About Mikelann Valterra

Mikelann Valterra, founding director of the Women’s Earning Institute, is passionately devoted to helping women earn at their potential. Mikelann is a published author, dynamic speaker and nationally sought after expert on women’s work, money and earning issues. For over a decade, she has empowered women to overcome self-sabotaging beliefs about wealth, transform their relationship to money, and unlock their earning potential.

Born and raised in the Northwest, Mikelann attended Western Washington University, where she studied economics. She earned her graduate degree from John F. Kennedy University in California, studying consciousness and human potential. Her graduate work took her to the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a premiere think-tank on emerging paradigms and consciousness research. In 1995, Mikelann met Karen McCall, the pioneer of “financial recovery counseling” and head of the Financial Recovery Institute. After studying under Karen McCall, Mikelann was certified as a Financial Recovery Counselor in 1996 and opened her first private practice shortly thereafter.

As a financial counseling professional in private practice, Mikelann has counseled countless people on their relationship to money. Clients work with her to resolve their money issues in a supportive way without shame or guilt. In working with people on their day-to-day finances, she addresses such stressors as chronic debt, problematic overspending and belief systems about money that hinder wealth accumulation.

After a decade of working with people on financial counseling issues, she published her first book, Why Women Earn Less: How to Make What You’re Really Worth (Career Press 2004). Shortly thereafter she founded the Women’s Earning Institute, dedicated to empowering women to earn what they’re really worth. She published How To Set and Raise Your Rates, A Woman’s Guide in 2007.

With her Master’s in Conscious Studies and Financial Recovery counseling background, Mikelann brings a deep understanding of psychology and human potential to the fields of feminine success psychology and money matters. She specializes in understanding the emotional and psychological connections behind why women undersell themselves and providing women the tools to make more money and earn at their potential. A popular speaker and seminar leader, Mikelann deeply engages with her audience and motivates them into action. Full of powerful information and fascinating stories, she consistently receives the highest marks on audience evaluations.

Mikelann has appeared on dozens of radio shows, television spots and in newspapers across the United States. From KOMO News 4 to the Chicago Tribune, she talks about changing one’s relationship to wealth and how women can earn at their potential. In addition to writing and speaking throughout the United States, Mikelann is on the faculty of the Financial Recovery Institute and is also a professional member of the National Speakers Association. She may be reached at her office in Seattle, 206.634.0861 or via the web: www.womenearning.com.

Popular Seminars and Programs:

• Earn More! Breaking the Underearning Cycle
• The seven keys to earning your worth
• How to set and raise your rates
• Powerful negotiation tips and strategies for women
• How to escape “Noble Poverty” with integrity
• Emotional Finance: transforming our relationship to money