Sing the song that was born in your heart, not someone else’s tune.
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This website contains inspiring lessons, songs, music videos, and other content to to help you discover your true calling, build the courage to go after your dreams, persist through setbacks, and accomplish your aims. The guidance is simple, and it works!
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About Michelle Chappel
Dr. MICHELLE MILLIS CHAPPEL is a world-acclaimed musician, keynote speaker, coach, business consultant, and author. She has a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Princeton and was voted “Most Inspirational Professor” at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she taught cognition, creativity, and neuroscience.
MUSIC
Despite being called “crazy” by a few colleagues, she ditched academics to follow her dream to be a rock star. Michelle has won 17 Billboard International Songwriting contests. Her positive tunes have topped European, South African, and U.S. college radio charts, and appeared on ABC, HBO, Encore, and Showtime.
TALKS & COACHING
Michelle has used psychology and music in her TOTAL ROCK STAR program (talks, workshops, and coaching) to help thousands excel in work, school, and life by discovering their unique superpowers and purpose. Her book “The Power of Authenticity” comes out in 2026.
CONSULTING
Michelle also rose in the ranks of the corporate world from user researcher to VP of Consumer Insights. As CEO of Creativity Rock Star Consulting, she leads innovation workshops, user research, and brainstorming sessions for such companies as
“YOUR TRUE CALLING” PODCAST
Listen to Michelle’s interviews with experts and everyday people who found their life calling, and learn how you can uncover your own hidden superpowers and purpose.
PSYCHOLOGY
Michelle is on Psychology Today and the Board for the Oregon Friends of Jung, one of the most respected nonprofits to host world-renowned Jungian analysts and scholars.
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TOTAL ROCK STAR Program
–Are you facing a life or career crossroads?
–Do feel stressed out in a meaningless job?
–Do you long to lead a more authentic life?
If so, you probably suffer from Suppressed Superpower Syndrome.
You buried your greatest gifts deep in your unconscious to fit in. Life is too short to live someone else’s idea of who you should be. It’s time to take your power back.
Michelle’s TOTAL ROCK STAR program™ can help you find your hidden superpowers, answer your true calling, and create a happy fulfilling life that honors the core of you are. It engages you as a whole person to make deep and lasting changes and includes:
Rockin’ tunes to plant positive affirmations in areas of your brain that words alone can’t reach.
Ocular information that conveys psychology principles in the blink of an eye to help you make instant breakthroughs.
Creativity tips to overcome your inner critic, get in the zone, and find your creative voice.
Kickstart exercises to break free from the status quo and discover and combine your superpowers.
Superheroes as role models to help you stand out from the crowd.
Transformational tales of people who used Michelle’s tools to create lives that totally rock, showing you that you can do it, too.
Allies and safe community to supercharge your evolution through social connection.
Revolutionary lessons to plug you into your power and purpose.