Overcoming Ageism in the Workplace with Michelle Emmick
Today, I am blessed to be joined by Michelle Emmick.
Michelle Emmick, known in the aesthetics industry as The Plastic Surgery Coach, is the CEO and Co-Founder of MyCoachMD, a platform that gives virtual cosmetic support and education. She is also a captivating author, with a number one bestseller on Amazon.
With two decades of experience, Michelle has established herself as a beauty education connoisseur, bringing a vast reservoir of knowledge and support to the aesthetics field. She has worked with weight loss and medical spa brands, private practice physicians, cosmetic startups, and National Plastic Surgery associations. The 48-year-old CEO has forged a venerable reputation, training thousands of medical and support staff and performing more than 10,000 consultations to help patients fulfill their exquisite goals and feel their best.
In 2017, Michelle co-founded MyCoachMD to bridge the information gap between would-be consumers and professionals in the industry. Through MyCoachMD, she sought to provide vital education and support from a trusted industry insider to anyone thinking about stepping through the doors of any aesthetic practice.
“Confidence needs to come from within first” – Michelle Emmick
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Highlights
💫 2:22 Meet Michelle Emmick
💫 6:48 Some advice for anyone thinking of getting a cosmetic procedure done
💫 13:22 Michelle answers common questions about plastic surgery
💫18:23 How does ageism in the workforce affect plastic surgery rates?
💫24:37 How to handle talking about insecurities with your children
💫 30:30 3 Takeaways from today's conversation
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Today, I have another amazing guest, a very inspiring woman. We have Michelle Emmick, and she is the CEO and founder of My Coach MD. She is the author of Blue-Collar Beauty. She's the former VP of Client Relations with My Looks, and she's the former national sales director of Lifestyle Lift, which is one of the largest plastic surgery corporations in the world and I'm so excited to have her on today. She is an incredible, inspiring woman, and a fantastic author.
Getting to Know MyCoachMD
My first question is tell me a little bit about My Coach MD, because this is something that is very unique. I know that as women, there are a lot of questions around plastic surgery and the aesthetic market continues to grow year every year and especially through this pandemic. Actually, plastic surgery procedures have increased, probably because we're all in Zoom now. So tell us a little bit about what you do.
So just simply, you said it, consumers are confused. There is so much out there and every time you turn around, you're on social media and it's the latest and greatest procedure. And so one of the things for my years of meeting with thousands of women is that they really want to know – they want the education and they want the support and what's best for them. And so we kind of have the easy philosophy, so we educate those consumers on just really identifying what their needs and goals are and then providing them information on what their options are, and maybe hear some doctors in the area and what to look for and questions to ask, and setting them up for success so that they have a great experience because that's what it always comes down to. Everyone wants to look and feel their best. So we want to be able to set them up for success, and we do that through My Coach MD and offer that kind of initial consultation to find out more.
Well, that's an awesome resource, because you're right. Women have so many questions about plastic surgery and aesthetic treatments, and I know that when I was in the aesthetic industry for eight years, I had so many of my friends reach out to me with questions, and who to go to, and all of that as they're making this journey as to what they're going to do. And it's interesting generational wise, because the baby Boomer generation has been changing and evolving over time, it was almost taboo to kind of talk about aesthetics and what treatments you've done. And the millennial generation and Gen Z are much more open about it. It's almost like something to be proud of. Interesting.
I've had a chance to work with all different age groups. I've spent a lot of time working with kind of the 50 and older; and that in itself, it is that we don't talk about it, we don't really know a lot about it. So there's a big opportunity there to educate the consumers and then also feel comfortable about their decision and have confidence about it. So I love that demographic. I'm approaching that demographic. After many years, I'm getting close to the 50, so I have a much different outlook and respect for women as we age.
Feeling Good About Yourself and Aging Gracefully Can Be Achieved in Many Ways
Yeah. I mean, we are aging gracefully and are so beautiful. And I believe that you almost gain a level of confidence as you approach different milestones within your lifetime when it comes to your beauty and being confident in your own skin; and that really, in itself, is beautiful to walk into a room with your head held high and feeling good about yourself.
It's like we know more. We're more educated, like years ago when women used to smoke when they were pregnant, people didn't know any better. So now people are much more educated and continuing to educate themselves on things that they could do to take better care of themselves and to age a little bit slow. That aging process down just a tad, and whatever is right for them. Some people want to go the route of cosmetic surgical procedures, and other people want to do some non-surgical options. So there's really no rule book, it's whenever you want and however. What's important is for you to look and feel your best, you define it. Everyone defines it in their own way.
Considering Aesthetic Treatments: Do You Really Want and Need Them?
Yeah, I guess for anybody that's listening out there and is kind of going, Why plastic surgery? Why aesthetic treatments? Why should I do these things or even consider them? What advice would you have for them?
Now, that's a great question. I talk about this in the book Blue Collar Beauty when I wrote that, and it was my love letter to the industry. I know a lot of people that don't support it. Why would somebody get that done? But it really has to be about you. And when you look in the mirror, how do you feel? Is there something when you look in the mirror and you're thinking, you know what this really bothers me? Then if you do your soul search and you do all your due diligence and you decide this is for me, then go for it. It doesn't matter what other people think. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has their own set of issues. So don't worry about other people. Just make sure that it's a sound decision and that you thought it through.
But there's no reason now that we have all of technology and how cosmetic surgery is just grown exponentially. If there's something that bothers you, whether it's a big, I don't know, you need a mommy makeover or you lost £100 and you have excess skin, whatever it is, you don't have to live with it. And there's nothing wrong with making a positive change for yourself. Nothing wrong with that, and go in with the right mindset. It is important to prepare yourself properly. Which is, again, why we as a classic surgery coach, we're there to walk you through pre and post because it can be an emotional roller coaster. It's scary, and then there's the whole piece of classic surgery that's not talked about a lot. But where you're like, why did I do this? You question your decision. But for the most part, I've met with all the people who are very pleased with their decision, and it's really more of why did I wait so long? Because you don't want to look in the mirror and feel bad about yourself all the time. So I think people there's people out there that are still quick to judge. But you have to worry about yourself. I tell that to my daughter worry, about yourself. That's all you can do. If people have a problem with it, then that's on them. Because you do what makes you feel good and whether the plastic surgery or not, or noninvasive treatment, you do what makes you feel comfortable and confident. People are going to judge no matter what.
