program and thought I’d share some self love thoughts I’m writing this morning. Self love isn’t conditional. We can’t choose to love only the parts of ourselves that we have learned get us love, respect, or admiration. To truly love ourselves on the healing journey means that we love the parts of ourselves that we believe won’t get us love. It is to love the parts of ourselves we are ashamed of, that are the most painful to hold. This is how we heal. We become willing to face the heavy grief, rage, fear, and shame and meet it with love. This is how we set ourselves free.
You choose what you are OK with and what you are not OK with. It’s your job to set your boundaries. You can respond when someone says something hurtful. You can choose to tell people what you allow in your inbox. What is acceptable to you doesn’t have to be acceptable to everyone else. You don’t need to explain yourself, and you can change your mind. Bright Side Mug now available for solo purchase. I was only selling these mugs in my book kit but now you can buy them as a single purchase. There are a couple left. I don’t know if I’ll sell these again after this run. Head over to the shop page of pushingbeauty.com. I learned to love myself because I needed to. I had to learn because not loving myself wasn’t working. Living with chronic depression and anxiety was not working. Feeling uncomfortable in my body was not working. Believing that I wasn’t worthy of love, that there was something wrong with me, and that I wasn’t enough wasn’t working. I put in the hard work of learning to love myself because I deserved it. Because some small part of me called bullshit on the beliefs that kept me stuck and small. I called bullshit enough that the small part of me became dominant, and I believed the Truth I learned to love myself because our culture doesn’t teach us how. Because my soul was destined for it. Because it was the only way to make peace with my existence here. And thank goodness for that because through it I learned that I am here for a reason. I have a place, and I love being in this body in this life of mine. If you want to learn to love yourself you can start by: 1. Downloading Getting Started with Breathwork (link in profile) and begin a 30 day challenge. 2. Reading my article, “This is How You Love Yourself” over at pushingbeauty.com 3. If you need additional support, booking a 1:1 Breathwork healing session with me (link in profile)