In this special episode of the Self Love Podcast, Kim Morrison reconnects with Michelle Akers (formerly Michelle Powell), holistic trauma recovery expert and author of The Mastery of Wellness, to explore what it means to heal from past trauma, rediscover yourself and create a life filled with greater connection, love and possibility. Michelle shares her deeply personal journey from growing up in a domestic violence environment to finding love again, meeting her husband on Tinder and marrying on Mount Kosciuszko. Together, Kim and Michelle discuss how past experiences can shape our beliefs, relationships and capacity to receive love, and why vulnerability and emotional safety are such important parts of healing. They also explore the concepts of the shadow self and the golden shadow, the importance of recognising our strengths, and how life’s challenges can become opportunities for deeper self-awareness and personal evolution.

Michelle shares her holistic approach to trauma recovery, guided by three stages, Recover, Rebuild and Reconnect. Through her work supporting women in midlife, she highlights the importance of addressing our physical, mental, emotional and relational well being as interconnected parts of our overall health. Kim and Michelle discuss why healing cannot be rushed, how self-love means honouring our changing needs, and the importance of creating healthy boundaries when relationships become difficult or unsupportive. They also explore how to support loved ones through challenging times by offering compassion and a safe space, rather than trying to fix everything for them. Whether you are navigating the effects of past trauma, moving through a significant life transition or simply ready to reconnect with yourself, this conversation offers hope, practical wisdom and a reminder that healing is a personal journey.

About Michelle
Michelle Akers is a Holistic Trauma Recovery Expert. She bridges the gap between holistic health and mental wellbeing weaving the two worlds together.

Due to her own trauma’s, which saw her needing to start her whole life from scratch in her mid-thirties, she became the multidisciplinary expert she needed when the system continually let her down. With almost 25 years in the industry, she specialises in trauma recovery, helping women in midlife go from their rock bottom to being genuinely happy and healthy.

She is the author of the three times Amazon best seller ‘The Mastery of Wellness: Unlock the Secrets to Transforming Your Health and Emotional Wellbeing’.

Michelle uses a root cause, whole woman approach. She leans into her own life experiences, not just her clinical knowledge to support her clients mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing from the ground up.

Her definition of Self Love is: I think self love is honouring your needs as they ebb and flow.
What do you need to love yourself, honour yourself, care for yourself today or this week?

Her favourite quote is: Dare to chase a dream.

Links to follow:
Website: www.thinkcoaching.online/recover-rebuild-and-reconnect
www.thinkcoaching.online/michelle-powell
Instagram: www.instagram.com/michelle.think.coaching
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thinkmichelleakers

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Quotes:
I knew for me in my heart, there was always a big love out there for me.
During a lot of my healing years, that person became myself first and foremost.
When we go through life’s hardships, especially in relationship, there can be that element of fear or dread that maybe love isn’t out there for you.
I just like to be that reminder of hope.
My heart was open to allowing love in.
We know that fear is false evidence appearing real.
It’s okay to be shit scared of something that is good.
You deserve the good things in your life and I think part of that is learning how to receive that love.
It is kind of like a spiral staircase of self evolution and wanting to be the best version of ourselves and to keep evolving into that next stage.
I sit here today, married to the man of my dreams, and I feel like there is a whole other level of gratitude because of what I have experienced in my past.
I think the golden shadow is all of the beautiful traits and qualities and everything that we possess as an individual that we might see in other people.
The golden shadow is giving yourself permission to accept and acknowledge all of the wonder that you really are.
A beautiful self-connection technique is to ask, is this mine? Is this emotion mine? Is this thought mine?
This too shall pass.
It is a privilege to go through the hard times and it is a privilege to support other people in the hard times.
I love taking women from their rock bottoms to being genuinely healthy and happy and being able to start what I call a whole new chapter of life because I think of life a bit like a book.
The book of their life is still being written and they get to change and choose how the next chapters will evolve.
I walk people through elements with what I call recover, rebuild, and reconnect stages of trauma recovery.
It is their own journey and it doesn’t need to be rushed. It doesn’t need to be forced.
I always say to clients and women that I teach that, I will be over here believing in you until you can do that for yourself.
I think the safest thing to do is to step back and to love them from a distance because it doesn’t mean you don’t care about them, but it also means you care and love for yourself too.
There is no dream that is silly. It is whatever is in your heart, maybe it is time to dare to chase a dream.

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