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Founder & Lead Mentor

Michael Mackintosh

Pioneer of spiritual life coaching since 2004. Bestselling author, spiritual teacher, and mentor to awakened entrepreneurs in 25+ countries.

Michael Mackintosh
About Michael

The mentor for spiritual entrepreneurs

Michael helps entrepreneurs reawaken their visions, unlock their genius, and systematically transform ideas into tangible income, impact, and freedom, without losing their soul in the process.

An international bestselling author and spiritual teacher, he has guided more than 1,250 students across 25+ countries through Awakened Academy's certification, and reached millions through meditations, podcasts, and writing.

Every Awakened Academy certification student receives 1-on-1 access to Michael as part of the program, a depth of founder involvement that has become rare in modern coaching education.

The Journey

From addiction and depression
to twenty years of awakened teaching

Before any of this work began, Michael lived through years of addiction and depression. A single mentor showed up with love and opened his eyes to a different way of being. That experience became the seed of everything he now teaches: that transformation is real, that it can be transmitted, and that someone has to be willing to do for others what was once done for them.

In 2004, after years of daily meditation following his own awakening, Michael began teaching in a small room opposite King's College, Cambridge. Students arrived for peace, but quickly began sharing real struggles. From that need, he developed the methodology that would eventually be called spiritual life coaching, before the term existed.

In 2011, he left everything behind with a backpack, his dreams, and $800, and relocated to Hawaii to build the work full-time. He invested over $150,000 in training, refining what worked and discarding what didn't. By 2014, alongside his partner and co-founder Arielle Hecht, he established Awakened Academy as the first truly spiritually-grounded coach training of its kind.

"The more we help others get what they want, the more we get everything that we want."

Today, Michael lives on Kauai, continues to mentor students 1-on-1, and writes about spiritual coaching, dharma, awakened business, and the inner work of being a spiritual leader.

Work & Projects

Founded & co-founded

Awakened Academy

2014
Founder · Lead Mentor

The flagship spiritual life coach certification, trusted by 1,250+ students across 25+ countries.

Liberated Life Productions

Co-Founder

A production company for meditations, courses, and conscious media reaching millions of listeners.

Superhero Training

Co-Founder

An early personal-development program teaching practical empowerment for spiritual seekers.

Ombar Chocolate

Co-Founder

An award-winning conscious chocolate brand, proof that sacred values and great business can coexist.

Writing

Read Michael's articles on spiritual coaching, dharma, and awakened business

The full archive of writing on the inner and outer work of being a spiritual coach, from career questions to soul-purpose practice to the realities of building a dharma-aligned business.

Work With Michael

If you feel called to do this work, let's talk.

Every certification student receives direct 1-on-1 access to Michael. Download the brochure or book a free discovery call to see whether this path is right for you.