In this episode of Her Starring Role, our host Michele Lamoureux explores the concept of being underestimated—and how we can reclaim what's possible. Life is precious and there is too much external pressure distracting us from what we really want. Let's start to ask ourselves what we want and learn to recognize those limiting beliefs that keep us playing small.

KEY TOPICS:

· How External Voices Limited Childhood Aspirations (0:00)

· Identify and Challenge Internal Limiting Beliefs (6:31)

· Discover Your Desires and Prioritize Your Needs (10:53)

· Create a Ripple Effect by Living Your Most Fulfilled Life (16:36)

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Last week's episode on Kindness

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In this episode of Her Starring Role, our host Michele Lamoureux explores the concept of kindness—and how we can impact others positively in our daily interactions. In a world that feels out of control, how we treat others is very much within our control. When we intentionally choose to be kind, it creates a ripple effect in a positive way. Let's spread kindness.

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Danny Morel is an entrepreneur turned spiritual guide who has helped thousands to achieve true abundance in their finances, relationships and health through deep healing work and spiritual awakenings. He is also a recognized thought leader who is frequently featured in major national media such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider. In this episode Danny shares how to get back to your most authentic self, how to choose love over fear, and how to attract the abundance you desire.

· Introducing Danny Morel: Unlocking Your Light and Authentic Self (0:00)

· Danny's Journey: Success, Loss, and Spiritual Awakening (4:25)

· Understanding 3D, 4D, 5D Consciousness: Choosing Love Over Fear (6:41)

· Is Awakening a Lifelong Journey? Facing Your Deepest Fears (11:38)

· Unpacking Energetic Wounds from Father and Mother Relationships (14:29)

· How Money Reflects Your Deepest Energetic Blockages (18:20)

· Reclaiming Your Power in Relationships: From Victim to Creator (21:39)

· Michele's Story: Unpacking the Belief 'Shining My Light Equals Dying' (26:07)

· Danny's Awaken Event: Healing Through Somatic Breathwork (29:43)

· Practical Exercises to Manifest Money and Ideal Relationships (35:00)

· Embracing Creator Consciousness and Generational Healing (39:18)

· Women's Power: Listening to Your Inner Wisdom and Honoring Self (41:35)

· Where to Find Danny Morel and His Transformative Work (46:33)

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Book: Awaken Your Highest Self: The Limiting Beliefs That Keep You Stuck–And the Heart Work That Sets You Free

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In this episode of Her Starring Role, our host Michele Lamoureux explores the concept of capacity—your day‑to‑day life force, energy, and bandwidth—and how it shifts through different seasons of life. She shares three practical ways to gently expand your capacity so there's more left for you at the end of the day:

1. Carving out 30 minutes daily for something that matters only to you (health, creativity, learning, or connection).
2. Setting boundaries around what you say yes and no to, especially habitual obligations that drain your energy.
3. Prioritizing quality sleep by creating supportive routines and environments that help you truly rest.

This episode is an invitation to honor your current season, reclaim your bandwidth, and intentionally add more joy, play, and meaning into your everyday life—without comparison or pressure to "do it all."

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In this episode of Her Starring Role, host Michele Lamoureux welcomes back Elaine Lin Hering, speaker, facilitator, and author of Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. Together they explore what it really means for women to unlearn silence—especially in business—and reclaim their "starring role" in work and life. Elaine shares how self-silencing shows up in our careers, relationships, and health, and why it's not a confidence problem but a systemic one. They discuss being sidelined at work, getting credit for your ideas, navigating broken workplace systems, honoring your inner voice, and making intentional choices that align with your values, well-being, and season of life. This is a powerful conversation for any woman who feels overextended, under-recognized, or ready to let her light shine on her own terms.

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In this episode, Dr. Ingrid Clayton, licensed clinical psychologist, transpersonal psychology specialist, and author of Fawning joins us to discuss her groundbreaking insights into an often-overlooked trauma response: fawning.

Most of us are familiar with the three F's of trauma—fight, flight, or freeze—but there's a fourth response, fawning, that's rarely discussed. Unlike codependency or people-pleasing, fawning is a survival strategy that drives us to seek approval, appease, and draw closer to people who may hurt us—even when it's detrimental to our well-being.

If you've ever found yourself apologizing to those who hurt you, obsessing over approval, befriending bullies, or suppressing your voice to maintain peace, this episode is for you. Dr. Clayton offers hope, tools, and compassion for anyone ready to break free from the cycle of chronic fawning and step into their authentic life.

key topics:

· Defining Fawning: Beyond People-Pleasing and Codependency (0:00)

· The Power of Relational Therapy for Complex Trauma (8:59)

· How to Recognize Fawning: It's Not Just 'Not That Deep' (15:05)

· The Unfawning Journey: Building Internal Safety from Within (27:06)

· How to Find the Right Support for Your Healing Journey (43:30)

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Book: Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves–and How to Find Our Way Back

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Midlife doesn't just change your body — it can completely upend your sex life. In this episode, I sit down with board-certified OB/GYN and Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, Dr. Maria Sophocles. She is the author of The Bedroom Gap and is on the show to unpack what's really happening when estrogen declines, desire shifts, and intimacy starts to feel complicated. We go beyond surface-level advice and talk honestly about biology, relationship dynamics, and the cultural conditioning that teaches women to prioritize everyone else's pleasure over their own. If sex has become uncomfortable, infrequent, or emotionally loaded, this conversation is for you. Please share it with a friend.

KEY TOPICS:

· Introduction: Michele Lamoureux Welcomes Dr. Maria Sophocles (0:00)

· Writing The Bedroom Gap: Women's Desire, Shame, and Sexual Health (2:51)

· Understanding Testosterone: Benefits for Female Libido and Overall Health (27:40)

· Where to Find The Bedroom Gap + Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up (52:02)

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Book: The Bedroom Gap: Rewrite the Rules and Roles of Sex in Midlife
TedTalk: What Happens to Sex in Midlife

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