Michelle Kai was born from a question
3 days ago • 1 min readHi Reader, There comes a moment when a woman begins to wonder: What would my life look like if I stopped building it around everyone else? Not because she doesn’t love the people in her life. Not because she wants to abandon every responsibility, burn everything down, or become someone completely different. But because she has spent so many years being who everyone needed that she can no longer remember what it feels like to simply be herself. That question is part of why Michelle Kai was...
READ POSTIt’s been a while—and I have something new for you
4 days ago • 2 min readSHOP YOUTUBE BLOG Hi Reader, It’s been a while since I’ve written to you consistently. You may have originally found me through one of my business-building resources, writing projects, or free downloads. You trusted me with a place in your inbox—and I didn’t follow up or stay connected as well as I intended. I want to acknowledge that honestly. Life became complicated, my work evolved, and somewhere along the way I became much better at creating things than building the systems needed to stay...
READ POSTSomething new is beginning… and my book is 99¢ tomorrow
7 days ago • 3 min readI've Been Quiet, but I've Still Been Building .Hi friend, It's been a little while since I've shown up in your inbox. And honestly? A lot has been happening behind the scenes. I've been writing. Thinking. Rebuilding. Asking myself some pretty big questions about what I want the next chapter of my work—and my life—to look like. And somewhere along the way, I realized something: I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking only about what we've survived. I want to talk about what comes...
READ POSTI finally did it. ❤️
about 1 month ago • 2 min readSome Stories Change You Twice. The first time when you live them. The second time when you finally tell them. .Hi friend, Yesterday, I clicked Publish. Then I sat there staring at the screen for a very long time. Not because I wasn't excited. Because this book has lived inside me for decades. And letting it out into the world felt a little like standing on the edge of a cliff. For months, many of you have watched me disappear into a writing project I could barely talk about. Well... The...
READ POSTWhat If This Is the Summer You Finally Set Yourself Free?
about 2 months ago • 4 min readSHOP YOUTUBE BLOG Happy Independence Day, beautiful humans. ❤️🤍💙 This weekend America celebrates 250 years of independence. And while I love a good sparkler, backyard barbecue, and questionable amount of watermelon as much as the next person, I've been thinking about a different kind of freedom. The kind that doesn't come with fireworks. The kind that comes when you finally stop apologizing for taking up space. When you stop shrinking yourself to make other people comfortable. When you stop...
READ POSTStarting over at 50 wasn’t the plan… but here we are
4 months ago • 2 min readSHOP YOUTUBE BLOG I had a moment recently. Not a big, dramatic, movie-scene kind of moment. Just me… standing in my kitchen… realizing: This isn’t it. Not the life I imagined.Not the version of me I thought I’d become. And if I’m being really honest? That realization didn’t feel empowering. It felt terrifying. Because at 50, you’re not supposed to be starting over. You’re supposed to be settled.Secure.Done figuring things out. But instead… Here we are. 💥 Here’s the truth no one says out loud:...
READ POSTSlow Down, Beautiful—This Is Your Life
4 months ago • 2 min readThe Radiant Souls: Free and Healing Happy Spring!! Here is your reminder and permission slip: Trust your gut and know you CAN say “no” if you’re not comfortable. Hey you 💛 Can we just take a second together? Because somehow… we’re already at the end of April. And I don’t know about you, but this month felt like it both crawled and flew at the same time. One minute I’m thinking, I’ve got time, and the next I’m wondering where the days actually went. Which brings me to something that’s been...
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