Hot Mess Magic

Michelle Burke

The podcast for people tired of being told to heal, optimize, and "do the work" when the real work is admitting what you already know but refuse to act on. Hosted by Michelle Burke, keynote speaker and author who doesn't inspire people to feel better. She exposes what high-performers hide behind: self-awareness replacing action, resilience enabling tolerance, and growth as another way to avoid deciding. If you've ever thought "I know exactly what I need to do, so why am I not doing it?" this is the conversation. No performative breakthroughs. No "you've got this" energy. Just the truth about why smart, capable people stay stuck and what actually moves them forward when inspiration stops working. New episodes weekly. 📍 @michelleaburke ⭐ Top-rated on Apple Podcasts

  1. 12/24/2025

    From $500 and Homeless to Debt-Free: The Real Story of Rock Bottom

    Let's face it: rock bottom doesn't come with a roadmap, and nobody tells you what survival actually costs. You already know this, even if you haven't wanted to admit it. Here's the thing—you've been trying to skip the hard part, distract yourself out of grief, or accomplish your way out of sadness, and it's keeping you stuck in the same goddamn spot with heavier emotions every time. In this episode of Hot Mess Magic, Angela Gentile exposes what it actually took to get out of $20,000 in debt while homeless, grieving, and working seven jobs and why you can't bypass the feelings no matter how many yoga retreats you book. This isn't about bouncing back. It's about sitting in the suck until you're ready to rebuild. You're not alone. Your people are here. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU? Listen if you're: Stuck in survival mode with no idea when it gets easierSwimming in debt and need to hear it's actually possible to get outGrieving something—a person, a pet, or the life you thought you'd haveExhausted from listening to advice from people whose lives you don't wantLiving alone for the first time (or wanting to) and need validationDone with the "shoulds" and ready to live on your own terms This episode is for people who are ready to admit they're in their sad girl era and go through it—not around it. WHAT GETS EXPOSED What survival mode actually looks like when you're working seven jobs and living in a basementThe brutal commitment it takes to get out of $20,000 of debt in 10 monthsWhy you can't bypass grief—not with yoga retreats, not with a new business, not with a partnerThe relief of finally having a soft place to land after years of chaosWhy listening to advice from people whose lives you don't want is a waste of time BURKE BOMBS 💣 💣 "The only way out of your sad girl era is to honestly and authentically recognize that you're in it and go through it. You have to feel it. You gotta be on your knees. You gotta be knocked down, dragged out, emotional. It has to be fucking uncomfortable. And you have to go through it." 💣 "People will only give you advice from their own vantage point and their own life experience. So if you're around people whose lives you don't want, I don't know why we're listening to their opinion." 💣 "When you love someone or something deeply, you will do whatever you need to do to stop them from suffering. You will take it all on to make sure that they only know joy." QUESTIONS ANSWERED What does survival actually look like when you're barely holding it together? Working seven jobs. Budgeting to the ounce of what you eat. Sleeping in your car in parking lots. Bouncing from couch to couch with your dog. No hair done, no nails done, underwear with holes in them. Everything calculated, purposeful, intentional. What was the first piece you put back into place after hitting rock bottom? Money. Financial stability and freedom. Six months to get out of $20,000 in debt—no social life, no dating, bare bones spending, saying yes to every single job. Getting out of debt was the key out. How did grief strip you down and what did it make you face about yourself? It made you realize you weren't living. Everything in your life up until that point needed to go because it wasn't yours. You had to sit in the reality of your grief—the loss of a person, a pet, or the life that doesn't match your expectations. You can't bypass it. What's one "should" you had to kill in yourself before you could actually live your own story? The idea that you should worry...

