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Michelle Elman is a leading mindset and confidence coach who established Mindset For Life in 2014.
With a degree in Psychology and qualifications as a Master NLP Practitioner and Coach, Time Line Therapy™ Master Practitioner and Master Hypnotherapist, Michelle combines deep expertise with a refreshingly honest, human approach. Her work is further shaped by training in Provocative Therapy, allowing her to challenge thinking while creating powerful, lasting change.
Her reputation as a speaker is built on lived experience. Michelle speaks with rare openness about overcoming adversity and medical trauma, reflecting with emotional intelligence to offer powerful and often unexpected insights. Blending vulnerability with humour and optimism, she creates talks that are deeply relatable and genuinely transformative. Drawing on her background as a life coach, Michelle regularly speaks on topics such as imposter syndrome, boundaries, confidence and self-worth.
Michelle is also a recognised campaigner and voice for representation. Her Scarred Not Scared campaign gained national attention after she chose to share her own experiences of surgery and scarring, helping others feel seen, understood and far less alone. The campaign struck a chord with millions and cemented Michelle as a trusted advocate for resilience and self-acceptance.
With a social media following of over 500,000, Michelle works closely with major global brands including Dove, Johnson & Johnson, Paramount, BooHoo, Simply Be and Always. She is a familiar face across TV and radio, with regular appearances on This Morning, Sky News, Channel 4 News, BBC Radio London and Loose Women. Most recently, she coached Emily Atack on the W channel series Adulting and appeared on Geordie OGs discussing online bullying and its impact on mental health.
A highly sought-after speaker, Michelle’s TEDx talk has been viewed over 60,000 times, and she has spoken at events including Stylist Live, Summer in the City, Women’s Health Live and Leeds Yoga & Wellness Festival. Her clients include Hearst, Goldman Sachs, The Body Shop, Hello! Magazine, Brit Insurance, Glamour, LUSH, Cosmopolitan and Tresemmé, alongside charities such as Teenage Cancer Trust and Ditch The Label. She also regularly speaks in schools and universities — from Oxford University to The University of Surrey — empowering young people through conversations around mental health, boundaries and female empowerment.
Whether on stage, screen or in conversation, Michelle connects with honesty, warmth and impact, leaving audiences feeling understood, empowered and equipped to take positive control of their mindset and wellbeing.
Michelle explores why healthy boundaries are essential for wellbeing, confidence and sustainable success. Drawing on psychology, coaching and lived experience, she offers practical tools to help individuals communicate clearly, protect their energy and build stronger, more respectful relationships at work and in life.
This powerful and thought-provoking talk challenges the culture of self-criticism and perfectionism. With honesty and humour, Michelle helps audiences recognise damaging thought patterns and replace them with compassion, self-awareness and healthier ways of relating to themselves.
Michelle examines the impact of social media on confidence, identity and self-worth. Using real-world examples and evidence-based insights, she helps audiences understand comparison culture, online pressure and validation-seeking, while offering practical strategies to build resilience and a more balanced relationship with social platforms.
In this deeply personal keynote, Michelle shares her journey through medical trauma, surgery and recovery. She explores resilience, body acceptance and self-compassion, encouraging audiences to reframe scars, visible or invisible, as symbols of strength, survival and growth.
Michelle demystifies imposter syndrome, explaining why high achievers are often most affected. Combining psychology, coaching techniques and relatable storytelling, she shows how to challenge self-doubt, redefine confidence and step forward with belief and authenticity.
Listening to Michelle engage in a conversation on “Adversity & Perseverance”, was thought-provoking and impressive. She took a potentially dry topic and spiced it up through her experiences. Her candid articulate style made the discussion relatable and interesting. This is also true of Michelle’s approach in her remarkable book “Am I Ugly?” where she takes the reader through her life’s journey. She imparts the same energy in her talks and her book, emerging triumphant and leaving the audience inspired.
Michelle was invited to speak about Battling Body Image and Surviving with Scars at our Find Your Sense of Tumour Weekend for young people who have or had cancer . Body Image is an important issue for our young people and Michelle provided some fantastic guidance and insights and really resonated with the audience. We are hoping she will come again!
