Michelle Minnikin
Breaking Free: Navigating the Good Girl Double Bind
The Good Girl double bind is a concept that highlights the societal expectations and challenges faced by women in the workplace,...
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MY WRITING
This is a place where I share my thoughts and my journey. I write about coaching, playing big, ADHD, self-compassion, loneliness, belonging and pirates.
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Michelle Minnikin
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
This is one of my favourite quotes - it's been attributed to Teddy Roosevelt. So here I am, pretty much three months away from having my...
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Michelle Minnikin
- May 2, 2021
- 4 min
Do you know how you're being perceived?
I didn’t. In fact, the terror of receiving any kind of “feedback” with any slightly critical elements stopped me seeking it. One of the...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Apr 29, 2021
- 3 min
Do you listen to your callings?
Ever since last summer when I took a creative writing course with the wonderful Alex Galviz, I’ve had this little niggle that I wanted to...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Do you want to feel like you have your shit together?
Because I do. Do I know anyone who has their shit together 100% of the time? No. Do I know people who *look* like they have their shit...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Mar 20, 2021
- 11 min
From Loneliness to Belonging
One of the not-so-fun side-effects of living undiagnosed ADHD for 42 years is that when you feel like you’re different, it’s hard to...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Mar 13, 2021
- 2 min
Is it safe to be visible?
Why am I so scared of being visible? Because being visible is safe. Our brain is so good at keeping us safe. Of course it is. It’s how we...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Oct 28, 2020
- 2 min
Chapter Three - Introduction to my Inner Critic
One thing that always tends to get on my nerves is when I hear people talk about defeating, silencing, bashing their inner critic. It...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Oct 12, 2020
- 2 min
Chapter Two - My Introduction to Playing Bigger
Last night we had our first Playing Big session. I got myself all comfy, had nice, soft cosy lighting and lit a candle. I was there. I...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Oct 11, 2020
- 2 min
My Journey To Playing Big - Chapter One - So it begins
You might have heard me talking about one book I read in 2018… but let me tell you about about the other one which has had a massive...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
The fear of being visible
Why am I so scared of being visible? Because being invisible is safe. Our brain is so good at keeping us safe. Of course it is. It is how...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Jul 12, 2020
- 1 min
Being A Little Brave...
Someone said to me "I'm going to walk on glass - for charity, at the Hylton Hotel. Fancy it?" I was feeling particularly bass-assy at the...
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Inspiration North
- Feb 17, 2019
- 1 min
Everything Keeps Coming Back to This!
I share this poem with all my coaching clients. I love it. It completely speaks to me. I don't love all the God references, as not...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Feb 10, 2019
- 3 min
Being More Pirate
Last summer I came across this amazing book... Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende and subsequently became a little fanatical about...
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Michelle Minnikin
- Jan 29, 2019
- 4 min
How to Actually Set and Guard your Boundaries!
2018 was an awesome year for me and my business and it was also a pretty bloody difficult year too. I enter 2019 (the year of a Big...
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