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Launch Your Life Podcast
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Launch Your Life with Dr. Michelle Gordon is the only mindset podcast that provides weekly actionable insights for lasting happiness and change for high achievers who are ready to bounce back from burnout.
Episodes
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 7 - Hometown Racism and Christmas (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 168)
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,...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 6 - Toxic Shame (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 167)
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...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 5 - Lost Memories (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 166)
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. What’s Discussed in This Episode: 00:00 Intro 02:29 Some alarming statistics 06:45 Disassociation 07:53 Waking up 08:32 Shame...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 4 - Nuns, Ballet, and Embarrassments (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 165)
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.” 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...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 3 - A New Medical Diagnosis (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 164)
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...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 2 - Self-Sufficiency, Independence, and Competition (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 163)
In this episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I discuss childhood beliefs, competition, feeling heard, and much more. What’s Discussed in This Episode: 00:00 Intro 01:50 My first pivotal year 02:05 Deep self-sufficiency 03:55 Competition 06:16 Feeling heard 08:14 Why I’m a doctor Resources:...
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Memoir Series: Growing Pains 1 - My First Experience With Patriarchy (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 162)
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 dealt with trauma, adversity, setbacks, and surprises. Back in 2018, I wrote over 60,000 words of a memoir and I’ve just…
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5 Fs to Life for High Achievers (The Best Of) Episode 161
In today's episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I take you back to one of the first episodes I released on The Menopause Movement Podcast with Ryan Levesque, the CEO of The ASK Method® Company and one of the industry's highly-regarded personalities. Many women in midlife, like me, pivot and...
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It’s Never Too Late: Tips from a World-Class Athlete (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 160)
Everybody feels like an imposter at first until we decide to push through in order to get to the next side. It's really hard to grow if we’re always comfortable but we need to get out of our comfort zone to improve. Consistency wins the game for everything and I talk about that in today's episode...
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Is Motivation a Myth? Answers From an Expert (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 159)
Every single limit is in our mind, but the reality is, we can do anything. We’re not born excellent at anything and so it's so important to just practice and give ourselves some grace. In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I’m with J.M. Phillips who is an author and retired...
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The Top Mindset and Habit Shifts for Permanent Weight Loss (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 158)
In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I’m with Stephanie Lueras who is a body positive ACE certified personal trainer, ACE fitness, nutrition specialist, international best-selling author, and speaker. She was sick and tired of being sick and tired and needed some changes. Through...
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Self-Care is Not Just Bubble Baths (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 157)
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. In today’s episode of the Launch Your Life Podcast, I’m...
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Can Giving Up Control Lead To Better Habits? (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 156)
Everything else is open to interpretation and we can change our story in an instant as long as we're willing to look at things from a different perspective. We can change our lives. In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, we talk about how we can make that happen with Rapid...
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The Power Of Understanding Why Mindset Comes First (Launch Your Life Podcast Episode 155)
There are two sides inside our emotional brain: the connected side, which is where positivity, our ability for clarity, and our sense of confidence are. Our power is all in that connected side. On the other side of the brain is the disconnected side and that's where our fear, guilt, worry, and…
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Why An Ex-Vice President Of AOL Chose To Be A Life Coach (The Best Of) Episode 154
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 action. In today’s episode of The Launch Your Life Podcast, I take you back to one of...
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Making Setbacks Short-Lived | 2 Questions to Ask Yourself in the Face of Disappointment (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 3)
James Wedmore says this a lot: “You either get the result you want or the lesson you need.” If life has given you a desire and an expectation, and then that expectation isn't met for whatever reason, rather than disappointment, our job is to look at it and say, “What’s the lesson here?” In…
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The Power of Story : How To Change Your Life NOW. (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 40)
Mindset really comes down to the story we are telling ourselves, and a lot of times, the stories that we believe came from what we learned when we were children. If we don't pay attention to how we're speaking to ourselves and what beliefs are driving our current actions, we get stuck in a box.…
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How To Use Your Enneagram Type To Your Advantage | Growth, Success, Relationships, and MORE (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 19)
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? I’ll race you…
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Here's Why Your Purpose Is Not In The Future | Conversation With A Shaman (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 28)
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 because...
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How to Break The Cycle of Shame and Abuse (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 20)
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…
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Solving The Problem of Emotional Triggers (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 16)
Have you ever been triggered? A few years ago, this term used to be new to me. There were many instances where I was triggered and reacted inappropriately, because one of the ways that I managed my own trauma was not to trust anyone and to always push people away. If I felt threatened at all I...