Last week, I was just out and I saw a young lady who clearly had breast augmentation, and a couple of people are commenting. So what? She wanted to have it done. She likes the way she looks. She's happy. That's her business. Go ahead. If you want to show them off, show them off. I'm not here to judge. I just think people are so quick to make their comments, and again, you're the one that looks in the mirror. You do what you want to do for yourself, and if it makes you feel good, go for it.
Also, I really want to address kind of these, I would say, is norms out there. Because a lot of people, and I know my husband is such this person – he'll say, I don't want you to do anything because I don't want you to duck lips so I don't want you to change the way that you look. And majority of the time when I get treatments done, I've had my lips done, I get Botox, I've had a breast augmentation, and I’m very open about some other noninvasive treatments. And most of the time, I don't even tell him because it's so tough. He notice quite different.
I heard, like a lot of women they're like, I didn't even bother. He didn't notice. He knows they look good, but he doesn't know exactly what it is.Yeah. I mean, you don't need to look different. It's more enhancing. I always say most women over the years, many have said, “I want to look better, not different.” And you get the person that's really into wanting to look different. That's a whole another conversation, and a lot of times I know a lot of doctors that won't even work with those patients because their expectations are so far off. People want to look better, not different. So there are subtle changes, and there's nothing wrong with that. And so again, but it's funny because a lot of women do say they're like, I'm not even bothering telling my husband. But there is a fear factor there because again, that's what the media puts out there. And we've always worked with wanting to break that belief of classic surgery, and then all you see is the large backside and the tiny waist and the big lips. You know what somebody wants that and that's what they want. Great. But most of the people, they're just wanting little tweaks and to look better and to kind of improve their overall look.
It's about replenishing. So as we age, our body naturally loses bolt. So it's a matter of replenishing the volume and the highline gas with our inner skin and just putting it kind of back to where it was. It's not just changing the way that you look.
Listen, I will always say, go for it. Especially after talking to so many older women. The number one thing is I look in the mirror and I don't recognize myself. I don't recognize myself. I see my mother. I feel young in the inside, but I see this outward appearance. And I tell this story in the book, but it always makes me laugh. When I started, I was in my early 20s, and so the women would say, Honey, what do you know? And then now they're like, have you had it on? And I'm like, I'm not yet. But I do some other things. I'm a Botox for life, but I think that's scary thing to grow older and see yourself and you still feel young on the inside and to want to do things, to help kind of continue a youthful appearance. Who doesn't?
Common Questions about Aesthetic Treatments
So what are the most common questions that you receive from women when they're entering into this? Do plastic surgery? Do injectable? What are the most common questions you receive?
Is it safe? Safety, and there's a big fear factor. That's always a big question that comes up.
How do you know which doctor to go to? What to look for in a classic surgeon, pricing is always a big one. So I work with people and really kind of work through what is your budget? Because we don't know. I mean, if you come to me and you say, I have one those hundred dollars to spend and I have bad credit, and I'm not going to be able to get financing. Obviously, we have to look at what's inside your budget and be realistic, as opposed to somebody that's like, oh, I've got my care credit card here with $30,000 to spend, and I want a full makeover. So let's really look at what we works for you.
How much time do I have to take off of work? That's a big one. So we go over really, all of those kind of pre and post questions prior to them coming in to the doctor's office. So we really set it up for success, so that by the time they do come into the office, they're ready to go. They're feeling good. So it's up to the doctor's office to give them a great experience from that point.
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Getting Into Aesthetic Treatments
It is a very emotional journey because there's a lot of unknown. It's not every day you go through surgery. I mean, there's a lot of people that have never even had surgery before, and so to be able to have a coach guide you through each step of the way, there's so much value in that. It's almost just as valuable as having a midwife when you are delivering a baby. You get a plastic surgery coach to take you through this process, in this journey.
I think one of the other things that comes up a lot is being intimidated when you think of plastic surgery. And I'll speak primarily on women who are in the 45 and 50 range. When you think of plastic surgery, you see the images, say you scroll through the social media posts and you see all these beautiful young girls that work inside the practice and all that. So it's intimidating. You're like, do I even sit in here? Do I even want to walk inside the door? So, I talk about the fact that so many people that even pick up the phone never show up for an appointment where they think about it and say, I'm not going to bother. And part of what we do is really hold their hand and make them feel comfortable, and we'll even go as far as contacting the office and connecting them with that person and making sure it's a good fit. They have to feel comfortable going into that office. So it can be intimidating. It's an aesthetic industry, and I get it. We want to make sure that we're providing an environment and we coach doctors as well. We work with staff on this is creating an environment where the patients can feel comfortable walking through the door. That's important.
For women out there, know that there's kind of this – what we've learned through each generation – and that the aesthetic market has grown. The reason why women are starting at a younger age is so that they can look at more about preventive. If you start taking care of your skin and your health – and that's the same with fitness, nutrition, and beauty – if you start at a younger age and it becomes a lifestyle, then it's a lifestyle. It's not as though your 30 years now going I wish I would have done this earlier.
Age Is Undeniably A Huge Factor that Affects All Aspects in Life
So let's talk a little bit about ages in the workforce and why women in their forties and the fifties are even turning to or considering plastic surgery.
I think having again spent time with a bit of older people, if we fall into that. But the older demographic is competing with younger women for positions. And so you are going to see that, and it's important to keep yourself marketable so that you're able to keep longevity in your career. So there's a lot of things you can do. But I do see a lot of women that will come in and say, I'm having difficulty finding a job. I can't compete with the younger women, and so they're looking for ways that can help them stay relevant, which is sad but it's reality. I mean, let's face it, there's things that they can do. I think that's where there's a lot of aesthetic procedures out there that can help them.
Obviously, I always say confidence is number one. You have to go in and be confident, and you have to be because age really is just a number. And if you start getting so stuck on I'm 50 and I can't find a job, well, you got to take that right out of your mindset. However, you also have to look at yourself and really say, am I presenting myself in the best way? And if not, then there are some things that you can do.
And that's a lot of what I work with my clients. The first thing that we do with every single one of my clients, I say, we all have these limiting beliefs and it's a state of mind. We all have them. I have them as well, and it's our inner critic, and they're either insecurities that other people have projected on to us, or it's something that's happened in our past where we tell ourselves these things and these negative thoughts, and a lot of times I do hear this, I'm too old. I'm not getting these positions. And the reality is most of the time, those insecurities are showing up in your interview.
That's where my whole kind of the plastic surgery coach is so much more than just about the aesthetic. It's really about your mindset and your self-talk and all those things. Like you said, the limiting beliefs. Like, you got to shift your paradigm. You gotta go in with and knowing that if you're going in for a job, that is a job that you want, that you are the best candidate for that, and you present yourself in a best way because there is nothing better than confidence, and you go in there believing that you are the best that will project through whether you are 20 years old or 60 years old. It doesn't matter.
