Charleen M. Michel, Ph.D.

Soul Embodiment Guide • Creator of Soul Notes™ • Founder of Wisdom Unleashed • Best-Selling Author

Profile

I’m the founder of Wisdom Unleashed, where I guide women back to their inner wisdom through meditation, embodied movement, storytelling, and guided reflection—helping them remember who they are and what matters most in this season of their lives.

My work is grounded in a simple belief: the wisdom we seek is often already within us. Life experiences—change, loss, transition, awakening, and new beginnings—can become invitations to listen more deeply and rediscover what we already know in our hearts.

I call these moments Soul Notes™: the insights, truths, and inner knowings that arise when we pause long enough to listen. They can guide us back to our authentic selves, our voice, our purpose, and a life lived more fully from the heart.

Featured in The Wellness Universe

I am a contributing author to The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Navigating Loss, Grief & Transition, launching September 2026.

My chapter, The Opportunity Hidden Within Loss: A Silent Awakening of the Heart to Lead You Home, shares the deeply personal story of how the loss of my parents became an unexpected catalyst for healing, gratitude, and a deeper awakening to the wisdom within.

At the heart of the chapter is a practice I created to help readers experience that inward journey for themselves:

A Silent Awakening of the Heart Meditation

This gentle guided meditation offers a quiet space to pause, listen inward, and reconnect with the wisdom of the heart during times of loss, change, and transition.

Sometimes what feels like an ending can also awaken your heart and lead you home to yourself.

About Me

Before beginning this chapter of my life as an author and member of The Wellness Universe, I spent nearly 40 years in global leadership, including roles as a Global Human Resources Director and International Board Advisor for Women in Leadership. Working across cultures and organizations, I helped shape leadership, talent, inclusion, and organizational transformation.

Today, I bring that depth of experience to personal transformation—integrating practical leadership experience with meditation, embodied practices, creativity, and timeless wisdom.

I believe true transformation does not require us to become someone new.

It invites us to remember the wisdom that has always been within us.

Core Areas of Practice

Soul Embodiment & Personal Transformation

• Soul Notes™ Philosophy
• Silent Awakening™ (Primordial Sound Meditation)
• Chakradance™
• Ayurveda & Conscious Living
• Yoga & Embodied Movement
• Guided Reflection & Journaling
• Reiki & Energy Awareness

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Strategic Human Resources Leadership
• Executive & Leadership Development
• Organizational Design & Change
• Learning & Development
• Talent & Succession Planning
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Cross-Cultural Leadership

Career Highlights

Founder – Wisdom Unleashed (2023–Present)
Creating transformational experiences, programs, workshops, and writing that help women reconnect with their inner wisdom and live with greater purpose, authenticity, and joy.

International Board Advisor & Secretary General – Women’s International Networking (WIN) (2002–2022)
Supported international leadership initiatives, governance, organizational growth, and the advancement of women in leadership.

Global Human Resources Director, HR Business Partner & HR Development Manager – Dow Europe GmbH(1993–2005)
Led strategic HR initiatives across Europe and global operations, including organizational transformation, leadership development, succession planning, and cultural integration.

Certifications & Professional Training

• Gaja Certified Vedic Educator™ (Ayurveda, Meditation & Yoga)
• Licensed Chakradance™ Facilitator
• Reiki Level 2 Practitioner
• Moonology™ Certified Instructor

Books & Publications

My writing chronicles a journey of awakening, healing, and remembering. As a bestselling collaborative author, each chapter I’ve written reflects a different stage of that journey—from learning to trust my inner guidance and reclaiming my authentic voice to discovering peace, purpose, and the wisdom hidden within life’s greatest challenges.

Together, these books tell one continuous story: the journey home to ourselves.

The Life-Changing Power of Self-Love (2023)

Chapter Title: Surviving in the Corporate World: How to Listen and Trust Your Inner Guidance

My first published chapter explores the beginning of my spiritual awakening while navigating a global corporate career. It invites readers to reconnect with their inner wisdom through meditation, self-reflection, and holistic practices.

Brave Kids: Short Stories to Inspire Our Future World-Changers, Vol. 2 (2024)

Chapter Title: Magical Times with Grandpa in His Enchanting Garden: Discovering Valuable Treasures for Life

A heartwarming children’s story celebrating nature, imagination, and the enduring love between a granddaughter and her grandfather. It reminds young readers that life’s greatest treasures are often found in simple moments of connection.

Sacred Spaces: Subtle Shifts for Mind, Body, and Home Transformations, Vol. 3 (2025)

Chapter Title: Reclaim Your Confidence and Power: Using Sacred Dance to Embody Freedom

The story of discovering Chakradance™ as a transformative path to healing, self-expression, and reclaiming personal power through embodied movement, meditation, creativity, and journaling.

Expressive Arts: The Ultimate Creative Guide to Transforming Stress (2025)

Chapter Title: Soul Notes: An Expressive Dance to Liberation and Empowerment

A deeply personal exploration of how movement, music, expressive arts, and journaling became a pathway to healing, creativity, and authentic self-expression—introducing the early seeds of what would become Soul Notes.

Journal of a Visionary: Strategies for Next-Level Mindset and Manifestation (2026)

Chapter Title: The Long Way Home: Transform Anxiety into Inner Peace

A reflection on moving beyond achievement, anxiety, and perfectionism to discover that lasting peace is found not through striving, but by remembering the wisdom already within us.

The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care: 25 Tools for Navigating Loss, Grief and Transition

Coming September 2026

Chapter Title: The Opportunity Hidden Within Loss: A Silent Awakening of the Heart to Lead You Home

A heartfelt story of how the loss of my parents became the catalyst for healing, gratitude, and spiritual awakening. The chapter concludes with a guided meditation to help readers reconnect with the wisdom of the heart during life’s most difficult transitions.

The Future Belongs to… Gen Brave

Coming October 2026

Chapter Title: The Girl in the Red Dress: Learning to Speak Up and Be Myself

A coming-of-age story for young readers about belonging, courage, and discovering the confidence to be yourself. It reminds us that true belonging begins the moment we stop hiding who we are.

Every chapter I’ve written has prepared me for the next. Together, they have become the foundation for my work in meditation, embodied movement, and Soul Notes—a growing community dedicated to helping women remember who they came here to be.

If there is one message woven through every page I’ve written, it is this:

I open my heart.         I listen to my soul.      I trust the wisdom within.     I nurture what is alive. 

Personal Interests

Meditation • Nature • English Rose Gardens • Ayurveda • Creative Writing • Sacred Symbolism • Walking • Golf • Classical Piano • Conscious Living

Languages
English (Native) • German (Fluent) • Swiss German (Fluent) • Italian (Beginner)