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What if you've been so busy trying to understand who you've become that you've forgotten to imagine who else you could be? This week on Into The Work, we're having a different kind of conversation. We're not digging into what's holding you back, what needs healing, or what you need to fix. Consider this the pep talk you didn't know you needed. We're exploring the extraordinary possibility that you are so much more than your conditioning, your past experiences, and the identity you've learned to live inside. I'm sharing a recent experience at a women's visibility conference where I found myself facing an old pattern: needing everything to be perfectly planned and prepared before I could show up. But something surprising happened when I stopped negotiating with that old version of myself and simply said, "Of course I am." It reminded me that expansion isn't always about pushing harder. Sometimes it's about trusting ourselves enough to discover what we're already capable of. We also go deeper into the spiritual side of becoming, our connection to universal consciousness, the infinite self, and the power of imagination to help us explore possibilities beyond our current reality. And perhaps most importantly, we'll talk about why your growth is about more than just you. The ideas you share, the work you create, and the ways you choose to show up can have a ripple effect far beyond what you'll ever see. Because you can be completely whole as you are and still be nowhere near finished becoming. If you've been feeling stuck in what's familiar, questioning what's possible, or simply needing a reminder of who you are beneath it all, this conversation is for you. A question to take with you: What if the thing you keep talking yourself out of isn't just something you want? What if it's something someone else is waiting to receive? You don't need to have your entire future figured out. Maybe it's enough to get curious about what else is possible. There's still so much of your life waiting to be lived. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

Have you ever shared something you're genuinely excited about, something you've worked hard on or finally found the courage to put into the world, only to hear... crickets? For entrepreneurs, especially in the early years, that silence can feel incredibly personal. And sometimes the people you expected to cheer you on are the very people who seem least interested. But what if their silence isn't telling you what you think it is? In this episode of Into The Work, we're exploring the psychology of why the people closest to us don't always recognize, understand, or celebrate our growth. We'll look at why friends and family may still see an older version of you, how someone else's courage or visibility can become a mirror for our own beliefs and limitations, and why the meaning we attach to other people's reactions can influence our confidence and self-trust. Because sometimes the most important question isn't Why aren't they supporting me? It's: What am I making their response mean about me? We'll also explore the loneliness of building something other people don't fully understand, the difference between wanting encouragement and needing external validation, and how to use the discomfort of feeling unseen as an opportunity for growth. The people around you may not recognize who you're becoming, but their responses and your reactions to them  can reveal something valuable about the beliefs and expectations you're carrying into your next chapter. You don't have to make other people wrong for not understanding your vision. And you don't have to make yourself wrong for wanting them to. If you've ever felt unsupported, misunderstood, or alone in your growth, this conversation is for you. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

What actually makes someone change?  I’ve sat across from people who could explain exactly why they do what they do. They understood their childhoods, their triggers, their relationship patterns, and the protective behaviors they developed along the way. And yet, understanding the pattern doesn’t always change the pattern. I’ve also watched people transform their lives—sometimes slowly, sometimes imperfectly, but in ways that lasted. So what makes the difference? In this episode of Into The Work, I’m sharing what I’ve come to believe about the people who actually change: their willingness to see themselves clearly without turning what they see into evidence that something is wrong with them, their ability to stay curious when defensiveness would be easier, and the shift from asking who or what is to blame to asking, What is mine now? We’ll talk about why insight isn’t the same as integration, how powerlessness can sometimes become protective, why hiding after we fall back into an old pattern can keep us stuck, and why feeling terrible about something isn’t necessarily the same as taking responsibility for it. Because real change rarely happens in one enormous breakthrough. More often, it happens in the small space between recognizing the old pattern and deciding what you’re going to do next. And if you recognize yourself in some of the patterns that make change difficult, I especially want you to hear the end of this episode. An inability to change is not an identity. It’s a pattern. And patterns can change. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

