Hana Michels (Coaching Account)
@sparkcoaching.bsky.social
Life coaching and creative consultation services by Hana Michels. No advice here. Enjoy stock photo of white ladies doing yoga. Contact/book appt: [email protected]
https://linktr.ee/sparkcreativecoaching
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My brand is “my clients’ minds are too complex and different for a singular message, plan or brand, I will take their feedback over anything prescriptive”
Even that sentence is too long.
Even that sentence is too long.
If you’re stuck on a creative project, force yourself to have a new life experience. Trust me.
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
If you’re stuck on a creative project, force yourself to have a new life experience. Trust me.
I'm also available in a coaching capacity (but for free) to facilitate neighborhood meetings in LA in person. We're so large we need to come together neighborhood by neighborhood and I'm happy to help. (All I ask is if it's in person we're masked or at least outdoors. Not just for me.)
As the news moves on it's important to remember ICE hasn't. They haven't left here (LA) and they won't have left Minnesota. They will be stretched thin, but they'll still be around and any help we can offer the people of impacted cities is crucial ESPECIALLY when media moves on.
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I'm also available in a coaching capacity (but for free) to facilitate neighborhood meetings in LA in person. We're so large we need to come together neighborhood by neighborhood and I'm happy to help. (All I ask is if it's in person we're masked or at least outdoors. Not just for me.)
What I love about community building advice is it’s instinctive, easy to understand, intuitive, and so fucking hard to follow.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
What I love about community building advice is it’s instinctive, easy to understand, intuitive, and so fucking hard to follow.
Decades of self help gurus marketing themselves and their demographic-specific easy answers have made us forget these are the only ones that matter.
Clients often want me to have the answers they need. I don’t. (It certainly makes marketing myself a bitch.) What I do have is the ability to probe and ask the right questions at the right times to get them closer to THEIR answers.
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Decades of self help gurus marketing themselves and their demographic-specific easy answers have made us forget these are the only ones that matter.
Clients often want me to have the answers they need. I don’t. (It certainly makes marketing myself a bitch.) What I do have is the ability to probe and ask the right questions at the right times to get them closer to THEIR answers.
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Clients often want me to have the answers they need. I don’t. (It certainly makes marketing myself a bitch.) What I do have is the ability to probe and ask the right questions at the right times to get them closer to THEIR answers.
I have and/or am helping a lot of people translate their skills from their tech job into a more satisfying, less frustrating sector and I have methods of figuring out what that sector might be for you. Just figured I'd mention this. And that my email is [email protected].
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have and/or am helping a lot of people translate their skills from their tech job into a more satisfying, less frustrating sector and I have methods of figuring out what that sector might be for you. Just figured I'd mention this. And that my email is [email protected].
Hi! it’s me! Your alma mater! I know you’re still paying off loans even after having paid your full tuition cost, but would you like to give us money? Money pweeeaasseee
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Hi! it’s me! Your alma mater! I know you’re still paying off loans even after having paid your full tuition cost, but would you like to give us money? Money pweeeaasseee
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It'll be helpful just to know whom in your neighborhood has which skills in a crisis. I'm so ready to help and help highlight the most emergent local needs & figure out how to fulfill them.
There is no self care without community care, ESPECIALLY now. If you're looking to meet & protect your neighbors, start mutual aid networks, etc. I will set aside time to meet with you all & facilitate these convos free of charge or optional tips only, bc we should all do what we can!
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
It'll be helpful just to know whom in your neighborhood has which skills in a crisis. I'm so ready to help and help highlight the most emergent local needs & figure out how to fulfill them.
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Stuck in a job you hate with less pay than you require to even tolerate it? We can help find you something that fits better and create a plan to deal until then
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Stuck in a job you hate with less pay than you require to even tolerate it? We can help find you something that fits better and create a plan to deal until then
Stuck in a job you hate with less pay than you require to even tolerate it? We can help find you something that fits better and create a plan to deal until then
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Stuck in a job you hate with less pay than you require to even tolerate it? We can help find you something that fits better and create a plan to deal until then
There is no self care without community care, ESPECIALLY now. If you're looking to meet & protect your neighbors, start mutual aid networks, etc. I will set aside time to meet with you all & facilitate these convos free of charge or optional tips only, bc we should all do what we can!
February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
There is no self care without community care, ESPECIALLY now. If you're looking to meet & protect your neighbors, start mutual aid networks, etc. I will set aside time to meet with you all & facilitate these convos free of charge or optional tips only, bc we should all do what we can!
In the case of comedians and comedy writer/actor types, I understand the difference between deflection and art. I will call you out on deflection and laugh at your spinning struggles into gold (and sometimes laugh at the latter even while calling you on it.)
February 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
In the case of comedians and comedy writer/actor types, I understand the difference between deflection and art. I will call you out on deflection and laugh at your spinning struggles into gold (and sometimes laugh at the latter even while calling you on it.)
Find someone in this admin that is your age or close to it.
Your job is to get more out of life than their money could ever buy them. Outlive them in quantity AND quality.
Your job is to get more out of life than their money could ever buy them. Outlive them in quantity AND quality.
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Find someone in this admin that is your age or close to it.
Your job is to get more out of life than their money could ever buy them. Outlive them in quantity AND quality.
Your job is to get more out of life than their money could ever buy them. Outlive them in quantity AND quality.
