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Love and Coffee

Hey there, I'm Michaela.

I'm an expert on personal branding, medium roast aficionado, and LinkedIn? It's kind of my thing. Cozy up with another cup of coffee, and learn more about how I can help take you, your team, or next event attendees from beginner to all star online with real strategies that work for real people.  

 

 

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Everything feels exhausting. ✨✨✨ Nothing feels the same anymore. ✨✨✨ But I have one more reason to wake up and try to create the life of my dreams, because I know he’s watching me with high hopes. ✨✨✨ ...I’ve got this, dad.
Goodbye, dad. Thank you for loving me and always making me feel like a true princess. ✨✨✨ You owe me a dance next time I see you.
The most important things in life can’t be solved with a Google search. ✨✨✨ I’ve legit spent hours lately trying to fix myself. My dad is very sick, and I can’t seem to do any of the “normal” life things. Answering emails? What’s the point? Eating healthy meals? I can’t seem to follow basic recipes. ✨✨✨ Can you find resources to help deal with pain and grief? Thankfully yes, you can Youtube meditation videos and listen to podcasts on route to the hospital. ✨✨✨ But there are no instructions for avoiding a crying fit in soup aisle at the grocery store. There is no prescription to stop my heart from aching whenever I remember that if I have babies, they likely won’t know their grandpa. ✨✨✨ There’s no life hack for navigating loss. ✨✨✨ The other day though, I was putting away my dishes, and a saucer fell and broke into pieces. It made me think of the Japanese word, “kintsugi”, which is a process in Japan where a broken dish is given new life when it is mended with gold lacquer. ✨✨✨ Although it’s been broken, after it’s transformation, it’s considered even more beautiful because of its precious scars. This made me genuinely smile for the first time in weeks. ✨✨✨ In the midst of everything that is happening, who knew a broken dish would be that comfort that I needed to accept my grief and have confidence that the Michaela on the other side of this will be alright someday? ✨✨✨ If you are in a season of #grief and transition, know that I’m right there with you in your #kintsugi transformation 🙏❤️
My whole dang life after ditching my 9 to 5 was feeling like a fairytale, until... ✨✨✨ ...well, it wasn’t. ✨✨✨ In the midst of the glam, the @fastcompany video shoot, car service and hospitality suites at #VidCon, 5 star hotels around the world, my personal life had been unraveling at the seams. ✨✨✨ My husband Ryan and I decided last spring to try to have a #baby. ✨✨✨ Life was so magical that I assumed it would happen instantly, like Cinderella transforming from lowly housemaid to enchanting princess. ✨✨✨ Only instead of glass slippers, I got negative tests. ✨✨✨ When you’re in a season of waiting, 8 months feels like 8 years. ✨✨✨ But lately, I’ve gone from frustrated and embarrassed by my fertility issues to embracing the process. ✨✨✨ Through acceptance, I’ve discovered that maybe we have the idea of happily ever after all wrong. ✨✨✨ Maybe our happily ever after doesn’t happen when that plus sign finally appears, but instead when we let go of expectations and remember that our happily ever after is simply that our story continues, even for those of us with one line. ✨✨✨ Mamas and papas, share some encouragement for those that deal with their #fertility challenges silently 👇
Hey there 👋, I’m Michaela. ✨ My nickname is Mick, and although some of my IG photos may LOOK glam, most days I have cracker crumbs in my bra and latte stains on my sleeves. ✨ I used to be agoraphobic, and couldn’t leave my house for a year and a half because of my fear of crowds. I was terrified of not looking or acting perfect. ✨ One day, I said EFF IT, and I haven’t looked back since (unless a cute puppy strolls by) ✨ I have an irrational fear of small holes (damn you internet!) and sometimes slow dance with my chihuahua. ✨ Most days I’m sweet like Olga from #90dayfiance, but I have my @stassischroeder season 1 moments too 🤷‍♀️ ✨ I love libraries, looking on the bright side, and ALL things #LinkedIn, which I teach, train, and speak on regularly. ✨ If you’re a messy, imperfect human trying to find a REAL space on #instagram that doesn’t make you measure your thighs or wonder why you haven’t flown in a private jet yet, get comfy and welcome! 🙏 ✨ Let’s get to know each other, share ☝️ thing about yourself that people wouldn’t know by looking at your IG grid!
I was laid off today. On January 23rd, 2016, I was called into my supervisor's office. I could barely hear what he said, my shame was so loud that it muffled every syllable. He slid the lay off notice towards me, I signed it robotically. I'll never forget the last words he told me before I walked out of that building. "It's nothing personal, Michaela. It's just business." "It's nothing personal..." As I cried into my steering wheel in the parking lot. "It's nothing personal..." As had to ask my parents to borrow money for the first time in my life to pay my bills. Just when I was about to believe the lie...that business is an impersonal game played by shallow characters...something extraordinary happened. I posted my story on #LinkedIn and asked for help. When I returned to my computer, my inbox was flooded with hundreds of messages from people near and far offering advice, encouragement, and job interviews. I landed a job at Grade A that led to me eventually traveling the world and teaching others about this incredible platform. As for my supervisor's comment? After witnessing the kindness of community during my darkest days, I realized that business, at least for me, couldn't be MORE personal. I'm forever grateful. Love & coffee, Mick #businessispersonal
Those “on this day” posts on Facebook are a real eye opener 😳 ✨✨✨ For some, it’s funny to look back and see an awful hair cut or an outfit that would only work in the 2000s. ✨✨✨ For me, at this very moment a few years ago, I was rocking back and forth on my bed in a hotel room in LA. I was high on cocaine, and couldn’t sleep for two days after binging on drugs and tequila. ✨✨✨ I was heartbroken after I found out that my ex-boyfriend had been cheating on me, and had become addicted to tranquilizers. ✨✨✨ I stopped eating. I wanted to punish myself for not being enough for my man to stay faithful. ✨✨✨ If only I was prettier, sexier, smarter. ✨✨✨ I looked for validation in all the wrong places, uploading sexy selfies in between swigs out of a bottle, and feeling instantly better once those first few likes rolled in. ✨✨✨ The transformation from bar star with a bad reputation to who I am today hasn’t been easy. I had to learn how to let go of all the things that I relied on to numb the pain, yes, but more than that, I had to learn to love the woman in the mirror, even without the confidence that comes at the bottom of a shot glass. ✨✨✨ Social media looks a bit different for me now. I want you to like me, duh, but only if you know ME, the girl that openly talks about fertility and armpit sweat, and cries sometimes during live videos. ✨✨✨ Because, as I’m reminded many days after seeing my memories on this day from years ago, real beauty starts with believing that you are worthy, with or without 👍s and double taps ❤️. ✨✨✨ Have you had a messy past that you’ve turned around?