Media Appearances

Healing After Loss: A Mindset Coach’s Guide to Overcoming Spousal Suicide

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Every time I am blessed with the opportunity to connect with J. Lewis III I am inspired and moved. John has an incredible story, he is
Grief Empowerment Coach and the Creator of The Grief Empowerment Theory. Please watch the video on his you tube channel,  @empowerment0108. And if you are moved as well, like and subscribe. The work he is doing is so incredibly valuable to so many, supporting his channel with likes and comments will allow more people to be helped by him. Our conversation ranged from grief support, surviving suicide loss, meditation, how yoga empowers and we even touched on Ayurveda! It was a lively and full conversation indeed. Enjoy!

POWER Meet the Members IG Live!

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I had such an inspiring time chatting with Emily Emanuel of P.O.W.E.R. Portland, Oregon, Women’s Entrepreneur Roundtable live on Instagram. Here’s the summary:
We had an incredible time shining the spotlight on an amazing entrepreneur within our community, **Michelle Collins**, From sharing insights about her journey to discussing what grievers need and how to support them,, the conversation was truly inspiring! A huge thank you to **Michelle(@michelleanncollins_)** for sharing her story with us. Your passion and dedication are truly inspiring! **Michelle Bio** Michelle is passionate about grief education in corporate and private settings, grief coaching and helping people live in ease and joy through the practice of mindfulness.

The Secret Power of Mindfulness in Overcoming Loss | Michelle Collins

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to sit down and discuss recovering from loss on Table Talks hosted by Janell Warkentin, founder of janellrae.com. Here we discuss how loss, especially through traumatic events, can trigger a spectrum of emotions from guilt to shame. We stress the importance of self-care and self-compassion for those grieving and their supporters, understanding the deep emotional and physical toll grief can take. Discover how therapy, supportive communities, and recognizing changes in brain chemistry can aid in coping. Join us as we explore these vital topics to aid in your journey to healing.

Coach's Corner - Helping People Heal!

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Dr. Keith McNally helps suicide attempt survivors and those impacted by the death of a friend or family member by suicide regain control over their life again. As a survivor of two suicide attempts and one heart attack, the medical community tells him he is lucky to be alive. He has turned that luck into purpose – telling people that they have value, importance, and a purpose as well. We had an insightful conversation about the impact of suicide loss, and the growing community of supporters and educators focused on alleviating the devastation of suicide loss.

How to help a partner through suicide grief

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

In this beautiful conversation with Paula Fontenelle, grief worker and suicide educator, we discuss my books released January 2023 and how to support someone who has suffered suicide loss of a loved one.

The Hard Truths About & Support for Partner Grief and Suicide Loss

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I had the great fortune to speak with Vonne Solis on her podcast Grief Talk.
When we educate ourselves about grief and grieving, we can be more supportive to those who grieve when they need us. We can also grieve mindfully when we are in grief, which helps us to suffer less.
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Somatic Therapy and Healing

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I had the opportunity to speak with the wonderful Dave Roberts on his podcast, The Teaching Journeys. This episode sprung from wanting to go on a deeper dive into our discussion from my first appearance. Enjoy learning more about my journey, managing grief and healing through somatic therapy.

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Reclaiming Life After Losing A Loved One

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Widowhood Real Talk is exactly what Tina and I had in this conversation. Warning this conversation gets a little graphic in discussion of suicide.

Reclaiming your life after losing a loved one is indeed a hard time to get through. What more if you lose someone dear to you most suddenly? Speaker and author Michelle Ann Collins shares how mindfulness played a huge role in overcoming the suicide of her husband. She explains the right level of support and witnessing needed by grieving individuals to get around their grief, shame, and regrets. I also provide valuable insights on remarrying and being a stepmother.

How To Inhabit Joy After Loss

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I had the opportunity to speak on a really special podcast, Passion Purpose and Possibilities, with the wonderful Candice Snyder.
Loss takes many forms, and whatever it is, losing someone or something can really impact life and how you live. Through our conversation, it is our deepest wish to convey that there is hope and you can inhabit joy again.In our conversation, I share my experiences and how I can help others facing similar situations move forward. We talk about trauma therapy and how it helps individuals process and cope with traumatic memories; how my personal experiences with loss shaped my approach to finding healing and resilience; what factors might contribute to some individuals struggling to heal from loss; we also discuss meditation and mindfulness, and so much more.