    37 min
  2. 12/19/2025

    Starting Over After Burnout: When Everything Has to Crumble

    Let’s face it: when a year doesn’t go as planned, it’s usually because something bigger is trying to break through. In this episode of Hot Mess Magic, Michelle shares how 2025 brought everything to a full stop—getting flagged, losing monetization, killing two podcasts, firing a promoter, and grieving the death of an identity she wasn’t ready to let go of. What looked like chaos was actually clarity trying to surface. This isn’t a story about pushing harder or fixing the mess. It’s about what happens when control becomes the problem, when instant gratification keeps you stuck, and when starting over feels like failure—even though it’s the only honest move left. If you’re planning the next chapter without acknowledging what already ended, this episode will hit close to home. You’re not alone. Your people are here. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU? Listen if you’re: Burned out from forcing something that no longer fitsGrieving an identity you’ve outgrown but don’t want to admitFocused on money, metrics, or momentum instead of alignmentA high achiever who hates being told to slow downPlanning the future without honoring the last ten years This episode is for people ready to stop pretending the push is working. WHAT GETS EXPOSED How control disguises itself as commitmentWhy identity death often looks like failure firstThe lie of instant gratification and the cost of avoiding the long game BURKE BOMBS 💣 💣 “I was focused on the money. The numbers.” 💣 “I didn’t see the fact that everything needed to crumble.” 💣 “You’re not behind. You’re exactly where you’re meant to be.” QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why does starting over feel like failure? Starting over feels like failure when your identity is wrapped up in what you’ve built. When something has to end, it can feel like you lost ground instead of gained clarity. In reality, it’s often the moment alignment finally catches up. How do you know when control is the problem? When everything requires force to keep moving—when clarity disappears and pressure increases—control has replaced trust. Roadblocks aren’t punishment. They’re invitations to stop, reflect, and change direction. WHAT YOU’LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE The moment the podcast universe hit pauseWhy monetization and metrics clouded perspectiveKilling two shows and grieving the identity tied to themFiring what was out of integrityLearning to play the long game after ten years of forcing ABOUT MICHELLE BURKE Michelle Burke is the bestselling author of Hot Mess Magic, keynote speaker, and host of the Hot Mess Magic podcast. She doesn’t do curated advice or toxic positivity. She exposes patterns, calls out dysfunction, and gives people permission to stop pretending and trust themselves again. This isn’t self-help. It’s self-trust. 📧 Newsletter: https://michelleaburke.substack.com/ 📱 Instagram: @michelleaburke 🌐 Instagram: @hotmessmagicmedia 📖 Book: Hot Mess Magic – Discover the Magic in Your Mess LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube If this episode cracked something open, subscribe so you don’t miss what comes next. And if it landed, leave a...

    9 min
  3. 12/09/2025

    Entrepreneurship Burnout: She Walked Away from Seven Figures to Save Her Soul

    Let's face it: entrepreneurship burnout doesn't look like exhaustion. It looks like success. Seven figures. Multiple locations. 20+ employees. Awards. Recognition. And a 2am breakdown on your knees, screaming into the dark because your soul can't take it anymore. You already know what this feels like. The shoulds drowning out the wants. The external validation replacing your intuitive clarity. The perfect life that's actually a prison. Here's the thing: entrepreneurship burnout isn't about working too hard. It's about living the wrong life while performing the right one. This episode exposes the pattern nobody talks about—when success becomes suffocation and walking away becomes survival. Michelle Ghassemi built a seven-figure organic salon, ignored every sign of entrepreneurship burnout for two years, and finally chose her soul over the metrics. This is what it actually costs. This is what recovery looks like. This is permission to stop pretending you're fine when you're dying inside. You're not alone. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. Yet. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU?Listen if you're: ✓ Running a "successful" business while experiencing entrepreneurship burnout you're pretending doesn't exist ✓ Hitting every external marker of success while dying inside ✓ Ignoring intuitive nudges because "it doesn't make logical sense" to walk away ✓ Drowning in shoulds instead of wants—employees, overhead, expectations ✓ Asking "Who am I doing this for?" and scared of the answer ✓ Ready to stop outsourcing your power to everyone except yourself This is for you if you're done performing success and ready to trust what your body's been screaming at you for years. WHAT GETS EXPOSEDThe "success as prison" pattern that keeps high-achieving entrepreneurs checking boxes while crumbling internally—and why entrepreneurship burnout is your nervous system's last-ditch effort to save you Why ignoring intuitive clarity for years leads to 2am breakdowns where your soul finally cracks open and refuses to let you keep pretending The uncomfortable truth about identity death after walking away from entrepreneurship burnout—and why the 12-month recovery period is where the real transformation happens BURKE BOMBS💣 "I did not ask permission to open my business. I do not have to ask permission to close it." 💣 "Entrepreneurship burnout isn't just tiredness. It's your soul screaming 'I can't do this anymore' while you shove it down and keep performing." 💣 "Success without sustainability is expensive self-betrayal. Your nervous system keeps the receipts." QUESTIONS ANSWEREDWhat are the signs of entrepreneurship burnout that successful business owners ignore? Entrepreneurship burnout starts with intuitive nudges you dismiss because "everything looks fine on paper." You accumulate more shoulds than wants. You feel resentful toward the business you built. You're living for everyone else—employees, clients, reputation—while your soul dies. The external wake-up calls start: things breaking down, people leaving, your body rebelling. Entrepreneurship burnout doesn't look like exhaustion at first. It looks like a perfect life you're suffocating in. How do you recover from entrepreneurship burnout after leaving your business? Recovery from entrepreneurship burnout requires identity death. You spent years being the business owner, the employer, the one with answers. Walking away means sitting in the unknown. Michelle took 12 months to deliberately do nothing—to distill 19 years of who she was and figure out what she wanted to bring forward. Entrepreneurship burnout recovery isn't about bouncing back. It's about becoming someone new. It's slow, it's painful,...