You can be highly capable, deeply self-aware, and have years of evidence that you know how to handle hard things—and still find yourself questioning your own decisions. So why does that happen? In this episode of Into The Work: The Psychology of Becoming, we explore why second-guessing isn’t always a confidence problem. Sometimes it’s what happens when you’ve become highly skilled at considering everyone else’s needs, reactions, and opinions before giving your own voice the final say. We’ll look at the difference between capability and self-trust, why criticism can hit so deeply when it touches a belief we already carry. We’ll also explore why uncertainty doesn’t necessarily mean you’re making the wrong decision. Sometimes you’re simply trying to make a choice from a level of authority you haven’t inhabited before. In this episode, you’ll explore: Why highly capable women can still struggle to trust their own decisionsHow considering everyone else’s reaction can become self-doubtWhy criticism often has the most power when it finds a belief already living inside usThe difference between needing more information and needing permissionWhy the second thought isn’t automatically the wiser thoughtWhat self-trust actually looks like when certainty isn’t availableIf you’ve been waiting to feel completely certain before you make a decision, this episode may give you a different question to ask: If I knew I could handle whatever came next, what would I choose? Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

What if fear doesn’t mean you’re making the wrong decision? We tend to believe that when something is right, we’ll feel certain. Clear. Ready. But some of the most important decisions we make come with excitement and fear, hope and hesitation. Because decision doesn’t eliminate ambivalence. In this episode of Into The Work, we’re talking about how to discern between a grounded no and a protective no—and what to pay attention to when you’re standing at the edge of a decision that could change your trajectory. I’m also taking you behind the scenes of why I created The Vision Lab and the philosophy at the heart of it: bringing together the feminine energy of vision, intuition, and possibility with the masculine energy of structure, strategy, and action. We’ll talk about: Why certainty and clarity aren’t the same thingWhy the “right” decision can still feel scaryThe difference between a grounded no and a protective noThe signals I pay attention to when making a big decisionHow indecision divides our energy and decision creates momentumDesire → Decision → DevotionWhy we sometimes use feminine or masculine energy to avoid the otherWhy I created the Vision Map to bridge vision and executionWhy capable women and leaders need spaces where they don’t always have to be the one holding everythingThe Vision Lab closes Thursday, 9/10. If you’ve been circling this decision, you don’t need every part of you to agree before you move. You can have questions. You can feel excited and scared. You can want support and still feel uncomfortable receiving it. → Join The Vision Lab HERE Not sure if Vision Lab is the right fit? Let’s talk. → Book a 20-minute Vision Lab consult HERE Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

You know something needs to change. You can feel that there’s more for you. Maybe you even have a glimpse of what you want next. So why aren’t you moving? We tend to assume we need more clarity, more time, more confidence, or that we simply aren’t ready yet. But sometimes what looks like a strategy problem is actually a permission problem. What looks like a clarity problem is a trust problem. And what looks like a timing problem is the discomfort of standing at an identity threshold. In this episode of Into The Work: The Psychology of Becoming, we’re looking underneath five of the most common reasons we give ourselves for waiting. COME TO BECOMING EXPANSIVE TONIGHT Becoming Expansive is happening live tonight, September 1st at 7 PM ET. This free live experience is for soul-led entrepreneurs ready to step away from the noise, reconnect with what they want, and explore expansion psychologically, emotionally and energetically. We’ll move beyond simply thinking about your next chapter and create space for you to actually experience a different relationship with possibility. Register for Becoming Expansive Here READY TO GO DEEPER? Enrollment for Vision Lab is officially open. Vision Lab is my six-week live experience for soul-led women entrepreneurs ready to clarify what they’re building next and expand their capacity to lead it. Together, we’ll work with vision, identity, old patterns, and practical planning so you can begin building your next chapter from where you’re going—not simply from where you’ve been. Explore Vision Lab Here Don’t just think about expansion. Come experience it. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

