About Michelle O'Connor
Michelle is a Feminist and Body Positive Activist. She has been passionate about self-development since her early years and incorporates this approach into her everyday life. She has a degree in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies from University of Washington and is also a certified Life Coach. She works professionally for a non-profit organization leading girls and women in discussions around body positivity and the effects of our media driven culture and is passionate about teaching them to fight for themselves. Personally, she is transforming her life with healthy choices based on strength, intention, and awareness and is dedicated to sharing her story and insights to help other women.
LATEST ARTICLES
Let It Go – Episode 019
It’s time to get out of your own way and let things go! Stop replaying old experiences over and over, and stop letting them dictate your future. In this tough…
Retrain Your Brain – Episode 018
My mission in life is to always be growing, evolving, and learning. To do that, I have to question the way I am thinking. Not once, not once in a…
A Disease To Please – Episode 017
So many of us have the Disease to Please. We have formed behavior patterns centered around making sure everyone else is happy. We think we are keeping the peace, but…
A Conversation With Mom – Episode 016
This episode is a recreation of an inspirational story that my Mom told me about a time in her life when many changes happened at once. She explains how she…
Emotional Eating – Episode 015
Most people don’t want to talk about the hard things. One of those hard things to talk about is emotional eating. Do your emotions drive you to eat? For a…
Defiance – Episode 014
I come from a defiant woman, I work with defiant women, I am friends with defiant women, I raised a defiant woman, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.…
Mother’s Day – Episode 013
In this episode, I tell the story of my journey over the last two weeks. From the hospital, where Mom fought for herself in the biggest way I have ever…
A Love Letter To My Body – Episode 012
In this mini-episode, I share what came out when I sat down and wrote a love letter to my body. I turned this activity that we often do in my…
Ten Things I Learned In Ten Miles – Episode 011
This week, I share the lessons I learned while conquering my biggest physical test so far, running a 10 mile race. It took a lot of mind management as well…