I want to learn. I want to give back.

I dig funky, soul music and play drums in a band. I love reading and talking about philosophy. I love to be out in nature (no matter the season or location). Good documentaries have a gravitational pull on me. I am so grateful for the gift that is my meditative practice.

Contact

Pennsylvania
United States

c: 570-956-0495
e: info@michaelbarata.org

I am a social change enthusiast and explorer of experience who passionately and creatively engages individuals, audiences, classrooms, work environments, and online communities. I am a Life Coach. I teach psychology at Luzerne County Community College, not to lecture and grade, but instead, to have inspired conversations with students and to help them discover their talents, gifts, and passions. I am a Master Trainer for CultureRx working with businesses to transform workplace cultures from a 1940’s approach to a Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), which frees people to do their best work and live their most fulfilling life. I love to public speak, podcast, blog and vlog about life as I am experiencing it and learning from it.  

Some of the organizations I have had the pleasure to speak for include: New Jersey Pest Management Association, Residex, Partners in Education, Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, Junior Leadership of Hazleton, Tectum Inc., National Roofing Contractors Association, Keystone Job Corps. 

My career path has been diverse and I have been able to learn so many lessons along the way.

1. I trained school staff across the nation to benefit from school-based Medicaid programs for special needs students.

2. I was a lead facilitator for a two year federal research project (National Institutes of Health) studying changes in work practice and culture that reduce conflict between work and family,can improve the health of employees and their families, and also benefit the organization for which they work.

3. I helped curate and publish social media content for Origin Magazine, Mantra Yoga + Health Magazine, and Thrive Magazine.

4. I am a Simple Reminder Messenger with work published in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best seller book, Simple Reminders, Inspiration for Living Your Best Life.

5. I helped conceptualize, execute and manage three businesses In Hazleton PA, Elevate Fitness and Cafe Fraîche, and managed Tap at Humboldt Beer Depot.