Welcome to another episode of According to the Cassels! Today we are joined by Pretty Rich Bosses Coach, certified PMU artist, and mother, Michelle Rukny. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about Amy’s experience at Michelle’s salon, the type of permanent makeup Michelle uses and why it’s so groundbreaking, gentlemen’s services, how each treatment is customized, why exfoliation is important, what scalp micro-pigmentation is, and tattooing for areolas. Michelle also explains how she got into her line of work and why she is passionate about making men and women feel confident. Next, we discuss how Michelle found faith as an atheist, the uplifting and motivational nature of Christian music, and how God helped Michelle open up about her trauma and find healing. Michelle then recalls the trauma she experienced and how it led her to drugs, alcohol, and self-medication before talking about the importance of educating children on sexual assault to prevent it in future. Finally, we discuss the coaching Michelle does for entrepreneurs. You don’t want to miss this goose-bump-inducing episode! Please note that this episode carries a trigger warning for sexual assault so proceed with caution.

Key Points From This Episode:

• A brief introduction of today’s guest, Michelle Rukny.

• What Amy had done at Michelle’s salon.

• Michelle explains why her permanent makeup is different from other permanent makeup.

• The services Michelle has for men and why men would want to have facials and treatments.

• How The Beaute Compound customizes their services.

• Why people need to exfoliate.

• Michelle explains what scalp micro-pigmentation is.

• Tattooing for areolas.

• Why Michelle got into helping men and women feel more confident.

• Michelle shares how she found faith as an atheist through Christian music.

• How uplifting Christian music can be for anyone of any faith.

• How Michelle managed to open up about her past trauma as a result of finding God.

• TW for listeners who want to avoid Michelle’s account of sexual assault, please skip audio

between [00:30:45] and [00:37:53].

• How her trauma led her to drugs, alcohol, and self-medicating as a coping mechanism.

• How we need to educate our children to prevent abuse from happening in future.

• Michelle tells us about her coaching for other entrepreneurs.

• Why Michelle plays Christian music during her treatments.

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ATC 44 Show Notes

Tweetables:

“[Permanent makeup] fades naturally and if you decide that you don’t really want it anymore,

over time it will be gone.” — Michelle Rukny [0:04:46]

“For your skin’s health it’s good to get facials because you’re removing all that excess buildup

that’s on the skin, it’s good for antiaging, and it’s good for peace and relaxation too.” —

Michelle Rukny [0:05:49]

“So many great things happened as a result of microblading; including me becoming a

Christian. So it was meant to be my path.” — Michelle Rukny [0:15:48]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Michelle Rukny on LinkedIn

Michelle Rukny on Instagram

The Beaute Compound

Amy Cassels

Amy Cassels on Twitter

ONE Way Life

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