My MISSION

Improving relationships between parents and their children creates more stability at home, more cooperation in the classroom and safer communities.

Healthier interaction begins with cultivating deeper self-respect and expanding a sense of capacity within each individual. Learning emotional regulation and cognitive-behavioral tools is critical to self-governance!

It is my mission to help you create a healthy mindset home, where every family member is connected, confident and resilient! We can change the world!

SERVICES

Adventures in WISDOM™ Life Coaching for Kids

Children love to hear stories! Storytelling is a powerful way to teach a lesson that kids can internalize and relate to. Using the Adventures In Wisdom™ life coaching curriculum, I help kids understand their amazing brain, and the power they have inside themselves to manage their thinking and be the leader of their own behavior!

Registration for Mindset Summer Camps 2025 is now open! Click "Learn More"!

Recommended for Ages 6-11

The Brain Lab for Teens™

In this 6-Lesson Program, teens dive into basic neuroscience, nervous system regulation and mindset training. Learn what’s happening on the Inside!

Teens emerge feeling better prepared to handle their emotions, navigate challenges, improve their relationships and excel at life!

Recommended for Ages 12-18

Parents' Coaching

One-on-One Coaching for Parents to Improve Relationships, Decrease Conflict, Set Clearer Boundaries, Experience More Satisfaction

All parents experience joy and anger, compassion and frustration, but it is when they get stuck in patterns of conflict and disconnection from their kids that a coach can become the vital pivot for turning things around.

Parents' Coaching uncovers what is triggering caregivers to become angry, frustrated or avoidant, while offering powerful tools to enhance self-regulation, open communication, boundary-setting, and family harmony.

General Adult Coaching

Being an adult means taking on a lot of responsibilities, and doesn't necessarily mean having all the answers.

Adult Coaching assists clients in any stage of life to overcome obstacles that block their progress. Using my unique cognitive-behavioral tool, I help my clients discover the thoughts and beliefs that create feelings of anxiety, overwhelm, insecurity and low self-esteem. It's time to soar!

The ChangeMakers Women's Resilience Summit of East Texas

LADIES: It's time to shine!

The ChangeMakers of East Texas offers women a community to find strength, solidarity, compassion and healing. Stay connected through the Facebook Community Group.

Join us for the annual Women's Resilience Summit of East Texas! It's the women's event of the year!

Testimonials

"Your classes are amazing and are helping so many people! I know it had made a huge change for our family just in the 3 weeks my kids went! We will definitely be on the lookout for your upcoming camps and classes!"

Mom of 2 Girls

Mindset Summer Camp

"Learning all sorts of strategies to not keep beating myself up after a setback, rejection or failure, and to be able to move on with life. This would've been very useful during college applications, as the several rejection letters hit me really hard."

18 Year-Old Boy

The Brain Lab for Teens

"Michelle is amazing and has done a fantastic job making her classes fun and relatable for people of all ages. This year I have seen so much development in my daughter's self-confidence and mindset."

Mom of 14 Year-Old Girl

Mindset Summer Camp

"It's been an incredibly transforming experience for the both of us. I have been learning more productive ways to talk to my daughter, and she is growing so much confidence in her amazing brain and all of the ways she can adjust her thoughts to have stronger positive outcomes."

Mom of 6 Year-old Girl

Private Life Coaching,
Adventures in WISDOM™

"My daughter's] anxiety has gone down a considerable amount. When she spilled milk the other day, she cleaned it and calmly said "that's ok! Accidents happen" instead of being upset about not being perfect. This was huge for our house! As we don't expect perfection."

Mom of 7 Year-Old Girl

Mindset Summer Camp

"Thank you SO much for everything you are teaching my son in your workshop! What a beautiful conversation we had last night at dinner over everything discussed yesterday!"

Mom of 11 Year-Old Boy

The Brain Lab for Teens

FAQS

What is life coaching, and how does it work?

Life coaching is a dynamic and collaborative process focused on helping individuals identify and achieve their personal and professional goals. It involves a series of one-on-one sessions, or group sessions and workshops. As a certified life coach, I provide guidance, support, and accountability.

I use a variety of techniques and tools to help clients gain clarity, set actionable goals, and develop strategies to overcome challenges. The coaching process is highly personalized, tailored to each individual's unique needs and aspirations, and it empowers clients to make positive changes in their lives.

My #1 goal is to help my clients tune into their self-worth, and personal capacity to learn, grow, heal and take ownership of their life. I love seeing the lights turn on in their eyes!

How long does a typical private coaching engagement last?

The duration of a private coaching engagement can vary based on individual goals and needs. Some clients find value in a few 45-minute sessions focused on specific issues or challenges, while others may engage in longer-term coaching to achieve more substantial personal transformations.

Typically, a coaching relationship may last anywhere from a few months to a year or longer. It's essential to discuss your objectives and expectations with me to determine the best timeline for your coaching journey.

