Michelle Weidenbenner is a TEDx speaker, coach, and award-winning author of several best-selling books. As the proud mom of a recovering addict, Michelle has become a coach and activist passionate about changing the stigma of addiction and helping moms let go of the shame, blame, and chaos of their children’s substance use disorders that prevent them from fully living their lives. Michelle focuses her contagious energy on unlocking the self-advocate in moms so they feel empowered to use their unique gifts to build up the Kingdom of God. Through her coaching practice, books, and speaking engagements, she equips women to find healing to recapture their identity and purpose so they can join her crusade to stop the addiction epidemic. Michelle is a certified John C. Maxwell Team Member and the host of the Moms Letting Go Without Giving Up podcast. Michelle’s latest book, Unhackable Moms of Addicted Loved Ones, Closing the Gap Between Havoc and Hope launched July 1, 2022. When she’s not writing or facilitating support meetings for her tribe, Michelle can be found on a pickleball court. Michelle lives in Indiana in the warm months and Florida in the winter months with her husband and two Cavapoos.