I want those women out there if you're over 40, what I want you to also think about is those women that are in their twenties, they have insecurities. It doesn't matter, oh, my gosh look at her. She's so beautiful. I'm like, trust me. She has their own set of issues. We all go, I don't care who you are. I don't care who you are. The most beautiful women in the world. They're still like, I'm fat. I've got, my ears are big. Everybody has their things. So just go with it and know that you bring value and obviously going through for the right job and going for the one that you're passionate about and that you want to do on the day to day. But, yeah, you got to go in there and believe it.
I hear women in over their 40s and they're saying, well, I'm too old. I'm losing these positions to the younger women. And then I hear people, women in their twenties and even in their 30s, I don't have industry break. I don't have enough experience. So it's interesting. It's almost as if I could put these women in a room and go, you guys both have insecurities.
Overcoming Insecurities and Limiting Beliefs
There are different ways, and I've been there. I remember when I was 23 and I was working for one of the top dental companies, and I remember going, these doctors could take me seriously. So many used to that because I always say, up when I think about in my 20s, I always used to wear suits like the power suits because I was in high level positions at such a young age, and I wanted people to take me seriously, and I knew that they were like, oh, she's the lander 20s, like, what is she know? So I was always trying to present myself as much older and like, okay, they're gonna look at me seriously with it's just funny how you change your mind cheese as you get older, and they're like, oh, man, if I only knew.
But that's why this is great, because if you're in your twenties, you should be listening to this because you need to be yourself, and that confidence will just radiate through when you're knowledgeable about what you're presenting in terms of what position you're going for, and there is no people aren't looking at that. They really aren't. They're looking at, are you the right fit? Are you the right candidate? Are you going to do the best job and that will come through?
I always say confidence sometimes trumps confidence. The reason being is there are people out there that aren't always the smartest, that don't always have all the accolades of all the degrees and your experience. But they're confident, and so they're staying into these high level positions because that confidence radiates through the interview process and the other person is wrapped up into it, and so that confidence is such a powerful tool and characteristic when you're walking into any situation.
It's just that we have to install it at a young age. I have my daughter as part of a group called Girls with Confidence. She's nine, and I want her to have that so that she takes that all the way through in life is just believing in herself, and no matter what, whatever you want to achieve, it can be done; and whether it's something at school or career, whatever in relationships, you've got to go in with that internal belief system in yourself.
It's interesting because I see women and especially moms out there that are raising these girls in the social media environment where I know that these girls are comparing themselves because we all do it every age and to be on the flip side. So I have boys, and so I remember this one moment where I'm putting my makeup on and my three year old twins were sitting next to me and they're going, Mommy, why do you Cook makeup on? Mommy, where are you peering on? First of all, like, it's a good question. I don't know why we started doing new fingers, but I looked at them one day and I said, I will make up on because it makes me feel I like the way that I look with makeup on. I feel good about myself, and I said, and I want you to know that it's important that you choose a woman that is confident and beautiful inside and out. So one industry can still depend on.
But it's that our confidence is beauty and itself, and I say, you'll see, Mommy, get dressed up and you'll see me put my makeup on, and you'll also see me grocery store with my hair up, no makeup on her. They're feeling beautiful.
Breaking the Mold of Looking and Feeling Beautiful
100% that I talk about it in the book. That's kind of where blue collar beauty came from is that, you know, I work in an industry that is so focused on the aesthetic, and that's not my world. That's not my everyday world. I actually did my hair this morning, but normally I don't it up in a top notch. But that's not my every day, and I do go to the grocery store, and I am going to sporting events, and it's just we're not on all the time, and it’s fun to do it. But I don't want to do it every day, and I don't want to be sexy, and I'm beautiful either way, and I think that that's what I have found in my years of working in this industry is that most women are like me, and that's why I wrote the book for because I was like, you know, again, the aesthetic industry. I've done everything, and I'm going to continue to break that mold of just the woman and the bikini with no cellulite and six pack ABS and perfect hair and makeup, and nothing looks like that.
It's a small man industry, and they're just, they don't get it. They don't get it. It’s marketing companies and everything pushes this, and then we've got social media with all of the filters, and again, I like a good filter when it becomes obsessive. I see it. I have teenage nieces and I see all the girls and they're always filtering their photos and doing this and that it's like, it breaks my heart. But it's also reality, and we have to start. We have to start as early as we can and be the leaders that they're looking to help them build their confidence in other ways because it's not going away. So you have to face it, and we have to accept it.
I've had people say, Well, isn't plastic surgery isn't that kind of going against it? No, I don't believe so at all. Again, I think that it's a personal choice, and you do have to make sure that you're doing it for the right reasons. You're not doing it to fix a relationship or things like that. So there's a whole psychological piece to it. But there's nothing wrong with do anything for yourself, whether it's putting a makeup or buying a new outfit or coloring your hair. I don't care what it is. Just know that the confidence does come from with it. It starts from within.
That's the heart for women. Because as women, we take care of others as nurturers, as parents, as just women in general – we take care of everybody else first. It's just part of our DNA, and it's important to know that it's important that you take care of yourself. There's one thing that somebody shared with me. If I talk about my insecurities around my kids, I'm projecting my insecurities onto them, and I'm the role model for them. So if I am confident on my beauty and my power and who I am as a person, then they're also like that because kids are attracted to their parents some then my kids are going to be attracted to that type of women as well. Because that's what they see.
So it's so important that by taking care of yourself, you're then modeling a great example for your kids, right?
100%, and I think it's great that allowing our kids to see that different sites that we can get dressed up and then we can be dressed down and that we're happy either way, and it's okay.
Nurturing the Beauty From Within and Building Confidence to Conquer Life
I would say what are three things that you want to really have our listeners take away from our conversation to really resonate walk away from our time today?
I think obviously we've kind of stress of confidence that's always number one. And when we talk about career and kind of that whole ages, I think one of the tips, I would say is partner up with someone younger inside of your organization or friends because one of the things I see when I've worked with a lot of companies and different people is that sometimes you can become so rigid. It's like this is the way, we've always done it this way. So it's like, don't be afraid of change and learn different technology and tools and things that are out there so that that keeps you relevant. Because if you're just stuck in one place, you are probably going to feel that ageism because people are going to be like, well, she's stuck in the 80s, she hasn't evolved. Keep yourself current.
