An Inspired Chat with Michelle Lewis of Rancho Mission Viejo

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Michelle Lewis. Check out our conversation below.

Michelle, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. Are you walking a path—or wandering?
Honestly? Both. The late, great J. R. R. Tolkien famously penned the line, “Not all who wander are lost” as part of a longer quote in The Fellowship of the Ring (hi, nerd alert!). It’s one of those phrases that spoke straight to my young, curious heart and though my path may not be a perfectly linear one, it is a beautiful one that has lead me to freedom.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hey Readers, nice to meet you! I’m Michelle Lewis, founder of The Blessings Butterfly. I started The Blessings Butterfly in 2015 as a holistic practice of encouraging, inspiring, and most importantly empowering people to discover their magick and live a life they love.

In my day-to-day work, I am an energy healer, tarot & oracle reader, crystal energy practitioner, animal communicator, and professional modern witch. I can be found creating spell kits, ritual guides and a variety of magickal products for the modern witch.

Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
My Mom really saw so much strength, beauty, and brightness in me. She also saw my independence and stubbornness, qualities that were often exasperating for sure, LOL!

Though we certainly had our struggles as I grew older, she never stopped loving me and believing in me. I miss her everyday and am so, so grateful for the mother she was.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
TW; Attempted Suicide

Okay, this is a really tough question. When I had finally reached my true rock bottom, I had reached a place of complete and total surrender.  At 29, I just wanted everything to end. I was just done with life and the mess I had made of it seemed impossible to redeem.

There, in my most broken moment, God/Spirit/My Higher Power answered my most desperate prayer to “take my life and recycle my soul.”

When my childhood friend Robert called the house late that night, he had no idea what I was about to do. He had no idea that I had just swallowed a handful of pills and was on my way out the door to die quietly, out of sight.  He didn’t know that somehow, miraculously, the God that he had come to have faith in was going to use him to save me that night.  But that’s exactly what happened.

I would spend the next 15+ years seeking after the Divine and going through some intense and powerful emotional healing.  I began dealing with the many scars and fears I harbored inside myself, slowly and very deliberately allowing Divine Love to bring all of my funky junk to the surface, without fear or judgment or shame.  I learned how to soften, and I learned how to forgive.  I learned what it meant to be blessed, and express gratitude.  To see beauty all around me.  To see goodness in people, and in myself, again.  I learned about strength and trust and hope and joy.  And although I would still make plenty of mistakes along the way, I didn’t have to run away anymore.  I didn’t have to hide anymore.  I could just do the work, and find a new purpose for my life.

I don’t “go to church” anymore, and that’s perfectly fine for me. I consider the whole world as a sacred place, and I consider my ministry or my purpose to extend far beyond any man-made walls or theological boundaries. I like to think of those years of healing as my own personal cocoon where I was being infused with Divine Love in every part of my being, and I was slowly transforming into someone completely new, and dramatically different, and impossibly free. Maybe, if this divine presence could exist in someone like me, I could have the chance for a do-over.  Maybe I wasn’t beyond repair after all.  Maybe, I could begin to pick up the pieces of my broken shit-show life and start to make something useful, something helpful, something beautiful out of it.  I’ll take a Maybe any day, because Maybe = Hope, and Hope = Everything.

Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? Is the public version of you the real you?
Yes, it’s the real me. I am very much a “what you see is what you get” person and try to present myself truthfully and authentically (aside from the occasional filter). I’m imperfect, I’m learning, I’m evolving. Very much an open book, and I love to share what’s going on in my life both personally and professionally.

Now, that said, there are parts of my life that I choose to keep private, as I don’t believe EVERYONE should have 100% access, 24/7. Even if someone is in the public eye, everyone deserves a measure of privacy. But that doesn’t mean being fake. It just means protecting oneself, and their loved ones.

Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. If you knew you had 10 years left, what would you stop doing immediately?
Oh this one’s easy: I would stop giving a shit what anyone else thinks about me and my choices.

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