When I first met Michele, I was dealing with a lot of things having to do with my identity and confidence as a person. My big inner questions were things like: How do I be who I am, empower others and lead well? In Michele I was hoping for a kind of mix of listener, encourager/motivator and a wise soul. I had a lot of pent up thoughts and a desire for something/someone to help frame those and push me to see them as a structured beginning to the message I have to share.
I could tell right away I was going to learn a lot from my time around Michele. To work with her is to work with someone who is committed to being herself and sharing her life. She has a wonderful gift of opening a space for me to be fully myself. Hers is a presence of invitation. Invitation to explore my own gifts and open myself to relationship. My work with Michele never seemed to be about particular battles, but the lifelong pursuit of authentic life and relationship. Because of the I am continually reevaluating how I can be a person of invitation in my own way.
