Hi, I am Micole Austin. The roles I step into are mother of 5 to Mehki, Ma’lae, Mileaux, Makalo and Maekou and wife to my husband Matt. I am a multi-passionate: birth & postpartum doula, newborn specialist, nanny, placenta encapsulation specialist, ,podcaster, brand rep for quality companies, and community gatherer through my love for wellness. Thank you for pausing to show up here to read my story.
here’s what I have to share with you..
for the first time in my life I am fully connected to the deepest parts of who I am and who I am called to be. I have walked through the darkest valleys and most powerful storms in my life to arrive to this place. I am dancing to this beautiful melody created of both feminine and masculine energy which empowers me to be both: peaceful and powerful. I cultivate joy in my day to day through rest, purpose, creation, intention and healing.
over 12 Years ago I was in search of community and purpose..that desire for more lead me to leave the corporate world and I traded it in for the unknown of entrepreneurship. I have spent years trying many things in order to feel worthy and purposeful—only to realize stepping outside of my zone of genius in the name of ‘doing’ was killing my spirit of joy & servanthood.
Through the years practicing intentional work, perseverance & stillness—I have experienced abundance on every level in my life. Alongside all that has been so good, I have definitely endured my fair share of failure. Through it all, I have been humbled and grown in strides into the woman, wife, mother, friend, daughter and multi-passionate business creator I am today.
I have many magical gifts to offer the world around me and I am grateful that you are considering to bare witness to the legacy I desire to leave behind.
a little more about me
I was born and raised in Southern California in the San Gabriel Valley, LA baby! I am the youngest of five girls. Daughter to my Nicaraguan Pastor of a father and Filipino powerhouse teacher of a mother. I was raised in a loving home that was a safe space for all who were in need of warmth and comfort. However, it came with its challenges—witnessing sibling addiction and the darkness that follows with that sort of illness. It taught me at a young age about resilience, boundaries and a fight within to be heard that goes unmatched.
I witnessed my parents serve others and show up for complete strangers every day in some way in the name of love & community. It has been engrained in me to serve and love people well. Growing up, it was modeled to me daily what it looks like to: serve God, meet people where they are at, play the perfect game, paradigm shift from victim to warrior and do things with purpose. My father reminded me every single day before school that I was set apart for greatness and my mother gave me unlimited permission to dream big always.
I remember being 12 years old, riddled with anxiety and depression. I was bullied hardcore in school which triggered a response of inadequacy and worthlessness. It was the first time I tried to take my own life. Fortunately, someone had a bigger purpose over my life that I could not yet see.
The basics? I am a self starter, determined and carry with me a ‘I can and I will’ attitude. The type to go after exactly what I prayed for then get it in return ten fold. Got my first job at 15 working at a flower shop, then became a hostess all while going to school. I graduated high school as a sophomore at 16, pregnant in junior college at 17, teen mother by 18 and at 19 I graduated with my associates degree from Mt. San Antonio College in CA.
During that chapter of life, I juggled different jobs: being a marketing assistant for Keller Williams real estate company in Newport Beach, CA, to working as a server at two restaurant gigs, starting my own denim clothing line slanging custom pieces out of the trunk of my 97’ corolla, to cleaning houses and personal shopping for clients— lets just say I know the value of hardwork and did whatever it took to provide for myself and firstborn son as a single teen mama.
Till this day, I carry that warrior spirit, discipline and hustler mentality in order to create the life I want.
Shortly after receiving my associates degree, I got accepted to transfer to Cal Poly Pomona college in CA to further receive my bachelors degree in communications.
I remember standing at registration trying to choose my classes on the computer, but feeling so beside myself. I instantly felt like I was betraying my inner knowing and instead was holding onto an expectation that others wanted of me. It didn’t feel right, or true for my personal desires.
So, I went against the grain and chose my hopes and dreams for my life instead. On that day, 20 years old—I made the decision to drop out of college and screamed from the rooftops that traditional school was not for me—I stuck my middle finger in the air to the voices that told me I would never amount to anything because I got pregnant at 17. I chose in that moment that I was going to do everything in my power to continue to beat the odds and not be another teen mom statistic.
I WOULD amount to something like my life depended on it.
. By age 21 I somehow managed to salvage that broken relationship with my sons father who was living out of state for college and we decided to get married by the time that I was 23. With love and hope in my heart, my life finally felt like it was full of purpose.
