The Pursuit of Joy

When you ask anyone what they really want in life... truly... many people will say they want happiness or joy. 

Meet the incredible Michelle Thomas. Michelle has been working as an energy coach since 2012, and has used her extensive experience to develop Quinta Carvalhas, a barefoot luxury retreat centre in the heart of Portugal.

She's a one-of-a-kind woman: authentic, grounded, great story-teller, funny, she completely - 100% - believes in your power, even if you don't.

She's incredibly wise and certain about the purpose of life: the pursuit of joy. 

Michelle shares that she has perceived energy since childhood and explains how a near-death experience about 20 years ago clarified her path to help others reconnect with their intrinsic joy. T

he conversation explores how societal conditioning and personal stories can obscure people’s “original self,” and how thoughts, words, emotions, and the body are all expressions of energy and frequency.

She describes practices for protecting one’s energy from unkindness, choosing thoughts, using body signals of expansion vs. contraction to make decisions, and approaching self-discovery with gentleness rather than judgment.