BEVERLEE HARBOUR GOPP Aunt Be Botanicals

“When I started mentoring with Zsuzsa Novak a couple years ago, I was one of those coaches who had many interests and no direction. I really wanted to help others, yet I was depressed, scared, and stuck. I was in a financial whirlpool that was drowning me in debt. I had all these great ideas and yet I could not bear to act on them, so I remained paralyzed.

With Zsuzsa's help and guidance I made a list of everything I wanted to do and we tied them all together, creating easy, achievable action steps. Zsuzsa was a wealth of information and gave me links and resources for guidance, growth, inspiration and creativity. She continuously encouraged me and became my biggest cheerleader. I have learned from her how to successfully brand and market myself, how to create an online presence and build my platform.

I am now the proud author of two books and creator of Aunt Be Botanicals. My beauty products are all natural and hand crafted for positive healing. I am thrilled with what I do, showing men and women how to take care of their skin, their body and their well being!

If you want to live your passion, if you want to step into your power and step up your profitability, if you want to expand your reach and your influence, then I highly suggest you work with Zsuzsa. She understands your fear, nourishes your desire and hands you the reins of the purposeful life you were meant to live!”

CRYSTAL GONZALES AMAZAE Events

“I've worked with several coaches prior to Michelle, but since starting to work with her in her Gold Program (her six month coaching program), my personal growth, drive for a balanced life, understanding of my inner self and career opportunities have skyrocketed. She challenges me to want and get more, while appreciating what I have within and around me. More importantly, the work we do together provides me the avenue to pursue my biggest aspirations for my company and team members' growth, while strengthening my bond with my husband, children and family. It's almost like screaming "I am women, here me roar", but never having to make a sound. Michelle has the ability to empower and guide you, assisting with various business clarity and decisions around business model, branding and communicating your PR factor. I highly recommend Michelle to women who are ready to take charge of their business and their life with an enlightened frame of mind to elevate their business.”

MICHELLE BERSELL, M.A., M. ED. MichelleBersell.com

“I feel so honored to have collaborated with Zsuzsa Novak. She is an incredibly passionate person about life, who also carries with her a whole arsenal of business solutions. Zsuzsa is very caring and supportive, yet no-nonsense when it comes to business strategies. Her insights have helped me fine-tune my work and more importantly, stay accountable to the work I know I must get done to best serve others. Zsuzsa has that rare combination of business know-how and intuitive guidance that will allow you to follow your bliss in a balanced and productive way. Thank you Zsuzsa for the gifts you bring to your work and for sharing them so generously with me!”

ALICIA MENKFELD Rebel with a Cause Coaching

“I started working with Michelle as my branding coach to get me more clarity around a brand for my new business venture, Rebel With Cause. In the process, she changed my life and the way I view my brand. Little did I realize what a huge impact she'd have in my life and how working with her one on one would give me the clarity I craved and courage to pursue a new business venture I was thinking for months!

Michelle has a fantastic energy and enthusiasm for branding that is absolutely contagious and she led me through the process with direction and exact action steps to take. You showed me how to be a more heart-centered entrepreneur who operates from a place of balance and paying attention to both the ying and yang of my brand. Michelle has a knack for finding out what's really important to you. She draws out your true essence and pick up on little throw-away words to masterfully weave it together in a potent purposeful statement that inspires and motivates you to live up to that claim.

All kudos to Michelle for helping me to pin down my brand values and personality through her fun, quirky and inspiring coaching. I can't recommend Michelle enough…she will help you play a much bigger game than you ever played before and help you to create a daring brand that's right for you and that you're extremely proud of. Thank you, Michelle, for your abundant mentality and for always giving so much. I feel like a proud mother showing off her beautiful child to the world!”