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Is Money The Root of All Evil? (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 15)
I was certain I was going to be happy when I become a surgeon and I worked hard for it until I became one. But I had this moment 15 years ago while I was sitting in my office, and I thought, “Is this it?” In midlife, most of us are starting to look for meaning in our lives. We’ve served other...
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2 Tips For Combating Brain Fog + How To Encode Memory (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 81)
At 95, your brain should be just as sharp as 24. This is according to Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith, a diplomate of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians. This is something that I always tell the women who go through our programs: It’s hard for us to reconcile with our brains still feeling…
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A Step-by-Step Formula to Free Yourself From Anxiety (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 33)
Anxiety is probably the number one complaint along with weight gain that I hear from women who are in menopause. When I have anxiety, my heart is usually racing. Anxiety is a thought that when unobserved, can get us into a pattern that is filled with fear and worry. And when we're filled with…
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Why You Can Still Fail Forward Over 40 (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 82)
I never realized that I had a form of anxiety back when I was just getting started in my surgical practice. And every time, it’s because of the responsibility of taking out a gallbladder. Here’s a quick science talk: There are two structures that have to be cut in order to remove the...
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Why Emotional Eating is Bad For You and How to Stop It (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 67)
I watched this Russian science fiction where robots looked like humans, and everytime something happened, these humans were pouring a drink and smoking. When I think about the commercials in the 50s, I remember seeing eating, drinking, and pushing down emotions. We're almost conditioned with the...
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The Shortest Focus Exercise You're Probably Not Doing—Just 17 Seconds (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 92)
I remember not too long ago, I was at a conference and it said something that went home for me. It went along the lines of, “Are you going to let a four-year-old run your life?” This isn’t parenting 101, but it can be. You see, we all learn something from our childhood experiences—including...
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Asking an Obesity Expert How to be Successful in Losing Weight (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 94)
When I was in surgical residency we used to say, “You eat when you can; you sleep when you can.” I picked up this habit where I would just shovel food into my mouth as fast as I could, because we’re supposed to eat on the fly. I’m glad I don’t have to do that anymore. But here’s something you…
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Here's Expert Advice on How to Manage Menopause Symptoms with Supplements (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 91)
When I first started having menopause symptoms, I couldn't remember the name of certain anatomical body parts. It used to happen all the time while I was a surgeon. I'd be trying to remember the name of an artery or something and it would just pop out… And I would be like: Then finally it would...
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Pelvic floor expert reveals secrets for a healthier bladder and stronger pelvic floor (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 116)
When I did a TV show a few years ago, there was a French woman who had moved from France to Santa Barbara. She talked about how she leaked all the time, and she couldn't run because she would just pee her pants. And I thought, “There's got to be a way for her to get help.” This reminds me of…
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What They Don't Tell You About Supplements For Menopause (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 80)
Once a year, I give myself the permission to just have whatever. I'm not perfect. I'm pretty good at my diet most days of the year, but once in a while, I'll go off the rails. Mexican food is my favorite, so on one of my birthdays, I had a burger with some cheese on it, french fries, and two...
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Should You Really Take Supplements for Menopause? (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 36)
I would never buy an over the counter hormone without expert advice. The closest thing I come to is phytoestrogens like flaxseeds, and it’s something you can’t really take too much. We have been taught by the medical establishment that a pill can fix our symptoms, but I’m a firm advocate of…
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Can’t Means Can
I was never one to let anyone tell me what I could do. Back in high school, I took a Biology class and I remember how my teacher looked straight at me and said, “I know who's going to do well in this class and who's not.” as if he expected me to fail. Have you had something similar happen to you?...
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Powerful Breath
There's a lot of different breathing practices and techniques. Some are for relaxation, stress reduction, sleeping better, while some of them are energizing. But there's breathwork that is more intense: it heals past traumas and clears suppressed emotions. I talk more about that in today’s…
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How You Can Love Your Body—No Matter What! (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 113)
How many of us have the urge to pee and be like, “Oh, I’ve just got to finish washing these dishes?” As a surgeon, it was always a wrong thing to scrub out of an operation to go to the bathroom, but something clicked in me about 5 or 7 years into my practice and I said, “I’m gonna pee when I need...
