I had a beautiful, heartfelt conversation with author and speaker Michael Arterberry about his journey from hardship, trauma, and growing up in dysfunction to being able to break the cycle and now help others! I am so inspired by his story of strength and resilience and believe you will love it too! Michael now uses those experiences to speak to and inspire teens and adults all over the world. He's such a great example of empowerment. It is people who have overcome tremendous obstacles that can teach us so much. I really love his inspiring resilience!

His message: “I help people to use what they have gone through to get to their breakthrough. I walk my audience through the effects of their past and present trauma, including the most recent impact of society's imbalance.”

Here’s the Podcast version if you prefer audio

Michaels’ course can be found at shakethedirt.com. 

My Guest

Michael Arterberry is the author of the book, Be Encouraged!!! 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement. He has received several awards such as the USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community. He is also the recipient of the 100 Men of Color Award for leadership in education, government, mentorship, entrepreneurial success, and community service. EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD from the Youth Community Outreach Program.

Learn more about Michael, get his book for free, and take his 10-week challenge https://www.michaelarterberry.com/

www.shakethedirtexperience.com

www.youthvoicescenter.org

www.facebook.com/michael.arterberry

www.linked.com/michaelarterberry

Sharing some beautiful messages I received about this…

Dear Julie,

Today I watched the interview with Michael Arterberry and like you, tears were rolling down my face... so many ahas! and that beautiful feeling of being understood... a sense of connectedness and exchange is present.

I enjoyed listening to this! He is a beautiful soul as you said! What a resilient guy!! I agree with you on the fact that our adversities help is become who we are and makes us better versions of ourselves.

Michael is truly an amazing person, the messages and teachings you both spoke of touched me deeply. I listened to this podcast twice, and journaled the part about choosing our thoughts, and getting unstuck. It went into my positives journal and my toolkit.👍Thank you Julie!

This was amazing! What a truly devoted person Michael is..His message touched me deeply & I like you Julie teared up.. I listened to his message 3 times making notes in my positive journal. His story gave me shivers & goosebumps. So powerful!