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, I’m talking about the racist history of my home town and Christmas, among other things What’s Discussed in This Episode: 00:00 Intro 01:40 Racism 07:32 Christmas in the House of Many...

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 the Launch Your Life Podcast, I talk about shame, my mother’s secrets, generational trauma, discovering fundamental truths about myself and more. What’s Discussed in This Episode: 00:00...

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 and guilt 09:16 The torture lost memory 10:35 The brain's elegance   Resources:   Send me feedback and your thoughts: [email protected] Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous...

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 anecdotes from childhood. What’s Discussed in This Episode: 00:00 Intro 01:54 True growth 04:30 Catholic school 11:44 Consequences of staying out too late 12:51 Complicated mother 13:29...

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 perceived or real trauma. It can be tedious, painful, and meticulous work.    But bringing your rational, adult mind to the stories you create in your childhood is freeing.   What’s Discussed in...

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 perceived or real trauma. It can be tedious, painful, and meticulous work. But bringing your rational, adult mind to the stories you create in your childhood is freeing. What’s Discussed in This...

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: Check my latest podcast or listen to the previous ones (https://www.launchyourlifepodcast.com)  Connect with me on Instagram (@doctormichellegordon) Follow me on Facebook...

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 let it sit on my shelf all this time, but in this series, you get to hear it first. I hope you can find some inspiration as we go through this together. I’ve just entered my 4th year of podcasting...

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 want to be their own boss. The natural question that can come up is “What type of business should I start?” But here’s what you should be asking: “What market am I going to focus on pursuing?” In...

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 of The Launch Your Life Podcast with Madonna Hanna who is a competitive sprinter in the 50 meter and 100 meter dash, motivational speaker, freelance writer, and actress. Tune in today and get...

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 Occupational Therapist. During the podcast, we talk about the mindset shifts J.M. had to make in order to overcome her personal obstacles, to writing a book and how you can start to take action toward your...

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 small actions and goal-setting, Stephanie has lost over 200 pounds. When I first started running, I ran 30-40 seconds at a time and my heart rate would go up into the one eighties. And then I would...

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 with Suzanne Falter, host of Self-Care for Extremely Busy Women podcast where we talk about grief and loss as an opportunity for growth, reinvention and the five basics of self-care. Self-care is an...

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 Transformational Therapist, Sally Garozzo. Sally is passionate about innovative approaches to health and wellbeing, which support the midlife transition. She also gives us some practical tips on creating a...

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 all of those things that suck our energy are. That's where head trash lives. Renie Cavallari says that the goal of life is to spend as much time as possible on the connected side. And she shares how we...

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 the first episodes I released on The Menopause Movement Podcast with Laurie Wright as we talked about entering a new chapter in life with renewed passion, purpose, and focus. Tune in today and stay...

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 today’s episode of The Best Of The Menopause Movement Podcast, I take you back to one of the first episodes I released as I talked about handling disappointments. Tune in today! We have plans for...

We often don't realize this, but we have a bully inside our heads. It's important to pay attention to how we're telling ourselves stories, what those stories actually mean, and whether they're valid. A quick example: If I tell myself that someone hates me because I'm wearing scrubs, then we're going to have tension because this is the story that I've told myself, regardless of whether it's true. Mindset really comes down to the story we are telling ourselves more than anything else. And a...

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 to the end.” I had to go so fast that I beat that kid. It’s interesting to look back at some childhood memories to help understand our current behavior. There are forces that help give us the...

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 the church didn't treat me well. But it was when I saw that there's always availability for something bigger that I started to see the world that we live in is something that we've created. And...

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 heal from an abusive relationship is so important. Nobody deserves to be abused physically, verbally or emotionally. In this episode of The Best of The Menopause Movement Podcast, I’m with Miki...

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 would lash out. This almost cost me my job when I was a resident, because I didn't know how to interact with people. Thankfully I got to a place where I had the luxury to do some introspection,...

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 people for years, and some of us are retired now or maybe our kids have grown up… So what do we do with the extra time? Have you ever thought about getting connected to Source? Today’s episode of...

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 young while our bodies are lagging behind. I can do things with my body now that I couldn't do when I was 18, because I've trained consistently for the past five years, but this is not easy for...