I think the other thing, is really doing something that you're very passionate about because I think that, again, ties in with the aesthetic of just, are you coming home every day exhausted from your job and you've got bags under your eyes? You want to be passionate about what you love, and enjoy what you're doing, and go for a position that you enjoy getting up for every day and working inside. And then I think probably the other tip is just don't take things too seriously. Have fun. I mean, I know it's a simple tip. But you should have fun every day and you should go in with a positive mindset. And if you don't get a job, when I look at the ages and again, kind of shifting over to career, maybe it's not the right one for you. Don't always go to the negative of, well, probably because of my age. It's like maybe it just wasn't the right fit. So if you've done all the things, you've taken a look at yourself and said, okay, I am the best person for this job. I'm come in prepared. I'm confident I've got myself put together look good. I feel good. Then go in there and go for it. You know, that'll shine through.
I want to add something, too, because I was a hiring manager for a Fortune 500 company, and I was young when I stepped into a management position. I was 30 years old. I was hired from an outside company, and I had no direct management experience. I would say the first year was very interesting, and I hired people that were younger than me. I hired people that were in their 50, 20 years older than me. I hired women that were pregnant while they were pregnant and they were going to be going on maternity leave a month after I hired them. If it's the right person for the right job, you will get it.
Well, you have to go in whatever it is, certainty is a big one, and so you have to go in. If that's the job you want and become the subject matter expert and do all those things where I love when people talk about kind to the janitor and the CEO, it's so true. It's like networking is so important and how you are as a person and all of those things, those things matter, all those little things add up. So when you walk into that interview or you're looking for a certain career and go in and be prepared and be again, it all kind of stems back to that confidence, and if it is where you're feeling, if you're feeling like, you know what I am I look in the mirror, and I'm not happy. Then that's where we can come in. Give us a call. We'll be happy to kind of help you walk through. Maybe some things that would potentially make help you look and feel your best.
If you are on the in later portion of your career and you're saying partner with somebody younger to keep innovative and fresh and think about the value that you get to bring to that person that's starting your career because you just mentor them. As much as you are learning from them, they're learning from you as well. It is a mutual, beneficial relationship.
Yeah, and it'll be fun. You'll actually enjoy yourself. You'll learn a lot, and I always love to surround myself with people different than myself, and you can learn so much from other people, but just don't be stuck. That's what I would tell. Don't get stuck in your ways again. This is the way it's always done. Nobody wants to hear that. Nobody wants to be around that. Sorry. Be open and be like, what can I learn today? That's where you're going to move out of any type of ages and people are going to be like, wow, this person is flexible and innovative and all the things that you want. Don't be afraid to say yes. Learn something new. It’s not all, “I've already learned that, I've been through every training course. I've done this. I've done that.” Well, good for you. You know what, always be growing, always be learning, and you will continue to stay relevant. Women are where we can continue to have powerful roles, and we have to support each other and continue to open.
Women Supporting and Empowering Each Other
Everybody needs a coach, and even I am part of the two year leadership coaching program and part of the 15 month business coaching program. The minute I stopped learning, I stopped evolving. I stopped becoming the best. I want to be the best version of myself and to do that, coaches bring so much value to your life.
It's always on my tagline. Everyone needs a coach, and so even when I was doing the book, I'm like, I'm going to hire a coach. I want to get my book to number one. What do I need to do? I'm going to hire a coach, and it was great, and we did it. We got there. But I'm not the subject matter expert. I want to find those people out there that can help better me. So if it's career coach or life coach or whatever it is that you need, let's take advantage of it, because it really does make a difference. And knowledge is power, and learn so much from each other. I love this podcast. I love what you're doing. I think this is so great, and let's keep empowering each other.
It's been a labor of love, and I'm so passionate about it. So it's fun. You talk about purpose, finding purpose, and I don't feel like I'm working. I feel like I get to do what I love every single day.
Well, it is. That is exactly why when I went into going off of my own and creating My Coach MD, it's like I love talking to people. I love their stories. I love the bad stories. I talk about them in my book where people share with me, men and women. I tell what story about a gentleman who never took a shirt off. He was so uncomfortable from high school on, and he ended up having this procedure, and he went to the beach for the first time and took a shirt off, and he felt confident, and I was like, just I was like a puddle. I was like that, it was so beautiful to me because his confidence went from zero to ten and such a short period of time, and here he had spent all these years of his life, you know, just behind closed doors. He wouldn't change in the locker room. I mean, I had the whole back, but I love that, and then to be able to be part of helping in that transition. My book was really my love letter to the industry, because I'm like, in a small way, I was in the surgeon and all hands down to the surgeons and everything. That's great. But I was part of that transformation, and for me, it's just something that I'll never stop loving being a part of and why I continue to do what I do.
So that's such an amazing story. I love hearing people's stories and their background and why they do the things they do. So you've written this incredible book. Tell us where we can find you in all the various areas that we can find you.
Oh, wonderful. Okay. So you can find me on Instagram at the Plastic Surgery Coach. You can find the book on Amazon. Go to Amazon books, Blue-Collar Beauty Confessions of a Plastic Surgery Coach and My Coach MD, www.mycoachmd.com. We’re also very excited to be launching a digital membership and magazine platform, and so if you want to get involved in the prelaunch, we're going to offer it free in the beginning. For anyone who wants to join, you can go to ask us Beauty dot com and just put your email in and we'll get you on the list.
So thank you so much, Michelle. This time is incredible. It's so inspiring to meet women like you and to share your message.
Thank you. I feel the same way. I'm so glad we connected and continue to let all of us help each other and growing and learning, and it's a powerful platform, and you're doing great stuff.
Danielle Cobo
Hey, beautiful. Welcome to Dream Job with Danielle Cobo podcast. I am Danielle Cobo, an elite career coach, and I believe every woman has the power to step into their dream jobs, earn the salary they are worth and live the life they desire. Each week you join me, you're going to hear from the inspiring women who have overcome adversity and levels up their career. You're going to learn how to eliminate that inner credit that is holding you back from pursuing your dreams, how to build confidence, create healthy boundaries to transition, burn out to reenergize and gain clarity on how to accelerate your career. It's never too late to pursue your dream jobs. The time is now. Are you ready? Hey, everyone. Welcome to another addition, an episode of Dream Job with Danielle Cobo. Today, I have another amazing guests, a very inspiring woman. We have Michelle Emmick, and she is the CEO and founder of My Coach MD. She is the author of Blue-Collar Beauty. She's the former VP of Client Relations with My Looks, and she's the former national sales director of Lifestyle Lift, which is one of the largest plastic surgery corporations in the world and I'm so excited to have her on today. She is an incredible, inspiring woman and a fantastic author, and thank you so much for joining us today, Michelle.
