Supporting You in Your Desire to Change
by Michael Feeley
Look around you. Not at what is new and clamoring for your attention. Look at what has stayed. What has endured. What people return to, preserve, treasure, and pass forward with a kind of quiet, profoundly moving reverence that the brand new rarely earns. The world, when you look at it this way, is full […]
by Michael Feeley
If you are a Vintager — someone only getting better with age, accumulating life experience, skills, loss, love, and hard-won wisdom for decades — you may have noticed something lately – ideas are coming faster. The connections between things are suddenly obvious. A conversation sparks a thought that sparks another, and before coffee is finished, […]
by Michael Feeley
Someone stood in the caves of Lascaux, France, thousands of years ago and painted. No audience. No certainty anyone would ever see it. No way of knowing that one day people would travel from every corner of the world to stand before those walls in breathless, reverent silence and awe. They painted anyway. With skill. […]
by Michael Feeley
Technically, you are not an artifact. And, you are. Artifacts are inanimate objects made or modified by human hands, studied by archaeologists to understand cultures that came before. Tools, pottery, mummies. Not people. Not yet breathing. But here’s where it gets interesting. On Philosophy Stack Exchange, someone once asked: Can a human being be considered […]
by Michael Feeley
I’m not denying. Not running from… Ageing. I’m exploring and living it with curiosity, imagination, purpose and a certain creative delight. Because ageing is real, it’s part of all our lives, and there is something about it that culture must further discover and define. So I’m expanding it. Deepening it. Adding a word alongside it […]
by Michael Feeley
There’s a word I’ve been exploring — filling it in, filling it out — turning it over in my head and hands until it told me what it meant. The word is vintage. And the life built around it is The Vintage Way. Here is what I know about vintage – only getting better with […]
by Michael Feeley
There is a quote I return to often. “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” Carl Jung wrote that. And it is one of the most liberating sentences ever written. Jung believed aging is not decline — it is direction. That the second half of life is not a slow […]
by Michael Feeley
At 74, I know something most younger people spend enormous energy avoiding: time is finite. And oddly enough, knowing that — really knowing it — is one of the most liberating things that has ever happened to me. The shift for me wasn’t dramatic. There was no crisis, no dark night of the soul. I […]
by Michael Feeley
I want to ask you something that most people never get asked. And I want to answer it myself first — because that’s the only way I can ask it of you with any integrity. Strip away every role you carry. Every title. Every relationship. Every responsibility that defines your days and fills your calendar […]
by Michael Feeley
When someone calls you a late bloomer, they mean well. They’re saying: you made it, despite the detour. Vera Wang reinvented herself from ice skater to fashion editor to iconic bridal designer at 40. Harry Bernstein published his debut memoir at 96. Fauja Singh laced up his running shoes for the first time at 89 […]
Michael has twenty years experience matching people with positions that allows them to reach their potential. Having worked with corporate decision makers, Michael has expertise in understanding organizational needs in multiple industries. He understands, experientially and intuitively, what gets people hired and what doesn’t. With a big heart and intellect to match, Michael Feeley is an authority on bringing the best out of business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs… he has such amazing energy, not to mention a terrific business background.
…as a trainer I watched Michael Feeley become a masterful coach, being adept at many coaching skills… he is supportive, motivational, action-oriented, open minded, authentic, confident and compassionate… such a delight to work with… fun, high-energy, intuitive, spontaneous!… I have observed him to be very inspirational, empowering, and encouraging clients to go to greater depths in their lives. He is a true ambassador of the profession… Michael has heart and soul along with the ability to deliver!
You, my friend, are the Real Deal.
Michael Feeley walks the walk and talks the talk. He is honest, authentic and incredibly generous in spirit. Michael’s deep commitment to service means his clients get his full attention and will benefit from his coaching skills, experience and wisdom.
Commitment and care are at the center of my coaching work.
Being fully present and useful to you is how I can best serve you because your desire to change and to move forward matters to me.
I care about your happiness and success. Your life – Your changes - That’s my focus and our alliance together.
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Alyssha Csük gives me such a special gift in allowing me to present 5 of her stunning and beautiful photographs on my website. Rust and slate are alive in her exceptional pictures. Alyssha celebrates something which is usually ignored, seen as ugly, corroding, deteriorating and wasting away.
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