Michelle Cheyne

Founder

Michelle is a multipotentialite/multi-passionate, from Africa, passionate about learning and connection. She dreams of creating a space in which others feel supported to learn more and experience life through different perspectives. Michelle is a certified lifelong learner who loves sharing new ideas and concepts.
Michelle is originally from Namibia but spent most of her childhood growing up in Swellendam, a small town in South Africa. Interested in so many aspects of life and learning. She started her studies off with a law degree. Unfortunately, 3 years in, the lack of justice in law got the better of her and she never completed her degree.
After travelling, to the UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Transkei, California and a quick stopover in Kauai she got back to some studies. She went on to do a BA (Psychology) including labour law and medical law subjects. With a passion for cognitive development, she spent 2 years teaching at a family-run school, Olyfkrans College, in Swellendam. She did a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) at the same time. The life lessons and connections from teaching at this wonderful establishment (a last resort for many boys) were priceless.
She then finally committed to a BA Psychology (Honours) with the hope of getting into the Master’s programme for Clinical psychology. Plans, however, did not go as they were supposed to (probably a story for a different day). She subsequently followed her Honours degree up with an internship and a University hosted programme to achieve a BPsych (eq). After a harrowing Board exam, she got to register as a Psychometrist at the HPCSA (Health Practitioner Council of South Africa). In the meantime, her daughter was born and two and a half years later her son. She enjoyed working in medico-legal assessment, career guidance assessments, as well as corporate and DPSA (Department of Public Services and Administration) competency assessments.

After moving to the United Kingdom in 2015 she eventually decided to move away from the world of disappointments and trying to find employment around a family very far away from home. It took a few years of trying and lots of tears and feelings of incompetence.
Instinctive Living was born not too long after the move. The start of a crazy beautiful journey that keeps getting better. Especially with the Wisdom Seekers Society and all the magic that we share and create in there.