Welcome. I’m Michelle Shaw.

If you’ve ever felt like you were quietly falling apart while helping everyone else shine, you’re not alone.
I see you.

My story is one of late diagnosis, silent unraveling, and slowly rebuilding a life that finally feels like mine.

🧭 The Official Line

I’m a trauma-informed coach, consultant, and creative strategist.
I’ve worked across industries, stages, studios, and seas — performing, teaching, managing businesses, and supporting people of all ages to grow, create, and feel confident in who they are becoming.

I run Michelle Shaw Coaching & Consulting and Mischemix Academy (Want2DJ, Want2Dance, Want2Speak).

Over the past 20+ years, I’ve supported more than 200 individuals — from under-tens to professionals in their sixties — helping them develop confidence, communication, presence, and clarity. My work brings people back to themselves and equips them to take the next aligned step in their life or career.

I’m also the author of Ship Life, a reflective and practical book about identity, creativity, and resilience, written during my years working at sea. What started as a daily writing practice became a record of adaptation and rediscovery — one that continues to resonate with readers navigating change.

🫀 The Real Line

I’ve been the woman who could hold space for everyone else while quietly abandoning herself.

The married woman who could survive anything — except expressing her own needs.

The professional who couldn’t open emails or return messages because her nervous system was overwhelmed.

The DJ who could light up a room for hours — until the day her body said no.

The business owner who lost her voice, her spark, and the ability to promote what she built.

There were days I journaled for fourteen hours just to stay grounded.
Days I couldn’t stay in my own home and lived in a hotel for weeks at a time.
Days where words simply disappeared.

And even then, I kept showing up for my learners — teaching, guiding, supporting, and holding space while rebuilding myself from the inside out.

In 2023, I received a late autism and ADHD diagnosis.
It didn’t solve everything, but it explained everything.

More importantly, it opened the door to a different kind of truth:
I didn’t need to push through.
I needed to finally come home to myself.

🪨 The Bottom Line

I believe in real support — the kind that doesn’t rush you, judge you, or expect you to be “fine.”

I believe in brave, honest conversations — especially the ones you’ve been avoiding because they feel messy or overdue.

I believe your story makes sense — even the parts you haven’t found the words for yet.

And you don’t have to make sense of it alone.

My motto?

You don’t need a five-year plan.
You need five minutes of truth — and someone who knows how to hold space for it.

🌊 The Deeper Why

My purpose is to create spaces where people feel seen — even when they can’t yet see themselves.

To translate the complexity of lived experience into language, clarity, and direction.

To dismantle the internal and systemic barriers that keep brilliant, sensitive, neurodivergent people:

✖️ stuck
✖️ silent
✖️ overwhelmed
✖️ or burning out in plain sight

My work is simple at its core:

💡 Equip
🌱 Nurture
🧭 Guide
🤝 Support
🔥 Empower

Whether it’s one conversation, one moment of clarity, or one aligned decision —
I’m here for the moment it shifts.

If something in this story touched you, you’re not too much, too late, or too far gone.

👉 Send an email: info@michelleshaw.co.uk
👉 Or book a no-pressure call to explore what support could look like.