Supporting You in Your Desire to Change
by Michael Feeley
There is a vigorousness to choosing vintage – only getting better with age. Not a gentle settling or graceful surrender. A deliberate, alive choice. I know the doubt that lives alongside that choice. I have felt it myself — the intense pull of the ageing culture telling you to step back, stop. “You’ve had your […]
by Michael Feeley
You are Vintage. Which means the world (maybe even you and your inner bully) has been telling yourself pretty directly that your potential is behind you. That it leveled off in your thirties and forties — your so-called prime — and what remains now is merely maintenance. The retirement regime is clear: Your potential is […]
by Michael Feeley
How you think about ageing determines how you age. The choices you make — daily, deliberately, without waiting for anyone’s permission — are the single greatest factor in whether your later years diminish you or deepen you. This is not wishful thinking. This is not motivational rhetoric. This is what I believe, teach, and live […]
by Michael Feeley
This is worth knowing. Something is considered vintage when it is between 20 and 99 years old. That is the window — two decades to a century — where depth builds, where character forms, where what was made becomes something more than it started as. At 100 years and beyond, the classification changes. It becomes […]
by Michael Feeley
You may wonder why I write about ageing so frequently. Why I built a philosophy — a vocabulary, a movement — around growing older. Why I coined words like Vintageness and Sagerism. Here’s the answer. I’m 74 years old. I’ve lived on a Caribbean island for fourteen years. I became a certified career and life […]
by Michael Feeley
Vintage chooses not to. A life fully lived means a life fully felt and expressed—the sorrow as well as the joy, the loss as well as the love, the headline that breaks your heart over morning coffee, alongside the sunrise that restores it. Notre Dame burning. A genocide. A despot’s cruelty. A terrorist’s senseless violence. […]
by Michael Feeley
A Swedish sociologist, Lars Tornstam, spent decades studying what happens to people as they age. What he found surprised the academic world. Aging, he argued, is not decline. It is expansion. A natural, profound shift from ego-driven living toward something deeper, wider, and more soulful. He called it gerotranscendence. I respect his work enormously. And, […]
by Michael Feeley
We treat archaeology as one of the most respected professions in the world. It is patient work. Precise work. Work done with reverence for what is being uncovered. No rushing. No bulldozers. No damage to the tiniest particle that might complete the picture. What if you brought that same discipline to yourself? Self-archaeology is The […]
by Michael Feeley
There is a philosophy I live by. I call it Sagerism. It begins with a refusal to say I’m old. I’m getting too old. Age is not kind. Ageing is tough. Not because those words are entirely untrue — but because they are merely incomplete. They tell only half the story. And the half they […]
by Michael Feeley
Look closely at a tapestry. Not from a distance, where you see the whole image — the landscape, the color, the grand design. Get close. Close enough to see the individual threads. Each one travels its own path across the fabric. Each one is distinct. And yet not one of them holds without the others […]
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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