Michele is dedicated to her incredible husband and beautiful daughters. Having graduated cum laude from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a Master's degree in psychology, along with a Bachelor's degree in psychology, Michele founded Bumped Bruised and Blessed as a glimmer of hope for victims of narcissistic abuse. She and her husband endured the atrocities of childhood cancer and lost their three-year-old son, Joey, to GBM in 2013.  Michele continues to persevere through adversity by honoring Joey through spreading kindness and compassion with every effort.  Her dysfunctional upbringing with a narcissistic "mother," enabling "father," and flying monkey/ golden boy brother, have reinforced her emphatic approach to other victims. A previous romantic entanglement with a narcissist also enables her to relate to this insidious form of abuse from that perspective as well. The Bumped Bruised and Blessed community is a chosen family of victims, providing support through validation and education. Michele maintains both the YouTube and Instagram resources for both forums.