What if feeling stuck in your business doesn't mean you need a better strategy? Sometimes the frustration, resistance, or restlessness you’re experiencing is a sign that you've reached the edge of an identity that can no longer take you where you want to go. In this episode of Into The Work: The Psychology of Becoming, Michelle explores the identity shifts that happen as entrepreneurs grow and why the patterns that helped you build your business can eventually become the very patterns limiting your next chapter. You’ll learn what Michelle calls an identity threshold: the tension between the woman who knows how to operate inside the life and business you've already created and the woman beginning to sense a bigger vision. We explore how people-pleasing, perfectionism, over-responsibility, fear of visibility, hyper-independence, and other protective patterns can quietly shape the way you lead your business. And why knowing exactly what to do doesn't always mean you'll be able to do it from the identity you're currently operating from. Michelle also explores what it means to be a soul-led entrepreneur, why outgrowing the way you've been working can actually be a sign of expansion, and how to recognize when your next level requires more than another tactic or business strategy. Because sometimes you're not stuck. You've simply reached the edge of the woman you've been—and your vision is asking you to expand beyond her. In this episode: How to recognize when you've reached an identity thresholdWhy successful entrepreneurs can still feel stuck, restless, or resistantThe connection between identity, business growth, and visibilityHow protective patterns can become limitations as your business expandsWhy the identity that helped you succeed may not be the one that leads your next chapterWhat it means to build a soul-led businessWhy you don't need to have your entire vision figured out before moving toward itHow expansion creates greater capacity for purpose, leadership, creativity, and possibilityBecoming Expansive — Live September 1 If you can feel that something more is calling you forward, but you're struggling to see how to get from where you are to where you want to go, join Michelle for Becoming Expansive, a live activation experience for soul-led entrepreneurs. You'll explore what expansion really means, begin recognizing the identities and protective patterns that can narrow what's possible, and experience a guided activation designed to help you access a more expansive state. 💫 Join Becoming Expansive on September 1. Click to save your seat! And if you're ready to go deeper, enrollment for Vision Lab is now open—a six-week live experience designed to help you uncover the patterns shaping your business, reconnect with your bigger vision, and begin building from the identity that can lead it. 💫 The Vision Lab starts September 14th. Click here to learn more Not sure if Vision Lab is the right next step for you? Book a complimentary consultation with me. We’ll talk about where you are, what you’re wanting to create, and whether Vision Lab is the right container to help you move toward it. No pressure, no convincing, just a conversation to explore the fit.  Recommended episode: The Spiritual Closet of High-Achieving Women: Why There Is More Than One Door: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2295443/episodes/18865576 Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

Have you ever had a breakthrough that felt like it changed everything… only to find yourself back in the same patterns a week later? You saw something differently. You felt clear, inspired, maybe even certain about what needed to change. And then life happened. In this episode of Into The Work: The Psychology of Becoming, we're exploring why insight alone doesn't always create transformation—and why that doesn't mean the breakthrough wasn't real. Because breakthroughs are the spark. They can illuminate what's been hidden, reconnect us with possibility, and give us access to a more expansive state. But a spark needs somewhere to go. That's where vision comes in. Vision gives your insight direction. It gives your decisions a North Star. And it helps you stop organizing your life and business around what's urgent and start building toward what actually matters. In this episode, we'll explore: Why knowing something intellectually doesn't automatically change how you liveWhy we can feel incredibly expansive one day and constricted again the nextThe difference between having a breakthrough and integrating what it revealedWhy the urgent so often wins over the importantHow vision gives your breakthroughs somewhere to goThe question that may matter more than "What else do I need to heal?"Plus, I'm officially introducing Vision Lab, my new six-week live experience for women building businesses who are ready to clarify what they're creating and begin building from vision rather than old patterns. Because maybe you don't need another breakthrough. Maybe you're ready to take what has already changed inside you… and give it somewhere to go. EXPLORE VISION LAB Vision Lab is now open for enrollment. Over six weeks, we'll explore the bigger vision for your business, uncover what's been shaping what feels possible, and turn that exploration into a tangible Vision Map for where you're going next.  Explore The Vision Lab Here JOIN ME FOR BECOMING EXPANSIVE - A FREE EVENT Not sure you can even see the bigger vision yet? Start here. Becoming Expansive is a free live activation experience happening September 1, designed to help you expand your access to possibility and see what becomes available when you're no longer viewing your future through a constricted lens. RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR BECOMING EXPANSIVE Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

What if your next level isn't asking you to work harder? What if it's asking you to become more expansive? In this episode of Into the Work: The Psychology of Becoming, Michelle Poverman explores a powerful shift in perspective that has transformed the way she understands personal growth, healing, purpose, leadership, and entrepreneurship. If you've ever felt called toward something bigger, but found yourself overthinking, doubting yourself, procrastinating, or struggling to access the vision you know is inside you, this conversation is for you. You'll discover why growth isn't just about changing your mindset or finding a better strategy. It's about expanding your capacity to lead, trust yourself, and become the woman your next chapter requires. In this episode, you'll learn: ✨ What it really means to become expansive and why it's both a state and a lifelong practice. ✨ Why your identity quietly shapes what feels possible in your business and your life. ✨ How protective patterns can keep you circling the edge of your next chapter. ✨ Why personal transformation isn't about becoming someone different, but becoming more fully expressed. ✨ How your business, relationships, and purpose become invitations into deeper healing, greater leadership, and lasting change. Whether you're a soul-led entrepreneur, a purpose-driven woman, or simply someone who knows there's more life waiting for you, this episode will invite you to think differently about what it truly means to grow. Because perhaps the most important question isn't... "What should I do next?" It's... "Who am I becoming?" Mentioned in this episode 💜 Join my free live event, Becoming Expansive, a live guided activation for female soul-led entrepreneurs ready to understand what it means to become expansive and begin leading from a new way of being. 👉 Register here: Becoming Expansive If this episode resonated with you... Please subscribe to Into the Work: The Psychology of Becoming and leave a review. Your support helps more women discover the psychology behind healing, purpose, leadership, entrepreneurship, and lasting transformation. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

