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Michelle Minnikin
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This is a place where I share my thoughts and my journey. I write about Good Girl Deprogramming coaching, playing big, ADHD, self-compassion, loneliness, belonging and pirates.
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How does language hold you back in the workplace?
In this blog, we're diving deep into those sneaky language habits that can undermine our authority and confidence.
Michelle Minnikin
May 27, 20246 min read
How to take the fear out of job interviews
Now the world is opening up a bit more, I have noticed that my clients are starting to get interviews. And then the fear starts to kick...
Michelle Minnikin
May 9, 20217 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
May 2, 20214 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Oct 12, 20202 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Jul 13, 20201 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Feb 17, 20191 min read
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...
Michelle Minnikin
Feb 10, 20193 min read
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