Meet Michelle

Founder of Radiant Rise + Radidnt Rise Creative | Author | Podcast Host

I’m Michelle Baldwin—the woman behind Radiant Rise. What started as a way to process and share pieces of my own life has grown into a space for honest stories, meaningful resources, real conversations, and the reminder that healing and growth rarely happen in a straight line.

Through my books, podcast, blog, and the content I share through Radiant Rise, I talk openly about pieces of my own journey through chronic illness, chronic pain, mental health, neurodivergence, motherhood, grief, relationships, self-discovery, and learning how to advocate for myself instead of always trying to quietly push through everything.

I don’t share because I have everything figured out—I definitely don’t. I share because I know how isolating life can feel when so much of what you’re carrying isn’t visible to everyone else. Radiant Rise became the place where I could turn some of those experiences into connection, resources, books, conversations, and hopefully a reminder for someone else that they aren’t the only one figuring things out as they go.

Why I Created Radiant Rise

Radiant Rise came from a very personal place. For a long time, I became really good at pushing through things, keeping a lot to myself, and looking okay even when life behind the scenes felt anything but okay.

As I started putting words to some of what I had experienced—the pain, the uncertainty, the mental and emotional weight, the diagnoses, the healing, and all the messy parts in between—I realized how many other people were carrying things quietly too.

I created Radiant Rise because I wanted somewhere I could be honest about those parts of life without pretending there was always a perfect lesson or inspirational ending waiting at the bottom of the page. Sometimes you're growing. Sometimes you're surviving. Sometimes you're laughing at the absolute ridiculousness of it all. And sometimes you're doing all three before lunch.

If sharing something I've lived through helps even one person feel understood, start a conversation they were afraid to have, advocate for themselves, or simply realize they're not the only one having a hard day, then this space is doing what I hoped it would do.

There's More to Me Than Radiant Rise

Radiant Rise is a big part of my life, but it isn’t my whole life. I’m also a mom, a fiancée, a full-time leasing professional, an author, a content creator, and the person behind Radiant Rise Creative. Most days, I’m balancing some combination of work, family, appointments, writing, content, business ideas, unfinished to-do lists, and whatever unexpected thing decided it needed my attention that day.

I love creating. Give me an idea and there’s a pretty good chance my brain has already turned it into a book, a post, a planner, a design, a business idea—or five different versions of all of the above. I’m constantly learning, experimenting, changing things, and occasionally making something way more complicated than it needed to be because I had one more idea. 😂

I’m also learning to work with my brain instead of constantly fighting against it. Understanding my own neurodivergence has changed the way I think about routines, productivity, creativity, overwhelm, and even the expectations I place on myself.

I don’t have a perfectly balanced life, and I’m definitely not interested in pretending that I do. What I have is a very full, very real one—and a growing willingness to show up as myself in it.

A Few Things About Me

I’m a creative-brain person who almost always has more ideas than hours in the day. I love writing, designing, creating content, building new projects, and finding ways to turn something that exists only in my head into something I can actually see and share.

I’m usually carrying way too much stuff “just in case,” I can never have too many pens, my Kindle is never far away, and there’s a very good chance I have at least one notebook nearby with an idea written in it that made perfect sense when I wrote it down.

I love things that are fun, colorful, a little different, and actually have personality. I’m not particularly interested in making everything look or sound perfectly polished just because that’s what people think they’re supposed to do.

And somewhere in the middle of work, family, businesses, writing, creating, and everyday life, I’m still learning who I am too. That part of the story is very much still being written.

What I'm Building

What started with sharing my story has grown into several different ways for me to create, connect, and hopefully make something useful out of what I’ve learned along the way.

Radiant Rise is the heart of it—the stories, conversations, books, resources, blog content, and community built around real life, invisible struggles, growth, and everything that happens in between.

My books and resources give me another way to take those conversations beyond a social media post. Some are deeply personal, some are practical, and some were created because I wished something like them had existed when I needed it.

Radiant Rise Creative grew from a completely different side of my creativity. It’s where I use what I love about content, design, branding, and marketing to help small businesses bring their own ideas to life and build a presence that actually feels like them.

They may look like different projects, but they all come from the same place: I love creating things with purpose, connecting ideas with people, and turning “I have this idea…” into “Okay, I actually made it.”

Where to Go From Here

If you’re here because something in my story connected with you, stick around and explore Radiant Rise. Read the blog, check out the books and resources, listen to the podcast, or follow along on social media. You don’t have to be going through exactly what I’ve gone through to belong in the conversation.

If you’re a small-business owner who landed here because of Radiant Rise Creative, you can explore the creative services, resources, and ways we can work together on the business side of the site.

And if you’re still not quite sure where you want to go next? That’s okay. Look around. Click something that sounds interesting. There’s a lot happening around here—I know. I’m the one who keeps creating it. 😂

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