Why do smart, capable entrepreneurs keep procrastinating, overthinking, people-pleasing, or doubting themselves even when they know exactly what to do? Sometimes it can feel like two different women are running your business. One can clearly see the vision she's here to build. The other wants to keep her safe. If you've ever felt inspired one moment and full of self-doubt the next, you're not imagining it. What if those patterns aren't signs that something is wrong with you? What if they're signs that a protective part of you has quietly taken the lead? In this episode of Into the Work, psychotherapist and transformational coach Michelle Poverman explores why so many soul-led entrepreneurs struggle with self-sabotage, fear of visibility, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and self-doubt not because they lack strategy, but because old protective patterns are still shaping the way they lead. You'll discover how your business becomes a mirror for your personal growth, revealing both the vision that's trying to emerge and the emotional patterns that are asking to be healed. If you've ever wondered why you keep getting in your own way, this episode will help you understand yourself with greater compassion and show you how to begin leading your business from your deepest wisdom instead of your fear. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

You know what your next step is. The email is still sitting in your drafts. The offer is ready to launch. You know it's time to raise your rates. You have the words; you just can't seem to hit publish. If you've ever wondered why you can know exactly what to do in your business and still struggle to do it, this episode is for you. In today's conversation, Michelle challenges one of the biggest misconceptions in the entrepreneurial world: that taking action is simply a matter of discipline, motivation, or finding the right strategy. What if you've been trying to solve the wrong problem? Drawing on nearly two decades as a psychotherapist and her work with soul-led women entrepreneurs, Michelle explores why so many capable women stay stuck, not because they lack knowledge, but because their nervous system is protecting them from becoming the woman their next level requires. You'll discover why your business isn't creating your fears, self-doubt, or procrastination. It's revealing them. And that changes everything. This episode is the beginning of a powerful new series exploring the hidden patterns that shape the way we build our businesses and what becomes possible when we finally understand them. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

The Securely Attached Business: What Your Business Reveals What if your business isn't creating your fear, self-doubt, or emotional triggers... What if it's simply revealing what's already asking to heal? In this episode of Into The Work, Michelle explores a powerful perspective that every soul-led entrepreneur needs to hear: your business doesn't create your core wounds—it reveals them. Drawing on nearly 20 years as a psychotherapist, Michelle introduces the idea of the Securely Attached Business and explores how our attachment patterns quietly shape the way we lead, sell, serve, and respond to rejection. If you've ever found yourself taking a "no" personally, overthinking a launch, struggling to let a client move on, or feeling emotionally attached to how others respond to your work, this conversation will help you understand why—and why it has far less to do with business strategy than you may think. In this episode, you'll discover: ✨ Why attachment theory doesn't stop at relationships—it follows us into our businesses. ✨ The difference between caring deeply and clinging to outcomes. ✨ How three core wounds influence the way we build our businesses. ✨ Why entrepreneurship can become one of the greatest catalysts for healing. 👉 Take The Quiz! What's the Core Wound Running Your Business... and What's Your  Soul-Level Gift Hidden Behind It? You'll discover the core wound that's influencing the way you lead, sell, show up, and grow your business, along with the extraordinary gift waiting on the other side of your healing. If this episode resonated with you, I'd love for you to join the mission. Subscribe, leave a review, and help another soul-led woman discover this work. Every review helps these conversations reach women who are ready to heal deeply, trust their gifts, and build businesses that reflect who they truly are. Topics discussed: attachment theory for entrepreneurs, core wounds, women entrepreneurs, business mindset, emotional healing, fear of rejection, people-pleasing, visibility, self-worth, nervous system, leadership, ethical sales, soul-led business, personal growth. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

