Michelle is a founding member of the MRA’s faculty team. With a deep love and devotion for the craft of coaching, she holds space for and supports those on a journey of self-realization and growth.

Michelle believes that we all have the power to write our own stories and is a champion for the wildest dreams and visions of others.

Michelle has quite magically landed herself in her own garden of eden. The realization of this much yearned for experience of homecoming has reinforced her trust in herself as well as her deep desire to light the way for others to access the Truths and desires inside of themselves.

Michelle is a certified Mind Rebel Coach and an International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach.

As a mentor, Michelle is devoted to honouring the uniqueness of each individual and cultivating relationships that feel free, expansive and understanding.

Outside of work, you can find Michelle either wandering her enchanted forest, foraging for wildflowers and mushrooms or lovingly gazing at her chickens.

Miranda is the MRA's Director of Training who works with the MRA's faculty and students to ensure curriculum excellence.

Miranda is dedicated to ensuring our Coach Training Program is in alignment with the heart of the MRA and in integrity with the ICF's world-class standards for Coach Training programs.

Miranda is a founding member of the MRA. She began her role with the team as a Mentor Coach by facilitating, mentoring, and supporting multiple cohorts over the years. Miranda has experience coaching a diverse group of people, accruing hundreds of hours of coaching experiences to share with students.

Miranda is a PCC accredited Coach in good standing with the ICF, and she has also completed Trauma-Sensitive Leadership Coach Training certification.

Miranda's mentorship style is to hold students in the highest regard and unwaveringly believes in their wholeness, capability, resourcefulness and creativity.

Outside of work, Miranda is committed to finding centre, joy, and beauty near the water's edge, or on one of Ottawa's beautiful hiking trails with her son and husband. She also loves a kitchen dance party.

Ashley is an MRA Mentor Coach who walks alongside coaches on their journey of personal growth while building and refining their coaching skills and core competencies. She has a natural tendency to instill confidence in others and bring clarity to abstract concepts.

Ashley’s favourite quote is, “In the depths of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer” (Albert Camus). She sees the light in others and believes in finding the light in life. Her mentorship style is present, grounding, and inspiring.

Ashley is an ICF Associate Certified Coach, a yoga teacher, and holds a Master of Arts in Public Ethics. Relationship-building, communication, and strategy have been a through-line throughout her career and she brings this experience to the MRA team.

Outside of work, you can find Ashley at the yoga studio, sipping tea over conversation with close friends, travelling to places she’s never been before, laughing at her own jokes, or dancing in her kitchen with her partner and baby girl.

Mandy is a multidimensional, multi-passionate shooting star. She creates dynamic co-creative spaces for leaders and individuals to truly live their unique lives. As a mentor coach, she provides both structure and connected loving support. Mandy is deeply passionate about meeting people where they are and offering a non-judgemental, supremely supportive and light-filled space for self-exploration. Her favourite quote these days is, "If you truly love someone, your love sees past their humanness.” (Michael Singer) Mandy's mentorship style is holistic, encouraging and reflective.

Mandy currently coaches leaders and individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service, she also provides women of all ages a space to navigate and express themselves wholly inside their feminine experience as a cycle coach. In addition, Mandy will support you as you move through conflict. As a trained conflict coach, she has supported many individuals to uncover their needs inside of conflicts and disputes.

Mandy is a social service worker graduate and a Sociologist. She has been in public service for over 15 years, is a trained facilitator, mental health first aid trained and is an organizational mental health advocate. She is a certified Third-Party Neutral with the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution, and she is a proud, certified Mind Rebel Coach, holding her ACC credential with the International Coaching Federation.

Day after day you can find Mandy leaning into a lifestyle rooted in joy, dance, laughter and a commitment to her cycle, practicing minimalism (but not being very skilled yet), growing a garden and cultivating property that will one day be a flourishing farm, supporting local business through involvement with area farmers markets and raising her two young kids, two dogs with her first responder partner!

Jess is passionate about empowering others to bring their whole hearts forward to create a more just, connected, and beautiful world. As a member of MRA’s faculty team, she draws on her 20 years of experience as a social impact leader to help students and alumni coaches step into their aligned path of service.

Dawn is a founding member of the MRA. She also completed the first round of Coach Training in 2019.

She is the Director of Student services and will be there to support and guide you in every step of the way throughout the program and beyond. She is always happy to help and to answer any questions you may have along the way.

Outside of the MRA Dawn is also a Co-Founder of a jewelry brand, Eleven Love. She is passionate about her family, close friends, entrepreneurship and enjoying the outdoors in all seasons.

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Nicole works with both our faculty and students in creating cultures of belonging and equity-centred coaching and leadership. She is the CEO of Cultural Connections by Design, is nationally acclaimed as an educator, scholar, speaker, and author; and has presented her research at national and international conferences, published in several industry’s leading research journals and authored two academic textbooks. She has committed her life’s work to transforming educational and organizational cultures through systemic change processes centred around diversity, equity, and inclusion.