It's Your Time

Michelle A Bourque
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Welcome to It's Your Time, the podcast designed for busy professional women in sales who want to excel in their careers—without the stress and overwhelm. If you're ready to do more of what you love while thriving in your career, you're in the right place. Join veteran sales professional, Certified Life Coach, and career mentor Michelle A. Bourque as she shares real-life experiences and powerful cognitive tools to help you feel more empowered and live the life you truly want. Each episode is packed with practical insights to help you create the changes you need and achieve the results you desire. It's your time—let's make it happen!

  1. 1d ago

    Stop Dismissing Your Symptoms: Women's Health, Worth & Wisdom (Replay) | Ep 393

    Episode 393: Stop Dismissing Your Symptoms: Women's Health, Worth & Wisdom (Replay) with Jessica Arias You've been running on empty for so long it started to feel normal. The symptoms keep stacking — the fatigue, the brain fog, the sense that something is just off — and yet every appointment ends the same way: "Your labs look fine." You're not imagining it. And you're not broken. This week is a special replay of one of those conversations that is just too good to hear only once. Michelle sits down with Jessica Arias, board-certified functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner and what she calls a "mystic midwife for women's health," for a deep, honest discussion about what it really takes to restore your health from the inside out — and why so much of it starts with trusting what you already know. What You'll Learn ✨ Why women's symptoms get dismissed — and what functional labs actually look at differently ✨ The difference between "common" and "normal" when it comes to how you feel (this one will stick with you) ✨ How self-worth is woven into chronic health patterns, and what starts to shift when you address it ✨ The gut-brain connection — and why your 40s might be when it all shows up at once ✨ How to stop asking "what's wrong with me?" and start asking "what do I need right now?" ✨ Why Jessica calls your 40s a calling, not a crisis — and what that reframe changes   Follow Jessica: IG: @jessicahealthandhealing 00:00 – Why this replay is worth hearing again 03:30 – Introducing Jessica Arias and her "mystic midwife" approach to women's health 08:00 – When symptoms stack and doctors don't have answers 16:00 – The self-worth and health connection women don't talk about enough 24:00 – Your 40s: a calling, not a crisis 32:00 – The gut-brain axis, perimenopause, and the role of the liver 42:00 – Jessica's closing invitation: get curious, not critical   RISE Report:

    Stop Dismissing Your Symptoms: Women's Health, Worth & Wisdom (Replay) | Ep 393

  2. Jul 16

    How to Stay Consistent When Life Disrupts Everything | Episode 392

    Your power's out, your routine is gone, and your brain is already writing the story that you failed before the day even started. Friend, that moment — the one where everything you count on just disappears — is not the moment you fall apart. It's actually the moment that reveals who you are. What You'll Learn ✨ Why your brain treats a broken routine like an actual threat (and what's happening in there when it does) ✨ The "minimum baseline" concept that keeps you in the game when life gets messy ✨ Why all-or-nothing thinking is quietly costing you more than you realize ✨ How this applies directly to your sales pipeline when your territory gets disrupted ✨ The real definition of confidence — and why it has nothing to do with having a plan ✨ Why the "pilot light" version of a habit is more powerful than the version you skip entirely Key Takeaway Consistency was never about the perfect routine. It's about the smallest version you're willing to protect no matter what — ten minutes instead of forty-five, five calls instead of twenty, one page instead of the whole chapter. That's the version that keeps the pilot light lit. And a pilot light that stays lit can always turn into a full flame. RISE Method connection: This one lives squarely in Resilient Mindset — rewiring the all-or-nothing thoughts that convince you disruption means defeat. Ready to go deeper? Grab your free weekly copy of the RISE Report for more ways to help your feel as good on the inside as life looks on the outside: www.michellebourquecoaching.com/risereport Listen now   Timestamps: 00:00 – The storm story: when the routine falls apart 04:30 – Why your brain treats disruption like a threat 09:15 – The habit loop and the "minimum baseline" fix 16:00 – Redefining success in the middle of the storm 21:30 – Bringing it back to your pipeline 27:00 – The real definition of confidence

    How to Stay Consistent When Life Disrupts Everything | Episode 392

  3. Jul 9

    Breaking Generational Patterns — The Hidden Fear of Outgrowing Your Family | Episode 391

