Michele Aikens: The Bold Reinvention- Redefining Your Worth

About This Episode

Michele Aikens, CEO and lead coach at ClearSight Coaching and Consulting, shares her journey through reinvention, reminding us that worth is not tied to a title. With over 30 years of experience in leadership and communication, Michele reframes fear, identity, and purpose through science-backed insight and storytelling. Together, we explore how to listen to your inner compass, how to treat reinvention like an experiment, and why your natural strengths deserve full credit. If you have ever wondered what is next for you, this conversation offers grounded guidance, new perspective, and the courage to act.

About Michele Aikens

Michele Aikens is the CEO and Lead Coach of Clear Sight Coaching & Consulting Inc., with over 30 years of experience in leadership development, communications, and team dynamics. She combines strategic vision with empathy to guide leaders through transformation, drawing from her background as a storyteller, playwright, and author of five books, including the inspiring Consider The Possibilities: Pursuing What Matters Most. With degrees in organizational leadership and religious studies, Michele brings both practical insight and purpose-driven focus to her work, helping clients find the courage and clarity to pursue what matters most.

Additional Resources

Website: clearsight-coach.com

Instagram: @ClearSightChicago

LinkedIn: @MicheleAikens

Chapters

• 1:01 Meet Michele Akins
• 1:52 Defining Bold
• 4:53 Identity Beyond Job Titles
• 11:13 Building a Purpose-Driven Practice
• 13:38 First Client and Finding Purpose
• 16:20 Small Shifts, Big Impact
• 18:25 Follow Your Inner Compass
• 20:31 Awakening at Midlife
• 22:25 Test Your Theory Like a Scientist
• 24:12 Consider the Possibilities
• 26:03 Rerouting Your Mindset
• 27:38 Wade In: Start with Play
• 30:00 Redefining “A Living”
• 32:05 Resetting Early Messages
• 34:10 What’s Next For Me Program
• 36:10 Toolbox, Compass, and the Leap
• 38:04 Fear as an Indicator, Not Stop Sign