Dr. Michelle Eggenberger- Prema Om

HAVE YOU EVER FELT COMPLETELY SHATTERED?

If you have ever felt like a vase that has fallen from its stand, shattered into a million pieces — this is for you.

And although you may feel literally broken — trust that you will be put back together by God’s Grace, piece by piece, lovingly, and oh so perfectly. Where the vase that was before will now have big cracks filled with gold.

For the beauty of your form will not be shown by its perfection, but by each golden crack that tells the story of your recently gained wisdom, your resilience, your surrender, and your willingness to start again.

Like Rumi said: “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

So today I pray for you, for me, and for all who have experienced pain like this sometime in their life:

Oh dear Lord, hear our prayer — that the breaking of our hearts makes it possible for Your light to shine through them more intensely, and brighter than before.

May we today, and forever, be receptive to Your Grace- in whatever form you choose.

— Prema Om 🙏

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START AGAIN…

After 10 years in advertising — feeling drained, unsatisfied, and quietly empty — I decided to begin again. I didn’t know what that looked like yet. I just knew something had to change.
I remember walking through Coconut Grove in Miami one afternoon and stumbling into a Krishna Temple. I didn’t know much about yoga or meditation then. But something called me in — the fragrance of incense, the colorful paintings of Krishna’s stories, the stillness. The peace.
At the time I was carrying so much. Problems with my boss. Feeling unheard, unseen, overworked. And I couldn’t just quit — I was on a work visa. Losing that job meant losing everything.
So I sat there in that temple, terrified. Wondering how I would survive. Emotionally. Financially. Asking God quietly — please, please help me. Show me the way.
And then — a smell. Warm, spiced, beautiful.
I opened my eyes to a plate of food placed right in front of me.
I didn’t know yet that the Hare Krishnas offer prasad — food prepared as a sacred offering, then shared freely with whoever walks through the door. To me, in that moment, it was simply God winking.
Don’t worry. I’ll feed you.
I went back to work with something I hadn’t had before — courage. I handed in my notice. And in the most unexpected twist, my boss’s boss finally heard me, found me the support I needed, and gave me a raise.
But the real gift wasn’t the raise.
It was the knowing. That I could trust. That grace arrives in forms we don’t expect, at times we don’t plan.
That moment became the foundation of the biggest leap of my life — leaving advertising after a decade to begin studying Chinese Medicine. Starting over completely. Terrified and trusting at the same time.
This photo was taken years later at Sarnath, India — the sacred ground where the Buddha gave his final teaching before leaving this world. I didn’t plan to end up there either. But that is the thing about surrender — it takes you exactly where you need to go.
The Catholic girl who wandered into a Krishna temple. Who found God in a plate of food. Who ended up prostrated on Buddhist holy ground.
Not one religion. One truth. Arriving in different forms, at different times, always exactly when needed.
If you are standing at the edge of something right now — a career, a relationship, a version of yourself that no longer fits — and you are afraid to begin again, I understand. It is scary. Terrifying, really.
But grace is already moving toward you.
“Your kingdom come, your will be done.”
— Matthew 6:10
May we always trust His wisdom and timing.
May we surrender to what wants to emerge.
Only love,
Prema Om

ANOTHER DAY AT THE CLINIC.
I love what I do. I love the wonderful, courageous people who walk through this door.
When I am here, my whole outside world disappears. My only focus, my only desire, is to be fully present with this precious human being in front of me.
And as I help them — with this ancestral, powerful medicine — to reconnect back to themselves in body, mind, and soul… to let dis-ease leave their body and return to their natural state of ease… I too receive the medicine.
Because when your heart is focused on being of service, it cannot be focused on anything else.
So if you are suffering — I invite you to find someone to be of service to. You will discover the magical power of stepping out of the ego-mind and dropping into your heart.
Whenever you feel depressed, angry, or sad — shift your focus from your own suffering to soothing the suffering of someone else.
And you will find peace. If even for just a moment.
Only love,
Prema Om

Nobody knows the story you carry.
The truth is — no one’s life is perfect. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain — these are not opposites to be solved. They are the texture of being human.
Don’t be fooled by the perfect Instagram photos.
We are all carrying something. And at the same time, we all have access to our own liberation.
The key is learning to receive it all with grace.
Resist nothing. Allow everything.
Whatever is happening right now — don’t deflect, don’t numb, don’t buffer. Meet it with courage instead. Befriend your life, even the hard parts.
Because maybe, just maybe — as the resistance softens, so will the pain.
May you be able to accept life as it is.
And may you, by doing so, become receptive to the grace of God.
Onlh love,
Prema Om

You got the thing.
The promotion. The award. The recognition you worked yourself to the bone for.
Maybe you were even in a room that most people only dream about.
And you stood there.
And waited for it to fill you.
And it didn’t.
The hole was still there.
Perfectly intact.
Completely unbothered by your achievement.
Can you relate?
I can.
I was an Associate Creative Director at one of the top Latino advertising agencies in the United States.
The Addys. The Clios.
An invitation to Cannes as part of an elite creative circle — flight paid, hotel covered.
I worked nights. I worked weekends.
I poured everything into the work.
Because I believed the next thing would finally do it.
And then I was sitting in Cannes.
Surrounded by the best creatives in the world.
And I felt nothing.
Not nothing as in ungrateful.
Nothing as in — is this it?
That was the moment I understood that no accolade was ever going to reach the place inside me that was hurting.
That place needed something else entirely.
And finding it changed everything.
Not just for me.
For every person who sits across from me now.
Only love,
Prema Om 🌿

I know you have everything they sold you, you absolutely needed to be happy.

The beautiful wife. The great job. The gorgeous house.
Everything you worked so hard for.
And yet there is something deep inside that feels empty.

You try to fill it with booze, with work, with whatever helps you get through the night. And it is still there. And after all of it you just feel incredibly tired. Frustrated. If I dare say it — angry.

And there is a voice, deep inside, that speaks to you when you are alone at night in that 5 star hotel room. That tells you there is another way.
A way where you feel more connected. More energetic. More fulfilled. More yourself.

I want to invite you to listen to that voice.
Because it is not there to annoy you.
It is there to invite you home.

Only love,
Dr. Michelle 🌿

Lately I’ve been thinking about how unprepared we are for this season of life.

Perimenopause doesn’t always arrive loudly.
Sometimes it slips in quietly — through lighter sleep, a body that responds differently, a nervous system that feels less forgiving.

For a long time, I thought if I just ate better, exercised more, stayed disciplined… things would settle.

And when they didn’t, I assumed I was doing something wrong.

What I’ve learned — through my own body and through years of sitting with women — is that this transition asks for something very different than what we were taught.

Less pushing.
More structure.
More listening.
More kindness.

There is nothing wrong with your body.
This phase simply asks us to relate to it in a new way.

WOW, YOU’VE LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT! WHAT ARE YOU EATING?
On my regular walk today, a neighbor I often see stopped me and said, “Michelle, you’ve lost so much weight! I want to know everything—what are you eating, what diet are you on?”
This is the exact question I used to ask for years: What diet will help me lose weight fast? I wish I could have told myself in my 40s, when perimenopause hit, that it’s not just about a diet. There’s so much more to consider for your metabolism and overall health in this new stage of life!
Weight loss during perimenopause or menopause is about more than diet because of:
Hormonal changes
Cellular aging
Inflammation processes
If you’re in your 40s or beyond and have spent money, time, and tears on diets without success, know that you’re not broken. There’s nothing wrong with you! You might just need a new approach for this stage of life. Share your stories below or DM me if you’d like to learn more about !

Amén 🙏🏼