Michelle Poler

Biography

Michelle Poler is a Latina-Jewish entrepreneur, brand strategist, author, and professional keynote speaker. She created the project 100 Days Without Fear and founded Hello Fears, a movement that has reached over 70 million people worldwide.

Today, her work as an author, digital educator, and social influencer continues to amplify her impact, helping audiences turn fears into opportunities, comfort into growth, and ultimately go from being one more to becoming one of a kind. Michelle’s bestselling books have been translated into seven languages and distributed on four continents: Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You’re Meant to Be and The Hello, Fears Challenge: A 100-Day Journal for Self-Discovery.

She has been invited to speak at The Global Leadership Summit, Google, P&G, ESPN, TEDx, Netflix, Microsoft, Meta, among many others, and her work has been featured in and on The TODAY Show, Forbes, CBS, CNN, Buzzfeed, Mashable, and the Huffington Post just to name a few.

Michelle holds a master’s degree in Branding from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Early in her career, she worked as an Art Director for brands like Hershey’s, Wendy’s, AT&T, and Revlon.

When Michelle is not flying, speaking, or indulging in culinary experiences worldwide, you’ll find her drinking matcha at home in Miami, and living fully with her husband, Adam, and their son, Noah.

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Fear Less, Do More

A talk that will change your audience’s perception of fear, and encourage them to choose growth over comfort.

Michelle’s humorous, refreshing and inspiring speaking style has been captivating audiences across the globe. With authentic storytelling, engaging visuals and her 100 Days Without Fear experience, Michelle will show your audience how to challenge their comfort zone to tap into their full potential.

Key Benefits:

- Identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities
- Thrive during uncertainty and embracing change
- Redefining failure to push boundaries
- Turning obstacles into opportunities
- Challenging conformity and the status quo
- Navigating universal, cultural, and personal fears
- Cultivating bravery over fearlessness
- Leveraging authenticity to overcome Imposter Syndrome

Spoiler Alert: Michelle will begin her presentation by dancing reggaeton U N A P O L O G E T I C A L L Y to make people experience their comfort zone. The impact of her message becomes evident at the end, when she gets the entire audience on their feet to close off the session with an all-out dance party.

IRREPLACEABLE: How to Go from Being One More to Becoming One of a Kind

As a branding expert, entrepreneur, and leader of a community of hundreds of thousands of people on social media, Michelle has been able to leverage her authentic story and experience to become a renowned author, an international keynote speaker and a digital educator with over 6,000 students across the globe.

IRREPLACEABLE is a journey through one’s individuality and the power of owning who we already are. It’s a call to contrast instead of compare. An invitation to show up and bring out what we’ve got.

Key Benefits for team members:

- Showing up at work with authentic, unique, bold ideas and perspectives
- Breaking the loop of comparison to become one of a kind
- Overcoming perfectionism to unleash creativity and innovation
- Crushing the imposter syndrome and trusting your worth
- Leading with purpose and confidence
- Promoting and pitching ideas with enthusiasm instead of fear or doubt
- Developing trustworthiness anchored on your values

Key Benefits for the organization:

- Individuals who can understand their own worth and embrace their authentic selves, will tap into their confidence to add exponential value to any team, spark innovative ideas, collaborate instead of compete, encourage creativity and help your organization stand out from the competition.

A great fit for:

- Sales and marketing
- Direct Selling
- Associations
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Team Building

Like everything Michelle does, this isn’t another speaking session, it’s an audiovisual EXPERIENCE that will make the audience laugh, reflect, learn, feel empowered, dance (obviously ☺) and take immediate action towards becoming irreplaceable.

PS: If requested, Michelle can turn this Keynote into a 60-90 minute workshop that includes a special workbook for the audience to complete during the session.

Testimonials

THANK YOU!!! You were an absolute joy to have at our event (GTO Symposium) and we are so grateful for your time and energy. The team is all buzzing about your talk and we’ve heard from SO many people that you were the highlight of their day. Thank you for being so incredible to work with.

– LinkedIn

Michelle's talk was tremendously inspiring and insightfully put together. She was beyond well prepared and poured her heart into her message; everything you would ever want from a presenter. I honestly can't say enough good things about working with her as a TEDxHouston speaker. She's a talented designer and brave woman.

– Kara Gray, Speaker Curator, TEDx

Our event was a huge success because of Michelle's talk. Her session scored a 4.9 (out of 5) and was raved about in feedback! She inspired and motivated all who had the privilege to hear you speak!

– Michelle Read and Michelle Polleta, Women@ Google

I loved how she was able to take her personal journey and apply it to the business world. Michelle's storytelling is refreshing and genuine and left a lasting impression.Plus, she offered such a unique perspective on fear and we absolutely loved her entrance in the room!

– Cecelia Choi, Channel Marketing & Programs

Michelle delivered an exceptional keynote on her relationship with fear, growth, and ultimately herself at our women's event. She is a true inspiration of seizing the day to live a full and compelling life that you can be proud of. The audience loved her content as much as her energy, she was a breath of fresh air. A remarkable speaker.

– Arielle Gross and Melissa Oppenheim, Women@FBNY, Facebook

I have been in contact with many speakers throughout the years but with Michelle we found a refreshing personal touch. The session was simply amazing. Around 150 tech female attendees listened, learned, laughed and danced! The impact was huge and everyone left with the courage to face a challenge in their lives. We even received applications of women interested in working at Microsoft who pointed out they gathered the courage to do so after hearing Michelle. I personally can’t wait to hear her again!

– Anat Kigel-Taub, Channel Lead for Events at Microsoft, Israel

Michelle is an outstanding speaker. I'm extremely grateful we decided to bring her to our annual event. The audience loved her energy and authenticity. Her session scored a 4.8 (out of 5)! They could easily relate to her message in many levels and implement her advice and tools into their day to day. I would love to bring her to more of our events.

– Paula Villasenor, Communications Manager, P&G

Michelle made her story of conquering fears relevant to our daily lives; the audience left feeling empowered to face their own fears. Her talent shines! Her energy and enthusiasm are undeniable, and her visual designs were absolutely flawless. We look forward to having Michelle join us at many more events.

– Sofia Altuna, Agency Partner, Google