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Michelle Valenzuela Wolf

@empowher_la

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Founder, EmpowHer Purpose
Soul Leadership Method | Top 1% Coach
Breathwork + Reiki | Akashic + Yoga
Speaker + Podcaster
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Nothing like an unforgettable sunset at the end of your week! 🌅 A gift for your soul - like true human connection. Breathe that IN.💛 Friends, there’s something magical about what happens when people come together with open hearts, shared intentions, and a willingness to embrace experiences. They step into not their essence - our true selves.🎁 From horseback riding on the beaches of Puglia Italian to laughter, deep conversations, Breathwork, sound healing and rituals around the fire, my time continues to be filled with moments I’ll carry with me long after leaving Italy. 🇮🇹 One thing I know after 26 years of working with people: We are meant to connect, to belong, and to experience life together.✨ I’m excited to return to LA soon and share all of my light and energy with you! Ready to experience the power of breath and connection deeper with yourself? Join me Wednesday, October 21 or 28, 6pm at Platefit for Breathwork! ✨ **ONLINE | Midweek Midday Reset** 12 PM PT | 45 minutes + 24-hour replay ✨ **IN PERSON | Platefit Brentwood** 6 PM PT | 13050 San Vicente Blvd., #208 Come breathe, reset, reconnect, and experience the power of community. **Save your spot! Link in bio.** Thank you, @kristawilliams, and all the beautiful souls who shared this experience. Be Well. Do Well. 🤍 #TrueEssenceRetreat #HumanConnection #Community #Breathwork EmpowHerPurpose by @empowher_la
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Ciao from Puglia, Italy! 🇮🇹🌿 Spending a few beautiful days among the olive groves at the #TrueEssenceRetreat with @itskrista , creating space to reconnect, realign, and continue growing into my truest self.🙏✨ A little wisdom from the olive trees... Olive trees can live for hundreds, even thousands of years. Their roots run deep, their growth takes time, and they continue to flourish through changing seasons. What a beautiful reminder for all of us. We spend so much of our lives giving our time and energy to others, fulfilling responsibilities, and moving from one thing to the next. How often do we give ourselves that same attention? For me, it’s finding the balance between stillness and play. Journaling beneath the olive trees one moment, dancing among them the next. 💃 Both are equally important. The time you invest in yourself nurtures your growth, deepens your self-awareness, and creates space for more joy. Give yourself permission to slow down, have fun, and enjoy the life you’re creating. You’ll never regret the time you invest in yourself. Be Well. Do Well. 🤍 #TrueEssence #TrueEssenceRetreat #SelfAwareness #PersonalGrowth EmpowHerPurpose by @empowher_la
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How honest are you REALLY? Not just with others, but with yourself? How often do we edit ourselves, avoid difficult conversations, or hold back the truth out of fear? For my 58th birthday, I’m turning the tables on Opportunity Knocks and handing the microphone to my dear friend Cory Richards. A National Geographic photographer, explorer, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author, Cory has climbed Everest without supplemental oxygen, survived an avalanche, and pushed the limits of what’s humanly possible. What I admire most isn’t what he’s accomplished. It’s his courage to be vulnerable and tell the truth about who he is. This year, we sat down IN PERSON for an unexpected, honest, funny, and deeply personal conversation about lying, relationships, grief, aging, self-awareness, and CONNECTION. When Cory asked me to describe my purpose in one word, my answer was immediate: CONNECTION. 🤍 Connection starts within. How can we authentically connect with others if we’re not being honest with ourselves? 🎙️ My Birthday Episode of Opportunity Knocks with Cory Richards is OUT NOW! I hope this conversation inspires you to ask yourself a few uncomfortable questions, embrace who you truly are, and have the courage to be seen. 🎧 Listen or watch now. Link in bio! Be Well. Do Well. 🤍 #OpportunityKnocksPodcast #CoryRichards #MichelleValenzuelaWolf #AuthenticConnection #SelfAwareness by @empowher_la
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Today I turn 58. Wow! That’s a number I never thought I’d see…🎂 And apparently I’m still willing to climb onto a kiddie ride clearly marked “FOR CHILDREN ONLY.” 😂 May we never stop playing, finding joy in the smallest moments and choosing to live fully alive. This birthday feels particularly significant. Another trip around the sun. Another solar return. And my second Saturn return—a time that has me reflecting not only on the last 12 months, but on the bigger journey of my life. So I started writing down the things I know to be true. I thought there would be 58. There were more. Ha! A few that feel especially true today: You are never too much. Love as big and as much as you want. Not everyone will meet you there. All emotions can coexist. We can be grateful and grieving, joyful and sad, hopeful and uncertain—all at once. Don’t be afraid to tell someone you love them. You may never have that chance again. Most people crave connection, but very few commit to being truly seen. Miracles are real. Believe in the possibility of what you cannot yet see. Faith says, “I believe.” Trust says, “I can let go.” At 58, I’m grateful for all of it. The love. The loss. The people who stayed. The people who left. Motherhood. Friendship. Heartbreak. Healing. Work that matters. The belly laughs. The wrong turns. The miracles. And every opportunity God has gifted me to experience. I’m still living. Still loving. Still learning. Still becoming. And still eternally 27. 😂 Oh, and one more that didn’t make the list: Know when to follow the rules. Know when to break them. Never get so grown up that you forget how to play. Sometimes that’s where the adventure begins. Exhibit A: photo #1. 😂 Be Well. Do Well. 🤍 #WishesAndWisdom #LiveFullyAlive #AuthenticConnection #SelfAwareness BeWellDoWell by @empowher_la
