About
Michele A. Nuzzo, M.A. is certified as a life, career, retirement, and wellness coach. She specializes in midlife transitions, reinvention, and caregiver support. Michele is a member of the International Coach Federation.
MICHELE’S COACHING CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed and Specialty Certified New Life Story® Wellness Coach
Michele is an affiliate of MentorPath.com and NewLifeStoryCoaching.com
Certified ReCareer® Coach
Certified by ReCareer, Inc.
Trained to administer the ReCareer Success Inventory (RSI) ®
Certified Retirement Coach
Certified by Retirement Options
Trained to administer the Retirement Success Profile® and the Life Options Profile®
Certified Life Coach
Certified by Coach Training Alliance
MICHELE’S CAREGIVER CREDENTIALS
For more than 20 years, Michele has served as a family caregiver.Read her personal experiences navigating the healthcare system, assisted living facilities, caregiver burnout, and more on the CAREGIVING portion of her blog.
OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Michele earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and a bachelor’s degree in English literature, a paralegal certificate, and a designation in journalism with a specialization in print journalism from UCLA.
- After graduating from UCLA, Michele attended graduate school in secondary education at California State University at Northridge (CSUN). At UCLA and at CSUN, she learned the principles of curriculum design, educational psychology and measuring behavioral objectives.
- In 1995, Michele completed Jack Canfield’s Facilitating Skills Seminar, a 62-hour intensive professional training seminar focusing on the development of facilitation skills for enhancing self-esteem and facilitating individual and group transformation.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- For more than 25 years, Michele worked in corporate, clinical, and social service settings. She served as director of development and communications for several nonprofit organizations that serve people with cancer, HIV/AIDS and mental illness.
- Early in her career, Michele worked as a legal analyst for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and as a senior paralegal for National Medical Enterprises.
- As a human resources representative / senior benefits and policies advisor for ARCO, Michele administered human resource functions for 330 exempt, non-exempt and union-represented employees. She was responsible for recruitment, promotion, job transfers, performance reviews, compensation and benefits administration. She coordinated a pre-retirement planning workshop for employees who were facing a reduction in force (layoff).
- Michele was awarded the Human Resources Recognition Award for her success in persuading the corporate benefits department that an existing policy was extremely restrictive and unfair to current employees.
As a trainee at The Wellness Community, Michele led relaxation and visualization sessions and co-facilitated support groups for people with cancer and their caregivers. She designed and delivered a workshop for children and grandchildren of people with cancer. Michele won the Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer National Essay Contest for her winning entry describing The Wellness Community’s program.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY/LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
Michele A. Nuzzo is not a physician, attorney, or licensed mental health practitioner. The information provided on this website, blog, and newsletter is provided for your education, inspiration, and amusement. It is not offered as medical or legal advice or as a substitute for psychotherapy. If medical, legal, psychological or other services are desired or required, please consult a licensed expert of your choice.
THIRD PARTY CONTENT, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
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Links to relevant websites and references to products and services offered by third parties or advertisements on these pages are provided to you for convenience only and do not constitute an endorsement or approval of the organizations or third party products or services. Please do your own due diligence before purchasing any product or service.
PHOTO CREDITS
The photographs that appear on this website, in our newsletter and in the blog entries are stock photographs that we purchased from iStockphoto.com or royalty-free photos that we downloaded from Stock.xchng. We have made an effort to comment on the photos on the stock photo sites and to list photographer credits where required. If we missed any, we will happily credit that photographer’s work.
AFFILIATIONS
Michele is an affiliate of the following individuals or organizations:
Audio Acrobat
Amazon.com (Amazon Associates store)
MentorPath® Publications
Inside Eldercare
Those individuals or companies pay her a commission for purchases you make by visiting their sites through affiliate links on the Midlife Menu website.
