The Good Girl Game Changers

Dr. Michelle McQuaid, Evie Wright
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Helping women break free of their ‘good girl’ beliefs with practical evidence-based tools to embody their 'unique self'. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/ Join the Breaking Free Studio community - free for 30 days - for recorded practices, downloadable tools and a community of women breaking free of their 'good girl' beliefs: https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio

  1. 5d ago

    David Mallard: Do You Need To Grieve Your "Good Girl" Beliefs To Finally Let Them Go?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio Do you need to grieve your good girl beliefs to finally let them go? David Mallard joins Chelle to talk about the hidden doorways into grief, why healing means going into the dark as well as toward the light, and how grieving together helps us reclaim our belonging. 1:41 — Dave shares his strong boy story 2:35 — Chelle describes the grief that came once her anger at good girl expectations passed, and what she noticed at Dave’s grief workshop 4:50 — Dave explains the doorways into grief we often miss 9:14 — Chelle opens up about meeting her protective parts, why a religious upbringing made descending into the dark so terrifying, and the belonging she found grieving with others 13:29 — Dave talks about soul hygiene, working on “geologic time”, and letting go of the expectation that one course will fix us 18:58 — Dave describes grief work as countercultural, humanising work, and shares why one Indigenous community said “we’re happy because we grieve a lot” 23:28 — Dave talks about living in an age of collapse, rising loneliness, and a culture that tells us to “get over it” and hit our KPIs 25:10 — Dave explains why grief has to be embodied and witnessed, and why being seen is both what we fear and where the relief comes from 31:01 — Chelle and Dave talk about belonging as something you feel in your body, and vulnerability as the risk it asks of us 35:40 — Chelle describes how grief has made her joy fuller 38:57 — Chelle asks where to begin if you’re not ready to grieve in a group 44:54 — Dave offers his final advice 45:12 — Close

  2. Oct 22

    Sonya Renee Taylor: Are You Still Trying To Prove You're Worthy?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio Are you still trying to prove you're worthy? In this interview Sonya Renee Taylor shares why belonging and worthiness are already yours, how to stop climbing other people's ladders of expectations, and the rebelliouness of radical rest. 2:30 — Sonya shares her good girl story 3:55 — Sonya explains the ladder of bodily hierarchy, and why its premise (that love and worthiness have to be earned) is faulty 8:42 — Sonya reflects on why remembering our inherent worth might be “the assignment of humanness” 9:14 — Chelle and Sonya talk about why there’s no such thing as one-way liberation 13:16 — Chelle describes how time in nature helped her believe in oneness, and the mantra she repeats: “I belong with everybody and everything, everywhere” 15:14 — Sonya speaks about root systems, trees, breath and the sun, and what they show us about belonging without performing 18:21 — Chelle shares how she uses her mantra when walking into a group, and the ripple it’s had on her relationships 20:32 — Sonya explains radical permission, opens up about being called to deep rest, and tells the story of a grocery store trip that showed her life doesn’t need us to perform 24:53 — Chelle talks about lying under her oak tree most afternoons as a revolutionary act, and wonders what would happen if more of us did it 27:58 — Chelle shares her journey from astrology sceptic to having her birth chart read by Sonya 30:45 — Sonya describes her own path into astrology: a family of Scorpio women, a spiritual collapse at the start of the pandemic, and finding a language that described her 35:11 — Sonya explains why she sees astrology as a map, and why everything being connected means the planets are part of our story too 38:53 — Sonya offers her final invitation: less striving, “all of life is subtraction” 40:16 — Closing

  3. Oct 14

    What If Grief And Awe Belong Together?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio When did you last let yourself grieve something you loved, or feel like you belonged somewhere without having to earn it? This week we unpack what nature has been teaching us about grief, awe and belonging, and guide you through a writing practice to explore where your own relationship with nature began. 1:42 — Chelle shares a recent experience of being in nature 4:58 — Looking back at the season so far with Claire, Simon, and Jim and Jenny, and Aha #1: what Claire calls our “injured instincts” 8:31 — Evie on losing her childhood connection to nature as good girl expectations took hold, and how nature became her path back to herself 12:00 — Chelle shares why she signed up for a nature-based leadership program and the grief that surfaced once she slowed down 16:39 — Why Western cultures have so few grief rituals, what nature’s life cycles teach us, and “grief is simply the receipt for the love that we’ve shared” 19:52 — Aha #2: what happens when we’re in relationship with nature, and why slowing down felt so risky in peak good girl mode 26:32 — Evie and Chelle discuss what it's like to be known by a place, and why the oak tree doesn’t care how productive you’ve been today 28:27 — Evie guides us through the Co-becoming practice, inspired by Maya Ward 33:03 — Chelle’s shares her experience of the practice 37:36 — Summary of the ah-ha's and tool 40:06 — Post-show chat and a sneak peek at the next episode with Sonya Renee Taylor

