I’m Michelle Hadley — trauma-informed coach, writer, and founder of The Resilience Labs, guiding survivors as they reclaim safety, self-trust, and agency after abuse.

My personal story of surviving coercive control and psychological abuse has been shared nationally through BuzzFeed and Investigation Discovery, helping bring visibility and language to experiences that too often remain invisible.

But survival was only the beginning.

Through my own healing journey, I learned that trauma doesn’t end when the danger does. It lives in the nervous system, the body, and the loss of self-trust that follows. And healing requires more than insight—it requires safety, compassion, and support.

Today, my mission is to bring survivors with me. Through Reclaiming You, my trauma-informed coaching program, I teach survivors how to:
→ Regulate their nervous systems and feel safe in their bodies again
→ Release shame and rebuild self-trust
→ Set boundaries without guilt
→ Reclaim identity, choice, and inner authority after survival

This work isn’t about “fixing” yourself.
It’s about remembering who you were before survival took over—and becoming even more grounded, powerful, and whole on the other side. It’s time to reclaim your life.