I found BBM a few years ago. The way you post so organically and your overall ethos are what drew me to you. I have tried many different workout platforms and this one I just can’t get enough of. What makes it so unique is the “Mich” factor.

I cannot express enough how valuable it’s been to hear the way you talk about your body and speak to yourself—it has helped change my own self-talk immensely. Throughout the day I find I’m looking to check in with myself, to ask how I’m doing, to take up space, thanks to listening to how you speak to us and yourself. I have really struggled with negative self talk. While that doesn’t just go away, I get to change how I view myself and how I show up to the world but mostly, how I show up to myself. To tell myself what I like about me during the day, and treat myself like my own best friend. To thank my body for the movement.  To tell myself I’m doing so well or to remind myself that I’m doing my best when the day is hard. These are all things I’ve gotten from being in class.

I have found such a steady grounding in leaning into what you, as my trainer, is teaching not just physically but mentally throughout the days. When I’m feeling lonely and not embracing or loving it I remind myself that I GET to be with myself. That I get to know and love myself to upgrade any moment by romancing myself, to make that a sacred time. To embrace the beautiful feminine energy you teach by sitting down and asking what I’m feeling, to respect and honor my thoughts and not discount them. I’ve also found while doing these things, it drastically changes how I show up as a better, more grounded, steadier and yet tender person for my husband, friends, and family. The type of mindset you put out is magnetic.

You are a steady spot on the internet—with no filters, no fluff. Simple yet you hold yourself in a way so honest and true to you that challenges me to show up more organically myself. Posts of water and light and words resonate with me and remind me to go deeper. To skip the fluff but to embrace every moment the world makes me smile. And when it makes me cry.

I specifically love doing any and all of your less than 30 minute workouts. The burn is fantastic and shorter workouts are much more attainable for me when I’m working to supplement/add to my outdoor activity as well. I am an ICU nurse and working 12 hour shifts can be a real challenge mentally + physically. Utilizing those shorter workouts + posture/ stretching has been a *game changer* in how my day goes. I try to do one before and after my shift to give myself some time and purposeful movement.

But BUTTER—  Butter has *changed* me . Truly. It’s been a challenge to give myself time to stretch or do things for myself that feel like a luxury because I feel like I don’t have time for it but implementing butter’s at least 3x a week has made me  s l o w  d o w n and has been so great for my muscles and lengthening. I crave it! To touch myself, notice how I’m feeling, sit with the discomfort of knowing I have other things I could be doing and remind myself that nothing good comes from a rushed person. THIS, in the butter, in the caring for myself is where the real work comes from.

There is truly not a trainer like you, Mich, that has this magical power of making everyone else want to embrace and feel and be MORE themselves. Thank you for the way you show up, your incredible workouts and the light you bring. Xx