Age 23, birthed my second child and first daughter at the end of 2015. 14 months later in 2017, I birthed my third and second daughter. Less than a year later, in 2018 I birthed my fourth son: who shortly after birth was diagnosed with CHD, underwent heart surgery and now is a living heart warrior. Lastly, in 2019—age 26, I birthed our fifth and final baby boy. I had babies back to back to back to back. I was pregnant or breastfeeding, or pregnant AND breastfeeding while juggling multiple tiny humans. Not sure how my body or mental health made it through but I was in pure survival mode.
While raising our 5 kids, 4 of them that were 3 & under—husband working overtime: through those years I birthed 3 more business by age 27. I became a doula in 2015, placenta encapsulation specialist shortly after and although I began my young living journey in 2014, I began to really take my Young Living business serious in 2018.
I juggled ten thousand things with a smile on my face but aching hole in my heart that still left me feeling so isolated and alone. I numbed whatever I could in order to just survive the next moment while raising kids and successful business’s.
Fast forward to 2019, we purchased our first fixer upper in California. Blood, sweat and tears it was a true labor of love to transform that home into our humble oasis. We hosted many community gatherings to bring people from all walks of life together in the comfort of that home and it felt like it would be our forever home.
There I was thinking, I—we—were on cloud 9…ya know? Financial abundance, debt free, health in tact, business was booming for both my husband and I, children were thriving, surrounded by so much community and support: only for me to discover so much shame, infidelity, sexual abuse, trauma, friendship loss and silent suffering in my home.
It was brutal, so much so that I almost called it quits with another attempt to end it all or flea to a country far far away in order to avoid it all.
Turns out, God had other plans. I was called to stay, to work through the pain and betrayal while truly practicing forgiveness of both myself and my husband. I chose unconditional love with hope for a renewed intimate connection with the man I had always considered to be my twin flame.
In pursuit of drowning out the outside noise, while creating a space of slow living—we decided to burn down all that we knew, give up our forever home and build a new foundation of togetherness as a family.
Just a year after living in that home, we decided to list and sell it in 21 short days. My husband quit his 6+ figure job of 9 years and we set sail as a family to Austin, Texas in the middle of a pandemic—not knowing a single soul or ever visiting the state prior. Our 5 kids and dog in tow, we made the move of a lifetime away from everything and anyone we had ever known.
That first year of 2020 in Texas: my Young Living business created financial freedom and space for my husband to be home full time and allowed me to take a step back from all birth work. We spent most of our days during the first two years in therapy, mentorship, reading books and healing from all the trauma that we were left with to sift through while adjusting to this huge environment change.
by powers outside of ourselves and our personal choice to do the work every day—we not only survived the hardest chapter of our marriage but we have managed to restore and harvest what feels like a brand new one. People ask all the time how we did it—and honestly, I wish I had a special response. But really, it simply was our ability to get real, to get selfless and be brutally honest with ourselves & one another that carried us into the next season of our story. It has not been easy or picture perfect, but wow does God transform and make new relationships that were once broken!
We now own a beautiful home smack dab in the country located in Central Texas, just outside of Austin. It truly is the dream that we always wanted for our kids, but felt so far out of reach—it was a true miracle that we landed here because everyday I get to nurture the things that set my soul and spirit on fire, yet bring me to my knees of peace and gratitude like no other. As a family we are: practicing contentment, raising as many farm animals as we can afford and truly valuing a slow intentional way of living. With all we have endured in this lifetime, we want nothing more than PRESENCE, PEACE and forever GROWTH.
As my story continues to unfold, this is where I am.. I share this with you because I truly believe our personal testimonies are what connect and bind us together as humans. My hope is that someone out there can feel less alone on their journey and may be inspired to keep going.
Ill close with this…
I value time and presence with my family of 7 and that comes above all else. I am passionate about whole body wellness and spend my moments of inspiration sharing with my community all that I have learned through a more holistic approach to living. The goal is that someone else may be empowered to do the same for their family on some level. I am always evolving and changing with the seasons of what my life requires of me. I utilize all of my gifts and talents in order to provide financially for my family as well as have the freedom to be with them when they wake up and go to bed at night.
What you see here on my website are all the ways that I am harnessing my gifts, talents and opportunities to continue to live that out.
I wear many hats yet I only do what feels like a hell yes from my gut. It is extremely important to me to not get caught up in the doing of life. But I do not want to miss my mark, nor this current moment. While I have so much value to offer the world, I also value being still and not getting caught up in the stress or what ifs of tomorrow.
I am on a journey to continuously challenge my thoughts , beliefs, skillset and conditioning in order to grow into the best version of myself yet.
Through it all, I honor every single season that has come and gone like the wind because it has taught me everything I needed to know in order to show up here and now.
Now is now and I am grateful to face another day on purpose.
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With so much love and joy,
Micole
