A Little About Me
I'm Micki — educator, guide, and the person behind The Elemental Teen.
I created The Elemental Teen to share something I wish I'd known when I was a teenager: understanding yourself can change the way you experience your life.
Here's how I found my way here.
A little insight can go a long way
For nearly two decades, I taught dance, gave private lessons, and worked with young people. Along the way, I often found myself sharing little pieces of information that went beyond the lesson itself.
We'd talk about emotions, habits, nutrition, body care, and the importance of looking after ourselves. Sometimes, I'd slip in a little insight about why we respond the way we do or how understanding ourselves can change the way we approach a challenge.
And sometimes, something clicked.
A young person would begin to see themselves or their experiences differently. Something confusing became a little clearer.
Those moments stayed with me. I wanted young people to have access to the kinds of understanding I wish I'd had at their age.
Finding My Way to the Elements
My own journey toward this work began with Ayurveda.
As I studied this ancient system of understanding the relationship between our bodies, minds, and the natural world, I experienced something unexpected: recognition.
It felt less like learning something entirely new and more like remembering something I'd somehow always known. I wasn't just absorbing information. I felt as though I was reconnecting with an understanding that had been there all along.
That feeling stayed with me.
About a decade later, astrology entered the picture. Around the same time, the idea that would eventually become The Elemental Teen was beginning to take shape.
I didn't have a name for it yet. I didn't have everything figured out.
But I knew one thing.
I needed to use the elements.
Fire, Earth, Air, and Water offered a language that felt both simple and profound. A way to explore the different parts of who we are without reducing us to a personality type or putting us into a box.
How The Elemental Teen Took Shape
Over time, the pieces began to come together.
My experience working with young people, what I'd learned through Ayurveda, and my later studies in astrology all pointed toward the same thing:
understanding ourselves can change how we move through the world.
I wanted to bring these ideas together in a way that felt accessible, especially to young people who were still figuring out who they were.
Not another label to live up to. Not another set of expectations to meet.
A way to understand themselves with more curiosity, compassion, and confidence.
What I wanted to create was something I wish I'd had as a teenager: a language for understanding the different parts of ourselves, and a reminder that we don't have to fit into one particular mold to belong.
Where It All Comes Together
Today, The Elemental Teen brings together everything I've learned about the elements, astrology, and the experience of growing into yourself.
Through Elemental Blueprint Readings, the community, and The Elemental You planner, I offer ways to explore who you are with more curiosity and compassion — without needing to fit yourself into a box.
Whether you're a teen discovering yourself, an adult reconnecting with parts of yourself you've forgotten, or simply someone who wants to understand yourself a little more deeply, you're welcome here.
Because this work isn't about becoming someone different.