Meet Michelle DeMicco

We were lucky to catch up with Michelle DeMicco recently and have shared our conversation below.

Michelle, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

My resilience wasn’t something I was born with, it was something I built, chapter by chapter, as life demanded more of me.

I started my career in the fashion industry at a young age, thrown into a world that was fast paced, demanding, and brutally honest. I was fortunate to have an incredible mentor during that time. She was tough, direct, and held extremely high standards, but I learned more from her than I could have imagined. She taught me how to accept feedback without taking it personally, how to perform under intense pressure, and how to hold myself in rooms that were not always welcoming. Those years built the first layer of my resilience.

Everything shifted in 2007 when I began my sobriety journey at 21. That same year, I left New York, the only home I had ever known, and moved to Florida completely alone. I had no money, no support system, and no roadmap except the commitment to change my life. I took a job making $15 an hour, took the bus every day, and did work I didn’t enjoy, but I never let that chapter define my future. I held onto the small but powerful belief that if I kept showing up, the rest would unfold.

I went back to school and became the broke college student doing homework on the bus and taking whatever work I could get. Every job I took was another starting point at the bottom, but I treated each one as a stepping stone. I was a sponge. I learned, observed, asked questions, and built myself up skill by skill. That period taught me persistence in a way nothing else had. It showed me that rebuilding your life is possible if you’re brave enough to begin again.

Eventually, I entered my current industry, starting once again at the bottom as a sales assistant working directly under the CEO. It was intense and high pressure, but by then, pressure felt familiar. I knew how to navigate tough personalities, steep learning curves, and environments where expectations were sky high. Every chapter before that moment had prepared me to rise to the challenge.

Years later, my resilience was tested in a deeper way when I went through a divorce after nearly 14 years. Ending a marriage forced me to completely redefine my identity and ask myself who I wanted to become outside of every role I had played. I had to rebuild emotionally, mentally, financially, and spiritually. That season gave me a new depth of resilience. It taught me self trust, self compassion, and the courage to walk away from a life that no longer aligned with who I was becoming.

Looking back, I can see clearly that my resilience was built layer by layer. From learning toughness in the fashion industry, to choosing sobriety at 21, to moving states alone with nothing, to rebuilding after my divorce, resilience became a muscle I strengthened over time.

I am resilient because I have been tested. I have stayed resilient because I refuse to settle for a life that isn’t aligned with who I am meant to be.

And today, that same resilience fuels my newest ventures: creating The Journey to Source Journal, becoming an author, and building my coaching program, The High Performer Reset. Both are extensions of the path I’ve walked, helping others regulate, reconnect with themselves, and rebuild from the inside out the same way I once had to do for myself.

My story proves that you can start over at any age, in any city, in any chapter of your life, and become someone stronger, wiser, and more grounded than you ever imagined. As long as you are willing to learn, grow, and keep moving forward, you can always rebuild yourself into the next, truer version of who you are.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

At the core of everything I do, whether it’s my corporate leadership role, my coaching, or my journal, is one intention: I want to help people come back home to themselves. My passion for being of service started during my sobriety journey. When you rebuild your life from the inside out, you develop a level of compassion, empathy, and understanding that never leaves you. That experience shaped the way I show up both personally and professionally.

In my career, I’ve spent years in sales leadership working with teams, coaching them through challenges, pressure, self-doubt, and the moments where they’re pushed to grow. I learned early on that real transformation doesn’t come from giving people instructions. It comes from helping them see who they’re capable of becoming. I’ve always been the type of leader who cares about the whole person, not just their results, and that opened the door to the next chapter of my work.

The Journey to Source Journal was born from my own daily practices. These were the tools that helped me stay grounded, centered, regulated, and connected to myself when life felt chaotic. I wanted to create something simple, beautiful, and accessible that people could use to support their mindset and alignment every single day. Seeing people incorporate the journal into their routines and watching it help them shift their energy has been one of the most rewarding parts of my journey.

As more people started using the journal, I began receiving messages from women who wanted deeper support, and that’s when my coaching naturally expanded. Today, I run The High Performer Reset program where I work one-on-one with high achieving women who are overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in survival mode. I help them regulate their nervous system, build healthier rhythms, set boundaries, and reconnect with the version of themselves they want to become. Watching someone move from burnout into alignment, confidence, and clarity is extremely fulfilling.