Michelle Emmick
Thank you so much, Danielle. I'm so happy to be here.
Danielle Cobo
Well, we're thrilled to have you. So I have a question for you. My first question is tell me a little bit about My Coach MD, because this is something that is very unique. I know that as women, there are a lot of questions around plastic surgery and the aesthetic market continues to grow year over year and especially through this pandemic. Actually, plastic surgery procedures have increased, probably because we're all on Zoomed now.
Michelle Emmick
Yes, absolutely.
Danielle Cobo
So tell us a little bit about what you do.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah, absolutely. So just simply you said it. Consumers are confused. There is so much out there, and every time you turn around, you're on social media and it's the latest and greatest procedure, and so one of the things for my years of meeting with thousands of women is that they really want to know, they want the education and they want the support what's best for me, and so we kind of have the easy philosophy of no before you go. So we educate those consumers on just really identifying what their needs and goals are and then providing them information on what their options are and maybe hear some doctors in the area and what to look for and questions to ask and setting them up for success so that they have a great experience because that's what it always comes down to. We want, everyone wants to look and feel their best. So we want to be able to set them up for success, and we do that through my Coach, MD and offering that kind of initial consultation to find out more.
Danielle Cobo
Well, that's an awesome resource, because you're right. Women have so many questions about plastic surgery and aesthetic treatments, and I know that when I was in the aesthetic industry for eight years, I had so many of my friends reach out to me with questions and who to go to and all of that as they're making this journey as to what they're going to do, and it's interesting generational wise, because in the baby Boomer, generation has been is changing and evolving over time, it was almost taboo to kind of talk about aesthetics and what treatments you've done, and the millennial generation in Gen Z is much more open about it. It's almost like proud of. Interesting.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah, it’s 100%, and I've had a chance to work with all different age groups. I've spent a lot of time working with kind of the 50 and older 50 plus, and that in itself, it is it's that we don't talk about it, we don't really know a lot about it or maybe a friend of a friend or somebody. So there's a big opportunity there to educate the consumers and then also feel comfortable about their decision and have confidence about it. So I love that demographic. I'm approaching that demographic. After many years, I'm getting close to the 500, so I have a much different outlook and respect for women as we age.
Danielle Cobo
When you look fabulous.
Michelle Emmick
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you. So you.
Danielle Cobo
Well, thank you. I believe that, you know, 50 is almost the new 30.
Michelle Emmick
Absolutely it is. Yes.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah. I mean, we are aging gracefully and are so beautiful, and I believe that you almost gain a level of confidence as you approach different milestones within your lifetime when it comes to your beauty and being confident in your own skin, and that really in itself, is beautiful to walk into a room with your head held high and feeling good about yourself.
Michelle Emmick
100%, and I think too. It's like we know more. We're more educated, like years ago when people women used to smoke when they were pregnant, people didn't know any better. So now people are much more educated and continuing to educate themselves on things that they could do to take better care of themselves and to age a little bit slow. That aging process down just a tad, and whatever is right for them. Some people want to go the route of cosmetic surgical procedures, and other people want to do some non-surgical options. So it's really there's no rule book it's whenever you want, and however, what's important to you to look and feel your best, you define it right. Everyone defines it on their own way, in their own way.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah, I guess for anybody that's listening out there and is kind of going, Why plastic surgery? Why aesthetic treatments? Why should I do these things or even consider them? What advice would you have for them?
Michelle Emmick
Yeah. Now, that's a great question. I talk about this in the book Blue Collar Beauty when I wrote that, and it was my love letter to the industry. I know a lot of people that don't support it. Why would somebody get that done? But it really has to be about you, and when you look in the mirror, how do you feel? Is there something when you look in the mirror and you're thinking, you know what this really bothers me? Then if you do your soul search and you do all your due diligence and you decide this is for me, then go for it. It doesn't matter what other people think. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has their own set of issues. So don't worry about other people, do you? Just make sure that it's a sound decision that you thought it through. But there's no reason now that we have with all of technology and how cosmetic surgery is just grown exponentially is that if there's something that bothers you, whether it's a big no. I don't know, you need a mommy makeover you lost £100 and you have excess skin, whatever it is, you don't have to live with it, and there's nothing wrong with making a positive change for yourself. Nothing wrong with that, and going in with the right mindset. It is important to prepare yourself properly. Which is, again, why we as a coach, classic surgery coach. We're there to walk you through pre and post because it can be an emotional roller coaster. It's scary, and then there's the whole piece of classic surgery that's not talked about a lot. But where you're like, why did I do this? You question your decision. But for the most part, I've met with all the people are very pleased with their decision, and it's really more of why did I wait so long? The way soon because you don't want to look in the mirror and feel bad about yourself all the time. So I think people there's people out there that are still quick to judge. But you have to worry about yourself. I tell that's my daughter worry about yourself. That's all you can do. If people have a problem with it, then that's on them.
Danielle Cobo
Absolutely. That's so true. Because you do what makes you feel good and whether the plastic surgery or not or noninvasive treatment, you do what makes you feel?
Michelle Emmick
Yes, comfortable and confident. People are going to judge no matter what I was just last week, I was just out and I saw a young lady who clearly had breast augmentation, and a couple of people are commenting said so what? She wanted to have it done. She likes the way she looks. She's happy. That's her business. Go ahead. If you want to show them off, show them off. I'm not here to judge. I just think people are so quick to make their comments, and again, you're the one that looks in the mirror. You do what you want to do for yourself, and if it makes you feel good, go for it. Absolutely.
Danielle Cobo
Also, I really want to address kind of these, I would say, is norms out there. Because a lot of people and I know my husband is such this person. He'll say, I don't want you to do anything because I don't want you to duck lips. So I don't want you to change the way that you look, and majority of the time when I get treatments done, I've had my lips done. I get Botox. I've had a breast augmentation very open about it. Some other noninvasive treatments, and most of the time, I don't even tell him because it's so tough. He notice quite different.
Michelle Emmick
I heard, like a lot of women they're like, I didn't even bother. He didn't notice. He knows they look good, but he doesn't know exactly what it is.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah. I mean, you don't need to look different in the better. It's more enhancing.
