"There comes a moment in a woman’s life when her truth gets too loud to ignore - when holding back becomes more painful than being seen."

Michelle Maree
Trauma - Trained Speaker Coaching for Women with Big Missions

If you’ve found your way here, I bet I already know something about you. You’ve done the work. You’ve built the practice, the reputation, the life. You’re not new to transformation. People trust you because you hold power and wisdom in your bones.

And still - something in you is asking for more now.

More truth. More voice. More presence.

The strategy was great, but it wasn't enough. Mindset hacks... please! This isn't about that. You wouldn't be here if it was.

You want to speak with the full force of who you are. Not a performance or a perfectly packaged brand message. Something deeper. Something people feel.

"Power is not volume. Power is presence."


I’m Michelle Maree - Embodied Speaker Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth Specialist, and midlife voice liberator for women with something to say. My work lives at the intersection of nervous system capacity, trauma healing, voice activation, stagecraft. and embodied leadership. I help women reclaim the voice that got buried under perfectionism, people-pleasing, survival patterns, and the fear of being “too much.”

"Let me amplify the woman, the embodied speaker, you are becoming."

You don’t need to perform confidence. You already hold deep authority. We clear the blocks that keep your voice from carrying it.


Power has nothing to do with volume. Power is presence and authentic expression.

I’ve been on stages most of my life - performing since I was seven, then over two decades as a theatre teacher, performer, and director. I’ve directed self-revelatory theatre - raw, personal storytelling on stage - and I know how to shape a message an audience can ride with you. I can spot the resonant moment inside a story and help you deliver it so it lands.

So, let's drop the professional mask for a second and get real.


All those years on the stage didn’t prepare my nervous system to speak as myself. Performing is one thing. Being seen in my truth is another.

When I began sharing my own wisdom, perceptions, and bold thoughts, my body shook. My throat tightened. Old survival patterns lit up. I had to do the same work I now offer: meet visibility at the level of the body, build capacity, and bring my voice home - removing any need to perform and grounding myself into alive, dynamic, rooted presence.

That’s why I returned to this path - a conscious pivot back into embodied speaker coaching.

I have zero interest in helping speakers sound alike. I actually want to help women deconstruct the masks and performance that interferes with their ability to sound like themselves - regulated, real, and unmistakably true.

I don’t do hype. I don’t mold you into a stage robot. I don’t hand you scripts that flatten your soul.


I mentor truth-tellers. We build voice from the body up, so your message is felt - on stage, on camera, in rooms, and in every conversation that matters.

When your voice and nervous system align, your presence becomes impossible to ignore. That’s the work.

I know my shit and I walk my talk. This isn’t theory. It’s lived practice, honed across therapy rooms, rehearsal halls, and real stages with real stakes.

"Rooted. Real. Embodied. The voice you’ve been looking for is the one your body already knows."

Training and Professional Background

MA in Counseling Psychology (Drama Therapy), California Institute of Integral Studies

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT #99852, CA)

Brainspotting Consultant-in-Training (Certified since 2021)

Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy (ISITTA) (2025)

Certified

Clinical Hypnotherapist (2006)

Core Faculty, Deep Body Institute (2022)

Former Director and Performer of Self-Revelatory Theatre & Expressive Arts Programs

15+ years in trauma healing, embodiment, group facilitation, and nervous system work with training in IFS, anxiety disorders, trauma-specific modalities, somatics, dance and performance.


It's Time To Use Your Voice!

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