About Me
I’ve reinvented myself more than once. And I suspect I’m not finished yet.
Hi...... My name is Michelle Myrick and I’m a coach, author, artist, musician, speaker, teacher, entrepreneur and lifelong student of what it means to be human.
Depending on when we met, you may have known me through a completely different chapter of my life.
I’ve worked as an executive director and professional fundraiser. I’ve written books. Recorded music. Painted. Taught. Built coaching programs. Hosted workshops. Created an online community. And, together with my husband Reidar, created The Keeper’s Kitchen Inn in the tiny Newfoundland community of St. Shotts.
On paper those things can look unrelated. To me, they aren’t.
They are all expressions of the same curiosity:
Who are we underneath everything we’ve been taught to be, and all the roles we've played - and what becomes possible when we begin trusting that person?
The 'Something More'
Years ago, my life looked successful from the outside.I had built a strong professional reputation.
I had responsibility, security and many of the things we are told should make us happy.But something was missing.
I couldn’t name it at first. I only knew there had to be something more.
That question became the beginning of an enormous period of change.
I started paying closer attention to my own thoughts, patterns, beliefs and choices. I studied how the mind works. I explored coaching and cognitive behavioural approaches. And I returned more intentionally to something that had always been present in my life: creativity.
Creativity Changed How I Saw Myself
Painting, writing and music taught me something that thinking alone never could.
Creative work gives us another language.
Sometimes we can draw something before we can explain it; write something before we fully understand it; or make something that reveals what we have been feeling all along.
That discovery became an important part of my work with other women.
I don’t use creativity to teach people how to make better art. I use it to help people see themselves differently.
What I believe Now
I believe awareness changes EVERYTHING!
I believe the stories we tell ourselves matter.
I believe we can learn to question beliefs that no longer serve us.
I believe creativity can reveal what logic sometimes hides.
I believe confidence grows through action.
I believe wisdom comes from lived experience.
And most importantly: I believe the goal is not to become better at following someone else’s answers. It is to become better at recognizing your own.
That is what I mean when I talk about inner authority.
A Life Still Unfolding
My work today is less about having everything figured out and much more about remaining awake to what life is asking of us.
I continue to create. I continue to question. I continue to learn. And I continue to discover new layers of my own story.
If you’re somewhere in the middle of doing the same, you are very welcome here.
I invite you to explore my work and to join the Heart of the Matter community if you haven't already done so.... see you on the inside.
Michelle