MichelleÕs clients are drawn to her centered and grounded presence. She creates a supportive coaching environment through mutual respect, mutual trust, and mutual freedom of expression. From this foundation, she coaches with warmth, insight, and candor. The richness of everyday experience includes career, family, relationship, community, spirituality, self, and more. Michelle partners with her clients to identify the challenges blocking that richness, wherever they occur. She uses a Òwhole personÓ approach with her clients, knowing that a fulfilling life is an integrated, balanced life. She develops coaching programs designed to reach specific outcomes and create lasting change. Michelle coaches clients that are seeking professional development, as well as, those seeking personal development. When people enhance their personal capacity for compassion, authenticity, and leadership embodimentÑwhether in the professional or personal domainÑamazing things happen. Michelle has extensive corporate experience, mostly in the technology sector. She received her training and certification as an Integral Coach through New Ventures West, where she currently serves as the certification manager and adjunct faculty in the Professional Coaching Certification Program. She is also certified through the International Coach Federation. She holds a MasterÕs in Education with an emphasis in Training Design and Development from San Francisco State University.