Coach. SPeaker. Founder.
Michelle is passionate about helping homeschool parents build connections with their kids, enjoy their homeschool journey, and thrive every day — even when life gets hard!
She draws from hard-won life experiences to share practical parenting tips, creative teaching strategies, and words of wisdom for keeping your sanity.
- As a wife, mother, home educator, coach, consultant, and speaker, Michelle has been supporting parents for more than fifteen years in the learning, social, and emotional areas of development.
- She is currently the homeschool specialist for Bright & Quirky, an international online community for parents with kids who are twice-exceptional (2e).
- She is also the founder of Homeschool Essentials, an online support community for parents home educating their children. She loves bringing in the latest information on parenting, education, and mental health to support them in their homeschool journey.
Topics
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Homeschooling when Life is Hard!
Essential Mindsets for Life & Learning
Escape the cycle of overwhelm, burnout, and stress by embracing the essential mindsets that can transform how you show up for your days!
As moms, we feel like we must keep going when life is hard. What if you could gain clarity in what matters most to your family? What if you could feel confident in who you are as a mother and educator? What if you could find calm and build connection with your child?
These essential mindsets will impact the way you interact with your child, and will even change the way you care for yourself! You can enjoy homeschooling! You can enjoy being a mom! You can shift from surviving to thriving while homeschooling — even when life is hard!
Great for new and veteran homeschoolers
Ready, Set Homeschool!
Starting & Sustaining Your Homeschool Journey
Go beyond simply choosing a curriculum, and gain the confidence to start and sustain your homeschool journey!
This six-step roadmap takes you from knowing your “why” to creating a best-fit learning environment for your child. It provides a holistic understanding of how homeschooling offers a unique opportunity to customize your child’s education to help them learn, grow and thrive!
Great for new and veteran homeschoolers
Don't Be Schoolish!
Breaking Free from the School-at-Home Mindset
The best part of homeschooling is freedom, flexibility, and fun! Yet, so often we fall back into the mindset of traditional school because it’s what we know.
What if we view learning though a different lens? Explore practical ways to truly embrace home as a place where your kids can thrive in both life and learning. Your home can bring freedom, routines can be flexible, and learning can be fun for both you and your child!
Great for homeschoolers with out-of-the-box learners
Soaring with the Strengths!
Empowering Your Strong-Willed Child
Rediscover your love for your child and learn strategies for reducing tension and building connection!
We often see our strong-willed child as intense, pushing boundaries, breaking limits, and questioning everything. What if we flip the script and start seeing them as high energy, tenacious, creative, and curious?
Rather than constantly fighting against your child, learn how to shift from control to connection, and how to cultivate a home atmosphere where you can stay calm while your child feels empowered!
Great for homeschoolers with out-of-the-box learners
Light Them Up!
Reaching Your Resistant Learner
Bring the spark for learning back into your child’s eyes, and bring calm back to your days!
When your child shuts down and resists learning, the power struggles can zap the joy out of homeschooling and crush the relationship.
What if you could bridge the resistance to the supports that they need and make learning more meaningful? With some curiosity, creativity, and compassion, you can help your child build resilience in the areas they struggle in, feel confident in who they are, and soar in their strengths!
Great for Homeschool Parents
You Can Have an Amazing Relationship
With Your CHild!
Unlocking Your Parenting Superpowers
Go beyond the lesson plans and the checklists to build meaningful connections with your child!
As moms, we can get bogged down with all the stuff there is to do. What would happen if we made space in our days for what matters most? It’s not about the big moments in life. It’s the smallest moments in our days that make the greatest impact.
Unlock your parenting superpowers to transform your interactions with your child while cultivating a rich home learning environment!
