Michelle was ostracized by her peers and held back in kindergarten. She struggled with learning, understanding, physical coordination and social interaction. Luckily, she was diagnosed with learning differences and got lots of needed support. But that didn’t stop kids and others from treating her as dumb, and she internalized that identity. And, ambition didn’t let her stop chasing her dreams.

Hear how Michelle learned how to compensate with a disability. Find out how she moved away from believing she was equivalent to how she was perceived and treated to land in a place of self-love and acceptance. What were the needle movers? And, how does she deal with not being the person she might have been, if she didn’t have this condition?

Guest Bio

Michelle Steiner lives with an invisible disability. She has articles published on The Mighty, Non-Verbal Learning Project, Dyscalculia Blog, The Reluctant Spoonie, Kalopina Collective, Imagine the World as one Magazine, Word Gathering, and her blog called Michelle’s Mission. She has had her photographs featured in Word Gathering and Independent and Work Ready. She works as a paraeducator in a school with students with disabilities. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two cats.

Guest Info.

[email protected]

https://michellesmission.blog/

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Podcast — Bold Becoming

Book — Masters of Change

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Music — Happy African Village by John Bartmann