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Conversations on Suicide Loss with Caro Brookings

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

It is so unfortunate that so many of us have been touched by suicide. In this conversation with Caro Brookings, Suicide Bereavement Coach, we deeply explore deeply the difficulty of conversations around suicide loss.  You will learn what to say to a survivor of suicide loss, and if you are a survivor of suicide loss, how to respond when people ask questions.

Supporting a Survivor of Suicide Loss

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

As Suicide Awareness Month continues, I want to share an interview with Georgena Grace for the Integrated Wellbeing podcast. Please listen to this wonderful conversation about how to support people in grief, it’s much easier than you think!

Growing into Life After Suicide Loss

An Article by Michelle Ann Collins

A recent article I wrote was published in TogetherAZ a mental health and wellness newspaper.
In it, I discuss how our lives change after a suicide loss and how to nurture ourselves to recover and create our new, post-loss life.
As we move into Suicide Awareness month, I will be sharing more media appearances and articles I’ve written, to contribute to education and awareness of suicide prevention, and surviving suicide loss.

Facing and Embracing Grief

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Hosts Michelle Zellner and Sasha Berscheid of the Be a Better Being podcast shared some of their grief journeys, and asked me about my own. Why is this podcast so important? Because we all grieve. We discuss what grief is, how to take care of yourself when you are suffering, and how to take care of others who are suffering from loss, grieving.
There are so many other reasons for going through a grieving process, loss of a job, the end of a relationship, a move, any major life transition can be accompanied by grief. Grief is a normal and natural process, and it does not have to devastate your life if you give it kindness and attention.

Finding Meaning After Loss

An Article by Michelle Ann Collins

When our lives have changed in innumerable ways because of our lost loved ones, just getting through each day is challenging enough. Do we really need to take it further? And how can we find meaning in death, even a heroic one? According to Victor Frankl, who wrote Man's Search For Meaning, having meaning in your life is fundamental to persevering through challenging times. Frankl survived a Nazi concentration camp, and his work about this experience is one of the most extreme examples of the lifesaving power of meaning. He attributes his survival partly to his commitment to finishing the manuscript he was working on. The purpose his project provided and his motivation to finish it kept him going through horrific experiences. HOW DOES MEANING-MAKING HELP US, AS GRIEVERS, TO SURVIVE & THRIVE AFTER LOSS?

Grief - A Natural Part of Life

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

In episode 9 of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, Dave has a discussion with Michelle Collins, yoga therapist, wellness coach, and founder of Inhabit Joy about the challenges she faced following her husband's death by suicide, the unique challenges faced by survivors of suicide loss, We discuss why many in society still have difficulties talking about death and loss, even though they are inevitably experienced during our lives. Dave also explores with Michelle, how yoga, meditation and mindfulness can help individuals navigate through grief.

Supporting Someone Who's Grieving

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

What if you're like me, a family member or friend on the side lines, who wants to help? How can we best show up?

On this week's episode, we're joined by yoga therapist, wellness coach and author, Michelle Ann Collins (she/her). Michelle's personal experience and recovery from traumatic loss changed her. The tools she taught became practices that saved her life. Now she partners with people recovering from traumatic loss and those who support them.

If you are grieving, I hope this episode validates your experience and shows you a pathway through.

Normalizing the Grief Conversation

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Susan, your host, welcomes Michelle Ann Collins to today’s episode. After a series of losses, including the death of her mother, her husband’s suicide, and continued estrangements from primary family members, Michelle combined the tools she had collected as a yoga therapist and wellness coach and studies in positive psychology, neuroscience, meditation and mindfulness, and spirituality to turn post-traumatic stress disorder into post-traumatic growth and resilience. With the addition of a certification in grief education and several bestselling books in which she shares her story, Michelle is helping others transform from barely surviving to joyful thriving.

To Live A Joyful,
Fulfilling Life

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Michelle Collins knows the grief and trauma road intimately. She’s walked it with others through her work as a compassionate yoga therapist and wellness coach. But she has also walked the road of grief and trauma herself. She’s felt the heat of the asphalt, seen the depths of the potholes, and climbed over barriers in the way. Initially she walked the road alone. But then she found support for the journey.

Surviving Spouse or
Partner Suicide Loss

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

As a culture, we aren’t good with grief. We aren’t good with sitting with people who are devastated and heartbroken, letting them feel their feelings rather than trying to fix it.

When you are that grieving person, it can feel like no one wants to be there in the trenches with you.

