Stop Making Fast Friendships!

Do you criticise others a lot?Do you find it difficult to have intimacy?Do you tend to see the bad before the good?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about why criticism is so destructive for your personal relationships and why it breaks both trust and intimacy. She discusses why criticism is a habit and share with you how to break that habit. She talks you through how to focus on the bigger picture in order to ignore unnecessary conflict and shows you how to comment on someone's behaviour without making it personal or embedding shame. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you get nervous before a job interview?Would you love to be more confident public speaking?Do you wish you had more control over your mood?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle shares her top secret way she prepares for public speaking, live TV interviews and any big work moments. It's a technique which can calm your nerves and boost your confidence and minutes and she takes you through it step by step. Alongside the impact it has had before big work moments, she also uses it in her personal life when there are potential volatile situations and she shows you how you can use your past experiences to make sure you can draw on the best version of you when you need it. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you have a big temper?Do you find it difficult to stay calm in conflict?Do you get heated really quickly?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle shares three quick tips that you can use in the moment when you lose your temper. She talks about how our relationship with anger is warped and the way we discuss it in society isn't helpful. She discusses how you can give yourself permission to feel angry and how you can slow down so you can choose your reaction. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you find it hard to let yourself rest?Do you struggle to stop working?Are you guilty of doing one small task on your day off?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle shares a workplace boundary that her friend told her about and why it's such a brilliant company policy. She shares with you her policy on 100% work and 100% rest and how watching 6 hours of TV allowed her to have the most productive day she's had in a while. She talks about how different methods of numbing serve the same purpose and what being a workaholic really says about you. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you feel forced to be more positive?Do you feel pressure to make meaning out of trauma?Do you find it hard to see the good?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about the phrase she hates most in the world and how it's laced with toxic positivity. She discusses how toxic positivity doesn't help use especially in the context of trauma and shares the phrase that she hates most and why it's unhelpful to say to people going through a tough time. She shares the alternative to toxic positivity and an alternative phrase that is more helpful. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you find it hard to do something new?Do you worry about asking for favours?Do you want to feel more confident in work?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle shares with you one question she used to help her do the scariest part of being an author. She talks you through how embodying someone else can be a really useful tool and discusses how other people can help drive that motivation. She shows you how you can use comparison to your benefit and shares the concept of a future memory that can help you to get more things done. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you worry about what you look like?Have you been told you've let yourself go?Do you feel sad for no reason?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about what 'letting yourself go really means'. She talks about how your external appearance can reflect how you are feeling internally and how that can actually liberate you. She discusses what to do when you feel sad for no reason and how to sink into that feeling and stop worrying about how you are perceived by others. She talks you through her own sad week and discusses why putting a deadline on emotions doesn't work For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you get too intimidated to go to the gym?Do you worry people are judging you when exercising?Do you struggle to know how gym machines work? Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about an experience in the gym where someone laughed at her while she was trying to figure out how the machine works. She discusses how gym intimidation leads to people not entering the gym for the first time and she shows you how she fueled it into her workout and how you shouldn't let that person win. She talks about how she reframed the incident in order to motivate herself. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you make friendships really quicky?Do you find they rarely last?Do you want to know how to make friendships more sustainably?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about how fast friendships are a recipe for disaster and why intensity plays a key role. She talks about how to build relationships more sustainably and shares Brené Brown's theory about the marble jar. She discusses why you might feel a need to overshare and where the desire to form friendships quickly stems from and why it's not a good idea. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you want to feel happier in life?Do you worry that others have a happier life than you do?Do you feel guilty if you don't feel grateful?Then this episode is for you.In this episode, Michelle talks about happiness and why believing we deserve to be happy can have a downside. She talks about how the pressure to be happy can actually mean you ignore other emotions and why we need to allow ourselves access to all emotions. She discusses how toxic positivity can have a negative impact and why telling people they should be happy doesn't work. For more information, follow Michelle at @MichelleLElman on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.