THE BASICS is the foundation for all the other courses we teach. 


Learn the 4 fundamental skills of our ChangeMaker methodology.

Proven strategies for protecting your wellbeing in ways that make you more effective and fulfilled in pursuing your goals.

You don’t have to choose between success and mental health. You deserve BOTH! We’ll show you how!



NO MORE saying I’ll prioritize my wellbeing when things slow down (which, by the way, never seems to happen).


NO MORE just trying to squeeze in a random self-care technique or positive mantra here or there and hoping for it to be enough.


We’re going to teach you a different and intentional approach that in relatable, bite-size pieces that you can personalize and start to apply today. 

LET’S START NOW working towards LESS STRESS and MORE BREATHING ROOM, MORE ENERGY and ENJOYMENT. MORE CONFIDENCE and CLARITY.


Sign Up for THE BASICS where you will learn to :

  • Assess your wellbeing, determine your wellbeing needs and create an individualized wellbeing plan
  • Common high-achiever challenges and how to address them
  • Re-train your self-talk and coach yourself more productively
  • Develop more effective and consistent self-care practices
  • Regulate stress in your body
  • Assess the health of your social support network, and develop strategies to get more of what you need from your relationships
  • Manage moments of mental health crisis and distress


Sign Up Today to take Advantage of Our Limited Time 50% Discount.


Today's price: $150 (valued at over $297)

Stop and ask yourself?


Are you trying to DO IT ALL, and stay whole and sane?


Are you pouring yourself out for your goals and for everyone else, and RUNNING ON EMPTY?


If your go-to success strategies aren’t working anymore...We’ve got You! 


If the way everyone around you is trying to secure the bag is leaving you scrambling to prove yourself and keep up, second-guessing your value, or leaving you overwhelmed, and disconnected from yourself…

Let us help you upgrade your wellness and success strategies. 


The skills and support you need to level up your well-being and your ChangeMaking capacity are just one click away!


Sign up NOW for only $150 and you’ll receive all THIS:


  • 6 video modules on how you can protect you wellbeing, pursue your goals and thrive in high achievement environments.
  • THE BASICS workbook to personalize learning and follow-up resources and activities to deepen the learning and continue the growth.
  • Access to mastermind sessions with Dr. Mishelle, the Collaborative ChangeMakers team, and other experts.
  • Access to the ChangeMakers Fundamentals Facebook group where you can learn and get support from Dr. Mishelle and like-minded peers.

Our courses offer high-level expertise, training, and resources created by Black mental health professionals with Black ChangeMakers in mind.


That’s not all! 

You’ll also get access to TWO bonus lessons and TWO guided meditations!


Bonus Video 1: Get Into Your Feelings


Bonus Video 2: Black Mental Health & Healing


Guided Meditations



THE BASICS Modules


Module 1: What is mental health

Get a clear understanding of how to understand your mental health and clear common misconceptions. You will also learn to recognize signs and monitor where you are on the mental health continuum. This will empower you to know how to care for your mental health, wherever you on the continuum, in a way that reduces difficulties and bolsters your wellbeing and ability to show up fully in your life.

Module 2: Self-awareness

Develop a consistent practice for tuning in to yourself. This provides regular updating needs assessment. It gives you the information you need to make in-the-moment shifts, and engage in on-going strategic planning for your well-being and goals. Without this practice, you’re working with vague or out-of-date information on what you need to feel your best and bring the best ‘you’ to the work that matters to you.

Module 3: Self-care

Once you’ve learned to do consistent check-ins/needs assessments, you’ll work on strategic planning and action--what practical steps do you need to take from day-to-day to feel and function at your best? This isn’t your average talk about self-care. We’re not just talking about facials and bubble baths. You will develop a specific, practical and personalized plan based on principles that get results!

Module 4: Self-talk

To feel your best and coach yourself towards maximum effectiveness, you can’t just talk to yourself any-old-kind-of-way. This module will help you (1) become aware of how you currently talk to yourself and it’s impact; and (2) how to pivot and become fluent in more effective self-coaching language.

Module 5: Social Support/Squad

Everything in our curriculum is based on a belief the wellbeing and achievement are collective endeavors. Our psychological health, success and fulfillment are largely based on the health of our close relationships. You will learn how to assess the health or your relationships and begin to build the squad you need to support the life you want to live.

Module 6: Managing Moments of Crisis

Learn our Stop, Breath & Assess model for coping with high distress and mental health crisis. This process will equip you to (1) identify signs of high distress and crisis; (2) implement strategies to pause, regulate distress,and evaluate both the situation, and what you need;  (3) identify and be able to access crisis resources, and additional sources of support.

Hi! I’m Dr. Mishelle,


Here’s what I know...We’re showing up. We’re doing amazing things. AND behind the scenes we’re struggling with a lot of the same things. In my counseling work with individuals and consulting with universities, corporations and community organizations I found myself teaching the same basic skills and it became clear to me that these are fundamental skills we all need to thrive in the intense and demanding work we do. And so THE BASICS was born so I could make this information available to YOU!

This online learning community is the "care package" I'm sending to Black ChangeMakers. This is my plea to US to shift from success narratives that aren’t serving us. This is my call to us to heal and grow together. This is how we create the maximum amount of change.


More about Dr. Mishelle...

  • Trained at UNT Center for Sport and Performance Excellence
  • Past president of the Detroit Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologist
  • Certified Daring Way™ facilitator (Brene Brown’s curriculum)
  • Author (Vibranium Healing, in Why Wakanda Matters), and speaker on national platforms.


We're Giving Back!


We believe EVERYONE should have this information! With every purchase, we donate access to THE BASICS courses to individuals or community organizations.

Testimonials


"Dr. Rodriguez is gifted at taking complex, difficult topics and making them digestible in a practical, fun way. During my time at Law School, she conducted a workshop geared towards improving performance during one of the toughest professional experiences of my life, while also building community in a space that was not created for Black and Brown students to thrive."

-Law Student, University of Michigan

"Dr. Rodriguez was incredibly affirming. I appreciated that she offered the language to describe a lot of what I've been experiencing."

-Law Student, University of Michigan

"Mishelle's workshop is excellent whether you've been seeing a therapist for years or never spoken to a clinical professional on how to optimize your mental health as a person of color in a predominantly white professional or academic space. She creatively utilizes exciting and relevant representations of Black people to help you understand this hard-to-describe experience and not only make the best of it, but comprehend it so you don't just feel better for a moment and move on, but you begin to build a better way of living your life...I wish every young Black professional could work with Dr. Mishelle Rodriguez." 

-Law, Student, University of Michigan