Meet Michelle
Living in the rural Minnesota River Valley, Michelle Burns has a deep appreciation for the wisdom, abundance, and beauty of nature and the earth. She believes that a very similar innate wisdom, abundance, and beauty dwells in each human being. She also knows that the earth is a great role model for people who want to restore balance, renew themselves, keep consistent in their daily practices, and honor the present moment.
Insight and a natural ability to resonate with the intense energy of the world allow Michelle to help clients discover truths about themselves that may have lain hidden for years. She coaches with a positive, generative focus, using her energy, and her client's, to cultivate the client's strengths, mining for more of what’s working and expanding what's possible, rather than engaging with scarcity, fears, and weakness.
Michelle founded Design Your Destiny in 1999 to provide professional coaching, workshops, retreats, and training. She's been a Certified Professional Co-Active™Coach since 2000. In addition to her private practice serving individuals and organizations, she also has worked in the corporate coaching arena: three years as a Leadership and Business Development Coach for independent direct sales professionals in a top INC 500 organization.
Professional Certified Coach, International Coach Federation, Lexington, KY
Certified Professional CoActive™ Coach, the Coaches Training Institute, San Rafael, CA
Graduate of Foundations of Ontological Learning, Newfield Network, Boulder CO
Graduate of “The Choice in Coaching: Arbinger Mastery Training for Coaches,” Arbinger Institute, Farmington, UT
Graduate of Co-Active Leadership Program, Co-Active Space, San Rafael, CA
Graduate of Adler International Learning: Positive Change: Leader As Coach Facilitator Certification, Toronto, Canada
Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst in DISC Style Analysis.
Member of Minnesota Coaches Association and past MCA Membership Team Leader
Business Owner since 1999
Ten years in sales and key account management, Kuehne and Nagel Inc
B.A. in Business Administration and Spanish, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN