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It's Your Time

It's Your Time

Written by: Michelle A Bourque
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Welcome to It's Your Time, the podcast designed for busy professional women in sales who want to excel in their careers—without the stress and overwhelm. If you're ready to do more of what you love while thriving in your career, you're in the right place. Join veteran sales professional, Certified Life Coach, and career mentor Michelle A. Bourque as she shares real-life experiences and powerful cognitive tools to help you feel more empowered and live the life you truly want. Each episode is packed with practical insights to help you create the changes you need and achieve the results you desire. It's your time—let's make it happen!2026 Michelle A Bourque Mindful Weighs Coaching LLC DBA Michelle Bourque Coaching Careers Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • Why High-Achieving Women End Up Resenting the Life They Built | Breaking the Over Functioning Cycle | Ep 385
    May 28 2026

    Why do so many high-achieving women end up resenting the very life they worked so hard to build?

    In this episode, Michelle explores the hidden cost of overfunctioning, chronic responsibility, and the nervous system patterns that keep women stuck carrying everything for everyone else. From perfectionism and control to emotional labor and people-pleasing, this conversation unpacks why success can still feel exhausting underneath the surface.

    Inside this episode, you'll learn:

    • Why resentment is often a signal, not a flaw
    • The neuroscience behind overfunctioning and hyper-responsibility
    • Common thought patterns keeping women trapped in burnout cycles
    • How nervous system safety impacts leadership, boundaries, and relationships
    • Practical ways to stop rescuing, start asking for support, and release self-pressure

    If you're a woman in leadership, sales, business, or a high-performance environment who feels emotionally overloaded despite "having it all together," this episode will help you create a more sustainable way forward—one built on self-trust instead of constant self-sacrifice.

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    20 mins
  • Human Design for High-Achieving Women | The Self-Awareness Tool That Changes Everything | Ep 384
    May 21 2026

    What if burnout, frustration, and feeling stuck aren't signs that something is wrong with you… but signs that you've been operating against your natural design?

    In this episode, Michelle explores the foundations of human design and why this powerful self-awareness tool can completely change the way you approach work, leadership, relationships, energy, and success.

    You'll learn:

    • the 5 human design types and how each operates differently
    • why high-achieving women often burn out trying to follow someone else's formula
    • how understanding your energy can improve decision-making and nervous system regulation
    • the connection between alignment, performance, and sustainable success
    • why work-life integration matters more than balance

    Michelle also shares how human design supports the Performance Rewritten framework — helping women stop forcing, start trusting themselves, and create success in a way that actually feels good.

    If you've been searching for more clarity, confidence, and self-trust in your work and life, this episode is a powerful place to begin. Check it out today - so much fun! 💃

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    20 mins
  • Burning Bright Without Burning Out | Sustainable High Performance for Women in Sales | Ep 383
    May 14 2026

    What if high performance didn't have to come at the cost of your nervous system, energy, and well-being?

    In this episode, Michelle explores the hidden mental load so many women in sales and leadership roles carry — and why burnout is often less about capability and more about chronic cognitive overload.

    Through the lens of neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and sustainable performance, she breaks down:

    • The connection between cortisol, stress, and sales performance
    • Why women are often both highly engaged and deeply burned out
    • The cognitive distortions that fuel hustle culture
    • How nervous system regulation impacts confidence, relationships, and results
    • Practical strategies to create sustainable success without depletion

    If you're a high-achieving woman who's tired of feeling like success has to equal exhaustion, this episode offers a new way forward.

    Because sustainable performance isn't settling. It's the highest level of performance there is.

    Take a listen now.

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    12 mins
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