Michelle Gardiner is the Founder and Director of The Aspire Series and 55 FACES. These are both a movement for women who are dedicated to pioneering social change and impact as well as a methodology in facilitating change work.  Michelle firmly believes that with genuine opportunity, meaningful support and spaces where we can truly love, value and believe in ourselves, we are able to become so much bolder than we ever imagined. Michelle also believes that great aspirations must be matched with a great capacity to nurture ourselves, in order to create the sweet spot where female leaders blossom. The kind who are not only creating amazing things for themselves and for the world, there are also doing so in a way that sustains them.   It is Michelle’s intention in creating The Aspire Series, that as women, we can become more connected and heart centred leaders, and use one another to become the best that we can be, for ourselves and the future women who model themselves on us. From this place, we can truly influence social change and shift the dynamic of both our local communities and global society.  Michelle has spent over fifteen years working in the Australian Child Protection and community sectors, supporting children, young people and families through some of their most vulnerable life experiences. Through hearing many life stories, Michelle became most passionate about raising the aspirations of young people and women, which has greatly inspired her work with The Aspire Series. This passion parallels Michelle’s own experiences of working hard to define her own voice and to use this to build a life that she, too, is proud of.  We are at a point in time where our stories, experiences and livelihoods account for so much more than we can imagine and we can not afford to see ourselves in any lesser light. Our stories truly are the gateway to enabling and facilitating so much of the change that we each wish to see in the world. Michelle holds a Bachelors of Social and Community Welfare, Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Science (Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy), she is a Yoga Teacher (500 hours - Moksha Yoga Academy), a Certified Life Coach, and a background in individual and collective narrative work, leadership and empowerment program facilitation and trauma informed practice. Michelle is a published co-author, carries significant Non-For-Profit Board Member experience and is currently undertaking her Masters Degree in Narrative Therapy and Community Work at the Dulwich Centre and Melbourne University.   Register for the Soul changing Summit Today https://www.theaspireseries.com/the-aspire-summit   Contact/follow Michelle @theaspireseries @michelle_gardiner_au https://www.theaspireseries.com/work-with-me-2 Contact/follow US Sponsored by Betterhelp-Go to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/concretepastures for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help in as little as 48 hours.https://www.epidemicsound.com/client-clearing/5a6df3a4-444c-4807-b7ff-2072a34e1e81 Integrating Services -https://linktr.ee/concretepastures Download Thank you- Fmgradio.com/listen Concrete Pastures APP-https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.apps.n244800&pli=1  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concrete_pastures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concretepastures https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWre86K6EQVx0gycbauHHoQ If you are interested in being a guest please fill out form below:https://forms.gle/rmxy4MzziyVCW8nx5 Podbreak.org https://www.instagram.com/theblackpodcastersassociation/ etmarketing808- website