    If you've ever built the case for the promotion, the bigger territory, the raise — and then frozen right at the moment you needed to ask — this episode is for you. That freeze isn't a confidence problem. It's inherited wiring, and today we're tracing it back to where it actually came from. ✨ What you'll learn in this episode: ✨ Why your brain reads "different from my family" as dangerous — and why that's biology, not weakness ✨ The real reason growth costs you distance from certain people, and why that's not your fault ✨ What transgenerational epigenetic inheritance actually means for your stress response, in plain English ✨ Why the survival strategies the women before you used aren't the same as thriving strategies ✨ A simple pause-and-ask practice for catching inherited hesitation in real time ✨ Why your growth might be giving permission to the women around you, not betraying them Key takeaway: That inherited hesitation whispering "who do you think you are" right before you advocate for yourself isn't wisdom — it's old tribal wiring plus a pattern you absorbed before you had language for it. You get to ask if it's actually yours. And letting it go doesn't mean leaving anyone behind. RISE Method connection: This one lives in Inner Energy — because your energy isn't just your calendar and your cortisol today, it's the current running underneath all of it, and some of that current was set by someone else. Ready to go deeper? Join the weekly newsletter at michellebourquecoaching.com/newsletter   Timestamps: 00:00 – Cancer season and the energy you inherited before you had a say 03:00 – Cathy Heller's class: why we don't go after the dream (it's not laziness) 07:00 – The Third Door: growth's quietly brutal cost — the people you leave behind 11:00 – The neuroscience: transgenerational epigenetic inheritance, explained simply 16:00 – Bringing it into your Tuesday: the O.R. at 6am and the whispering voice 21:00 – Journal prompt and the one small action to try this week

    Breaking Generational Patterns — The Hidden Fear of Outgrowing Your Family | Episode 391

  4. Jul 2

    The Freedom to Rise — How Changing What You Think, Feel, and Do Changes Everything | Ep 390

    div]:bg-bg-000/50 [&_pre>div]:border-0.5 [&_pre>div]:border-border-400 [&_.ignore-pre-bg>div]:bg-transparent [&_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8"> _*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown">   Episode 390: The Freedom to Rise — How Changing What You Think, Feel, and Do Changes Everything Episode 390: The Freedom to Rise — How Changing What You Think, Feel, and Do Changes Everything You wake up with the same thoughts. Feel the same feelings. Do the same things. And then wonder why nothing changes. Friend, that's not a personal flaw — that's literally how your brain is wired. And in this episode, we're talking about how to actually interrupt it. What You'll Learn ✨ Why you're not stuck because of circumstances — you're stuck because of the thought loop your brain keeps running on repeat ✨ The neuroscience behind why your brain resists change (and what Dr. Joe Dispenza says about rewiring it) ✨ How Brooke Castillo's model changed everything Michelle believed about who creates her experience ✨ The identity work, body work, and subconscious tools that coaching and journaling alone couldn't reach ✨ How every mentor, framework, and tool Michelle has studied over the years became the RISE Method ✨ The one question to sit with today that can start to shift everything The Big Takeaway Personal freedom isn't something that gets declared once and then just exists. It has to be chosen by you, every single day. The real declaration of independence is the moment you decide your past thoughts don't have to become your future reality. RISE Method Connection This episode touches all four pillars — but at its heart, it's an R — Resilient Mindset episode. The foundation of everything is learning to notice the thought that's been running on a loop, question it, and choose something different. Ready to go deeper? Join the weekly newsletter at michellebourquecoaching.com/newsletter   Timestamps 00:00 — Welcome + why the week of July 4th called for a different kind of freedom conversation 02:30 — The thought-feeling-action loop and why your brain keeps you in the past 06:00 — Layer 1: Managing your mind — Brooke Castillo, The Model, and Jen Sincero 09:30 — Layer 2: Identity and belief — Gay Hendricks, James Clear, Benjamin Hardy, Darren Hardy, Cathy Heller 14:00 — Layer 3: The body and the subconscious — Joe Dispenza, Rhonda Farr, hypnosis, and IFS 18:30 — How all of it became the RISE Method + the one question to sit with today

    The Freedom to Rise — How Changing What You Think, Feel, and Do Changes Everything | Ep 390

  5. Jun 25

    Mid-Year Reset for Women in Medical Device — Burnout, Brain Science & Self-Trust | Ep 389

    Episode 389: Mid-Year Reset for Women in Medical Device  Six months down, six to go — and if you're in medical device or field-based sales, I'm willing to bet the first half of this year felt productive on paper and quietly exhausting underneath. Not because you're doing something wrong. Because the job you're actually doing is bigger than the one on your job description. In this episode, we're naming that invisible weight, explaining what it's doing in your nervous system, and giving you a concrete reset you can use before your next hard meeting. What You'll Learn ✨ Why the exhaustion you feel by mid-year isn't random — and what's actually causing it neurologically ✨ The biology of burnout explained simply: your amygdala, your prefrontal cortex, and why "just relax" has never worked for anyone ✨ How cognitive reappraisal (a CBT tool) literally rewires your brain's stress response over time ✨ Why your gut instincts are pattern recognition — and why trusting them is a performance strategy, not woo ✨ A 3-step, 5-minute reset practice you can use in real time ✨ A journal prompt for the second half of the year that will change how you carry the load The Big Takeaway The load you've been carrying is real. The relationship labor, the emotional labor, the constant low hum of being the calm, capable one in every room — none of that shows up on the quota sheet. But the way your nervous system responds to it? That part you actually have leverage over. This one hits all four pillars of the RISE Method — Resilient Mindset, Inner Energy, Success Strategy, and Empowered Self-Trust — because a mid-year reset isn't a one-time fix. It's the rewrite. Ready to go deeper? Join the weekly newsletter at michellebourquecoaching.com/newsletter 🎙️ Ok friends, that's what I have for you this week. Let's meet back next week — for now — lead your life with intention because it's YOUR time. Make it a great day — take care! Timestamps 00:00 — The invisible weight of the first half of the year 04:30 — Why women in clinical and field sales carry a different kind of load 09:00 — The neuroscience of burnout: amygdala, cortisol, and the slow slide 14:00 — CBT and cognitive reappraisal: how to rewire in real moments 19:30 — Nervous system regulation and trusting your body signals 24:00 — The 3-step mid-year reset practice + journal prompt