They want you to be okay again and return to being the person you were before…

Surviving Spouse or
Partner Suicide

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

​It's one thing to lose your partner in death, but a whole layer of complexity, pain, anger and sometimes even guilt comes into play when you lose a partner, a soulmate, by suicide. Michelle Ann Collins is making that journey through grief and shares her thoughts in this candid episode.

Surviving Spouse or Partner Suicide Loss & Why We Have to Talk About Death

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

In this episode Michelle and I talk about why it is so important to talk about death. We discuss grief, loss and the power of healing over time. We also get into an interesting discussion about immortality and whether it would be a good thing or not?

How Life-Long Learning Is Helping This Widow Heal After Losing Her Husband

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

On this episode we are talking to Michelle Collins, author, grief educator, yoga and meditation coach. Michelle's husband Glen took his own life in 2016. Michelle talks to us today about the aftermath of the loss and how she is rebuilding her life.

Widow Warriors
Widow Warrior Interview Series

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

I asked Michelle to share her story because, as the founder of Inhabit Joy, Michelle partners with individuals who have suffered grief, injury, or other types of loss as they recover, reclaim their wholeness, and build resilience for life’s inevitable challenges.

With the addition of a certification in grief education and several bestselling books in which she shares her story, Michelle is helping others transform from barely surviving to joyfully thriving.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Life®
with Laura Muirhead

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Michelle Ann Collins returns to A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Life® as this week's featured guest. Listen in as Michelle shares the obstacles she encountered in writing and publishing her latest book. Find out what unexpected project popped up along the way!

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Life®
with Laura Muirhead

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Michelle Ann Collins joins host Laura Muirhead on this week's episode of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To My Life®. Michelle shares about the losing people closest to her, including her husband to suicide. Listen in to find out how those experiences led her to a new life of sobriety, grief education and authorship. She now helps others not just survive but thrive through yoga, wellness coaching and her writing.

How to Find Peace When Losing
A Loved One

Welcome to the LAW OF ATTRACTION IN ACTION podcast where true inspiration can be heard. In this podcast I interview amazing people from all walks of life who have had miracles happen by using the Law of Attraction. I share anything from miraculous healings to attracting one's soul mates.

I am a Certified Soul Coach, Certified Happiness Coach, Certified Heal Your Life Teacher and expert Law of Attraction facilitator and coach. I want more than anything to help people see how miraculous they are and how to live their lives through the Law of Attraction.

Yoga, Mindfulness, and Meditation as Medicine

Michelle Zellner of https://betterbeings.net/ fame is an amazing being herself, spreading her knowledge and wisdom from a life of overcoming challenges and learning and growing through healthy mindful habits. Our conversation highlights my story of grief and loss, and ranges from “what is yoga therapy?” to what does it feel like to have PTSD and how meditation, yoga, meditation and a healthy lifestyle are the keys to recover from challenges and move into a vibrant joyful life. I hope you enjoy listening and learning how to become a better being.

Identity in Grief

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Grief and trauma can be healed. It doesn’t mean you forget, you learn to integrate the experiences into your life and grow through them. Listen to my conversation with Allie Felker as we talk about healing and moving through life after great loss.

Obstacle As The Path?

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

As if tackling a project about losing her spouse to suicide wasn't enough, Michelle Ann Collins also faced a series of emotional and physical health challenges that delayed the completion of her project. Fortunately, she had the tools, skills, and resources required to transform her obstacles into pathways of healing and transformation.

In this poignant interview with Amanda Johnson, Michelle discusses the chapter she contributed to You Can't Make This St*ry Up; What if It’s All Happening For Us.

Phoenix Rising

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Watch my interview with Tarryn Reeves the CEO and founder of Four Eagles Publishing and The Publishing House Concierge as we discuss my business and why I said yes to joining the Phoenix Rising group authorship book project and becoming a best-selling author with Four Eagles Publishing.

Deep Listening

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Finding Purpose in Tragedy

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Awakening The Divine Feminine

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

In this poignant interview with Laura J Cornell, PhD, Michelle discusses the chapter she contributed to Awakening the Divine Feminine; 18 Stories of healing, Inspiration and Empowerment, her sobriety, and how yoga and meditation support her to live her best life.

Moments of The Heart

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

Welcome to Michelle Ann Collins on Moments of the Heart podcast with Dorice Horenstein.

Yoga, meditation and yoga coach, Michelle Ann Collins, is sharing with an open heart her struggles and triumphs! Join Dorice Horenstein, Moments of the Heart Podcast in this heart felt conversation!

Inhabiting Joy After Tragedy

An Interview with Michelle Ann Collins

From Grief to Joy with Michelle Ann Collins

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