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Do you believe in signs and symbols? ✨ Do you believe there are moments when something—or someone—is trying to get your attention? I DO! Today, I’m so excited to officially bring Opportunity Knocks episode 132 back with a very special guest: celebrity medium, spiritual guide, and dear friend Tim Braun. I’ve personally worked with Tim for more than 10 years, and he has been an important guide in my own life through loss, change, questions, and some of the moments when I needed to listen a little more closely. In this episode, we go far beyond mediumship. We talk about intuition and how to strengthen it. Grief and what it can teach us. Faith. Meditation. Forgiveness. Chosen family. Boundaries. The people who become our greatest teachers. And why creating enough silence to actually hear ourselves may be one of the most powerful practices we have. Tim also shares his extraordinary story—from discovering his sensitivity at six years old to working alongside Mother Teresa in Calcutta and eventually embracing his gift as a medium. One of my biggest takeaways from our conversation: The answers we’re searching for may not always be outside of us. We have to get quiet enough to listen. Or, as Tim says: “Prayer is talking. Meditation is listening.” 🎙️ The Angels Who Guide Me: Medium Tim Braun on Intuition, Grief & Learning to Listen A new episode of Opportunity Knocks by EmpowHer Purpose with Michelle Valenzuela Wolf is OUT NOW. Stay open. Pay attention. Listen. Because the opportunities that knock aren’t always the ones we can see. ✨ 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. #OpportunityKnocksPodcast #TimBraunMedium #PsychicMedium #Intuition #Mediumship by @empowher_la
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Hello Friday! Let’s talk CONNECTION. Oh and I finally jumped on the yellow font trend - I’ll admit it’s sunny & happy. ☀️💛 Good news for me—it just happens to be one of the colors in my new brand line look. Ha! Apparently the timing worked out. 😉 I’ve been writing and reflecting a lot about connection lately. Connection has always been one of my top core values—and it’s one of my superpowers.✨ I love to connect people, build community and create spaces where people feel seen, heard and valued.🙏 And lately, a much bigger project I’m working on has taken me into some deep portals of introspection around why we are craving connection so deeply—and yet so often choosing disconnection. We want to belong. We want to be understood. We want to feel seen. We want validation. Yet so often, we look outside ourselves for all of it. And when connection becomes uncomfortable? When a conversation gets hard? When we feel misunderstood, challenged or vulnerable? We disconnect. We avoid. We ghost. We walk away. We retreat behind our screens. What if instead of running away from uncomfortable conversations, we learned how to move toward them?🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️💨 Because authentic connection isn’t only about the easy moments. It asks something of us. Self-awareness. Responsibility. Courage. And perhaps most importantly, a willingness to first connect with the person we spend our entire lives with: Ourselves. Loneliness and social disconnection have become a global public-health concern. The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 6 people worldwide experiences loneliness. We are craving connection. And yet we keep disconnecting. If we want to change how we connect, we have to change our story.💥 And changing that story starts with YOU!🔥🫶 I’m here to help change that story. In fact, I am committed to it!🌻 Connection doesn’t begin with someone else. It begins with YOU. An opportunity for you!🤗 And it grows from there. 💛 Ready for more authentic connection? DM me. Let’s connect. #SOULMethod #SelfAwareness #AuthenticConnection #ConnectionStartsWithYou #EmpowHerPurpose by @empowher_la
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Are you leading your life—or is your life leading you?🤔 After more than two decades of coaching people through careers, leadership, life transitions and transformation, one lesson continues to come back to me: The most important person you’ll ever learn to lead is yourself.💥 Here are 3 practices I come back to again and again: SELF-AWARENESS — Know yourself. Notice how you’re showing up. AGENCY — Recognize where you have a choice. COURAGE — Trust what you know and take action. Awareness helps you see. Agency reminds you that you have a choice. Courage moves you forward. This Reel is from my mini solo Opportunity Knocks Episode 108, where I go deeper into what it means to lead your own life. 🎧 Listen to Episode 108 for more. Join our weekly newsletter to learn about how to lead YOU and all the upcoming events. Ready to learn to lead yourself or determine what’s next? DM me “LEAD” to explore 1:1 coaching. #SelfLeadership #TransformationalCoaching #OpportunityKnocks #PersonalGrowth #EmpowHerPurpose by @empowher_la
