About Michelle

My life has been wonderful.  I am extremely blessed.  I was raised by two wonderful parents who still are in love to this day.  I am the oldest of six children and have the most wonderful siblings.  Three boys and three girls.  My family is smart and kind and loving and amazing.

I am a very concrete thinker.  To me, things are black and white.  This sent me on a path that steered me away from my family.  At our core, we remained intact, but energetically, I felt very closed off.  I realize now that this was my doing. 

A few years ago, it occurred to me that I needed to be so that others could be.  I was not clear on what it meant to be completely myself.  This is when my healing journey actually began.  

You see, I am a Dandelion and the realization of this has made me whole.  The Dandelions quietly sit and listen to others’ needs and wants.  They attempt to speak up but are usually cut off quickly.  Their high emotional state is off-putting to most and they learn quickly to become even quieter.

The Dandelions are smart, highly intelligent, and observant.  They carefully watch what works, observe others’ behaviors, and what to do and not to do for acceptance and approval.  Where the Dandelion goes wrong is in trying to be a rose or a geranium or a pansy, but they are a Dandelion.

I know now, I will no longer adapt to anything or anyone that is not in alignment with me.

The phrase bloom where you are planted I’ve learned is very untrue.  Each flower and plant has different needs and will absolutely not bloom in the wrong soil or sun.  No matter how hard I try, if I plant a hollyhock seed, it will never become a rose, and hollyhocks and roses both have different needs.  

Our responsibility is to become wholly ourselves and then put ourselves into the environment that is best suited for us.

No longer bloom where we are planted, but bloom and then plant ourselves.

About BE

My business BE is my tribute to the four horsemen in my life.  BE is for them.  Without them, I would not be.

In 2020, I asked my youngest son if I was wrong in teaching them to just be kind to others and all would work out.  He assured me that I was not wrong, but had not taught me that you need to put yourself first.  Be kind to yourself, protect yourself, and yes, save yourself.  Because without you, you cannot help others.

In 2021 for Christmas, with tears streaming down my face I read the first pages of BE at the table in our living room.  My oldest son bought me the most beautiful journal to continue my thoughts and my business and reminded me of what I was doing this business for.  I was so excited to get my book completed for his birthday this year.  As his mom, I have felt very unprepared for events in his life.  I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to come up with the material I would have used at the time.

During both years of my mental breakthrough my middle son would say, “mom, you wanna go to the…” and I did every time.  To experience nature and fear and the past is so comforting to him and uncomfortable to me, but I went every time and I had so many wonderful experiences.  He is calm and understanding and also willing to test if I was really in my right mind.  He is a perfect blend of depth and fun.

Lastly, BE is for my husband.  For what he has endured, for the adventure it is to be married to me and for the first time, we locked eyes.  His beautiful blue eyes have been there through it all.  I look to him for safety and truth and understanding.  We did not fall into each other’s path by accident.  The proof is in those three beautiful boys.

BE is a way of being.  A safe space to be you.  You be you, I’ll be me.  Just let $#^* be!