Michelle Emmick
I always say most women over the years, many, many years have done is say, I want to look better, not different, and you get the person that's really into wanting to look different. That's a whole another conversation, and a lot of times I know a lot of doctors that won't even work with those patients because their expectations are so far off. People want to look better, not different. So there are subtle changes, and there's nothing wrong with that, and so again, but it's funny because a lot of women do say they're like, I'm not even bothering telling my husband, but there is a fear factor there because again, that's what the media puts out there, and we've always worked. I did it with a book is wanting to break that is that belief of classic surgery, and then all you see is the large backside and the tiny waist and the big lips. You know what somebody wants that and that's what they want. Great. But most of the people, they're just wanting little tweaks and to look better and to kind of prove their overall look.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah. It's about replenishing. So as we age, our body naturally loses Bolt. So it's a matter of replenishing the volume and the Highline gas at this with inner skin and just putting it kind of back to where it was. It's not just like, you're changing the way that you look.
Michelle Emmick
No. 100%. There's nothing. Listen, I will always be the big ABS get for it. I'm like, go for it. No. Especially talking to so many older women. The number one thing is I look in the mirror and I don't recognize myself. I don't recognize myself. I see my mother. I don't want to look. I feel young in the inside, but I see this outward appearance, and I tell this story in the book, but always makes me laugh. When I started, I was in my early 20s, and so the women would say, Honey, what do you know? And then now they're like, have you had it on? And I'm like, I'm not yet. But I do some other things. I'm a Botox for life, but I think that's the thing scary to grow older and see yourself and you still feel young on the inside. And so to want to do things to help kind of continue a youthful appearance. Absolutely. Who doesn't?
Danielle Cobo
I like how I getting ready in the morning and feeling about myself. So kind of what are the most common questions that you receive from women when they're entering into this? Do plastic surgery? Do injectable what are the most common questions you receive?
Michelle Emmick
Oh, goodness. Well, let's see safety, and there's a big fear factor. So is it safe? That's always a big question that comes up. How do you know which doctor to go to? What to look for in a classic surgeon, pricing is always a big one. So I work with people and really kind of work through what is your budget? Because we don't know. I mean, if you come to me and you say, I have one those hundred dollars to spend and I have bad credit, and I'm not going to be able to get financing. Obviously, we have to look at what's inside your budget and be realistic, as opposed to somebody that's like, oh, I've got my care credit card here with $30,000 to spend, and I want a full makeover. So let's really look at what we works for you, and then down time, how much time do I have to take off of work? That's a big one. So we go over really, all of those kind of pre and post of questions prior to them coming in to the doctor's office. So we really set it up for success, so that by the time they do come into the office, they're ready to go. They're feeling good. So it's up to the doctor's office to give them a great experience from there. That point.
Danielle Cobo
You're right. It is a very emotional journey because there's a lot of unknown. It's not every day you go through surgery. I mean, there's a lot of people that have never even had surgery before, and so to be able to have a coach guide you through each step of the way. There's so much value in that it's almost just as valuable as having a midwife. When you are delivering a baby, you get a plastic surgery coach to take you through this process in this journey.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah. Absolutely. I think one of the other things that comes up a lot is being intimidated when you think of plastic surgery, and I'll speak primarily on women, kind of that over 45 and 50 range. When you think of plastic surgery, you see the images, you see this, say you scroll through the social media posts and you see all these beautiful young girls that work inside the practice and all that. So it's intimidating. You're like, do I even sit in here? Do I even want to walk inside the door? So, I talk about the fact that so many people that even pick up the phone never show up for an appointment where they think about it and say, I'm not going to bother, and so that's part of what we do is really hold their hand and make them feel comfortable, and we'll even go as far as contacting the office and connecting them with that person and making sure it's a good fit. They have to feel comfortable going into that office. So it can be intimidating. It's an aesthetic industry, and I get it. We want to make sure that we're providing an environment and we coach doctors as well. We work with staff on this is creating an environment where the patients can feel comfortable walking through the door. That's important.
Danielle Cobo
For women out there to know that there's kind of this what we've learned through each generation, and as the aesthetic market has grown. The reason why women are starting at a younger age is so that they can look at more about preventative. If you start taking care of your skin and your health, and that's the same with fitness, nutrition, and beauty. If you start at a younger age and it becomes a lifestyle, then it's a lifestyle. It's not as though your 30 years now going I wish I would have done this earlier.
Michelle Emmick
100%
Danielle Cobo
So let's talk a little bit about ages in the workforce and why women in their forties and the fifties are even turning to or considering plastic surgery.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah. I mean, I think having again spent time with a bit of older if we fall into that. But it's older demographic is that there is they're competing with younger women for positions, and so you are going to see that, and it's important to keep yourself marketable so that you're able to keep longevity in your career. So there's a lot of things you can do. But I do see a lot of women that will come in and say, I'm having difficulty finding a job. I'm not I can't compete with the younger women, and so they're looking for ways that can help them stay relevant, essentially, which is sad but it's reality. I mean, let's face it, there's things that they can do. I think that's where there's a lot of aesthetic procedures out there that can help them and that's in everything. Obviously, I always say confidence is number one. You have to go in and be confident, and you have to be because age really is just a number, and if you start getting so stuck on I'm 50 and I can't find a job, well, you got to take that right out of your mindset, number one. However, you also have to look at yourself and really say, am I presenting myself in the best way? And if not, then there are some things that you can do.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah, and that's a lot what I work with my clients. The first thing that we do with every single one of my clients, I say, my listeners hear me talk about this all the time on each episode is we all have these limiting beliefs, and it's a state of mind. We all have them. I have them as well, and it's our inner critic, and they're either insecurities that other people have projected on to us, or it's something that's happened in our past where we tell ourselves these things and these negative thoughts, and a lot of times I do hear this. I'm too old. I'm not getting these positions, and the reality is most of the time those insecurities are showing up in your interview.
Michelle Emmick
Yes, it's 100%. That's where my whole kind of the plastic surgery coach is so much more than just about the aesthetic. It's really about your mindset and your self-talk and all those things. Like you said, the limiting beliefs. Like, you got to shift your paradigm. You gotta go in with and knowing that if you're going in for a job, that is a job that you want, that you are the best candidate for that, and you present yourself in a best way because there is nothing better than confidence, and you go in there believing that you are the best that will project through whether you are 20 years old or 60 years old. It doesn't matter.
Danielle Cobo
I want those women out there if you're over 40 here's. What I want you to also think about is those women that are in their twenties, they have insecurities.
Michelle Emmick
Yes, I do it all the time with celebrities. It doesn't matter, oh, my gosh look at her. She's so beautiful. I'm like, trust me. She has their own set of issues. We all go, I don't care who you are. I don't care who you are. The most beautiful women in the world. They're still like, I'm fat. I've got, my ears are big. Everybody has their things. So just go with it and know that you bring value and obviously going through for the right job and going for the one that you're passionate about and that you want to do on the day to day. But, yeah, got to go in there and believe it.
