Personal Empowerment Coach, Michelle Burns
Michelle has developed a powerful and proven methodology that brings dramatic results and enables clients to manage and direct their most precious resource, their energy. Through 17 years of professional development and personal coaching, Michelle has led seminars, workshops, tele-trained, and in effect, has impacted the lives of over 1,000 clients
Some of Michelle’s expertise and training includes:
EFT Practitioner: Seven years ago Michelle added EFT (emotional freedom technique) into her coaching practice with amazing success. Clients have efficiently and effectively moved through stubborn blocks; anxiety, fear, self doubt, tension, stress and blocked emotional issues. Michelle has received Advanced Level Certification in EFT.
Yoga Teacher: Michelle is committed to living a vibrant, balanced life by example and her journey in Yoga training and teaching has spanned over 17 years. She received Yoga Teacher Certification from Kripalu Center in Massachusetts, Ashtanga Yoga Certification from Yoga Arts of Australia and has studied with Master Yoga Teachers in India and Nepal.
Meditation Instructor: Michelle first understood the transformational power of meditation 15 years ago and has been passionately practicing ever since. Well versed in the traditional Eastern art forms, she has had the privilege of studying under Master Teachers in India, Nepal, Bali, U.S. and Canada. Combining this Eastern ancient knowledge with modern, results-producing methods, she has created a simple and effective means to thriving and getting the most out of your life.
Personal Mastery Coach: Michelle received formal training and certification from the Institute of Integrative Coaching in California and Coach University in New York. She has been trained in many cutting edge processes and techniques that support clients in activating more of their power and potential. Sharing knowledge, skills and wisdom from her diverse career history as a Financial Advisor, Marketing Executive, Yoga Teacher, Life Coach and Workshop Facilitator, Michelle helps people recognize and use their current success as a platform for future growth.
Michelle has taken the best of the best in her 17 years of training and practice and has developed a Formal Systematic Personal Mastery Training Program: A no-nonsense, results producing approach to living to your full potential.
“I am committed to your success and look forward to meeting you."
My Story
Seventeen years ago I had what looked like a great life – on the outside. I was in great shape, had a good job and lived in an affluent area of Toronto in a beautiful condo. I wasn’t rich but I was skilled at being pretentious. I was chasing the symbols of power instead of the power itself.
Inside I was miserable - desperate, lonely, insecure, and anxious. “Maybe I just need to try harder, work more, make more, get more, be more…” Frustration, depression, burnout…rest and recover, then do it all over again. Success without fulfillment is failure.
“Why am I so unhappy?” “What’s wrong with me?” “What’s missing?” These questions caused me to focus on the problem. Then I started asking “What would make me happy?” What would I love to do?” “What would the perfect day look like?” “If I could wake each day and feel excited about my life, what would I be doing?”
To make a long story short, I left my career as a Stock Broker and moved to my home town on a small Island and became a Yoga Teacher. Yes, I’m serious. I began offering seminars and workshops on “Passion & Purpose”, “Personal Power”, “Dynamic Living” to name a few, which naturally transitioned into the profession of Life Coaching. I’m not suggesting that everyone has to make such a dramatic shift in their life but for me, this was the beginning of Self Discovery, a fascinating journey with lots of interesting twists and turns. Did everything just fall into place and start working beautifully? No. But I woke each day feeling excited about the possibilities, and my life has been anything but boring. I am living my life’s purpose and nothing could be more satisfying.
Along the way I made every mistake, hit every road block fell into every hole, and suffered far more than was necessary. I was hit with every challenge one could face. But that’s how I figured out, not only what works and how it works but why it works. I went through all the pain, suffering and struggling so that you won’t have to. Sounds tragic but I would do it all again in a heart beat. If I only knew then, what I know now.
Ultimately my driving force has been to understand the deepest secrets of success, make them understandable, and then guide others to activate that power within them.
Michelle Burns 604-306-2935 michelleburnscoach@gmail.com