There’s no easy way to talk about racism. It’s a learned behavior and hard to unlearn without a relaunch to thinking patterns. I didn’t know anything different. But I actively worked to see how I was raised and change this. And I’m still a work in progress. Today on the Launch Your Life Podcast, I’m talking about the racist history
In my experience, sexualization caused extreme toxic shame. Merriam-Webster has a descriptive definition: “A painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety, the susceptibility to such emotion, a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute.” On today’s episode of the Launch Your Life Podcast, I talk about shame, my mother’s secrets, generational trauma, discovering fundamental truths about myself and
On today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I continue with my childhood, reveal some alarming statistics, talk about the time I “woke up” in 5th grade, and more. Resources: Send me feedback and your thoughts: drg@drgordon.meCheck my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.launchyourlifepodcast.com)Connect with me on Instagram (@doctormichellegordon)Follow me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/drmgordon)Check out my LinkedIn posts
Growth work is change work. It’s not only uncovering beliefs from childhood, but all the beliefs stacked through life experiences and anything we think is “true.” It took me decades to understand this. On today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I talk about the process of change and why it can be so hard as well as some
On today’s episode of the Launch Your Life Podcast, I share how I developed a deep love of travel, a childhood illness, more stories of the House of Many Horrors, a recurring night terror, and much more. True growth is uncovering the beliefs and stories you created as a child to make sense of perceived or real trauma. It can
Five was a pivotal year for me. It was the year I learned the world isn’t safe as I created some really strong beliefs about life and myself. And these ran as subconscious programming for years. In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I share stories about my childhood beliefs, my family’s competitive culture that led to strained
I’ve just entered my 4th year of podcasting and I want to let you know how much I appreciate you spending time with me every week. In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I want to share my story to help you understand where I’ve come from and how I’ve relaunched my life over and over as I’ve
Who are you going to serve? Many women in midlife, like me, pivot and want to be their own boss. The natural question that can come up is “What type of business should I start?” But here’s what you should be asking: “What market am I going to focus on pursuing?” Because the business that you start is actually far less
Everybody feels like an imposter at first until we decide to push through in order to get to the next side. When I got back into exercise in 2014 I had to fight with myself to do it because I had this mindset that exercise was punishment. I don’t know where that came from. But I had to change my
I hadn’t run since I was 18 until I hired a cycling coach who happened to be a triathlon coach. When I first started running, I did it for one minute at a time and my heart rate would go up to 180 so I had to walk for three minutes and then run and walk. Eventually I came in
When I first started running, I ran 30-40 seconds at a time and my heart rate would go up into the one eighties. And then I would walk while I caught my breath. Then I’d run again. The longest race I ever did was the Falmouth Road Race, which was seven miles and I did 11 minutes per mile. Exercise
Self-care is an inside job. It’s about asking for help. It’s about knowing you need it. It’s about being vulnerable enough with other people to let them in a little, so you aren’t doing everything alone. And it is about setting boundaries. Have you ever told yourself you can’t stop or the world will crumble? Some people believe that. But no
Consider this: If you only had six months to live, what would you do? Without question I know I would be traveling. But if there were no limits, what would you do? This is something I always think about because the limits that we have in our lives are only things that we put on ourselves because of some belief.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized mindset truly is everything. I spend a lot of time in my courses and programs helping people see things from a different perspective so that they can create change in their lives. I even had one client say, “I would have paid five times as much to see this much change in my life.”
One of my mentors, Srikumar Rao likes to say, “If it doesn’t make your heart sing, you shouldn’t be doing it.” What is in your heart that you’re so passionate about? Have you been putting it off? The universe is going to give us infinite ideas and possibilities but they’re not going to stick around forever for us to take
We have plans for ourselves. But sometimes the universe has a different plan for us. Sometimes we think what we want is the right thing, but when it doesn’t happen…we get disappointed. I used to get mad when I’m disappointed. Especially because I almost always get what I want (not from a spoiled child perspective). I’m usually in alignment with
We often don’t realize this, but we have a bully inside our heads. It’s important to pay attention to how we’re telling ourselves stories, what those stories actually mean, and whether they’re valid. A quick example: If I tell myself that someone hates me because I’m wearing scrubs, then we’re going to have tension because this is the story that
I was very competitive as a child. I remember we lived on a cul-de-sac and there was a boy visiting. I had just gotten new shoes and I said to him, “I just got new shoes. I can run faster than you.” And he said, “Your shoes don’t make you fast.” I said, “Do you want to make a bet?
There are truths I didn’t think I would ever say. One of them is we’re all on a spiritual path, whether we want to believe it or not. Even the most ardent atheist is on their own spiritual path. When I was in high school, I was like a crazy Jesus freak. Then I kind of slipped away from it
Abuse is a lot more common than a lot of us would admit. It’s not just physical. It’s more than that and it cuts through to someone’s core. And while it may not be directly related to menopause, some of us may be in abusive relationships. Understanding more about how to handle, get out of and heal from an abusive
