Michelyn Gjurasic is not your typical coach, counselor, or creative — she’s a Pathfinder. With a spirit that blends adventurous curiosity and unwavering nurturance, Michelyn has carved out a one-of-a-kind role in the world of personal transformation. A wife, mother of three, artist, speaker, and author, she brings an expansive heart and an impressive toolkit to her work with individuals seeking clarity, healing, and forward momentum. With certifications in Transformational Life Coaching, Hand Analysis, EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, Mediation, and Education, Michelyn’s diverse background reflects a deep commitment to empowering others. Her 13 years of nonprofit consulting honed her skill in guiding organizations toward their missions — and today, through her Pathfinding practice, she helps individuals rediscover their own. Whether navigating grief, stress, or a foggy life direction, Michelyn’s clients find themselves safely held and intuitively guided toward their next chapter. In this conversation with Mystic Mag, Michelyn opens up about the personal path that shaped her professional journey, the healing power of hands and tapping, and how her unique blend of insight and compassion helps others step into a life of purpose, freedom, and deep self-trust.
You describe yourself as a “nurturing adventurer”—how did that identity emerge, and how does it guide your work with clients?
That phrase came to me after years of trying to reconcile two powerful parts of my nature: the part that fiercely loves, tends, and holds space for others—and the part that’s constantly seeking new terrain, inner and outer. For a long time, I thought I had to choose between being caring and being bold. I was a tomboy and a poet growing up. But over time, I realized that my most powerful transformations, and those of my clients, happen when nurturing and adventure go hand in hand.
As a “nurturing adventurer,” I walk beside my clients with deep compassion while also inviting them to step into unknown territory. Whether we’re exploring their handprints, tapping through emotional blocks, or navigating identity shifts, I hold a safe space while encouraging brave, life-changing choices. It’s a combination of mothering the soul and midwifing a new life—and it’s the most natural way I know to guide gifted, overgiving women toward their true power and purpose.
Your work draws from both the intuitive and the practical—hand analysis, EFT, co-regulation, coaching—how do you decide which tool to use in a given session?
I always start a session asking the client what they want from our time together. That’s the most important thing, that they control our direction. After that, I listen deeply—to their words, their body language, to the energy in the room, and to my own inner knowing. Every session is a co-creation, and the choice of tools depends on what the moment calls for. Clients can always ask for a specific tool as well, it’s their choice.
Some clients come in tangled up in old patterns and need the gentle yet massively powerful modality of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) to calm and then rewire their nervous system. Others feel adrift in life, or are facing a big decision, and need the grounded insight of hand analysis to reconnect with their purpose, gifts, and natural wiring. Coaching, along with my intuitive gifts, give us a framework for moving forward in a deeply connected and integrated tandem.
Ultimately, I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all healing. I follow the thread of truth that shows up in each session, which nearly always exhibits as an outdated, upside down belief that the client is not as wonderful as I know her or him to be. Then I trust the combination of skill, intuition, and presence to guide us. The goal is always the same: to help my clients shift from overgiving and overwhelm into clarity, confidence, and meaningful impact.
What type of services do you offer?
I offer transformational coaching for highly intelligent, intuitive women—especially those who are anxious, overgiving, or in a major life transition like the empty nest, relationship remix, or a purpose pivot. My services include 1:1 private coaching, scientific hand analysis sessions, and group programs designed to help gifted women calm their nervous systems, reclaim their power, and reconnect with their purpose.
I also integrate tools like EFT Tapping and somatic awareness to support emotional healing for permanent change. Whether a client is craving clarity about what’s next or is ready to stop shrinking and finally step into their full impact, my work meets them at the intersection of insight, nervous system safety, and soul-level alignment.
Hand analysis is a unique and often misunderstood modality—what do you wish more people understood about the power of our hands to reveal inner truth?
I wish more people knew that scientific hand analysis isn’t fortune-telling—it’s a clearly drawn map of your own unique nervous system. Reading the map of your hands allows me to understand you at the deepest levels. Some say the soul level, as in what is your purpose in this life, right now, in this body, with these circumstances? The fingerprints you were born with form a life map, revealing your core purpose, the challenges you’re here to grow through, and the gifts you’re meant to express. Your hands are a living record of your nervous system, your personality, your tendencies—how you protect yourself, how you relate to others, and how you navigate the world.
What’s incredible is that your hands show both the unchangeable and the changeable: your fingerprints never shift, but the lines in your palms evolve as you do. That makes hand analysis a powerful tool for both deep self-recognition and transformation. When a client sees themselves clearly, often for the first time without judgment, it opens a door. From that place, they can finally stop trying to be someone else and start living in alignment with who they really are.
You call your work PathFinding—what’s your definition of a ‘path,’ and how do you help someone recognize when they’ve found theirs?
To me, a path isn’t a rigid plan or a straight line—it’s a living, breathing expression of who you are when you stop performing, stop pleasing, and start listening. It’s the way your soul wants to move through the world, even if it doesn’t make logical sense at first. Your path carries your purpose, your values, your natural genius—and it often emerges in the very places you’ve struggled most.
I help people find their path by helping them find themselves—beneath the conditioning, the overgiving, the old survival strategies. Through hand analysis, coaching, and nervous system work, we peel back what’s not theirs so they can hear what is. The moment someone recognizes their true path is unmistakable: there’s a deep exhale, a sense of homecoming. It’s not about perfection or certainty. It’s about resonance. When the path fits, it feels like alignment—and from there, everything starts to shift.
It’s important to note that one’s path is not made up of right decisions and wrong decisions. There are only decisions that move you forward. Some of our choices feel good now and bad later, some are the opposite, but they are OUR choices and owning all of them without shame and with pride becomes possible when we understand that our life purpose (our hand design) can’t not be present at every moment we breathe.
If someone is feeling completely lost—no direction, low energy, full of self-doubt—what’s the very first step you would guide them to take?
The very first step is to pause and stop trying to figure it all out. When someone feels lost, their system is usually overwhelmed—and pushing for clarity only creates more pressure. So we begin by softening. I invite them to notice their breath, feel their body, and gently come back to the present moment. That simple act of tuning in, rather than reaching out for answers, is a powerful shift.
From there, we create space for their inner truth to rise—without judgment or urgency. I might guide them through tapping to calm anxiety or explore their handprints to reconnect with their deeper purpose. But the first step is always about safety and self-compassion. When the nervous system starts to settle, energy returns. Self-doubt begins to loosen. And from that steadier ground, the next step becomes clearer. It always does.