Danielle Cobo
Absolutely. I hear women in over their 40s and they're saying, Well, I'm too old. I'm losing these positions to the younger women, and then I hear people, their women in their twenties and even in their 30s, I don't have industry break. I don't have enough experience. So it's interesting. It's almost as if I could put these women in a room and go, you guys both have insecurities. There are different ways, and I've been there. I remember when I was 23 and I was working for one of the top dental companies, and I remember going, these doctors could take me seriously.
Michelle Emmick
Oh, my gosh. So many used to that because I always say, up when I think about in my 20s, I always used to wear suits like the power suits because I was in high level positions at such a young age, and I wanted people to take me seriously, and I knew that they were like, oh, she's the lander 20s, like, what is she know? So I was always trying to present myself as much older and like, okay, they're gonna look at me seriously with it's just funny how you change your mind cheese as you get older, and they're like, oh, man, if I only knew. But that's why this is great, because if you're in your twenties, you should be listening to this because you need to know that be yourself, and just confidence will just radiate through when you're knowledgeable about what you're presenting in terms of what position you're going for, and there is no people aren't looking at that. They really aren't. They're looking at, are you the right fit? Are you the right candidate? Are you going to do the best job and that will come through?
Danielle Cobo
Yeah, I always say confidence sometimes trunks confidence. The reason being is you can have there are people out there that aren't always the smartest that don't always have all the accolades of all the degrees and your experience. But they're confident, and so they're staying into these high level positions because that confidence radiates and through the interview process and the other person is wrapped up into it, and so that confidence is such a powerful tool and characteristic when you're walking into any situation.
Michelle Emmick
100%, couldn't agree more. I wish it is something. It's just we have to install it at a young age. I have my daughter as part of a group called Girls with Confidence. She's nine, and I want her to have that so that she takes that all the way through in life is just believing in herself, and no matter what, whatever you want to achieve, it can be done, and whether it's something at school or career, whatever in relationships, you've got to go in with that internal belief system in yourself.
Danielle Cobo
It's interesting because I see women and especially moms out there that are raising these girls in the social media environment where I know that these girls are comparing themselves because we all do it every age and to be on the flip side. So I have boys, and so I remember this one moment where I'm putting my makeup on and my three year old twins were sitting next to me and they're going, Mommy, why do you Cook makeup on? Mommy, where are you peering on? First of all, like, it's a good question. I don't know why we started doing new fingers, but I looked at them one day and I said, I will make up on because it makes me feel I like the way that I look with makeup on. I feel good about myself, and I said, and I want you to know that it's important that you choose a woman that is confident and beautiful inside and out. So one industry can still depend on.
Michelle Emmick
Absolutely, you can.
Danielle Cobo
But it's that our confidence is beauty and itself, and I say, you'll see, Mommy, get dressed up and you'll see me put my makeup on, and you'll also see me grocery store with my hair up, no makeup on her. They're feeling beautiful.
Michelle Emmick
100% that I talk about it in the book. That's kind of where blue collar beauty came from is that, you know, I work in an industry that is so focused on the aesthetic, and that's not my world. That's not my everyday world. I actually did my hair this morning, but normally I don't it up in a top notch. But that's not my every day, and I do go to the grocery store, and I am going to sporting events, and it's just we're not on all the time, and it’s fun to do it. But I don't want to do it every day, and I don't want to be sexy, and I'm beautiful either way, and I think that that's what I have found in my years of working in this industry is that most women are like me, and that's why I wrote the book for because I was like, you know, again, the aesthetic industry. I've done everything, and I'm going to continue to break that mold of just the woman and the bikini with no cellulite and six pack ABS and perfect hair and makeup, and nothing looks like that.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah.
Michelle Emmick
Looks like that. They just don't do male dominated industry, and I'm not a male basher.
Danielle Cobo
I love it.
Michelle Emmick I
It's a small man industry, and they're just they don't get it. They don't get it. I'm like and it's marketing companies and everything pushes this, and then we've got social media with all of the filters, and again, I like a good filter when it becomes obsessive. I see it. I have teenage nieces and I see all the girls and they're always filtering their photos and doing this and that it's like, it breaks my heart. But it's also reality, and we have to start. We have to start as early as we can and be the leaders that they're looking to help them build their confidence in other ways because it's not going away. So you have to face it, and we have to accept it. I've had people say, Well, isn't plastic surgery isn't that kind of going against it? No, I don't believe so at all. Again, I think that it's a personal choice, and you do have to make sure that you're doing it for the right reasons. You're not doing it to fix a relationship or things like that. So there's a whole psychological piece to it. But there's nothing wrong with do anything for yourself, whether it's putting a makeup or buying a new outfit or coloring your hair. I don't care what it is. Just know that the confidence does come from with it. It starts from within.
Danielle Cobo
That's the heart for women. Because as women, we take care of as nurturers as parents, as just women in general, we take care of everybody else first. It's just part of our DNA, and it's important to know that it's important that you take care of yourself because there's one thing that somebody shared with me. If I talk about my insecurities around my kids, I'm projecting my insecurities onto them, and I'm the role model for them. So if I am confident on my beauty and my power and who I am as a person, then they're also because kids are attracted to their parents some then my kids are going to be attracted to that type of women as well. Because that's what they see.
Michelle Emmick
Absolutely.
Danielle Cobo
So it's so important that by taking care of yourself, you're then modeling a great example for your kids, right? I don't get our mindset on that.
Michelle Emmick
100%, and I think it's great that allowing our kids to see that different sites that we can get dressed up and then we can be dressed down and that we're happy either way, and it's okay.
Danielle Cobo
I would say what are three things that you want to really have our listeners take away from our conversation to really resonate walk away from our time today?
Michelle Emmick
I think obviously we've kind of stress of confidence that's always number one, and when we talk about career and kind of that whole ages, I think one of the tips, I would say is partner up with someone younger inside of your organization or friends, because one of the things I see is that I've worked with a lot of companies and different people is that sometimes you can become so rigid. It's like this is the way we've always done it this way. So it's like, don't be afraid of change, don't be afraid of change and learn different technology and tools and things that are out there so that that keeps you relevant, because if you're just stuck in one place, yeah, you are probably going to feel that ageism because people are going to be like, Well, she's stuck in the 80s, like, wasn't evolved. Keep yourself current. I think the other thing, is really doing something that you're very passionate about because I think that again, ties in with the aesthetic of just are you coming home every day exhausted from your job and you've got bags under your eyes? You want to be passionate about what you love and enjoy what you're doing and go for a position that you enjoy getting up for every day and working inside, and then I think I think probably the other tip is just don't take things too seriously. Have fun. I mean, I know it's a simple tip. But you should now you should have fun every day and you should go in with a positive mindset, and if you don't get a job when I look at the ages and thing and again, kind of shifting over to career, maybe it's not the right one for you. Don't always go to the negative of, well, probably because of my age. It's like maybe it just wasn't the right fit. So if you've done all the things, you've taken a look at yourself and said, okay, I am the best person for this job. I'm come in prepared. I'm confident I've got myself put together look good. I feel good. Then go in there and go for it. You know, that'll shine through.