FRANCES GREENBERG Rodeo Realty, Beverly Hills

“Have you ever had someone in your life who inspires you and recognizes your talents and best interests before you recognize them? Have you ever had the opportunity to watch a bottle rocket shoot off into space only to amaze you with its bright colors and incandescent light? That, in a nutshell is what it's like to work with Zsuzsa Novak: lots of fire, energy and a definite direction mapped out before your very eyes! It's not often that you have the opportunity to meet such an inspiring leader!

I decided to work with Zsuzsa because I was in what I would call a "reinvention" period. I had been solidly planted in business for more than a decade. I knew I needed something new: a new perspective, a new idea, a new direction. Zsuzsa was able to help me integrate my past experiences with a new strategic direction. Not only that, but without guilt or ego, Zsuzsa supported me along my journey in an inspiring, gregarious way.

Because of Zsuzsa's creativity in branding and strategic planning in business, I have found a renewed sense of purpose, landed a new brand and said goodbye to my gone-stale business model. Best of all, the profits are rolling in! I would say with absolute certainty that a mentor like Zsuzsa comes along rarely -- so take advantage!”

EMILY DODGE Emily Dodge Coaching

“Working with Michelle on creating my brand Soulful Weight Loss™ has been incredible and so successful. I came to Michelle confused about where to go next with my coaching business and how to re-brand myself. I finished with a spot on brand and clarity about my path. Michelle was insightful, patient, thoughtful, brilliantly creative, super smart and so professional. She coached me forward and helped me take seat in my business and in my life to a place where I could truly find my personal brand. The process was seamless. Our journey has been one much bigger than just branding and design, it has been one of personal discovery and transformation.

Michelle is a one stop shop for anyone looking to truly have a professionally branded business that reflects who they are and helps them be able do the work that they were born to do. Can't recommend her highly enough.”

KAREN BERG ROYLANCE karenbergroylance.com

“Zsuzsa Novak and her brilliant insights came into my life just when I needed her gifts most. Various opportunities were all around me, and while I should have felt grateful, what I really felt was bogged down and afraid of making a choice. Could following my dreams really be a good thing? Especially if it meant that those I cared about had to go without my self-sacrificing devotion to them? Through my doubts and everyone else’s opinions, I couldn’t see the correct course of action. I was entering a hopeless depression where I saw no way of pleasing myself while pleasing others. The truth is, I had all but decided to put my sweetest desires out to pasture. And then entered “Z”.

I felt no pressure from Zsuzsa, just an infusion of life and energy. She had no vested interest in what I chose or didn’t choose for my life. Her only desire was that I be happy and at peace, while living my life to the fullest. Zsuzsa was honest. She let me know when I was seeing something darkly or out of context. She called me on the carpet when I wasn’t coming from my highest self, or when someone wasn’t assisting me in reaching my highest potential. What I never felt: judgment. Not only is Zsuzsa fantastically able to get into my head and understand me and my motivations, but also she is able to quickly and precisely unravel them.

She gets results at lightning speed. Within one session, I felt hope! I felt unstuck! I felt motivation and joy and a desire to run into my future, with everyone I love beside me. I no longer entertained the thought that my dreams were rooted in selfishness, but rather that they are a gift to everyone—most especially to me. And, indeed, every relationship that truly matters to me has thrived as a result of Zsuzsa’s advice, and my successes. I look at her as that perfect, encouraging friend who stands on the sideline of a marathon, passing me a cup of water and a few words of advice before I run to the finish! And the truth of the matter is, I’d rather go without the water, than go without my “Z”.”

ANGELA JIA KIM Savor the Success

“Michelle is amazing at getting to the bottom of what makes you happy and building a brand from that place. Few people understand the power of branding, but it's the smart ones who know that a well-thought out brand is the killer secret of successful businesses.”

LARA FORDIS Think Now Research

“Before mentoring with Zsuzsa, I was working for a company while trying to raise my then preschool age son. I was unable to effectively balance both, let alone enjoy them! I tried starting my own business by myself and struggled. I did not have a clear vision, let alone a foolproof plan for financial viability. Letting go of my initial entrepreneurial idea and thinking of starting something new -- yet again -- felt scary. I felt stuck.

