MIHAELA (MIA) GODFREY is a certified life coach, Bible counselor, EME (Emotions,Mind and Energy) practitioner,public speaker, and author of Buried, Not Broken: A Memoir of Survival, Sisterhood, and Starting Over. With more than 17 years of leadership experience at Cellular Sales, where she serves as talent acquisition operations manager, Mia brings authenticity and compassion to every area of her work.
Her professional success is matched by her lifelong devotion to helping others find healing, strength, and renewed purpose. Mia has built a career on showing empathy, upholding integrity, and helping others rise to their potential. Beyond the boardroom, she is a guiding voice for women navigating grief, trauma, and life transitions, offering practical tools for rebuilding confidence and rediscovering purpose through faith.
Born in Romania as the youngest of 10 children, Mia learned resilience and faith early. After earning her bachelor of science in education, she immigrated to the United States at 27, carrying with her an unwavering belief that every challenge holds the seed of growth. She has since earned multiple leadership and public speaking awards through Toastmasters International and is an active member of the AACC World Counselors.
Now based in Knoxville, Tennessee, Mia is a proud wife and mother to two grown children, Alli and Isaac. Outside her professional life, she finds joy in mentoring others, connecting through faith, and helping people see hope where they once saw only hardship.
Her life’s purpose is to remind others that healing is possible, growth is continuous, and purpose is always within reach.
Learn more or connect with Mia at www.miagodfrey.com.
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Epis:ode Highlights:
- Survival Under Communism: Growing up as the youngest of 10 in survival-mode poverty in Romania, and how writing her memoir finally freed her family from decades of shared fear .
- Escaping Addiction at 18: Running 300 miles from home after her father’s sudden death to escape a path of addiction and protect her family from shame.
- The 800-Letter Love Story: Writing hundreds of letters using a physical paper dictionary to communicate with her late husband, Robert, before she even knew English .
- Coping Through Exhaustion: Surviving the sudden loss of Robert by working three intense jobs just to keep herself too exhausted to face the grief .
- Losing Her "Lifeline": Serving as the primary caregiver for her beloved sister Mona during her 11-month battle with ovarian cancer.
- Fulfilling a Deathbed Promise: Breaking childhood vows of secrecy by starting a journal that fulfilled Mona's final, healing wish to tell their stories .
- The "Silent Napkin Friend": Why the best support in grief isn’t unsolicited advice or preachiness, but simply holding a quiet, loving presence.
- Buried, Not Broken: Shifting our perspective from feeling broken by trauma to realizing we are whole and simply growing strong roots under the soil.
