Michael McGill, Jr. Speaker & Booking Information

Michael McGill, Jr. is a renowned, award-winning transformational speaker, best-selling author, life coach & strategist, and self-empowerment guru that aims to empower people to transform their own lives- from the inside out- leaving them enriched, encouraged and empowered! Michael’s newest book, "Soul Vitamins: Minerals for the Mind, Body and Soul!" is sure to leave one captivated and enriched to produce the necessary changes that result in fulfilling their destiny and living a more fruitful life! As an avid scholar and educator, McGill loves to inspire- especially young people. With a background in Social Psychology, Family Development, and Urban Education, McGill has experience as an inner-city educator and counselor working with troubled youth; experience as an appointed juvenile court magistrate judge helping first-time juvenile offenders; and McGill has also been appointed by the mayor of Kansas City, Mo. to be a health commissioner to work with families (Women, Infants & Children area). Of all the accolades, Michael's deepest desire is to help transform a generation and light the world- one candle at a time. In order to do this effectively, Michael draws upon his very own experiences of dysfunctional success, depression, neglect, rejection, family dysfunction, and many other challenges to enrich others that they, too, can turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones! Michael is called the "transformational" speaker because he goes beyond the gates of motivation and inspiration- His message and tools TRANSFORM and cause true, measurable action to take place! Michael experienced growing up without his father and was scarred with feelings of abandonment and neglect. He experienced identity crisis after identity crisis, as well as issues of severe depression and loneliness. In his younger years, he even contemplated suicide. Once he witnessed his step father, a well-known drug dealer, laying on the pavement of a local gas station shot and murdered, he knew that time was but a vapor and there was surely a purpose for his living….so, he got to livin’ it! He will help guide your audience in discovering who they are- from the inside out. While Michael’s methodsare practical and universal, he uses his story to inspire audiences- young and seasoned- to break barriers, ponder on self-reflection, take limits off of their lives, and he empowers them to heal and create the life they desire and deserve! You can also check him out on the local CBS news affiliate as a life coach and strategist, dishing out daily doses of motivation, encouragement and advice. Michael currently resides in the Kansas City Metropolitan area and when he's not home, he’s probably somewhere talking or mentoring the young people he sees as his “children”. You can also catch him traveling across the country to inspire, motivate and transform audiences of all genres to tap into their potential, maximize their gifts, and Live ON purpose- the new normal! Michael believes that people can eat, sleep and even breathe “PURPOSE!”