Michelle Wincell O’Leary grew up surrounded by four strong women, but her childhood changed when her mother remarried and home became a place of harsh discipline, silence and uncertainty.

In this episode, Michelle speaks about the absence and later death of her biological father, the intuitive experiences that accompanied her from childhood, and how psychology gave her a way to understand both herself and other people.

She also shares how her career developed from frontline mental health work to creating collaborative healing environments—and why, after decades in the field, she eventually left her career, marriage and home to begin again.

In this episode:

• Growing up with four maternal figures before family life changed
• Learning to stay quiet in a home where difficult experiences were not discussed
• Discovering at 13 that her biological father had died by suicide
• Dreams, intuition and spiritual experiences from childhood onwards
• Studying psychology and working with people experiencing serious mental illness
• The emotional impact of therapeutic work and the importance of professional support
• Building collaborative, nature-informed healing environments
• Bringing psychology, spirituality and energy awareness together
• Leaving a long career, ending a marriage and choosing life on a boat
• Learning to recognise what belongs in your emotional and energetic space
• Writing about resilience, consciousness and moving beyond survival
• A simple rose exercise for clearing the day and calling your energy back

Michelle’s story raises questions about how childhood experiences remain with us, what it means to release what no longer belongs to us, and how consciously choosing change can open the way to a very different life.

About: Michelle Wincell O'Leary is a best-selling author and transformational energetic guide and facilitator who helps people reconnect with their energy and clarity in everyday life. As a licensed therapist and innovator of healing environments, she brings warmth and depth to both personalize and create conscious conversations and services.

Her best-selling debut, Resilience: Flow in the Present, shares a practical path to living with presence and intention. Her latest course, Your Energy, Your Way: Staying Steady, Even When Life Isn’t, invites participants into a grounded, real-world approach to conscious living—one step, one breath at a time. She holds sacred space for others to remember who they are with each new step.

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