Rev. Dr. Michelle Wadleigh is a spiritual firestarter, a master teacher of metaphysics, and the founder of Planned

Happiness Institute. With over two decades of experience as an ordained minister in Centers for Spiritual Living, she's been lighting up stages, classrooms, and hearts with her blend of fierce love, radical truth-telling, and deep spiritual wisdom.

Michelle holds a Doctorate of Divinity and is a certified coach with IPEC. She's the author of six transformational books: Shadow Work for Spiritual People, Forgiveness Workbook: A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Freedom, 40 Days to Freedom: A Lenten Practice for the Modern Mind, Prosperous Me: Accepting the Bounty of Your Divine Birthright, and Dance Like Nobody's Watching: A Guide to Authenticity. Her teachings strip away the fluff and invite real, soul-level transformation.

In 2025, her book Shadow Work: A Spiritual Path for Healing and Integration received both a Gold and Bronze COVR Award in two distinct categories. She was also honored with the Shirley Chisholm Award for Excellence in Women in Ministry in 2014.

Known for her no-nonsense love and radical compassion, Michelle helps people reclaim their power, forgive what holds them back, and live with sacred audacity, grace, and unapologetic joy