Supporting You in Your Desire to Change
by Michael Feeley
I sat down to write Volume 3 of the Vintage Playlist and something shifted. The quotes kept coming, and somewhere in the gathering, I realized — this was no longer just a playlist. It had become a manifesto. I’m going to let it be just that. 1. What makes Vintageness valuable isn’t just time. It’s […]
by Michael Feeley
A reader wrote to me recently. She is a brilliant and careful person. She wasn’t describing pushback from the outside world. No one had dismissed her, passed her over, or spoken to her as if she were invisible. The ageism came from within. “It had to do with wrinkles that reached a certain depth. I […]
by Michael Feeley
Ageing is in your DNA. It arrived with you — written into your biology before you drew your first breath. Your family history lives there too—tendencies, vulnerabilities, the long record of those who came before you. Some people stop there. They treat DNA as destiny. This is who I am. This is how I will […]
by Michael Feeley
People who are deepening with age rather than declining are vintagers and sagers. They are full of vintage potential. This quiz is for them. For you. For each question, choose one of three responses: Still Bottling — Not yet fully mine. I’m still in the process. Deepening — I feel this growing in me. I’m […]
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
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
There is a simple but profound difference between the two, and it lives in a single preposition. When you hire someone to work for you, the transaction is clear and precise. Paint the room. Clean the pool. Wash the car. You negotiate a price for the work. You agree on expectations and track the results. […]
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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