Everything I’ve lived through, from getting sober at 21, to moving to Florida alone with nothing, to rebuilding after divorce, to climbing my way up professionally, prepared me to support others at a deeper level. My brand is rooted in honesty, resilience, and the belief that we are always capable of rewriting our story when we decide to.

Right now, I’m continuing to expand my coaching offerings, develop more tools and resources for emotional regulation and alignment, and grow the All Is Well Vibrations brand. My mission is simple. I want to help people reconnect with their peace, their power, and their purpose so they can live a life that feels aligned from the inside out.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

1. Sales
Sales has been one of the most valuable life skills I’ve ever learned. It goes far beyond numbers or transactions. Sales teaches you how to connect with people, understand their needs, communicate clearly, and build trust. Those abilities have carried me through every chapter of my life, from leadership roles to coaching to building my own brand. Sales is ultimately about people, and once you learn how to communicate and connect on a deeper level, every door opens.
My advice: Don’t underestimate the power of learning sales. Practice listening more than you talk, learn how to ask better questions, and focus on genuinely understanding people. It will elevate every part of your personal and professional life.

2. Curiosity and a Student Mindset
Another major factor in my growth has been staying curious and willing to learn. I’ve started at the bottom many times, and the only reason I rose quickly was because I stayed open, observant, and humble enough to ask questions. I also made a point to surround myself with people who had what I wanted, the success, the discipline, the mindset, the leadership skills. Getting mentors, hiring coaches, and learning from people who were ahead of me completely changed the trajectory of my life. They taught me the ropes, pushed me, challenged me, and expanded my ceiling. Today, it’s a full-circle moment to now be doing that for others through my coaching.
My advice: Stay teachable and invest in mentorship. Get a coach. Learn from people who are where you want to be. Your environment will either limit you or elevate you.

3. Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation is something I had to learn over the years. I didn’t start off calm, grounded, or collected. I learned those skills through pain, through trial and error, and through my own healing journey. Sobriety, starting over in a new state, rebuilding after divorce, all of those seasons forced me to develop emotional strength and self-awareness. Today, emotional regulation is the cornerstone of who I am as a leader, coach, and woman.
My advice: Be patient with yourself. Emotional regulation isn’t something you master overnight. It’s built through reflection, honest self-awareness, and daily practices like journaling, breathwork, and slowing down enough to choose your response instead of reacting from your wounds. It’s one of the most powerful skills you will ever develop.

Before we go, any advice you can share with people who are feeling overwhelmed?

When I feel overwhelmed, the first thing I do is slow down. Overwhelm is usually a signal that something inside of us needs attention, not more pressure. Instead of pushing harder, I’ve learned to pause, get quiet, and reconnect with myself so I can understand what is actually going on beneath the surface.

A lot of the tools I teach in my High Performer Reset program are exactly what I use on myself. I always start by grounding my nervous system. That might look like a few minutes of breathwork, meditation, or simply putting my phone away and taking a walk. Getting back into my body helps me shift out of fight or flight so I can think clearly again.

Journaling is another big one for me. When I feel overwhelmed, I grab my journal and get everything out of my head and onto paper. I ask myself questions like: What am I really feeling? What is triggering this? Is this actually urgent, or am I just overloaded? Once the noise is out of my mind, I’m able to see the truth, not the story my stress is telling me.

Prayer is also a huge part of my process. It helps me surrender the things I can’t control and reconnect with a sense of guidance, trust, and inner calm. Meditation then helps me stay in that grounded space long enough to hear the answers I need.

From there, the real work begins. Getting to the root of what is happening. Overwhelm is rarely the real problem. It is the symptom. When you understand the source, whether it is unrealistic expectations, lack of boundaries, fatigue, fear, or simply doing too much, you can create a plan that actually supports you and brings you back into alignment.

Overwhelm becomes manageable when you stop trying to outrun it and start getting curious about what it is trying to show you.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.alliswellvibrations.com
• Instagram: @michelle_demicco

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