Episode 99

#99 What’s Important to Michelle Mills-Porter - Unlocking Human Magnificence

🎙️ Episode Summary – What’s Important to Michelle Mills-Porter

In this powerful episode, Michelle Mills-Porter shares her journey from surviving the 2004 tsunami to redefining how we understand human behaviour, communication, and success.

Michelle opens up about her late ADHD diagnosis and how it brought clarity to a lifetime of feeling misunderstood.

Her deep sense of fairness and passion for human potential are woven through her work as a keynote speaker, behavioural profiler, and founder of The People Reader Ltd.

We talk about why traditional education systems often fail to recognise neurodivergent strengths, how her own experience led her to create CLARITY—a behavioural profiling tool that empowers rather than boxes people in—and why true collaboration is the secret ingredient to personal and collective growth.

This is a conversation about embracing difference, finding your voice, and seeing value in the things you’ve always taken for granted.

💡 Key Themes:

  • Fairness and neurodiversity

  • ADHD, late diagnosis, and reframing the past

  • Communication and public speaking with impact

  • The power of personalised behaviour profiling

  • Why collaboration > competition

  • How to value your natural strengths


📌 Connect with Michelle Mills-Porter:

🔗 Website: https://thepeoplereader.com/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellemillsporter/

📩 Want to work with Michelle?

Reach out via her website or message her directly on LinkedIn.


🎯 Connect with James Dean Coaching:

🔗 Website: https://jamesdeancoach.com/ 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdeancoaching/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesdeancoaching/ 

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About the Podcast

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About your host

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James Dean

Hi, I’m James Dean — Life Coach, Podcast Host, and Curious Human.

I’m the host of What’s Important to You? — a podcast dedicated to real, reflective conversations that uncover the stories, values, and breakthroughs that shape how we live, lead, and grow.

With a background in corporate life, personal development, and endurance sports (including Ironman training with three Labradors in tow), I’m deeply passionate about helping people reconnect with what matters most.

Each week on the show, I sit down with remarkable guests — coaches, creatives, entrepreneurs, and change-makers — to explore questions like:
What drives you? What have you overcome? And what are you learning now?

It’s not just a podcast — it’s a space for growth, clarity, and meaningful connection.

Whether you’re in transition, looking for inspiration, or just love a good story with soul, you’re in the right place.