Build a life and a business that work with your body, not against it!
Coaching for Women Living With Chronic Illness
Most advice assumes you have a steady supply of capacity. You don't. Push through, and you pay for it for days.
I created the new Capacity Based Living Framework for exactly this.
Instead of forcing your life into someone else's pace, you learn to plan around the capacity you actually have,
so you can keep working, keep building, and stop treating every flare as a failure.
I've lived this for nearly four decades. I'm not going to ask you to try harder.
Hi, I'm Michelle
My mission is to help women living with chronic illness reach their goals without exceeding their capacity. Too many of us were taught to push through, catch up on good days and rest only once we've collapsed.
This cycle costs us more than it gives. I teach a different approach, one built around what your body can reliably support, so progress becomes something you keep rather than something you recover from.
I have nearly 40 years experience living with chronic illness , 14 years coaching experience and am a former scientist.
I have conducted thousands of sessions with women from across the globe and I'm currently writing: 'No Days Off: A New Framework for Living Well with Chronic Illness' - the book I wish I'd had years ago.
Your Health Matters. So Does the Life You Want to Live.
Discover Capacity-Based Living — a practical approach to protecting your energy, honouring your health and making meaningful progress towards the goals and experiences that matter most.
My coaching is designed to help women with chronic illness stop putting their lives on hold and start creating a life they love, within the capacity they have.
Through my Capacity-Based Living approach, I'll help you gain clarity, build confidence, reconnect with what matters most and make meaningful progress towards your personal and professional goals, without constantly pushing through or sacrificing your wellbeing.
Together, we'll find practical ways to honour your health, protect your energy and create a life that feels fulfilling, purposeful and truly yours.
MY APPROACH
Live well. Dream big. Honour your capacity.
Create a life you love on your own terms.
My coaching approach combines nearly forty years of lived experience with chronic illness, over a decade of professional coaching experience and practical, results-focused strategies to help women create a life they love.
Through my Capacity-Based Living framework, I help women move beyond simply managing their health and getting through each day. Together, we explore what's draining your energy, identify what matters most and develop practical ways to protect your capacity while making meaningful progress towards your goals.
This isn't about pushing harder or doing more. It's about learning to live differently, making intentional choices that honour your health, support your wellbeing and leave room for the life you still want to live.
How I can help you:
Book Your Energy Audit
An energy audit is for when you're not where you want to be yet and you're missing deep inner clarity. You'll walk away with a personalised action plan and the confidence to create or grow your business with purpose and power.
Book Your Strategy Call
Your complementary 30 minute call provides personalised guidance to clarify your business goals and outline actionable steps for growth. It's your chance to uncover challenges and create a clear path to success.
Coaching Packages
These powerful transformational coaching packages will help you bechme the person you need to be to create and grow the business you truly desire. With a personalised approach, you’ll finally achieve the goals and intentions you’ve been dreaming of.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver — Poet, The Summer Day (1990)
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There’s a quiet revolution happening.It’s not flashy. It’s not loud. But it’s powerful.More and more women are waking up from a life of over giving, over functioning and under living. We’re realising that we were never meant to fit into boxes, burn ourselves out to prove our worth or play small to make others comfortable.We are the soul-led women. And we’re rising
You Were Never Meant to Do It Their Way
If you're reading this, you’ve probably spent years, maybe decades, putting everyone else first. You were the dependable one, the peacemaker, the giver. While that came from love, somewhere along the way, you forgot
you. You forgot your own dreams, your intuition and your fire. But now?
You’re remembering. You’re sensing that the business strategies that rely on hustle, pushing and performance aren’t meant for you. You crave depth, alignment and flow. You want your work to be an extension of your soul, not something that drains it. And that knowing… that’s your power.
Self-Sacrifice to Sovereignty
Success in business starts with clarity. When you know exactly what you want and why you want it, making decisions becomes easier, and your path forward feels more aligned. Without clarity, you can get stuck in confusion, second-guessing your next move and wasting time on strategies that don’t truly serve you.
The first step is to define your vision.
What do you want your business to look like? How do you want to feel while running it?
Get specific and write it down. Next, set aligned goals that reflect your vision. These should be clear, actionable, and rooted in what feels right for you, not just what others say you should do.
Once you have clarity and goals in place, it’s time for intentional action. Break down big goals into manageable steps and commit to daily progress. Aligned action means taking steps that move you forward without burnout or overwhelm. Stay focused, trust your intuition, and adjust as needed.
With clarity and consistent action, results naturally follow.
Stepping Into Your Power
There’s a lot of talk in the spiritual and coaching world about stepping into your power, setting boundaries, and following your intuition—and while those things are life-changing, we need to talk about the part most people skip: It’s not easy.
In fact, it can feel messy, emotional, uncertain, and downright terrifying.
Because when you’ve spent a lifetime prioritizing others, softening your voice, and questioning your instincts, reclaiming your power doesn’t feel natural at first.
It feels like loss. It feels like guilt. It feels like breaking an old version of yourself wide open to let a new one emerge. But this is the path of the empowered, intuitive woman.
And while it may be uncomfortable—it’s also your liberation.
Why It’s So Hard to Step Into Your Power
Let’s be honest: for many women, power hasn’t always felt safe.
You may have been told you were “too much,” “too sensitive,” or “too emotional.
Start with what you can do. Do it, daily.
Soon what you can do will grow.
– Michelle Simmonds
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