  4. Oct 8

    Jim & Jenny Wright: Can Nature Help You Listen To Yourself Again?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio When did you last stop listening for what everyone else needs, and listen to the world around you? Evie's grandparents, Jim and Jenny Wright, join her from their veranda in the Queensland bush to talk about what decades of listening and living in the bush have taught them about silence, freedom and belonging. 2:36 — Jenny shares her good girl story 4:04 — Jim shares his strong boy story 5:56 — Jim & Jenny share how they met and where life took them 10:27 — Jim & Jenny share their experience of life on a land share community: what worked, what didn't, and why city people arrived without the skills for community 14:06 — Why so many land share communities fall apart, and the "superordinate goal" that holds the others together 16:56 — Jim & Jenny share what their land looks like today: solar power, a creek, and a family compound taking shape as the next generation builds alongside them 18:15 — Jim & Jenny share what bush life has given them. 22:38 — Being a human being instead of a human doing, and why living in the present gets easier with age 25:32 — Jim & Jenny share why listening to the land matters so much to them. 28:39 — Closing

  5. Sep 29

    Simon Coverdale: What Grief Are You Holding That Nature Could Help You Heal?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio   What grief are you carrying right now? Is it the loss of someone you love, a relationship that's ended, a hope that didn't work out, or the heaviness of what's happening in the world? And where do you go when it all feels like too much? In this episode, Chelle talks with wellbeing researcher and nature connection specialist Simon Coverdale about the difference between being in nature and being in relationship with it. 1:47 — Introducing Simon Coverdale: wellbeing researcher and nature connection specialist with over 20 years experience working alongside First Nations communities 2:13 — Simon shares his strong boy story 3:13 — Why good girl and strong boy conditioning hasn't faded with the generations, and what the manosphere signals about pressure on young people today 5:32 — Simon's relationship with nature growing up 8:59 — What the research shows: how nature connection links to vitality, well-being, and the easing of self-monitoring that lets us just be 11:54 — Awe, perspective, and perfectly imperfect: how witnessing nature's cycles helped Chelle give herself permission to stop chasing perfection. 13:33 — Eco-anxiety, burnout in the environmental sector, and why deepening nature connection builds the very resources we need to keep caring 15:44 — Sitting with grief and love at the same time: "Grief is nature's receipt for the way we love" 18:30 — The difference between time in nature (contact) and being in relationship with it (connection), and why it matters 21:00 — How Chelle moved from walking past the sea to being in it: the "wall of green," learning tree names, and drawing a circle in the sand each morning 28:00 — Connection to country: Simon on five years working with Dja Dja Wurrung people, what country really means, and why Western nature science and Indigenous knowing are "same, same, but different" 32:00 — Chelle visits the land of her Irish ancestors: a nature-based ancestral retreat and a cellular experience she didn't expect 34:14 — Where to start: nearby nature, indoor plants, doing what you already enjoy, and why you don't need to know your bird calls 37:00 — Three Good Things in Nature: the research-backed micro-practice that builds well-being and nature connection at the same time 39:24 — Two hours a week is the tipping point, using your senses as a doorway, and the five pathways to nature connectedness 41:03 — Closing, resources, and Robin Wall Kimmerer's quote on plants as those who take care of us

