In All Honesty

When you change a lot, is it normal to want to change your friends? How do you stop worrying about future responsibility coming into your life? And what do you do when you aren't sure who you are anymore? In this episode, Michelle answers questions on life changes and asks that we notice the distinction between the adjustment process vs a settled change. She talks about how changes in your life ma...

How do you trust a new partner when the last one cheated on you? Is it true that "once a cheater, always a cheater"? And how do you end it with someone if the trust is broken for good. In this episode, Michelle answers questions on infidelity and talks about why what constitutes as cheating will change for every person. She talks about how cheating and infidelity relates to boundaries and whether...

What do you do when you feel like you can never do enough personal development? How do you stop self-sabotaging your own success? And what do you do if you feel like an imposter when you are confident? In this episode, Michelle answers questions on self worth, what it is and how to build your own. She talks about how a lot of the self worth conversation is very lofty and why people need practical...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do if you feel like your friends expect you to be perfect, how do you handle someone else's perfectionism affecting you in group projects and how to heal how fear of failure so it doesn't affect your life anymore. She talks about how she believes perfectionism is used as a protection from the ego and how the term 'perfectionist' is used to pus...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to handle jealousy at other people happy in love, whether people actually do change their mind about wanting a marriage and kids and when being single is just a disguise for not wanting to make yourself vulnerable to date. She talks about why she had a period of being consciously single and how that benefitted her life and why if you wouldn't date...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to cope in a pandemic when we have so much time on our hands, what to do if you find yourself stressing about using your free time productively and how to stop feeling the constant need to be busy. She talks about how we as a society have glorified being busy for so long and why that has resulted in the pandemic being such a shock to so many peopl...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to love your body when it is in so much pain, how do you adjust when your body is stopping you from living your dream life and whether it is worth it to lose weight for insurance to cover your surgery. She goes into the difference between body positivity and body confidence and discusses how to love your body through chronic illness. She gives you...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to cut someone out, what to do if this person treats you differently to your other friend and whether you are allowed to cut someone out for giving you the silent treatment. She goes into how to handle it when people don't believe you and where to draw the line if someone is making up lies about you. She gives you tips on how to have that final co...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how you grieve someone who is still alive, whether feelings of grief for an old therapist confuses feelings for a new therapist and what do you do if you wish you had spent more time together. She gives you tips on how to process grief and whether it's possible to move on from grief or whether moving on "with" grief is healthier and explains that grie...

In this special bonus episode, Michelle discusses how she found out about pick-up artists, why that relates to her training as a life coach and how neuro-linguistic programming are related to both. She goes back through her life and recalls moments that she now recognises as pick-up artist techniques and how the book "Men Who Hate Women" has opened up an important conversation that needs to be had...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do if you want kids but your partner gets angry everytime you bring the conversation up, whether it's acceptable to be jealous of your partner's friend and if money is a legitimate reason to end a relationship. She gives you tips on how to have productive arguments within a relationship and talks about how romantic relationships often brings u...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to manage the fear of making new friends, what to do if your partner feels lonely every time you leave and what to do if you already feel lonely and your friends keep cancelling. She gives you tips on how to process loneliness and heal from it as a childhood wound and explains the difference between alone and lonely. She also discusses a scene in...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do when a friend ghosts you, how you stop ghosting from affecting your self esteem and what to do when ghosting makes you doubt that the relationship even happened. She gives you tips on how to heal from the rejection and hurt that ghosting can cause and talks about how we need to take control of the parts we can control and why ghosting is th...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to find your first job after graduation, what to do if your health affects your ability to work your dream job and how do you set boundaries with a boss who doesn't understand you are off the clock when you leave the office. She gives you tips on how to write a CV with a difference and talks about how the pressure for your first job to be the righ...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do if you can't feel your emotions, how do your resolve childhood memories if you can't remember what happened and how do you stop crying when everything is going wrong. She gives you tips on how to process emotions and she shares why the way society talks about emotions is wrong and why we need to change the stereotype that emotions mean weak...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do when your friend stops sharing information with you, whether men and women can be just friends and how to have a conversation with a friend about your relationship if they want space. She gives you tips on how to find new friends (even in the middle of a pandemic!) and she shares how as a society we should be talking about the significance...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do when it feels like your whole life has stagnated, how do you feel more in control when everything in the world is uncertain and how can you help yourself if you feel uncertain because you are stuck with no options. She gives you tips on how to ride the wave of uncertainty and how to create certainty in uncertain moments. She also shares how...

In this episode, Michelle has a special announcement to help you navigate boundaries! She answers questions on how to manage guilt around setting boundaries, what to do when the person you are setting boundaries with has bad mental health and how to respect someone else's boundaries when your boundaries aren't being respected. She gives you tips on how to set boundaries and shares how to open the...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on what to do when you are losing hope in the dating game, how to stop relying on the external validation of men and whether it's a good idea to specify if you only want a guy who needs a car. She gives you tips on how to change your dating app profiles and shares the importance of putting full body pictures, and how it can go wrong if you aren't honest...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on why we are so focused on a baby's weight, how to educate others on fatphobia when they don't want to listen and how to change fatphobic language. She gives you tips on how to address your own internalised fatphobia, shares important statistics on fatphobia and recommends books to help you educate yourself. For more information, follow Michelle on Inst...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on why anger is such a stigmatised emotion, how you can express anger without hurting others and why anger is the only negative emotion that creates energy. She gives you tips on how to processed unresolved anger, explains why negative emotions are not negative, and makes an important distinction between rage and anger, as well as anger and aggression. F...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on whether long distance relationships can work, can you start a new relationship with distance and is it a good idea to move across the country for a partner. She gives you tips on how to make distance work, how long distance is sometimes used as an excuse and talks about the practical issues that arise when you don't live in the same area as your partn...

In this episode, Michelle answers questions on how to manage anxiety in big life events, can we all get anxiety and why do anxious thoughts increase at night time. She explains the relationship between fear and anxiety, why you can't experience in the present and some quick tips to help in the middle of an anxiety attack. For more information, follow Michelle on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter @Mich...

Michelle Elman introduces her brand new podcast and gives you a little taste of what's to come. In All Honesty is the podcast where you can get the honest answers you didn't know you needed. To join in on a future episode, email Michelle your question at inallhonesty@mindsetforlife.co.uk For more information, follow Michelle on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter @MichelleLElman Hosted on Acast. See aca...