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Women spend an average of nine years of their lives in poor health. And that makes conversations around women’s well-being, care, and everyday quality of life increasingly important. At the Health 2.0 Conference’s Las Vegas 2026 edition, Dr. Khai Win, Mental Fitness Coach at Invisible Wins; Michelle Valenzuela Wolf, Founder of EmpowHer Purpose; Amy Elohim, Owner & Founder of Restored Identity; Andrea Nakayama, Exited Founder, President & Principal at Functional Nutrition Alliance & Andrea Nakayama LLC; and Aneela Idnani, Founder & President of HabitAware, brought their experiences and expertise into a discussion around supporting women through different stages of life. The session brought together varied perspectives on what more thoughtful, practical, and connected support can look like. Which area of women’s well-being deserves more attention today? #Health2Conf #WomenHealth #HolisticHealth #Wellbeing #HealthcareLeadership #WomenWellness #LasVegas by @empowher_la
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I’ve always been strong. I didn’t always appreciate it. I definitely do now. But believe me I lean into my yin softness too.🙏✨💪🥰 As a young cheerleader, I wanted to be the girl at the top of the pyramid. I often was the one holding everyone else up. What a metaphor for life… I recently committed to lifting heavier weights and returned to my longtime trainer, Frankie. Our early morning banter might be as important as the workout. He’s encouraged me since the beginning of EmpowHer—literally built my social account years ago. Love you! OK—that’s your compliment for the year. 😂 As I get older, strength means more than how much I can lift. It gives me confidence, energy and resilience—and reminds me that effort doesn’t have to mean force. The more consciousness I bring to my breath, the more ease I find within the effort—and the more open I am to receive. And I’m realizing how much that applies to the rest of my life too. And ladies, don’t be afraid of the heavier weights. You are stronger than you think. 💪 Follow along as I keep building strength—mentally, physically and emotionally. Shift your breath. Shift your mind. Shift your perspective. Shift what feels possible. #StrengthTraining #StrongWomen #WomenWhoLift #HealthyAging #ConsciousBreathing by @empowher_la
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It all begins with your breath.💨🍃 There are many types of Breathwork. Some are meant to calm your system. Some help activate your energy.⚡️ Some help you release, reconnect and go deeper. Think about it like your workouts. Sometimes you need a walk. Sometimes you need to stretch.🧘‍♀️ Sometimes you need to run 🏃‍♀️ or lift heavy. Your breath is no different. You don’t always need 30 minutes. You may need 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes — or a full experiential Breathwork session. The practice is learning how to tune into your body and recognize what you need in that moment. In the car. At your desk. On a trail. On your mat.Or with a friend.✨🙏 Your breath goes where you go. And with the launch of my new online Breathwork sessions and monthly Sunday SOUL Sessions, there are now even more ways for us to practice together. Alignment begins the moment you tune into your breath. It all begins with your breath. 🤎 #Breathworkla #BreathworkPractice #MindBodyConnection #NervousSystemRegulation #EmpowHerPurpose by @empowher_la
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Summer came in waves. And I rode every one. 🌊 Today marks the unofficial end of summer, this one came with mixed emotions — highs and lows, twists and turns, joy, adventure, connection, reflection and redirection.🙏✨ Some waves were exhilarating like these ones in #catalinaisland @jetski2catalina for my nephews bday - it was rad to be back on the water 💦 talk about childhood memories!🥰 Of course, some waves caught me by surprise. Some made me dive deep into the ocean to find my truth. And still, I kept riding. That’s the resilience of being human. We keep going.👏 And now, I’m looking forward. 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse — and my word for this year is MOMENTUM with the sub-phrases Let it be easy. Let it be true. Aligned with you. 🔥 So as we move into these final four months, I’m ready to bring the fire. To stay open to what I can create, actualize and become. I’m excited for what is still to unfold and manifest — and for the surprises I can’t possibly plan for. Because there are always surprises. Here’s to riding the waves of life and welcoming whatever waves comes next. 🌊🔥 #Momentum #SummerReflections #YearOfTheFireHorse #PersonalGrowth WhatsNext by @empowher_la
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September is here, and it’s the perfect time to pause, reset, and get intentional about where we’re putting our energy ☀️ @empowher_la is joining Gritty Club for Power Hour: ALIGN - What Deserves Your Energy? workshop! Let’s reflect on what’s working, what’s draining you, and where your energy is best spent as we head into a new season. 📅 September 9, 2026 ⏰ 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET Save your spot with the link in bio & receive a one-month Gritty Club trial ($25/month after, cancel anytime) by @empowher_la
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