You’ve rewritten that caption three times. You’ve softened your price before anyone even asked. You’ve over-explained, over-delivered, and over-apologized, and you’re exhausted. Here’s the truth: “People don’t see you for who you are. They see you through the filter of who they are.” That means no matter how hard you try to control what they think of you, you can’t. And in this episode, we’re talking about why you keep trying anyway. This is a pep talk. It’s also a piece of real psychological truth. In This Episode We Explore: Why people see you through the filter of their own experiencesThe psychological concept of projection and how it impacts relationships and businessThe exhausting job of perception managementHow childhood conditioning teaches us to seek approval for safetyWhy entrepreneurs often struggle with visibility and being fully seenThe connection between people-pleasing, perfectionism, and core woundsWhat happens when you stop editing yourself to be more acceptableHow healing your wounds expands your capacity for success Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

What if the hardest seasons of building your business aren’t happening to you — but for you? What if every launch that flopped, every season where everything felt like it was burning down, every moment you had to pick yourself up and figure out how to keep going, was not a detour from the work, but the work itself? And what if the resilience you’re searching for is not something you develop before you build but something that is being forged inside you right now, through the building itself? About This Episode This is Part Two of a series that goes where most business conversations don’t. In Part One, we got honest about what actually happens inside you when something doesn’t work: the shame, the wounds, the patterns you run under pressure. If you haven’t heard it, start there. In Part Two, we go deeper. Because knowing your pattern is one thing. Building the identity that can hold under pressure is something else entirely. And that’s the thread that runs through everything in this episode: your history holds more proof of your resilience than you have ever given yourself credit for. The evidence has been accumulating since long before you started your business. You just haven’t been counting it. This episode is not about mindset. It is not about pushing through or thinking your way to the other side. It is about identity, the slow, lived, experience-built knowing that you are someone who finds the next step when things fall apart. Not because you are fearless. Not because you are certain. Because you have done it before. And your history knows it, even when your fear forgets. The Real Conversation in This Episode Most conversations about resilience will tell you to believe in yourself, to develop a growth mindset, to reframe failure as feedback. And while none of that is wrong, it misses the most important thing: Resilience is not a belief you acquire. It is an identity you build — one experience at a time, one fall at a time, one moment of finding the next step at a time. And it cannot be shortcut, bypassed, or learned from the outside. It has to be lived. Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...

Nobody talks about this part of entrepreneurship honestly enough- what happens inside you when something doesn’t work. The launch goes quiet. The pitch that gets a no. The program nobody bought. The public moment that made you want to disappear. In this episode, Michelle takes you into the psychology of entrepreneurial setback. This is the episode that helps you finally understand what’s actually happening when you fall down in your business, and why the way you’ve been trying to fix it may be targeting the wrong wound entirely. This is Part One of a two-part series. Part Two, How to Rise: and Who You Become in the Process, drops next week. What You’ll Discover in This Episode Why entrepreneurial shame is fundamentally different from ordinary shame, and why that difference changes everything about how you heal itThe research on what actually determines whether a public setback leads to self-destruction, self-delusion, or self-recoveryThe two distinct wounds that get activated when something doesn’t work in your business, and why conflating them keeps the healing stalledThe four response patterns most entrepreneurs run under pressure, named as protective intelligence, not character flawsA guided somatic experience to help you identify which wound is louder for you in your body, Why naming your pattern is the first real act of resilience Support the show Thank you for listening! 🌟 Take the Soul-Led Business Quiz  Discover the hidden pattern shaping your business and the soul-level gift it's been protecting. In just five minutes, you'll uncover: The core wound that may be limiting your growth.Your unique soul-level gift hidden beneath that wound.Personalized insights to help you lead your business with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.Take the free quiz here:  The Soul-Led Business Quiz 💎 The Squeegee Method For Clearing, Grounding and Protection: This guided audio will help you wipe away emotional energy that doesn’t belong to you and restore your energetic clarity. In fact, it’s helped my clients clear oncoming migraines, brain fog, unexplained moodiness, and exhaustion.   You’ll not only listen to it, but you’ll also learn how to do it for yourself anytime, anywhere. Hit reset on your energy and reclaim your peace. 💫 Sign up Here For The Squeegee Method 🦋 Follow on socials:  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn Go to...