Danielle Cobo
Now. I want to add something, too, because I was a hiring manager for a Fortune 500 company, and I was young when I stepped into a management position. I was 30 years old. I was hired from an outside company, and I had no direct management experience. I know talk about. I would say the first year was very interesting, and I hired people that were younger than me. I hired people that were in their 50, 20 years older than me. I hired women that were pregnant while they were pregnant and they were going to be going on maternity leave a month after I hired them. If it's the right person for the right job, you will get it.
Michelle Emmick.
Absolutely. Well, you have to go in whatever it is, certainty is a big one, and so you have to go in if that's the job you want and become the subject matter expert and do all those things were I love when people talk about kind to the janitor and the CEO, it's so true. It's like networking is so important and how you are as a person and all of those things, those things matter, all those little things add up. So when you walk into that interview or you're looking for a certain career and go in and be prepared and be again, it all kind of stems back to that confidence, and if it is where you're feeling, if you're feeling like, you know what I am I look in the mirror, and I'm not happy. Then that's where we can come in. Give us a call. We'll be happy to kind of help you walk through. Maybe some things that would potentially make help you look and feel your best.
Danielle Cobo
Brought up a good point, too. If you are on the in later portion of your career and you're saying partner with somebody younger to keep innovative and fresh and think about the value that you get to bring to that person that's starting your career because you just inventor them.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah.
Danielle Cobo
As much as you are learning from them, they're learning from you as well is a mutual, beneficial relationship.
Michelle Emmick
Yeah, and it'll be fun. You'll actually enjoy yourself. You'll learn a lot, and I always love to surround myself around people different than myself, and you can learn so much from other people, but just don't be stuck. That's what I would tell. The older listeners don't get stuck in your ways again. This is the way it's always done. Nobody wants to hear that. Nobody wants to be around that. Sorry. Be open and be like, what can I learn today? That's where you're going to move out of any type of ages and people are going to be like, wow, this person is flexible and innovative and all the things that you want. Don't be afraid to say yes. Yeah. Great. Learn something new. Not all. I've already learned that I've been through every training course. I've done this. I've done that. Well, good for you. You know what always be growing, always be learning, and you will continue to stay relevant. Women are where we can continue to and powerful roles, and we have to support each other and continue to open.
Danielle Cobo
Yeah, you and I were talking about. Everybody needs a coach, and even I am part of the two year leadership coaching program and part of the 15 month business coaching program. The minute I stopped learning, I stopped evolving. I stopped becoming the best. I want to be the best version of myself and to do that, coaches bring so much value every let your life.
Michelle Emmick
Yes, we do. It's always on my tagline. Everyone needs a coach, and so even when I was doing the book, I'm like, I'm going to hire a coach. I want to get my book to number one. What do I need to do? I'm going to hire a coach, and it was great, and we did it. We got there. But I'm not the subject matter expert. I want to find those people out there that can help better me. So if it's career coach or life coach or whatever it is that you need, let's take advantage of it, because it really does make a difference, and knowledge is power and learn so much from each other. I love this podcast. I love what you're doing. I think this is so great, and let's keep empowering each other.
Danielle Cobo
Oh, thank you. I appreciate it. It's been a labor of love, and I'm so passionate about it. So it's fun. Right. You talk about purpose, finding purpose, and this is I don't feel like I'm working. I feel like I get to do what I love every single day.
Michelle Emmick
Well, it is. That is exactly why when I went into going off of my own and creating My Coach MD, it's like I love talking to people. I love their stories. I love the bad stories. I talk about them in my book where people share with me, men and women. I tell what story about a gentleman who never took a shirt off. He was so uncomfortable from high school on, and he ended up having this procedure, and he went to the beach for the first time and took a shirt off, and he felt confident, and I was like, just I was like a puddle. I was like that it was so beautiful to me because his confidence went from zero to ten and such a short period of time, and here he had spent all these years of his life, you know, just behind closed doors. He wouldn't change in the locker room. I mean, I had the whole back, but I love that, and then to be able to be part of helping in that transition. My book was really my love letter to the industry, because I'm like, look at in a small way. I was in the surgeon and all hands down to the surgeons and everything. That's great. But I was part of that transformation, and for me, it's just something that I'll never stop loving being a part of and why I continue to do what I do.
Danielle Cobo
So that's such an amazing story. I love hearing people's stories and their background and why they do the things they do. So you've written this incredible book. Tell us where we can find you in all the various areas that we can find you.
Michelle Emmick
Oh, wonderful. Okay. So you can find me on Instagram at the Plastic Surgery Coach. You can find the book on Amazon. Go to Amazon books, Blue-Collar Beauty Confessions of a Plastic Surgery Coach and My Coach MD, www.mycoachmd.com, we’re also very excited to be launching a digital membership and magazine platform, and so if you want to get involved in the prelaunch, we're going to offer it free in the beginning. Here for anyone who wants to join, you can go to ask us Beauty dot com and just put your email in and we'll get you on the list.
Danielle Cobo
I'll be including the link to all the various areas that you can find Michelle, including social media and her book and this amazing official membership that she's launching. So thank you so much, Michelle. This time is incredible. It's so inspiring to meet women like you and to share your message.
Michelle Emmick
Thank you. I feel the same way. I'm so glad we connected and continue to let all of us help each other and growing and learning, and it's a powerful platform, and you're doing great stuff.
Danielle Cobo
Oh, thank you. So if you're listening to this podcast today and you enjoy what you've heard today, I would encourage you to subscribe as well as write a review the best compliment that that we could receive as a review, and if there's anything that you want us to talk about on future podcasts, reach out to me. I'm on Instagram, on LinkedIn. You can also write a review. I want to hear from you guys as our listeners as to what topics you want these future episodes to share. I am here to support and serve you in helping you find your dream job, attract your dream job, earn this out of your work, and live the life that you desire. So thank you so much for joining us, and I look forward to connecting with you again on next week's episode.
