Michelle Sugiyama engages, inspires and empowers people to put themselves and their health first. While she is the Founder of Mindful Eating, a National Board Certified and Master Certified Health Coach, International Speaker and Nutritional Chef, Michelle did not begin her career in wellness. She received a M.S. in Chemistry and then quit corporate America after ten years. She graduated from Le Cordon Bleu and founded a personal chef company so families could eat healthy food around their own dinner table. She went back to corporate America as the highlight of numerous employee wellness programs with captivating seminars and culinary demonstrations. Due to Michelle’s passion for lifelong service, she recently became a #1 Bestselling International Author in “Break Free to Stand in Your Power.” For over 16 years, Michelle has enhanced the wellness of busy women, families and employees at mid-sized to Fortune 100 companies by bridging the gap between knowing you should be healthy and actually doing it. While science-based, with a focus on the microbiome, she gives simple, effective and practical tools so you can truly enjoy the golden half of life. Michelle’s inspirations are her 9-year-old adopted daughter and 101-year-old grandmother; whose mantra was Health is #1.

I am an RN and Yoga instructor, have 3 children 15-25 & 35 and 2 lovely granddaughters, 2 & 6. Love the outdoors and cooking, baking also. Have had some life events that were difficult to handle and my health and choices for myself were not a priority, I have made several Big changes in the last few months and am taking my health and dreams forward, so happy to be in this class and learn, feel supported and offer support