Michelle Ornat

Coaching changed my life — and now it shapes how I help women live and lead with clarity, confidence, and ease.

After more than two decades in public library leadership, I knew it was time for a new chapter. Coaching had been shifting my life and leadership since 2014. It helped me see blind spots I couldn’t see on my own, interrupt patterns of overthinking and second-guessing, take ownership of my time and actions, know my values, and make decisions with confidence instead of hesitation.

This work continues to guide me as a leader and collaborator, and it’s helping me build a business aligned with who I am and what I value. Most importantly, coaching inspired me to become a coach – helping women refine their soft skills, own their time, and break the cycles of self-doubt and overthinking so they can live and lead with clarity and ease.

I work with women at the level of who they are, not just what they do, partnering with them to use their time and energy with intention in life and leadership.

I don’t want women believing they aren’t enough to do what they’re called to do. I don’t want them missing opportunities or watching days turn into years while they wait for the perfect moment. I’ve seen it — and it hurts.

This is the heart of my work.
This is why I coach.

Through one-on-one coaching and The Soft Skills Way™ membership, I help women strengthen the soft skills that anchor real change: self-awareness, boundaries, voice, confidence, follow-through, and aligned decision-making. Women from 18 to 80 are reconnecting with who they are and learning what they want, taking inspired action to reduce stress, increase ease, and bring their potential into reality.

That’s how The Soft Skills Way™ was created — as philosophy, practice, and community, where coaching is the strategy, soft skills are the tools, and community is the amplifier. We call this SWAY: a dynamic state shaped by awareness, choice, and intentional motion.

It’s agency in motion — and I want every woman to find hers.

And yes — there’s more coming.