Most Myself

Keeping the Peace: The Toll of Being Endlessly Understanding

A gentle heads up: this episode includes themes of abuse of power, harassment, and emotional impact related to those experiences. You said, "It's fine," but your body knew it wasn't. In this episode, Michelle shares something personal: what it took for her to finally stop swallowing her own pain, and why so many women have been conditioned to do exactly that. She explores the difference between compassion and self-abandonment — and what it actually looks like to stop leaving yourself behind inside your own life. Your voice doesn't have to start as a roar. It just has to start. Music @ByChristianBranch [http://instagram.com/bychristianbranch] ✨ Join Michelle’s free monthly gathering for women in midlife: Midlife, Together: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/Togetherwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together] ✨Learn more about Michelle and her work: http://www.themichellemadrid.comwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com] ✨Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid [https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid] 📌 Reminder: Please Subscribe & Review If this episode resonated, please subscribe and leave a rating. Your support helps Most Myself reach more women navigating midlife.

When Being Needed Changes: What Empty Nesting Is Really About

There's a grief that comes when your children stop needing you the same way. No one names it. No one brings casseroles for it. But you feel it — in the quiet bedroom, the fewer texts, the rhythm of a life that used to revolve around you and now doesn't. In this episode, Michelle explores the invisible loss that lives inside the empty nest season, and why the ache so many mothers feel isn't a sign that something is wrong. It's a sign that something is ready to change. Music @ByChristianBranch [http://instagram.com/bychristianbranch] ✨ Join Michelle’s free monthly gathering for women in midlife: Midlife, Together: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/Togetherwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together] ✨Learn more about Michelle and her work: http://www.themichellemadrid.comwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com] ✨Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid [https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid] 📌 Reminder: Please Subscribe & Review If this episode resonated, please subscribe and leave a rating. Your support helps Most Myself reach more women navigating midlife.

When Growing Feels Like Drifting Apart: What the Friction Is Telling You

Something shifts when you stop disappearing inside your own life. You start saying things you didn't say before. You stop saying yes when you mean no. In this episode, Michelle explores what happens to your closest relationships — especially your marriage or partnership — when you begin to change. She shares a personal story about a solo trip to England — her birth country — and what one January birthday taught her about what she was no longer willing to give up. Because the friction you're feeling in your relationship might not mean something is broken. It might mean something in you is finally becoming whole. Music @ByChristianBranch [http://instagram.com/bychristianbranch] ✨ Join Michelle’s free monthly gathering for women in midlife: Midlife, Together: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/Togetherwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together] ✨Learn more about Michelle and her work: http://www.themichellemadrid.comwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com] ✨Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid [https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid] 📌 Reminder: Please Subscribe & Review If this episode resonated, please subscribe and leave a rating. Your support helps Most Myself reach more women navigating midlife.

I Can Handle It: The Cost of Being the Woman Who Never Breaks

There's a phrase so many of us have quietly worn as a badge of honor. "I can handle it." But handling everything and living your life are not the same thing. In this episode, Michelle shares a deeply personal story about the moment she realized that being the woman who could handle it all had come at a profound cost — and how feeling the ache she'd been overriding for years became the first step back to herself. Because the ache isn't the problem. It's the message. Music @ByChristianBranch [http://instagram.com/bychristianbranch] ✨ Join Michelle’s free monthly gathering for women in midlife: Midlife, Together: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/Togetherwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together] ✨Learn more about Michelle and her work: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/www.TheMichelleMadrid.com [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com] ✨Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid [https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid] 📌 Reminder: Please Subscribe & Review If this episode resonated, please subscribe and leave a rating. Your support helps Most Myself reach more women navigating midlife.

Rethinking the Midlife Crisis: What the Ache Is Trying to Tell You

What if “midlife crisis” has never been the right name? In this episode, Michelle reframes what so many women experience in midlife, not as something going wrong, but as something beginning to surface. She explores why this season can feel heavy, unfamiliar, and hard to name, even when life looks “fine” on the outside, and what it really means when the ache you’ve been pushing down starts to rise. Michelle introduces her Ache to Action Method and offers a simple, compassionate way to begin listening to what you’re feeling, instead of dismissing it. Because what you’ve been calling a crisis might actually be the start of coming back to yourself. Music @ByChristianBranch [http://instagram.com/bychristianbranch] ✨ Join Michelle’s free monthly gathering for women in midlife: Midlife, Together: http://www.themichellemadrid.com/Togetherwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com/Together] ✨Learn more about Michelle and her work: http://www.themichellemadrid.comwww.TheMichelleMadrid.com [http://www.TheMichelleMadrid.com] ✨Follow Michelle on Instagram: @TheMichelleMadrid [https://www.instagram.com/themichellemadrid] 📌 Reminder: Please Subscribe & Review If this episode resonated, please subscribe and leave a rating. Your support helps Most Myself reach more women navigating midlife.