About Michele
Speaker. Coach.
Consultant. Author.
It was a mandatory high school public speaking class that convinced Michele Cushatt to find a career that didn’t involve delivering presentations. She never wanted to do that again, if she could help it. With a heart for hurting people and a deep faith, she pursued a career in service rather than speaking, and graduated Cum Laude from Eastern Kentucky University with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing.
But life seldom goes according to plan. In the years that followed, Michele experienced several unexpected personal losses that led her to leave hospital rooms for board rooms. A young, rising talent on a national telecomm sales team, she discovered a new love for business strategy, growth, and team culture and development. Eventually, this business-savvy would lead her to start several businesses of her own, including a thriving executive and presentation coaching business that continues to this day.
And, much to Michele’s surprise, these experiences—both the gains and the losses—led her back to the world of public speaking.
Experience
Speaker & Coach
For more than 15 years, Michele Cushatt has inspired and challenged both corporate and faith-based audiences with her story of trauma, faith, and resilience. She has spoken internationally to a wide variety of audiences including Ramsey Solutions, Women of Faith, Compassion International, Michael Hyatt & Co (now Full Focus), Cru, LifeToday TV, Belay, Colorado Christian University, Family Life, John O’Leary Inspires, Dynamic Communicators International, as well as numerous other business, church, and ministry events. In addition, she has appeared on hundreds of podcasts, radio, video, and audio recording mediums. With this wealth of experience, Michele coaches speakers on how to design and deliver powerful and memorable presentations.
Podcaster & Consultant
From 2014 to 2016, Michele partnered with Michael Hyatt as the weekly co-host of his popular podcast, This is Your Life With Michael Hyatt. In addition, she and Michael produced Get Published, a 21-session audio program for aspiring writers. Then, from 2017 to 2020, Michele co-hosted the hilarious and practical Communicator Academy podcast with her good friend Kathi Lipp, “helping writers and speakers become the communicators God made them to be.” And from 2019 to 2022, Michele worked as a consultant and then executive at Full Focus, a performance coaching, achievement and productivity company known for their Full Focus Planners.
Multi-published Author
Pulling from her uncommon story, Michele has authored three books with Zondervan Publishing (a division of HarperCollins Christian) including: Undone, I Am, and Relentless. Her fourth book, A Faith That Will Not Fail, is due to release March 2023.
Undone
Undone is Michele’s quest to make peace with a complicated life. It is an honest confession of a diagnosis of cancer and the joys and disappointments of motherhood and marriage, ripe with regret over what is and, yet, still hopeful for what could be.
I Am
I Am helps women end the barrage of negative self-talk and replace it with an empowering new narrative. You’ll exchange lies for truth, insecurity for a rock-solid identity, and break free from the distorted messages that have held you hostage for too long.
Relentless
Where is God when life is filled with so much suffering? How can I be sure of God’s presence and affection, even in my pain? Can you believe in God and still wrestle with questions and doubt? These are the questions honestly explored in Relentless.
A Faith that Will Not Fail
Although there are moments of beauty and goodness, more often than not, life is marked by fear, struggle, disappointment, and loss. And we don’t know what to do with it. We’ve tried to find hope and security in various people and places–but each has proved unworthy of our trust. We need more. Something–or Someone–who won’t fail us when our world falls apart.
Personal Life
Michele is married to Troy and they share six children, ages 16 to 31. They live on eight acres in the rolling foothills outside of Denver, Colorado where they regularly receive visits from wildlife. Michele enjoys reading historical novels, hiking in the Rocky Mountains with her black Labrador Retriever mix, and a kitchen table filled with people.
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