Episode Overview:

We’re out here doing it! We don’t know what we’re doing, but we’re doing it! 

In today’s episode, we chat with dating coach and happiness documentarian Michelle Wax. In 2019, she had reached a place of external happiness but didn’t feel the internal joy, so she trailblazed her own opportunity to seek fulfillment. Hopping in her Jeep Wrangler and charting a course across the country, Michelle visited all 50 states to interview people from all backgrounds and walks of life with one big question: how had they created fulfilling lives and created happiness on their terms? The result is her impactful documentary, American Happiness, out now on Amazon Prime! 

We could have talked about that trip alone all day (and we did!), but how does that connect to becoming a dating coach? She took the knowledge she had gained through her travels and initially applied it to high-level 1-hour workshops for businesses, but she craved going deeper with her clients. Michelle embraced the dating game and helps her clients answer big questions like, “What am I doing WRONG in relationships?” She shifts their mindset and belief systems to lead them to discover what they want, where are they today, and map out the efficient route to get there. Naturally, her tools trickle out to other areas of life, all boiling down to connection and empowerment. 

Kaylin pulled a card for Michelle before recording from her new favorite “Hip Hop Queens” deck, and we think Beyonce’s “love” card sums things up nicely with romance, compassion, self-love, love of others, and love of life. Thank you for joining us, Michelle! 

In our own personal (or not-so-personal) updates, Jade shares her feelings about finding solid ground in her role - yay for upleveling communication! She’s empowered by working a lot at the new bar, but maybe still recovering a bit from the long hours too. 

Kaylin’s in shock at the sheer number of turkey meatballs her 6-year-old son can put away, doubling or tripling his food intake lately - hello growth spurt and excuse you, inflation! 

And Cass relies on Kaylin to provide her personal update for her, somehow forgetting the big news from the past week: she sold her house! 

It’s been a while since we left off on a cliffhanger, but if you want the latest dish on Aligned, make sure to listen to the very end (and listen carefully…)!

Links:

Michelle’s Instagram

High Caliber Dating Coach

American Happiness

Quotable Moments:

“I tell all my rising virgo clients [that] you need a tattoo that says, ‘I’m doing better than I think I am’ so you can see it at all times” - Jade

“Really the biggest concept that resonated with me, and it’s so simple, is that everything is gonna be okay and you’ll be able to figure it out” - Michelle

“Monroe shared with me, he said, ‘You know, Michelle, you have to know that you are protected on this earth until you’ve served your purpose’” - Michelle

“[Happiness] is waking up and feeling the way you want to feel throughout the course of the day” - Michelle

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