Coaching & Mentoring Support
Bespoke support for professionals wishing to build ethical and sustainable practices and businesses.
Michelle blends almost three decades worth of experience, qualifications and trainings to offer a unique combination of business expertise, leadership experience, and a deep embodied knowledge of mental health, nervous system regulation and trauma resolution.
Having graduated in 2001 with a 2:1 honours degree in business, Michelle pursued a lengthy career in leadership roles within the financial services industry before beginning her career transition to mental health with a Counselling Skills course in 2005.
Since then Michelle has trained in wide variety of holistic practices such as Meditation, Mindfulness, NLP Coaching, Bodywork, Yoga, and more recently in 2023 graduated with an advanced diploma in Somatic Experiencing Trauma Therapy.
Michelle created The Sunshine Project in 2012 and has grown her wellbeing business organically, whilst also birthing her son, Suni in 2015, becoming a single mother, and self-publishing her first book, An Invitation to Notice: A Guide to Nurturing Your Nervous System for Regulation, Resilience, and Rest in 2025.
Michelle understand the challenges of growing your wellbeing business alongside the demands of everyday life. Having navigated these challenges and uncertainties, Michelle has implemented different system, structures and has reinvented her business as she has evolved in her professional approach.
Sustainability needs support.
Michelle is excited to hold a safe container for you to flourish with your area of expertise!
Coaching & Mentoring Packages
There are three ways to work with Michelle on this offering:
- 90 min Session (one-off or regular)
- Half Day Immersive (3 hours)
- Full Day Immersive (6 hours)
These can be online or in-person. Michelle is located on the North Coast of Northern Ireland.
For those booking the half day or full day immersive, there is the option of Michelle travelling to you.
Common Themes:
Nervous System Regulation
- Understanding your stress responses
- Tools for being more responsive and regulated
- What’s holding you back
- Fears
- Old patterns
- Feeling stuck
- Overwhelm
- Shut down
- Burnout
The Social Nervous System
- Creating Safety
- Polyvagal Theory
- The Fawn Response
- Being seen, visibility and taking up space
- Boundaries with clients
- Writing contracts & client agreements
Business Models
- Marketing & visibility
- Pricing
- Building structures
- Creating systems
- Relationship Development
- Networking
- Social media
- Writing Bio’s
- CV
- Platforms
- Podcasting
- Booking publishing