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Embracing Transitions
I’m 57 and I'm really proud of my body. I'm proud of the life I've created, and it’s thanks to menopause. Menopause taught me that it’s not just a phase… It’s a privilege of a long life. Privilege of a long life is such a great thing that even though I had such an existential crisis, it brought…
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How Meno-Mate Yanick Lost 52 Pounds and Started Loving Life Again
It's so easy to have an all or nothing kind of attitude and say, “I tried this, I tried that before.” Especially when we feel discouraged. But when it comes to believing in ourselves, sometimes we have to take that leap of faith. That’s what Yanick Séïde did when she joined the MENO-Mastery…
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This Hormone Specialist Has Something To Say About Sexual Rejuvenation In Menopause (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 53)
“What the hell is happening to me?” was what I said when menopause hit me. Going through the symptoms can be a lonely journey especially if you don’t know where to start or how to manage them. The body has the ability to heal itself and since balancing hormones is an industry belief, I don’t want...
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How to Get Started With Intermittent Fasting (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 37)
Fasting for me was always steeped in religion. I was raised Catholic and during my teenage years, I would fast trying to prove my loyalty to God. As I went through medicine, I discovered that intermittent fasting can actually be helpful. In fact, we're seeing more research on it than ever before...
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How MENO-Mate Amanda Got Her Mojo Back (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 34)
Some say that with menopause, we just have to go through it. And some have gone through it for 5 years, 10 years, and even 20 years. Even I remember my surgeon friends telling me that I just have to suffer through it. But getting your mojo back is possible. One of our OG MENO-Mates is Amanda who...
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Thriving In Any Circumstance (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 47)
With all the changes that’s happening in menopause because of the loss of estrogen, and going through all the symptoms like brain fog and sleepless nights, it can feel like we don’t know ourselves anymore. But there’s a way to thrive in uncertain times so you can get your life back. We talk about...
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Sex, Intimacy, and Menopause (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 76)
A common symptom of menopause is loss of sex drive, and it not only affects our own self-esteem, but it can also affect our relationships. The thing is, some think we're not supposed to struggle with sex and that it's something that's just supposed to happen naturally. What’s worse is if it's not...
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Is It Me Or Is It Menopause? (The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Ep. 90)
On average, women spend $20,000 trying to solve their menopause problems. And since there just isn't a lot of information out there on how to manage the symptoms of menopause, it can get overwhelming. One of my questions, when menopause hit me, was, “Why can’t I find any help?” And that’s how…
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What Does Fat Have To Do With Weight In Menopause? (The Best of the Menopause Movement Podcast Episode 95)
In the Menopause Movement’s courses, I talk a lot about how sugar's not good for us by any means, but I think it's nowhere near as toxic as seed oils. Not to mention that this gets to weight gain since it changes our cravings (it can make you want more sugar and carbohydrate-rich foods that raise...
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Drop the Menopause Weight (Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast Ep. 96)
A lot of women really have difficulty losing weight after having children. Then life hits us or our kids grow up and we’re like, “What's next?” and before we know it, menopause comes in. And we get that MENO-Belly. Suddenly it’s hard to look in front of the mirror. At least it was for me, and I…
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Never Give Up Your Dreams
There's power in how we tend to handle rejection and interpreting what “No” means. Even in my business where let’s say 99% of the people will say no, seeing those 1% make their lives better plays a huge role in how I continue helping women in the Menopause Movement. When we have a dream or a…
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Perimenopause Help!
The effects of estrogen on the brain are so profound that when it drops, it can feel like all of it is suddenly gone instead of experiencing a slow decline. Then the brain has to readjust while we go through the changes. The sad thing for some however, is when they ask for help from a doctor they...
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The Gut-Skin Connection
We've been talking about the MENO-Mate way of eating in the Menopause Movement to help women ease their symptoms through diet, and I say this to the women who come through our programs: Inflammation really starts with our food. Today we’re delving more into that and why our gut health has an...
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Courage to Change
“I am” is a very powerful statement. It’s the statement of identity and it’s so much more than a story. I used to say I hate running, until I actually did it. I'm not gonna say it's always easy. On some days, it really sucks because the runs are difficult. But the body can do a lot more than we...
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3 Pillars of Freedom
When we get used to putting others first, we forget that we also need care. Our bodies are important too. And as our brain changes as we lose estrogen during menopause we go through this period of maybe not recognizing ourselves or feeling like an alien has beamed down and taking control. But as…
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