What makes Adventures in WISDOM™ Life Coaching for Kids different from other coaching services?

Adventures in WISDOM™ Life Coaching for Kids distinguishes itself through a story-based approach that engages kids in learning about their brain, body, nervous system and mindset.

I love using the 27 different curriculum modules in my coaching because I have seen how powerful storytelling is in teaching mindset principles and skills!

This critically-acclaimed program is used all over the world with incredible results! I implement it into private coaching, and into all of my kids' workshops and summer camps. It's an excellent way to captivate their attention, whether meeting one-on-one or with a group, and stimulates meaningful discussion and personal application.

Raising six kids of my own, I know how inseparably-connected thoughts, emotions and behavior are, and how empowered children will make better decisions with behavior by understanding the building blocks within their own brains and bodies.

How do teens benefit from The Brain Lab for Teens™?

The Brain Lab for Teens™ is a carefully curated 6-session program that helps teenagers understand where emotions come from, the important role that they play in our lives and how to manage them.

With this understanding, teens are empowered to guide their own thinking in order to create confidence, handle uncomfortable emotions with resilience, increase their sense of self-worth and capacity to handle challenges in life.

Behavior becomes more self-governed with higher personal goals and personal accountability as teens develop a sturdier relationship with themselves.

As a mom of multiple teenagers, I love supporting and encouraging youth at this vulnerable, but exciting, time of life!

When do parents need coaching?

Parents who find themselves stuck in a repeated pattern of conflict, contention and disconnection will need the guidance that I provide in private coaching and group workshops.

Parents clarify their role, understand how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, improve connection techniques and communication styles. Overall, attachment patterns become more secure when parents are empowered with interpersonal skills.

I help parents feel better about themselves, clean up their thinking about their children and nurture resilience in order to handle the normal ups and downs of family life.

Many parents report improved relationships with their kids, no matter the stage of life, when they work with me. I help parents understand why they get angry, give into, ignore or avoid their kids. We create an actionable plan for how to become the parents they truly want to be!

How can coaching help a Young Adult?

Young Adults are meeting major milestones, like selecting a career path, university or vocational programs, dating, and moving into becoming independent. This can be intimidating and overwhelming. With a coach, young adults can explore thoughts and beliefs that might be holding them back from fully embracing their new stage of life. I help young adult clients understand the influence thoughts and emotions have on decision-making, and how to regulate themselves into a position of confidence, hope and determination.

What is The ChangeMakers Women's Resilience Summit of East Texas?

The Summit is an immersive transformational experience for women that takes place annually in an East Texas city. Packed with dynamic speakers, live vocal performances, vendors who support women's wellness, catered buffet, dozens of door prizes and giveaways, The ChangeMakers Women's Resilience Summit of East Texas is a one-of-a-kind, life-changing day out with best friends, colleagues and women in your family!

The large gathering setting creates a powerful energy that ignites your inner strength and fuels your power!

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MEET THE COACH

Michelle Cox - Mindset Coach

Michelle was born in Canada to an American father and a Peruvian mother. She was raised in Indiana, Maryland, Finland and Germany. Growing up overseas, Michelle was able to travel to twenty different countries and experience many cultures. Inspired by a love for people and what makes them unique, she received her Associates degree in Psychology, then her Bachelors degree in Family Sciences with an emphasis in Human Development.

Marrying her best friend, Neal, following graduation, Michelle determined to get as much real-life hands-on experience as possible by starting a family and staying home to raise her kids. She called it her "personal practicum" and planned to become certified as a Family Life Educator once her youngest started school.

Six children and 19 years later, Michelle returned to the workforce, first as a teacher aide at an elementary school, then as a certified life coach for kids and teens. Completing her certification through Adventures in WISDOM™ Life Coaching for Kids, Michelle has set out to directly respond to the emotional and behavioral challenges that she observed in the classroom, and has responded to in her own home for the past twenty-two years. She offers private coach, group workshops on Zoom and in person, as well as the popular mindset summer camps held at the Nacogdoches County Expo Center.

Knowing the strain of family life and work demands, Michelle expanded her reach in the Fall of 2023 to include adult resilience workshops and classes, as well as private relationship coaching. It is her firm belief that the secret to world peace is found in strong parent-child relationships.

In 2024, Michelle was trained and certified as a Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor for Burke, a major mental health provider East Texas. She visits school districts and community groups across her region to inform adults on the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and substance use issues in the youth they work or live with, and how to connect youth with appropriate professional care. Having lost an older brother by suicide in 1999, Michelle is determined to prevent tragedy through information and awareness, as well as offering hope that recovery is possible.


Armed with decades of life experience and nearly two years as a life coach, Michelle brings enthusiasm, wisdom, humor and compassion to her work.

In her free time, she loves to travel and explore beautiful places with her family, play board games, bake breads and knit. She's learning to play the guitar and ukulele.