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Welcome to Michele Kielty Consulting & Coaching
Wellbeing and Productivity
Optimize performance & strengths from a place of well-being, connection, and balance. Uncover awareness of self and others, optimize personal happiness and create meaningful goals.
Welcome to Michele Kielty Consulting & Coaching
Wellbeing and Productivity
Optimize performance & strengths from a place of well-being, connection, and balance. Uncover awareness of self and others, optimize personal happiness and create meaningful goals.
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How I Can Help You
Work and Life Optimization
Getting you and/or your organization to where you want to be in the most effective manner
Mindfulness and Resilience
Working with evidence-based, brief and effective mindfulness tools to manage stress and increase personal and organizational resilience
Optimizing Strengths for Happiness & Productivity
Building on strengths as a foundation for developing meaningful goals. Increased productivity and greater personal and professional happiness are the result
Work/Life Balance
Bringing who we are and what we do together in a planful way, grounded in the values that are most important. Intentional planning allows for greater balance and happiness.
About Dr. Michele Kielty
I am a Professional Consultant & Coach
I have been a counseling professor and consultant for over 20 years. I have added coaching training and credential to my toolbox because of the empowering philosophy and approach that coaching embraces.
I am personally and professionally dedicated to working with the intersection of mind, body, and spirit for optimal happiness and success. I am fiercely committed to my own well-being for the benefit of myself, my family, and my clients.
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Professional Workshops
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Mindfulness for Busy Leaders
Mindfulness strategies can be practical and the research shows that brief practices are very effective. Experienced mindfulness trainer, Dr. Michele Kielty, teaches simple and effective practices that can be used in and out of the workplace to create calm, focus, and greater well-being. The well-regulated individual works better with and for others. This is a workshop during which participants learn and practice skills.
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Strength-Based Team Building
Research tells us that it is more effective to build on strengths than it is to try and correct all of our perceived weaknesses. This workshop incorporates an evidence-based assessment from the field of positive psychology to determine strengths. Individuals and teams benefit from examining how to optimize strengths and plan intentionally around using them for the greater good of themselves and the organization. This is a highly interactive workshop facilitated by Dr. Michele Kielty.
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Leaning on Resilience & Self-Compassion
The stressors of our everyday lives can sometimes be overwhelming and we start to lose focus, momentum, and even a sense of meaning. During this workshop, we lean into self-compassion and personal resilience to connect back with our personal passion and motivation for the work that we do. We explore personal resilience styles and learn self-compassion practices. We discuss how to enhance our teams and work spaces through resiliency and compassion for self and others. Dr. Kielty facilitates an interactive learning experience throughout this workshop.
Create A Custom Workshop
All workshops are custom-designed to meet the needs of your organization. Fees include initial consultation, workshop preparation, workshop delivery, and follow-up.
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Building a Positive Workplace Environment
As workplace pressures abound, it can be easy to lose sight of how we impact our environment and others around us. Burnout or lack of purpose can make us lose sight of creating the type of spaces that important for thriving. This workshop centers on workplace values and goals as well as creating an intentional climate. This workshop takes into account the specific needs, values, and goals of the organization. This is a highly interactive workshop facilitated by Dr. Michele Kielty.
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Inner Work for Increasing Happiness and Work / Life Balance
Dr. Michele Kielty uses a wellness model to examine personal work/life balance. Participants evaluate multiple facets of their current well-being using an assessment provided by Dr. Kielty. Participants are led through a values-based, intentional goal-setting session that addresses tangible work/life balance strategies. Participants will leave with a personal self-care plan.
- 2.5 - 5 hours
- Interactive Workshop
Strengthening Teams via Awareness of Self and Others
If we know ourselves, our preferences and our strengths, we can communicate more clearly and effectively. We can also better develop the assets we can bring into our workplaces. This workshop incorporates two evidence-based assessments, featuring personality preferences and character strengths. Individuals and teams benefit from examining preferences and learning how to optimize teammates’ contributions. This is an interactive workshop provided by Dr. Michele Kielty.
Workshop Testimonials
What Our Attendees Are Saying
In a group of very diverse non-profit leaders, Michele was able to deliver information and assist leaders in developing the necessary skills to promote healthy communication and effective working relationships. She not only provided excellent data, but also practical strategies and methods to use with their respected teams.
“Michele was dedicated to creating an experience that brought benefits to our specific group. She consulted with us in advance to learn about our existing workplace culture and the goals we had for the training. She then tailored the training to fit. Michele also followed up with our leaders after the training to help us consider how to take next steps for our goals.”
Coaching Testimonials
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“Michele guided me to figure out what I want, without pushing me in any one direction. Her use of creative exercises based on researched topics like personality types not only helped me outright, but also demonstrated that I'm not alone in where I want to be or how I can best get there.”
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“I have gained a more solid sense of trust in myself: my ability to discern when a situation or relationship is safe or unsafe, to believe my intuitive knowing, and to choose how to wisely respond in ways that honor myself and others.”
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“Michele enabled me to feel more confident in my career and helped provide me with tools to get to know myself better.”
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“Since working with Michele, I've been able to apply some of the changes we explored during our sessions. In moments of being self-critical or feeling imposter syndrome creeping up, I'm able to pause and apply the realizations and tools that Michele helped me discover.”
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Recent Posts
Enjoy some articles on how to achieve true balance in life.
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Reconciling Real Life with the Fantasy one You Wanted
I get together with five of my friends from graduate school once a year. In between these yearly gatherings, we
The Real You: Saint or Sinner?
Today, I taught a counseling theories class and then a mindfulness workshop for educators who are feeling the crushing pressure
Real Deal Parenthood: Can we have it all?
Is there any working parent who hasn’t felt torn between our work responsibilities and our kids’ needs? What about feeling
Real Life Boundaries: Saying Yes to Greater Balance and Happiness
Understanding how to develop and maintain healthy boundaries can be difficult. Mainly because many of us have to discover what
How to Keep Your Dreams Alive in the Midst of Real Life
Just like my clients, I have dreams and I have my real life. I believe that my body and mind