  6. Sep 17

    Claire Dunn: Can The Magical Trifecta Help You Heal?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio Are you fed up with trying to break free of your 'good girl' behaviours? Are you tired of trying to think your way to healing? Are you sick of doing it all on your own?  In this episode, Chelle sits down with rewilding facilitator and Nature's Apprentice founder Claire Dunn to unpack what she calls the "magical trifecta": a deep connection to ourselves, to community and to nature.  To learn more about Claire's work and her rewilding programs, visit naturesapprentice.com.au. 1:50 — Introducing Claire Dunn: writer, rewilding facilitator, and founder of Nature's Apprentice 2:03 — Claire shares her good girl story 4:03 — How Claire's environmental activism became its own form of perfectionism and led to burnout 6:00 — What drew Claire to rewilding and ancestral lifeways, and the missing piece she finally found living in the bush for a year 13:39 — The real lesson from that year in the bush: moving from doing to beingness, from imposed tasks to genuine desire 15:14 — Chelle shares her own experience in Claire's program 17:21 — Claire on what she sees in participants: the trifecta of connection to self, community, and nature and why women come looking for something therapy couldn't quite reach 22:55 — The concept of "injured instincts," Clarissa Pinkola Estés, and what happens when women reconnect with their wild inner landscape 27:27 — Claire's frameworks: eco-awakening, deep nature connection practices, and initiation — the shape of the path 36:26 — Practical advice for busy lives: curiosity as the fuel, sit spots, nature journaling, and why one wild day a month goes a long way 41:09 — Raising nature-connected kids: Claire on screen limits, unstructured outdoor play, boredom as a portal, and finding mentors outside the family

  7. Sep 10

    What's Joyfully Calling To Your Heart?

    When was the last time you followed what joyfully called to your heart? We've been paying much closer attention to those tugs lately, and they've shaped where this new season of the podcast is heading. But it helps to go back to where we started. Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio And a special for our wonderful listeners, you can get 25% off The Nervous System Advantage Toolbox using code GGGC25 at checkout. ⁠⁠Simply click here to discover more. 2:01: What 1,000 Australian women told us about 'good girl' conditioning and what breaking free looks like. 12:41: Evie's after-party: yoga teaching, turning 30, a burn-off on her grandparents' land, and being pulled toward somatic ecotherapy 16:53: Chelle's after-party: returning to forests after decades away, camping for the first time since 14, and finding community she didn't expect 22:24: Why trusting yourself first makes it easier to trust others and what it means to claim belonging rather than wait for it 24:58: The second round of research and introducing the 3 C's: Cherishing Nature, Cultivating Community, Claiming Belonging 32:31: What's coming in Season 5: guests, family members joining, and the path toward becoming uniquely us 33:52: Uniquely Us Tool: "Noticing What Calls to You": a four-step somatic practice for following your somethings 41:07: Post-show update

  8. Aug 6

    What If You Already Know How To Lead Your Self?

    Are you looking for a group of like-minded women to do this messy, beautiful work with? Come and join us for 30 days free at The Breaking Free Studio: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio And a special for our wonderful listeners, you can get 25% off The Nervous System Advantage Toolbox using code GGGC25 at checkout. ⁠⁠Simply click here to discover more. Who's behind the wheel of your life this morning — you, or whichever part of you got there first? Two years into learning Internal Family Systems with Dr. Tori Olds, this aha episode unpacks three ideas that keep proving themselves true, and the tools that help put them into practice. 2:23 — Chelle recaps the IFS framework from episodes eight and nine: Self energy, managers, firefighters, and exiles — what they are and why they all have good intentions 5:18 — Aha number one: IFS doesn't work when the nervous system is still in the red or blue zone — you have to soothe the body before parts work becomes possible 10:26 — Tool one, find your Self: a guided practice to locate and anchor Self energy through memory, breath, and the 8Cs 14:11 — On building Self energy proactively, not just reaching for it in crisis 15:22 — Aha number two: the difference between genuine Self energy and a self-like part — one shows up with no agenda, the other is quietly trying to manage the outcome 20:31 — Tool two, move towards your parts: a guided practice using three steps — notice the part, get to know it, ask what it needs 27:39 — Aha number three: parts don't disappear, they evolve 29:12 — What it looks like when a part genuinely trusts Self enough to shift 35:23 — Tool three, check in on your parts: a short practice for regular part check-ins 38:00 — Chelle summarises all three ahas and tools 41:04 — Post-episode debrief

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Helping women break free of their ‘good girl’ beliefs with practical evidence-based tools to embody their 'unique self'. Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/ Join the Breaking Free Studio community - free for 30 days - for recorded practices, downloadable tools and a community of women breaking free of their 'good girl' beliefs: https://www.thegoodgirlgamechangers.com/the-breaking-free-studio

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  • Creator
    Dr. Michelle McQuaid, Evie Wright
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Michelle McQuaid, Evie Wright
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