I was fed up and made the decision to hire Zsuzsa. Working with her I learned how crucial it is to have my work be in alignment with who I am and what I value in life. Zsuzsa helped me find out what excited me and, gently but consistently, she helped me rethink how to approach various aspects of my life. Working with her included so much more than I could have imagined. I’ve got results not only in my business, but in many other aspects of my life! I’ve created a fulfilling plan for living that improved my creativity, my mothering and even my weight loss! After over a year of floundering, Zsuzsa helped me flush out and prioritize my ideas and projects.

Before I felt like a boat without a rudder. In less than 90 days of working with Zsuzsa, I’ve gained a new ability to set goals, to execute them and celebrate successes! I thoroughly recommend Zsuzsa Novak to anyone who is ready for a change, but is not sure what their new direction is, or how to make it happen. As Zsuzsa would say: ‘Go for it!’”

ALLISON HAMILTON-ROHE AHR Fashion Styling

“I was looking for a great business coach who got me — who understood and appreciated my lifestyle as a Mom and solopreneur, who valued the business I am building and who could show me how I could make both work. After working with her intensively, in class and in private time, I am SO fired up about my business and my life! This is no longer a make-it-work moment; I am in the flow. When I first met Michelle, I knew I had to work with her, but I wanted to be ready…I can’t believe I doubted it for a second. I was scared that I already had too much on my plate. I pushed myself to start the process anyway and I am so happy I did! We've worked through all my immediate needs for the business AND brand and SO much more around creating my programs and growing my speaking career! I'm so glad I followed the pull of my heart.”

THEDA DAVIDS-MULLER Author of Embrace Financial Freedom & co-creator of the Women of Meaning retreat

“Zsuzsa is pure inspiration. She is a uniqueness of overcoming and overachieving by sheer drive and determination. As a mentor, Zsuzsa is able to transpose that high level of energy and encouragement to others. She has tremendous compassion for her clients and a huge passion for enriching their lives. Zsuzsa backs up her SOLID business and branding expertise with authentic, heartfelt support. This is a rare combination and with that success is inevitable! Anyone should be lucky to work with her.”

WHITNEY STONER Whitney Fusion Events

“I came to Michelle over 7 years ago when I had the opportunity to start my own event planning business and am working with her again in 2016.
I run a high-end boutique firm in the San Francisco Bay Area and I needed a name, a logo and I needed a branding strategy. I was a bit at a loss. For some reason with naming, I was stuck and nervous. I needed something that would last the test of time and appeal to both men and women, corporate, social, you name it.

Michelle and I worked for a couple months and nailed it. She was living and working in Holland at the time and I was in San Francisco. I have to say that Michelle has the most creative and passionate way to go about her work. She acts like she's naming HER own business when working with you. She made it so soothing when I was so incredibly stressed about it. She pulled so much inspiration out of me that I didn't even know I had.

In the end, I was so incredibly comfortable with the name and still to this day over seven years later, Whitneyfusion is the name I use!

I can never repay Michelle for what she did for me…I not only got a company name and a logo but I got a branding strategy that has stood the test of time and made me very happy! She's a genius at social media too.

I recommend working with Michelle for a million reasons…she becomes your best friend, she's witty, she's funny, she's incredibly creative, very mindful and extremely responsive. And she's not about just her coming up with the ideas, she involves you at each step. I loved the collaborative process; it was important to me.”

MORGAN GIDDINGS MorganOnScience.com

“I am so THANKFUL for my marvelous, energetic, warrior-princess mentor, Zsuzsa! She has helped me SO MUCH in the past year, it's hard to describe. She's helped me by bringing out the best in ME - not by trying to prescribe some formula for how I should be... I am wealthier in both spirit and bank account because of her. What better combination is there? I'm also having much greater impact on the clients I work with, paying Zsuzsa’s generosity forward.”