Michelle Ward, aka The When I Grow Up Coach, has logged over 750 hours coaching creative people to devise the career they think they can’t have – or discover it to begin with!! A certified life coach by the International Coach Academy, a musical theater actress with her BFA from NYU/Tisch, and a Corporate America escapee, Michelle has served as an expert source and contributor for Newsweek, Forbes, Psychology Today, Yahoo! and AOL Jobs as well as leading workshops and seminars at SXSW and the sold-out Etsy Success Symposium. She encourages everyone to claim their uniquity via The Declaration of You and could be found coachin’, bloggin’ & givin’ away free stuff at whenigrowupcoach.com.

Put Me In, Life Coach in Newsweek

 

Ascertaining Your Awesomeness & Articulating It Without Sounding Like an Ass at the sold-out Etsy Success Symposium

 

Solopreneur Workshop with The When I Grow Up Coach for Etsy Seller Education

 

Pepsi and Momversations present Women, The 5G Network

 

Right This Minute presents I Got Boob Cancer – a Ditty

 

You can also find me chattin’ it up on:

• Operation: Creative Career Cheer! on Crafty Fanny
• Get Your Rear in Gear with Michelle’s Creative Career Cheer on Create as Folk
• Day 4: Operation: Creative Career Cheer! on Forest of Stories
• January 30-Day Challenge with Michelle Ward on La Dea Vita
• Building a Successful Career Coaching Practice with Michelle Ward on Life of the Freelancer
• Thing Finding Thursday with Michelle Ward on Tanya Geisler
• Leaving the Grind Behind on Unfettered Ink
• my Vocal Videos tag on my blog!

• Inspirational Women: Michelle Ward on Alternatively Lovely
• Fan Favorites: Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up on Art Wall
• “Time to Count the Money” and Other Finance Tips from Michelle Ward on Blacksburg Belle
• Blog Out Loud Interview: Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up on Blog Out Loud
• Introducing the Classy Entrepreneurs Interview Series on BrandKit
• CareerBranches
• Bloggers to Watch Out For: Career Coaches on CRAVE
• Interview – When I Grow Up Coach on CreateHYPE
• How to Design Your Creative Career with Michelle Ward on The Examiner
• Talking About My Inspiration With…Michelle Ward on For Your Inspiration
• Warrior Women Interview: Michelle Ward on Forest of Stories
• Growing Up is Fun with Michelle Ward on GirlHabits
• Michelle Ward: “Take a baby step every day. Trust yourself.” on I Want Her Job
• Creative Crush #1: Michelle Ward on Kari Chapin
• The Sweet Life Files: Life Coach Michelle Ward on Lolalina
• Getting To Know You: Michelle Ward, Life Coach on Maggie Rose
• Creative Close-up: Michelle Ward, When I Grow Up Coach on Manusmade
• Design Your Life: Michelle of When I Grow Up on Makeunder Your Life
• Luminary Profile: Michelle Ward on Nourishing Our Radiance
• The OSI Interview: Michelle Ward on Old Soul Ink
• Pursuing Her Passion: Michelle Ward on Pursuing Our Passion
• Why Not You? Why Not Now? on Psychology Today
• The Well-Fed Woman: Michelle Ward on Rachel W. Cole
• Spotlight on Michelle Ward, The When I Grow Up Coach on The Right-Brain Business Plan
• RoSoGo
• Encouraging Words: Michelle Ward of When I Grow Up on The Sweet Unfolding
• True Story: I Gave Up On My Dream on Yes and Yes

COOL CONTRIBUTIONS (articles)

• How to Find Hidden Jobs in amNY
• 7 Tips for Handling a Mean Manager on AOL Jobs
• 9 Creative Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Struggles + How They Got Past Them on Blacksburg Belle
• Down + Dirty with Money Back Guarantees on Heartmade Blog
• Brand You: The Strategy of Social Media on JACKarcher
• Seven Souls, One Musing: Volume One on Kind Over Matter
• How Creatives Are Surviving the Downturn on MainStreet
• Let Your Office Creativity Fly Free in Metro
• Career Coaching 101: Finding a Professional to Help You Find Your Fulfilling Career on Psych Central
• How to Find a Fulfilling Career Path on Psych Central
• Short Entrepreneur Stories: Why Did You Decide to Start Your Business? on The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

