work with michelle gauthier, overwhelm coach
1 on 1 Private Coaching
You're accomplished and exhausted and I can help.
When you work with me, you'll discover what's actually causing your overwhelm, learn how to do less without guilt, and become your own coach so you stay calm for life.
In our 6 months together, we will meet once a week and work through three phases:
Phase 1: Discover What's Actually Causing Your Overwhelm
Most people think their overwhelm comes from having too much on their plate. But the real problem is hidden. It's the thought beneath the chaos. In this phase, we'll uncover the hidden thought or belief that's driving your overwhelm and people pleasing patterns. You'll learn how to notice what you're actually thinking instead of living on autopilot. This is the foundation that makes everything else possible.
Phase 2: Do Less On Purpose
Now that you see what's actually driving your overwhelm, it's time to take action. In this phase, you'll practice living differently. You'll remove things from your plate, set boundaries without guilt, and say no to what doesn't fit your life. We'll use targeted tools matched to your specific situation, whether that's mastering time management, ending people pleasing, or boosting your productivity. You'll see quick wins that build momentum and belief. By the end of Phase 2, things have actually come off your calendar, your energy is returning, and you're experiencing real proof that this works.
Phase 3: Live Free From Overwhelm
By month five, you've practiced the new way so much that it's becoming automatic. In this final phase, you'll apply everything you've learned to new situations you haven't coached through yet. You'll become your own best coach. The practices move from "something I have to do" to "this is just how I think now." Calm becomes your default. You'll reach what I call "pro status," where you have the confidence and tools to handle overwhelm whenever it shows up, for the rest of your life.
The Result
By the time our time together ends, you will feel spacious instead of jam-packed, intentional instead of reactive, and relaxed instead of frantic. You'll have new skills and a new way of thinking that you'll keep forever. People will ask you why you seem so different, so peaceful. The investment for this 6-month program is $7,000. A payment plan is available.
The first step is to set up a free discovery session with me here
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Workshops
An engaging, practical workshop for your team or event — one hour, in-person or on Zoom. Sessions can be customized to your group or event.
Signature Workshop
How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed at Work
Most people think overwhelm means they have too much to do. So they try to work harder. Get more efficient. Push through. But that's not the problem.
Overwhelm isn't caused by your workload.
It's caused by the way you're thinking, working, and deciding throughout the day.
In this workshop, participants learn what's actually driving their overwhelm, and how to change it.
What This Workshop Teaches
Participants learn how to:
Identify the real cause of their overwhelm
Understand why "doing more" isn't the solution
Recognize their default patterns (overcommitting, overthinking, overcontrolling)
Make better decisions in real time
Reduce overwhelm without reducing performance
What They Walk Away With
A clear understanding of what's creating their overwhelm
A simple decision-making framework they can use immediately
Tools to reduce overcommitment and reactivity
A more focused, intentional way of working
The Core Shift
From reactive and overwhelmed → to clear, focused, and in control. Because the answer isn't doing more. It's learning how to work differently.
Build a Series with Add On Workshops
After the signature workshop, these sessions go deeper into the specific skills that reduce overwhelm in day-to-day work. Each one builds on the last, creating a practical and cohesive learning experience for your team.
Add on Workshops:
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Once participants understand what's causing their overwhelm, the next step is addressing one of the biggest drivers: overcommitment.
In this workshop, participants learn how to:
Identify where they are saying yes too often
Decide what actually deserves their time
Communicate boundaries clearly and professionally
Follow through without guilt or overexplaining
They leave with practical scripts and tools they can use immediately.
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Most people manage their calendar by reacting to it. Whatever feels loudest or most urgent gets the time, while what actually matters gets pushed to "later."
This workshop teaches the Calendar Clean-Out Method, a simple weekly reset that sorts time into three categories, Locked (non-negotiable), Open (flexible), and Off-Duty (protected), so participants always know what deserves their attention and what doesn't.
What This Workshop Teaches
Participants learn how to:
Sort their commitments into Locked, Open, and Off-Duty
Estimate time realistically instead of underestimating everything
Protect time for what matters most, before the calendar fills up around it
Stop treating every request as equally urgent
What They Walk Away With
A completed Calendar Clean-Out of their own week
A repeatable weekly reset they can use for life
Better productivity: clearer priorities, less time lost to reactivity
Less overwhelm: a calendar that reflects what actually matters, not just what's loudest
The Core Shift
From reactive and constantly behind → to focused, in control, and getting the right things done. Because busy isn't the problem. An unsorted calendar is.
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Most high achievers give everything their full effort, the big presentation and the routine email get the same intensity. It feels responsible. It's actually what's driving the overwhelm.
This workshop teaches the B-Minus Work method: a simple way to decide where your best effort actually belongs, and where "good enough" gets the job done just as well.
What This Workshop Teaches
Participants learn how to:
Tell the difference between what deserves 100% and what deserves B-minus effort
Let go of perfectionism on the non-essential, without sacrificing quality where it matters
Stop treating every task like it carries equal weight
Reclaim the time and energy currently spent over-delivering on the wrong things
What They Walk Away With
A practical filter for deciding where to invest full effort
Permission to do "good enough" on the right things
Better productivity: more output where it counts, less time lost to unnecessary polish
Less overwhelm: relief from carrying every task at full intensity
The Core Shift
From giving 100% to everything → to giving the right effort to the right things
Because productivity isn't about trying harder everywhere. It's about being strategic about where you try hardest.
Investment
Full System (all 4 sessions): $6,000
Any single session (Signature or Add-On): $2,000
Next Step
Set up a time to talk about what your group is looking for. I look forward to meeting you!
Group Coaching
Your Best Year Group Coaching
What is it?
A year-long coaching program for the woman who sets goals every January and watches them get buried under overwhelm by March. One simple monthly rhythm keeps you focused, supported, and intentional all year — so this is the year your goals actually stick.
Each year, participants set 3-9 goals using the Essential Few Method, choose a Word of the Year, and pick 1-3 life focus areas to build around. Then we meet monthly as a group to celebrate wins, work through what's stuck, and keep momentum going — even in the busy seasons when overwhelm usually wins.
Investment
$3,000 (1:1 add-on sessions available.)
Availability
Your Best Year runs as a closed, year-long cohort — the current group started in January and is already underway. The next cohort opens January 2027.
Next step
Send me a message to join the waitlist