Wait... do some people with ADHD hate mindfulness meditation because our lives are one long mindfulness meditation? Acknowledge the distraction and come back to the thing? Every second? Of every day?
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Wait... do some people with ADHD hate mindfulness meditation because our lives are one long mindfulness meditation? Acknowledge the distraction and come back to the thing? Every second? Of every day?
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I think it’s important to remember this moment in history is a backlash. That doesn’t mean things aren’t dire, it doesn’t mean what happens now isn’t vital to everyone’s safety, it doesn’t mean we don’t need to organize. It doesn’t diminish casualties. It DOES mean if we DO organize, we will win.
January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think it’s important to remember this moment in history is a backlash. That doesn’t mean things aren’t dire, it doesn’t mean what happens now isn’t vital to everyone’s safety, it doesn’t mean we don’t need to organize. It doesn’t diminish casualties. It DOES mean if we DO organize, we will win.
If you are starting a new artistic project and you're beating yourself up- imagine yourself as a small child when you first started making art and try to yell at this child the stuff you're yelling at yourself now. Chances are it feels insane & since this is a new project the analogy is indeed valid
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM
If you are starting a new artistic project and you're beating yourself up- imagine yourself as a small child when you first started making art and try to yell at this child the stuff you're yelling at yourself now. Chances are it feels insane & since this is a new project the analogy is indeed valid
I don’t find it difficult to understand why people who tend to want or even suggest an ingratitude practice to go with a gratitude practice I may suggest tend to be marginalized. Let’s do it! Sometimes anger is as righteous and motivating as hope, and sometimes the two together are more motivating!!
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I don’t find it difficult to understand why people who tend to want or even suggest an ingratitude practice to go with a gratitude practice I may suggest tend to be marginalized. Let’s do it! Sometimes anger is as righteous and motivating as hope, and sometimes the two together are more motivating!!
I do wonder if the tools’ popularity unintentionally (I say unintentionally because my dad and Phil had a very Eurocentric education) owes a lot to what most western belief systems lack and what belief systems that are more about consistent practice than one’s obedience and identity offer.
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I do wonder if the tools’ popularity unintentionally (I say unintentionally because my dad and Phil had a very Eurocentric education) owes a lot to what most western belief systems lack and what belief systems that are more about consistent practice than one’s obedience and identity offer.
This time the cover photo is by me because look at how perfect.
Hana(coaching version, mostly) (@sparklifecoaching)
“Follow your gut” is hard. “Inquire further” is an easy first step you can take towards doing so. This is what helped me undo a lot of propaganda in Hebrew school and American history class, as well a...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This time the cover photo is by me because look at how perfect.
I thought nothing was more humbling than the job title “life coach” but try dodging this guy’s anus all day
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I thought nothing was more humbling than the job title “life coach” but try dodging this guy’s anus all day
We get closest to ourselves and our loved ones when we're able to stop worrying for the future and appreciate who and where we are now.
Hana(coaching version, mostly) (@sparklifecoaching)
We get closest to ourselves and our loved ones when we’re able to stop worrying for the future and appreciate who and where we are now.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We get closest to ourselves and our loved ones when we're able to stop worrying for the future and appreciate who and where we are now.
If there are political interests involved, it’s pretty easy to tell if someone’s hiding behind kids with intent to keep them ignorant (for example, book bans) vs. trying to preserve their innocence by, say, making sure they can all access basic necessities regardless of their parents’ income.
I wish we made more of a cultural distinction between preserving a child’s innocence and keeping a child ignorant
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
If there are political interests involved, it’s pretty easy to tell if someone’s hiding behind kids with intent to keep them ignorant (for example, book bans) vs. trying to preserve their innocence by, say, making sure they can all access basic necessities regardless of their parents’ income.
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I know what my work is worth.
I also know I cater to individuals living in this economy- and I tend to work a lot with artists whose work is particularly under threat.
If I give discounts, it’s not because I believe I’m worth less. It’s because I believe my clients are worthy regardless of income.
I also know I cater to individuals living in this economy- and I tend to work a lot with artists whose work is particularly under threat.
If I give discounts, it’s not because I believe I’m worth less. It’s because I believe my clients are worthy regardless of income.
January 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I know what my work is worth.
I also know I cater to individuals living in this economy- and I tend to work a lot with artists whose work is particularly under threat.
If I give discounts, it’s not because I believe I’m worth less. It’s because I believe my clients are worthy regardless of income.
I also know I cater to individuals living in this economy- and I tend to work a lot with artists whose work is particularly under threat.
If I give discounts, it’s not because I believe I’m worth less. It’s because I believe my clients are worthy regardless of income.
If you’re a coach, you’re gonna get random men asking you to be on their Podcast and they’re going to react exactly the same if you ignore these requests as they do if you ignore thirsty DMs. But in wellness speak.
“I guess you’re following your instincts and not your training” was the last one lol
“I guess you’re following your instincts and not your training” was the last one lol
January 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If you’re a coach, you’re gonna get random men asking you to be on their Podcast and they’re going to react exactly the same if you ignore these requests as they do if you ignore thirsty DMs. But in wellness speak.
“I guess you’re following your instincts and not your training” was the last one lol
“I guess you’re following your instincts and not your training” was the last one lol
In which I take like over 400 words to describe a single symptom of chronic illness and barely get there.
Brain Fog Feels like...
Like...um
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January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
In which I take like over 400 words to describe a single symptom of chronic illness and barely get there.