Michelle Burke

Michelle Burke born and raised in California is an entrepreneur, a joy-maker, wannabe baker, truth seeker, and out-of-the-box thinker. With the success of her latest book,15 Minute Pause, A Radical Reboot for Busy People with Lilamani de Silva, the two entrepreneurs recently created Joy Cards, a deck of 48 well-being activity cards that help to enact a daily practice of self-care filled with joy and gratitude. Their mission is to spread joy.

She is admired for her positive spirit, keen eye, empathy, warmth and creativity. Michelle is Founder and President of The Energy Catalyst Group, a coaching and training firm for well-being, dedicated to helping leaders and teams be more mindful, engaged and energized at work. Over her 20+ year career as a coach, facilitator, she gained a deep appreciation and perspective working with people and cultures from all walks of life. She is also passionate about her mindfulness work coaching women to be empowered and promoted into leadership roles. Michelle has trained thousands of participants to make positive change - to shift behaviors that get in the way of a thriving workplace and a joy-filled life. Garnering rave reviews from clients including Stanford University, Sony PlayStation, Cisco, Lanza Hair Care, Genentech, Microsoft, Snap Inc., and HP.

During the past twenty years, Michelle partnered with Lilamani de Silva to create a variety of self-care tools including15 Minute Pause, A Radical Reboot for Busy People, most recently Joy Cards, a deck of 48 inspiring fun activity cards and other tools and solutions include Teambuilder™, a card game for building collaborative teams and ReENERGIZE Your Life, an online training course to recharge, reset and renew.

Michelle has also been featured in Business Week Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Wall Street Journal, Star Ledger, Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. Her articles have been in Huffington Post, Training, HR, Chief Learning Officer Magazines, Soulivity, Forbes.com and Just Breathe Magazine. She is an articulate motivational speaker whose humor, wit and enthusiasm motivates and inspires her audiences.

Her joy list includes giving back, spending time walking her dog Jadie, trying new restaurants, cooking, reading, spending time with loved ones and is committed to doing one thing every year on her dream board.