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Executive Healer

developer, director, entrepreneur, advisor; bitch

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Michelle Hammel is an Executive Advisor and Healer dedicated to teaching leaders, creators, and high-potential individuals the importance of holistically sustaining authentically. With a foundation in graphic design, interior design, and the art of natural beauty, Michelle bridges creativity and strategy to inspire transformative leadership.

 

Leadership development, communication, and work-life balance enhance decision-making, emotional intelligence, and team dynamics –it’s non-negotiable.

Michelle’s got innovative solutions and the nerve to pull them off. As a skilled healer, she insists on a balanced approach to personal and professional growth. Whether advising executives or holding space for the healing, Michelle is a good example, if nothing else, of a confident, self-aware, and mindful, life-long human in training.

currently

Director & Co-Founder @ QueerStart

community organizer @ 300Project.org

advisor & artist @ GFY STUDIOS

healer & facilitator @ FORUM

resident artist & coach @ eskew.shop

design & marketing @ Market Haus ART

 
ecosystems

volunteer

the practice

Hair & CO BKLYN / Brooklyn, NY / 2019

lead stylist, mentor

The Bird House / Brooklyn, NY / 2018

master stylist, mentor

The COVE Salon / LI, NY / 2016

senior designer

Public House 106 / LI, NY / 2016

marketing & design

Sharkbytes App / Virtual / 2015

marketing & design, editor

Down Dog Alimentary / Queens, NY / 2015

management, operations, health & wellness

The SALON at ULTA / LI, NY / 2015

senior designer

Au Pair / Cleveland, Oh / 2013-2015

Best Live-In Nanny Ever

Salon Bella Vita / Rochester, NY / 2012

marketing & design, management

The SALON at ULTA / Rochester, NY / 2010

senior designer

Terry’s Hair Studio / Rochester, NY / 2008

stylist

Regis Corp / Rochester, NY / 2005

stylist, management

ADT Security Services / Rochester, NY / 2005

customer svc & support, International Crisis Management

Jackson Hewitt / Rochester, NY / 2002

tax preparer

​Regis Corp / Rochester, NY / 2001

stylist

Presto! Plaster Crafts | Ithaca, NY 2000

Youth Court | Cortland, NY | 2000

customer service, artist

Pip Printing | Ithaca, NY | 1999

press tech, bindary, graphic design, customer svc

Max Graphix | Cortland, NY | 1998

press tech, bindary, graphic design, customer svc

Independent Study | McGraw, NY 1997

HTML, JavaScript | Pearl, marketing & design

Girl Scouts of America | Greater NY | 1988-2001

Ambassador

​accolades

eLearning College

Diploma in Life Coaching | CPD Accredited Cert

Becoming Light

Energy healing + Hair

Yogamu Institute

Yoga, Meditation & Kundalini Teacher Training

Balance

Advanced Meditation

Breath Focus, Body Scan, Labeling, Loving-Kindless, Spotlighting, Breath Control, Awareness, Visualization, Innovation, Self-Direction]

Egyptian Yoga: The Philosophy of Enlightenment

Self Study Yoga & Meditation

DailyOM

Jannine Murray | pelvis, lower back, whole body, nervous system, Cycle-Synced Eating, Rest & Restore, Body-Fat-Storing-Types, Affirmations and Subconscious Mind Tools, Yoga Principles

Sarah Rector | hips, hamstrings, lower back, Yoga Principles

QC Design School

Interior Decorating & Personal Organization, 2020

YOGABODY

Yoga Alliance Certification: Five-Hour Continuing Ed, 2019

Redken Exchange

Design Master, 2019

HarvardX, Super-Earths and Life

Honor Certificate, 2015

Redken Symposium, 2015

Trends, Color Correction & Curl Specialist

Ashford University, eMarketing

Bachelor of Arts, 2013

Redken Certification Hair Colorist

Colorist Certification, 2011

SUNY Brockport, Marketing

Arts &  Sciences, 2010

 

Monroe Community College, Liberal Arts

Associate of Arts &  Sciences, 2008

 

OCM BOCES

License in Cosmetology 2001

Cosmetology Memorial Award

 

special experiences

 

Come By Here

set design, assistant director

Rochester Fashion Week

cosmetologist, editorial, runway & film

ROC News 8

cosmetologist, film

New York Fashion Week

cosmetologist, editorial, runway

(585) magazine

cosmetologist, editorial

Rochester Women's Magazine

cosmetologist, editorial

 +identities

gifted

neuroqueer

yogi

Buddhist

alchemist

lover

coach

cook

cat lady

once upon a time,

your girl was in survival mode for over 35 years. Little Shelly needed to be heard. She needed sustenance & nourishment. She craved love and healing. She made art. She is art.

a story about a body and a soul.

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