    42 min
  4. 12/05/2025

    Stop Waiting for Permission

    Stop Waiting for PermissionEpisode Summary: Let's face it: you already know what you need to do. You listened to last week's episode about disappointing people. You nodded along. Maybe you even shared it. And then your mom called, your coworker asked, your partner assumed. And you said yes when you really wanted to say no. You already know your body's been screaming NO for weeks. Here's the thing: you don't need better boundaries. You need to stop waiting for permission to use them. You're still asking "Am I allowed? Is it okay? Will people think I'm selfish?" And no one's coming to give you that permission. Not your therapist, not your best friend, not even your nervous system breaking down. This episode exposes the pattern of knowing what you need to do but performing like you're going to change while wondering why January looks exactly like last January. You're not alone. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. Yet. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU?Listen if you're: ✓ Still saying yes when your body is screaming no ✓ Waiting for someone to tell you it's okay to choose yourself ✓ Performing like you're going to set boundaries while doing the exact same thing ✓ Asking permission to use the boundaries you already know you need ✓ Wondering why nothing changes year after year ✓ Ready to stop waiting and start actually doing This is for you if you're done asking for permission and ready to just take it. WHAT GETS EXPOSEDThe "waiting for permission" pattern keeping you stuck—you don't need better boundaries, you need to stop asking if you're allowed to use them Why your nervous system breaking down still isn't enough—you keep overriding what your body knows because you're still seeking external validation The uncomfortable truth about change—if the answer is "nothing," own it and stop performing like you're different BURKE BOMBS💣 "No one's coming to give you permission. Not your therapist, not your best friend, not me. Not even your nervous system breaking down is enough for you to give yourself permission." 💣 "You don't need better boundaries. You need to stop waiting for permission to use them." 💣 "Stop performing like you're going to change and then wondering why January looks exactly like last January." QUESTIONS ANSWEREDWhy do I keep saying yes when I want to say no? You're waiting for permission. Your body knows what it wants—it's been screaming NO for weeks, months, maybe years. But you keep overriding it because some part of you is still asking "Am I allowed to do this? Is it okay?" You don't need better boundaries. You need to stop outsourcing the decision to use them. No one's coming to give you permission. You have to decide right now that you're done asking. How do I actually start setting boundaries? Stop asking what you SHOULD do and ask what you're ACTUALLY going to do. Not what sounds good while listening to a podcast. What are you going to do differently this week? If the answer is nothing, own it. Stop performing like you're going to change. The shift happens when you stop waiting for external permission and decide you're done asking. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODEThe week-after check-in - It's been a week since the Thanksgiving episode and Michelle's guessing most of you already messed it up The pattern exposed - You listened, you nodded, you shared it. Then your mom called. Your coworker asked. Your partner assumed. And you said yes. Again. The real problem - You don't need better boundaries. You need to stop waiting for permission to use them. Your body's been screaming NO but you keep asking "Am I...

    3 min
  5. 11/28/2025

    You Don't Owe Them Thanksgiving 2.0: Permission to Disappoint People During the Holidays

    Let's face it: you spent Thanksgiving performing gratitude while your nervous system screamed. You said yes to obligations you didn't want. You smiled through invasive questions. You ate food that didn't feel good because refusing would "cause a scene." And now? December is coming. Four more weeks of this. The holiday dress rehearsal is over—time to decide if you're running the same people-pleasing pattern or finally choosing your nervous system over everyone else's comfort. You already know what happens when you keep saying yes while your body screams no. Here's the thing: other people's disappointment is not your emergency. Their expectation of you showing up is not more important than your nervous system's need to not be in survival mode for 30 straight days. This episode exposes the people-pleasing pattern that keeps you depleted and resentful every single year—and gives you permission to disappoint people. Not because you're selfish. Because their discomfort with your boundaries is not your responsibility to manage. You're not alone. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. Yet. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU? Listen if you're: ✓ Done performing your way through family obligations while collapsing internally ✓ Exhausted from managing everyone else's emotions and expectations during the holidays ✓ Already dreading December after barely surviving Thanksgiving ✓ Ready to stop saying yes to things that don't feel good just to avoid disappointing people ✓ Asking "why do I keep ending up depleted and resentful every year?" ✓ Ready to choose your nervous system over other people's comfort This is for you if you're ready to stop waiting for permission to disappoint people and protect your own well-being. WHAT GETS EXPOSED The "other people's comfort over your nervous system" pattern that keeps you in survival mode during holidays—and why saying yes to everything is actually a nervous system issue, not a boundary issue Why constantly managing everyone else's emotions is keeping you from the life you want—people-pleasing is a pattern you learned when your nervous system didn't feel safe saying no The uncomfortable truth about disappointing people—the ones who get upset when you set boundaries are upset because your boundary disrupts the role you've been playing in their life BURKE BOMBS 💣 "You're allowed to disappoint people. Their disappointment is not your emergency." 💣 "The people who get upset when you set boundaries? They're upset because your boundary is disrupting the role you've been playing in their life. That's not your responsibility to manage." 💣 "No one's going to die if you say no." QUESTIONS ANSWERED How do I stop people-pleasing during the holidays? Start by recognizing that people-pleasing isn't about being nice—it's about not feeling safe saying no. Your nervous system learned somewhere along the way that other people's comfort matters more than your survival. Practice saying no to one thing. Just one. "No, that doesn't work for me." Full stop. No explanation. No performance. Feel what happens in your body when you do it. That's where the shift begins. What if people get upset when I set boundaries? They will. And that's information, not a problem. The people who get upset when you set boundaries are upset because your boundary disrupts the role you've been playing in their life—managing their emotions, showing up for their expectations, keeping their system comfortable. Their upset is not evidence you're doing something wrong. It's evidence you're no longer doing the thing that keeps them comfortable at your expense. How do I protect my nervous system during the holidays? Stop saying yes to...

    17 min
  6. 11/21/2025

    Nervous System Regulation: Why You Manifest What You Want and Still Can't Receive It

    Let's face it: you did the work. You healed, you regulated, you became magnetic. And then you had to turn down the very things you'd been calling in. Not because they weren't meant for you, but because your nervous system literally couldn't hold them. You already know this feeling. The doors opening everywhere while your body screams "no more." Here's the thing: this isn't self-sabotage. It's not fear. It's biology. You can't download a new operating system when the old one is at max capacity. This episode exposes the specific grief nobody talks about: manifesting exactly what you wanted and having to let it go. I get raw about her own experience turning down aligned opportunities because her system was full, and breaks down why being regulated doesn't always mean doing less. You're not alone. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. Yet. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU? Listen if you're: ✓ Manifesting everything you wanted and feeling your body reject it anyway ✓ Wondering why you keep blocking your own expansion when you've "done the work" ✓ Exhausted from running on overdrive so long you forgot what regulated actually feels like ✓ Ready to stop blaming yourself for not being able to hold your own success ✓ Asking "Why can't I handle what I've been asking for?" ✓ Done with the mindset work never sticking This is for you if you're ready to stop outgrowing your container and start expanding it instead. WHAT GETS EXPOSED The "system full" pattern keeping you releasing what you actually wanted. It's not self-sabotage. It's your nervous system protecting you from overflow. Why being regulated doesn't always mean slowing down. Sometimes capacity means being able to show up bigger, not smaller. The survival loop keeping you just stressed enough to never fully receive. How staying busy, chaotic, and overwhelmed becomes a protective mechanism against having what you want. BURKE BOMBS 💣 "You can't download the new operating system if the old one is at max capacity." 💣 "We think anxiety is normal. We think hypervigilance is being on top of things. We think exhaustion is just the price of ambition." 💣 "You're allowed to stop blaming yourself for not being able to hold things your system was never equipped to handle." QUESTIONS ANSWERED Why do I keep blocking what I've been manifesting? Your nervous system has a capacity limit. When you've been running survival patterns for years (fight, flight, hypervigilance) your system stays maxed out. You can manifest perfectly aligned opportunities, but if there's no room to process them, your body will either block them from coming or force you to release them. It's not sabotage. It's biology protecting you from overflow. What does nervous system capacity actually mean? Capacity is your container: how much your system can hold without going into survival mode. Most people have been running on overdrive so long they think anxiety IS normal. Real capacity means being able to receive opportunities, relationships, and abundance without your body shutting down. It's the difference between calling things in and actually being able to keep them. How do I build capacity to hold my expansion? The shift isn't another course, book, or meditation app. It's uncovering the pattern your nervous system is running underneath everything. Where you learned it wasn't safe to have what you want. The work is finding where your system is actually stuck (not where you think it's stuck) and shifting it at the root. There's where the magic lives. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE The "system full" confession. I get raw about becoming so magnetic...

    10 min
  7. 11/14/2025

    The Pivot: Dropping My Own Facade and Sharing My Mess - Permission to Get Real

    Let's face it: I've been doing the exact thing I tell everyone else not to do performing instead of being real. I sat down to edit this week's episode and couldn't do it. Not because it wasn't good, but because I realized I've been giving everyone else permission to share their messy middles while keeping my own stories safely tucked away. You already know what that looks like. Sharing other people's transformations. Interviewing amazing humans. Creating space for everyone's truth except your own. Here's the thing: I forgot why I started this podcast. I got caught up in guests and numbers and growth, forgetting the most important growth, my own. This episode exposes the moment I realized I've abandoned myself in the process of building this show. The meta-vulnerable breakdown of wanting to hit stop mid-recording because "nobody gives a f**k." The uncomfortable truth that even truth-tellers perform. You're not alone in diluting yourself while giving everyone else permission to be messy. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. Yet. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU?Listen if you're: ✓ Doing the work of helping others while hiding your own mess ✓ Building something meaningful but losing yourself in the process ✓ Tired of performing even in spaces you created for truth-telling ✓ Ready to drop your own facade, not just encourage others to drop theirs ✓ Asking "when do I get to share my story?" ✓ Done with putting anyone on a pedestal, including yourself This is for you if you're ready to stop waiting for permission to take up space with your own story. WHAT GETS EXPOSEDThe "helping others while hiding yourself" pattern that keeps you giving everyone else permission while staying safely behind the curtain Why focusing on growth metrics instead of your own growth is a symptom of abandoning yourself in plain sight The uncomfortable truth about guru culture—nobody's more special than you, and the moment you realize that changes everything BURKE BOMBS💣 "I have given other people permission to share their messy middles, yet haven't fully been sharing my own messy middles. And that's all about to change." 💣 "There's nothing about them that makes them more special than you. All that we're doing is sticking them on a pedestal. It's ourselves that we should be going inward and trusting and following." 💣 "In my head I'm going 'nobody gives a f**k.' And then there's the other part of me that says no. People need to hear your story." QUESTIONS ANSWEREDWhat does it mean to abandon yourself while building something? Self-abandonment shows up subtly when you're creating meaningful work. You focus on serving others, hitting metrics, maintaining consistency all while slowly editing out the parts of yourself that made you want to create in the first place. It's not dramatic. It's quiet. You lose sense of what brings you joy beyond the outcome. You forget why you started. You perform the role instead of being yourself. How do you know if you've lost yourself in the process? Ask yourself: When was the last time I did something purely for joy? Not for productivity, not for content, not for anyone else. If you can't answer quickly or if your answer is work-related you've abandoned part of yourself. Your body already knows. The resistance, the "I'm not feeling it" moments, the wanting to hit stop—that's information, not failure. Why is dropping your own facade scarier than encouraging others to drop theirs? Because when you give others permission, you're still safe behind the curtain. You get to be the space-holder, the guide, the one who has it figured out enough to help. Dropping your own facade means...

