ABOUT MICHELLE

My Story

When I was 26, I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and then months later a rare liver disease (PSC), my doctor said I would need a transplant in about five years. This was the first time I audibly heard Divine Source, I heard a chuckle and was told, “No, It will be much longer” in the sweetest and most nurturing voice. Of course, Source was right!

It was 18 years of pain, tears, anger, fear, depression and a ton of toilet paper until I grasped that I was DESERVING of a transplant. (Oof, let me tell you about a self loathing soul, glad that it is over with!) This came to me as I was learning meditation and Reiki while working at a Holistic Healing Institute with an amazing teacher. As her apprentice, she taught me to listen deep and to tune in with my heart. She watched as my health was declining faster than ever. It broke our hearts when I had to stop working there in March of 2018.

As I sat on the floor, (mourning the thing that made me so happy and fulfilled for what seemed like the first time in the majority of my adult life.) saying farewell with tears streaming down my cheeks, I did a double take at the clock when I noticed I had lost about 2 hours. When I remembered where I was I had such an incredibly full feeling of forgiveness and being forgiven, I finally felt worthy to to consider receiving a liver from a caring stranger who has passed. It was a long journey of physical torture and amazing spiritual growth through those years. The two years before my transplant I was in Duke Hospital more than I was home.

How I found my purpose: