Michelle Dunne, CMCC

Michelle Dunne is a Catholic Strengths and Mindset Coach helping women embrace intentional living through Clifton Strengths, Catholic parts work, and attachment theory. Married for 34 years with six children and three grandchildren, she began coaching through her dōTERRA leadership journey. Michelle is passionate about fostering resilience, faith, and connection. She enjoys reading, cooking, and family time.

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Michelle Dunne is a Catholic Strengths and Mindset Coach dedicated to helping Catholic women navigate various seasons of life. With expertise in Clifton Strengths, Catholic parts work, attachment theory, and Metanoia mindset renewal, Michelle helps women deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships through God’s unique design.

Michelle and her husband of 34 years have  six children, three grandchildren, and a strong connection with their large extended family in the local NoVA area. Her coaching journey began informally during her leadership development as a dōTERRA business owner, revealing her true passion for guiding women towards intentional living and a holier, happier life. As a Catholic coach, she puts her love of connection and continuous learning to use in fostering resilience and a deep love for God in her clients.

The brave, persistent but reluctant Saint Hildegard of Bingen is one of her spiritual confidants.

Beyond coaching, Michelle is a book lover, word-nerd, water-skier, wakesurfer, Zentangler, and a dance-in-the-kitchen kind of cook. She enjoys tea parties, family dinners at home, walking talks, and attending theater performances.

  • API certified group facilitator for moms
  • relational model strengths coach
  • Self-Leadership in Strengths with People Acuity
  • Strengths Champion Certified Coach
  • Journal group facilitator for Metanoia Catholic Academy
  • training in Compassion Fatigue from the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology
  • IFS Informed
  • Trauma aware
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Litanies of the Heart

By: Gerry Crete, PHD

All of us are wounded and in need of healing. In these pages, Dr. Gerry Crete accompanies you on your journey to overcome anxiety and traumas, big or small. You will benefit from his “parts work” therapeutic approach to find inner harmony, greater life fulfillment, and a deeper, more intimate relationship with God.

Through this specialized technique, you will experience growth, transformation, and ultimately, restoration. This book stands alone in its seamless integration of advanced trauma-based treatment with rich biblical and Christian traditions. Each chapter offers a concise, real-life vignette, an exploration of the psychology of the interior world, a Scripture study, reflection questions, a meditation, and practical ways to apply these life-changing methods. You will also find:

  • The key virtue in inner transformation
  • What is really meant by true self-love
  • The way to begin to open yourself to God’s grace and healing
  • How your spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical health are interconnected
  • Eight characteristics of the redeemed inmost self

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Michelle Dunne is a Catholic Strengths and Mindset Coach dedicated to helping Catholic women navigate various seasons of life. With expertise in Clifton Strengths, Catholic parts work, attachment theory, and Metanoia mindset renewal, Michelle helps women deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships through God’s unique design.

Michelle and her husband of 34 years have  six children, three grandchildren, and a strong connection with their large extended family in the local NoVA area. Her coaching journey began informally during her leadership development as a dōTERRA business owner, revealing her true passion for guiding women towards intentional living and a holier, happier life. As a Catholic coach, she puts her love of connection and continuous learning to use in fostering resilience and a deep love for God in her clients.

The brave, persistent but reluctant Saint Hildegard of Bingen is one of her spiritual confidants.

Beyond coaching, Michelle is a book lover, word-nerd, water-skier, wakesurfer, Zentangler, and a dance-in-the-kitchen kind of cook. She enjoys tea parties, family dinners at home, walking talks, and attending theater performances.

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