    11 min
  8. 11/05/2025

    Gray Divorce: Life After 25 Years of Marriage - Nanette Murphy on Identity Crisis, Financial Reality & Why Your Attorney Isn't Your Therapist

    Let's face it: After 25 years of marriage, you don't just lose a spouse—you lose the entire identity you built around being someone's wife. Gray divorce hits different. You're not divorcing in your 20s with your whole life ahead of you. You're sitting in midlife with decades of "supposed to" crumbling around you, asking: Who the hell am I now? Nanette Murphy knows. Her world collapsed after 25 years. Divorce wasn't part of the plan. It felt like the ground disappeared beneath her. She sat in silence, in sadness, by herself for two years—thinking she was hiding it, but everyone knew something was wrong. Here's the thing: Nobody prepares you for gray divorce. Not for the grief (yes, grief—even if you want the divorce). Not for the financial landmines. Not for the identity crisis that shows up when you realize you've spent decades being who you thought you should be instead of who you actually are. This episode exposes what nobody tells you: Your attorney is not your therapist (that's expensive coaching). Keeping the marital home is usually a terrible idea. Divorce coaches exist and you should hire one first. And speaking your truth, admitting you're not okay, is the only way through. Nanette turned her breakdown into a calling. Now she's the coach helping women over 40 navigate gray divorce, reclaim their identity, and design a second act that's actually theirs. You're not alone. Your people are here. This is your reckoning. IS THIS EPISODE FOR YOU?Listen if you're: ✓ Sitting in a long marriage wondering if you can survive three more years of pretending everything's fine ✓ Contemplating divorce after 20+ years but terrified of losing your identity, financial security, and the life you built ✓ Already in the divorce process feeling completely overwhelmed by attorneys, finances, and everyone's opinions ✓ Asking "Who am I without this role?" after decades of being someone's wife, someone's mom, someone's everything ✓ High achiever in your 40s/50s navigating gray divorce and realizing your attorney bills are astronomical because you're using them as a therapist ✓ Wondering if you're allowed to grieve a marriage you chose to leave ✓ Stuck on whether to keep the marital home or start fresh (spoiler: Nanette has strong opinions) ✓ Exhausted from hiding your crumbling marriage from everyone while maintaining the facade that everything's perfect ✓ Ready to hear from someone who's been through gray divorce and came out the other side with actual wisdom (not just theory) ✓ Curious about what divorce coaches do and why hiring one before hiring an attorney might save you thousands This is for you if you're a woman navigating (or considering) gray divorce and you're ready to stop pretending, get financially prepared, and rebuild your identity from the ground up.  WHAT GETS EXPOSED💣 The "successful marriage secretly falling apart" pattern—and why you're not alone in sitting in silence for years while everyone assumes you're fine 💣 Why your attorney is not your emotional support—and how using them as a therapist is costing you hundreds per hour for expensive crying sessions 💣 The marital home trap nobody warns you about—it's only worth more if you sell it; until then it's a money pit draining your divorce settlement 💣 The grief of gray divorce—even if you want the divorce, you're grieving the identity, the life you built, the person you thought you'd be forever (and yes, you're allowed to feel that) 💣 The financial preparation blindspot—you need to figure out your mortgage, your living expenses, and your next 10-20 years BEFORE the divorce is final (not after) 💣 Why divorce coaches exist—and why hiring

    27 min

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The podcast for people tired of being told to heal, optimize, and "do the work" when the real work is admitting what you already know but refuse to act on. Hosted by Michelle Burke, keynote speaker and author who doesn't inspire people to feel better. She exposes what high-performers hide behind: self-awareness replacing action, resilience enabling tolerance, and growth as another way to avoid deciding. If you've ever thought "I know exactly what I need to do, so why am I not doing it?" this is the conversation. No performative breakthroughs. No "you've got this" energy. Just the truth about why smart, capable people stay stuck and what actually moves them forward when inspiration stops working. New episodes weekly. 📍 @michelleaburke ⭐ Top-rated on Apple Podcasts