    Mid-Year Reset for Women in Medical Device — Burnout, Brain Science & Self-Trust | Ep 389

  6. Jun 18

    The Neuroscience of Change: Why Your Brain Is More Ready Than You Think | Ep 388

    Big change can feel disorienting even when you know it's the right move — and there's actual neuroscience behind why. In this episode of It's Your Time, host Michelle Bourque breaks down neural transfer, the brain science explaining why the skills you built in one chapter of your life (career, relationships, leadership) are already wired to carry you into the next one. Michelle shares what she's learned firsthand while relocating from New York to Florida after two decades in medical device sales, plus a powerful reframe from a mentor on why "I don't have management experience" is almost never actually true. You'll learn about far transfer, the brain's negativity bias, and the reticular activating system (RAS) — and why noticing synchronicities might be more science than woo. If you're in any kind of transition — career change, identity shift, new chapter — this episode will help you see the evidence you already have that you're ready. Listen now, and join Michelle's email list for weekly real talk, practical tools, and behind-the-scenes updates: michellebourquecoaching.com/newsletter

    The Neuroscience of Change: Why Your Brain Is More Ready Than You Think | Ep 388

  7. Jun 11

    Why Doing Less Can Help You Achieve More | Replay with Rhonda Farr Ep 387

    Are you constantly busy but still feeling like something is missing? In this powerful replay, Michelle Bourque sits down with emotions expert and coach Rhonda Farr to explore why high performers often struggle to slow down—and why creating space may be the key to reaching your next level of success. Together they discuss: ✔️ Why busyness can become a form of emotional avoidance ✔️ The difference between productive action and aligned action ✔️ How childhood programming influences success, money, and self-worth ✔️ Why many high achievers feel disconnected despite external success ✔️ Simple ways to cultivate self-awareness and emotional resilience ✔️ The power of gratitude, presence, and slowing down If you've been feeling the pull toward something bigger while simultaneously feeling exhausted by the pace you're keeping, this conversation will challenge you to redefine what success truly means. Key Topics: high performance, personal growth, emotional intelligence, work-life balance, productivity, mindset, self-awareness, success habits, burnout prevention, leadership development, coaching, nervous system regulation, gratitude practice, aligned action, personal transformation.

    Why Doing Less Can Help You Achieve More | Replay with Rhonda Farr Ep 387

  8. Jun 4

    The Power to Pivot: Trusting Yourself Into Your Next Chapter | Ep 386

    In this special replay episode of It's Your Time, Michelle sits down with Medtronic leader Natalie de Minaur to explore what it really means to trust yourself, embrace change, and have the courage to pivot when life calls you in a new direction. Together they discuss redefining success, building self-confidence, navigating career transitions, setting boundaries, protecting your energy, and letting go of the belief that your path has to look like everyone else's. If you've been feeling pulled toward something new but fear, doubt, or uncertainty keep holding you back, this conversation is a powerful reminder that growth rarely happens inside your comfort zone—and that self-confidence isn't having all the answers. It's trusting that you'll figure it out along the way. In this episode you'll learn: • How to redefine success for your current season of life • Why comparing your journey to others keeps you stuck • The connection between self-trust and confidence • How to protect your energy and avoid burnout • Why pivots often become the catalyst for growth • How to quiet self-doubt and listen to your inner wisdom Because sometimes the next version of your life begins with one brave decision.

    The Power to Pivot: Trusting Yourself Into Your Next Chapter | Ep 386
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Welcome to It's Your Time, the podcast designed for busy professional women in sales who want to excel in their careers—without the stress and overwhelm. If you're ready to do more of what you love while thriving in your career, you're in the right place. Join veteran sales professional, Certified Life Coach, and career mentor Michelle A. Bourque as she shares real-life experiences and powerful cognitive tools to help you feel more empowered and live the life you truly want. Each episode is packed with practical insights to help you create the changes you need and achieve the results you desire. It's your time—let's make it happen!

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  • Creator
    Michelle A Bourque
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    350
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Michelle A Bourque Mindful Weighs Coaching LLC DBA Michelle Bourque Coaching
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    It's Your Time

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