Each curriculum, conference, journal series, and book below is a record of taking an idea from nothing to something people can hold. These are the stories behind them: where each one came from, how it was made, and who it has reached.
The golden thread
“There is a golden thread of bringing restoration, healing, and encouragement to the heart. If you don’t believe that you are valuable, you will not believe that the dreams in your heart are valuable. I make a case for knowing your value, and throughout pretty much everything that I do, there is that golden thread of bringing restoration, healing, and encouragement to people’s hearts.”
“The golden thread is like the spine. It runs through everything I do and teach and coach and speak on. And it culminates in embracing your brave purpose. And living it out.”
Curricula and programs
- Curriculum · 24 volumes
The Brave Series
A vision in the shower became a 24-volume youth curriculum on identity, worth, and protection from exploitation. The Hawaiʻi Brave Together three-article booklet was reviewed and approved by the Hawaiʻi Department of Education for the state’s Sexual Violence Prevention Initiative.
Read the story - Curriculum · Ages 4 to adult
The Dream Big Journals
Four age editions in faith and non-faith versions, each with a companion teacher guide, built to teach every reader that their vision matters.
Read the story - Workshop · Since 2008
The Kingdom Kids Workshop
Ten years of testing what children can actually carry, distilled into the workshop that changed how churches see the youngest people in the room.
Read the story - Curriculum · 100+ lessons
Raising Kingdom Kids
Over 100 proven lessons from ten years of firsthand children’s and youth ministry, on identity, hearing God’s voice, leadership, voice, and healing.
Read the story - Conference · 2010 to present
ReThink Creativity
Four conferences taking apart the lie that some people are not creative, with speakers from HGTV, Hollywood, surgery, fashion, and government.
Read the story
Books
- Book · 2011
Dancing with Father
An illustrated poetic book of healing for women, written out of Michele’s own difficult journey through youth.
Read the story - Book · 2018
The Birth of Explicit Movement
Michele’s founding story, written as testimony and reflection guide, with chapter exercises that turn the account into a reader’s own next step.
Read the story - Book · Coming 2027
Brave Purpose with God
The faith edition of the 15-step Brave Purpose Framework, in three movements: Uncover, Recover, Ignite.
Read the story - Book · Coming 2027
Brave Purpose
The same framework voiced without the faith framing, for anyone ready to step into the life they were designed for.
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Looking for the schools, churches, and organizations Michele has worked with? Those stories live on the case studies page.
Want something like this built with your people?
Michele coaches writers through the Brave Purpose Author Method and brings these programs to schools, churches, and organizations. Tell her what you are hoping to build.
- Based in
- Honolulu, HI