COOL CONTRIBUTIONS (products)

• The Secrets to Lasting Happiness (teleconference) from Bec Robbins
• ARTrepreneur (e-course) from Blacksburg Belle
• From Passion to Profit (free e-book) from Create as Folk
• The Inspired Way (free e-book) from The Inspired Way
• Showstopper: Road Map to Rocking Your Trade Show (e-book) from Khristian A. Howell
• Regiving: The Gifts of Kindness and Laughter (e-book) from Kind Over Matter
• Build a Blog You Truly Love (e-course) from Liv Lane
• Advice on Building Your Confidence Muscles (e-book) from Red Dress Studios
• Creative Courage (e-course) from Stephanie Levy
• The ABCs of Self-Love (blog crawl & free ebook) from Stratejoy
• The Coaching Blueprint (e-program) from Your Courageous Life

• Michelle Ward Featured on Etsy Success Q&A
• Michelle Ward Presents “Ascertaining Your Awesomeness” at the City University of New York
• Michelle Ward Presenting at SXSW
• Michelle Ward Presenting at the Sold-Out Etsy Success Symposium
• Michelle Ward Releases Rhyming Career Workbook
• When I Grow Up Coach featured in CRAVE

• Six Success Secrets with The When I Grow Up Coach on Etsy
• 5 Steps to Pursuing an Unconventional Career on Forbes
• I have breast cancer at 33 on Yahoo! Shine
• A Day in the Life of Michelle Ward aka The When I Grow Up Coach on Blacksburg Belle
• What I Am on Gypsy Girls Guide
• Forget Branding – It’s All About The Weird! on It’s OK to be Weird
• The Post About The Guest Blogger’s Ten {Necessities} on Tuesday on Jamie’s Rabbits
• 5 Ways to Stick With Your Goals (Because Resolutions Never Work) on Jane Has a Job
• New Yorkers are Rude, Your Dream is Impossible and 3 Other Things I’ve Found to be Untrue on Kind Over Matter
• How to Quit Your Day Job on Little Pink Book
• Top 5 Ways I Found My Sweet Life on Lolalina
• On Being a Magnificent, Marvelous Woman on Magnificent, Marvelous Women
• 5 Ways to Pursue an Unconventional Career and Still Be a Grown-Up on Pretty Young Professional
• 4 Easy Ways to Figure Out What You Wanna Be When You Grow Up on Re:Find Joy
• A Wild Woman of the World on Roots of She
• Just 15 Minutes a Day to Becoming a Full-Time Entrepreneur on StartupNation
• Just 15 Minutes a Day to Becoming a Blogging Genius on StartupNation
• Just 15 Minutes a Day to Becoming a Twexpert on StartUp Nation
• Polka Dots and Jazz Hands on The Mathematics of Glamour
• How to Make Being a Practical Creative Not Suck So Bad on The Organic Sister
• Are You a Renaissance Soul? Use It To Your Advantage on There Are No Rules
• How to Survive Professional Rejection on Vianza
• Put One Foot in Front of the Other Without Tripping, Flailing or Falling Flat on Your Face on Writer Unboxed

• Get Real Girls on 107.1 St.Paul/Minneapolis
• Michelle Ward Discusses the Journey from Blog Post to Book Deal on Blogcast FM
• The Passions & Possibilities Project on BlogTalk Radio
• Talking with Michelle Ward on CRAFTCAST
• Michelle Ward on Creative Living with Jamie
• Michelle Ward from WhenIGrowUpCoach.com on The Career Clinic
• Managing a Career through a Health Crisis with Michelle Ward of WhenIGrowUpCoach.com on The Career Clinic
• Let the Day Begin with Mary Adams on the Co-Creator Radio Network
• Creative Career Crisis? Michelle Ward tells you what you should be when you grow up on The Hopkinson Report (for Wired)
• Daily Whip with Erika Lyremark
• More in You
• Podcast with Michelle Ward the When I Grow Up Coach on PolyRepublic
• This, I Celebrate on Potter and Butler
• What do You Want to be When You Grow Up? on Puttylike
• Red Dress Convversations #34 | When You Grow Up on Red Dress Studios

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