What happens when the roles, expectations and identities you've carried for years no longer feel like you?

In this episode, Mary Michele sits down with life coach Shelly Leslie for a powerful conversation about identity, self-expression and what it really takes to find your way back to yourself in midlife. From the ways we unknowingly suppress who we are to the small choices that help us reclaim our confidence, joy and visibility, this conversation is an invitation to stop living as the woman you thought you were supposed to be—and start becoming more fully yourself.

In this episode, you'll discover:
✨ Where you may be suppressing yourself—and how years of "shoulds,"
expectations and fitting in can leave you wondering who you really are.
✨ Why visibility begins on the inside—and how reconnecting with what you
want, what brings you joy and how you want to show up changes the way
you move through the world.
✨ The power of the "turtle step"—how one tiny, completely doable choice
can begin moving you from feeling stuck or invisible toward becoming more
fully expressed.

Shelly Leslie is a transformational life and confidence coach, creative strategist, and 17-time Emmy-winning producer and creative director. After an unexpected end to a 35-year career sparked her own identity crisis and reinvention, Shelly turned that experience into a new calling: helping women navigate change, reclaim their voices, and create lives that feel authentically their own.

Trained through Martha Beck's Wayfinder Life Coach program, Shelly brings together decades of experience in leadership, creativity, communication, and personal transformation to help women move beyond the beliefs and patterns keeping them stuck—and step more fully into who they're becoming.

Learn more about Shelly Leslie and connect with her here:
https://www.shellyleslie.com/

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What if it's a belief you don't even know you have?

So much of the way we move through the world happens on autopilot—shaped by old patterns, stories, and beliefs that can quietly influence whether we speak up, take the risk, ask for what we want, or allow ourselves to truly be seen.

My guest today, Jessica Myers, is the Founder of Be YOU Bloom® and a Mind Empowerment Speaker who specializes in helping people understand and retrain the unconscious mind.

Jessica brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across media, marketing, and medical industries, along with a fascinating background as a professional performer. Today, she teaches EFT Tapping at Duke Integrative Medicine Center and works with leaders, speakers, actors, and athletes to build greater confidence, resilience, optimism, and psychological capital.

But what I love about this conversation is that it goes far beyond performance.

We talk about the beliefs that keep us playing small, why stepping into a new identity can feel so uncomfortable, what happens when we stop waiting for someone else to give us permission—and why becoming more visible doesn't
require becoming someone else.

In fact, it may require exactly the opposite.

It may be about finally coming home to yourself.

And as Jessica so beautifully reminds us: you have to be your own first believer.

In this episode we'll discuss:
● The hidden beliefs that may be quietly keeping you from your next
level.
● Why becoming more visible might have less to do with confidence
than you think.

● What changes when you stop waiting for permission—and become
your own first believer.

Let's dive in.

Connect with Jessica Myers here: https://www.beyoubloom.com/

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Fall is the perfect time for a style reset—but that doesn't mean you need a whole new wardrobe.

Before you start chasing trends or adding more clothes to your closet, there are a few things I want you to do first.

In this episode, I'm sharing 5 simple steps to refresh your fall style so you can shop with more intention, get dressed with more confidence, and create a wardrobe that feels unmistakably you.

Plus, I'm sharing a little peek at what's coming next as I step into a brand-new chapter.

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