Look & Feel Fabulous for Your Cruise with Michelle Van Otten

Published: Aug. 15, 2012, 11 p.m.

b'Michelle Van Otten is one of California\\u2019s most sought after and respected Wellness experts. She is passionate about championing you to break through your self-imposed "barriers," and show you how to achieve excellence through living the Wellness Lifestyle. She is a passionate speaker, author, writer, consultant and Peak Performance Coach to the Silicon Valley\\u2019s top executives, athletes, physicians, coaches, trainers, moms, dads and kids.\\n Michelle has spent the past 23 years mastering nutrition, fitness, wellness and personal growth to create a unique and successful holistic system that educates and empowers you to live your best life. The magic of her successful approach to your personal transformation is in mastering the art of balance between your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies, while connecting you to what you want, and what you are passionate about.\\n Her journey to wellness and living life full out wasn\\u2019t always an easy one. Growing up, she struggled with an addiction to sugar and battled with her weight despite her athletics in school and riding her bike 6 miles a day. Her struggle with her weight and self-image was a painful experience. After reaching close to 200 lbs in her early 20\\u2019s she made it her mission to master her fitness, nutrition and her mental game in life.\\n After losing multiple close family members to various types of cancer and Alzheimer\\u2019s disease, she has been an unstoppable force in her pursuit of education, training and expertise in holistic nutrition, wellness, coaching, personal growth and fitness.\\n At Diva University, Michelle has created unique and powerful wellness and coaching programs that create breakthrough transformation in the lives of clients in their health, fitness, relationships, careers and achievement of goals in their life.'