Anyone who knows Michelle will appreciate what a good time we had discussing about internal scripts learned during childhood, through to coercive control, and how they manifest in the social suppression of girls and women, and neurodivergent people. The creation and adoption of inauthentic damaging masks.
Michelle talked about her own story, late diagnosis as ADHD and autistic, and how that triggered strong emotions.
We did end on a positive note when my show partner Carl Munson asked what advice Michelle had for people. She replied, "Stop being normal, be more of yourself, and begin with small experiments like stop wearing high heels. No-one will die because of it."
Treat yourself to a great watch! And you should get Michelle's book "Good Girl Deprogramming".
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The Positive Echo Podcast - Episode 7 - "Conditioned to Conform" with Michelle Minnikin.
Are we all being gaslit by society?
The Positive Echo
Gary Coulton and Carl Munson will discuss what it takes to leave a "Positive Echo" wherever we go.
Gary's late father Harry asked him shortly before he died, "Gary, who do you want to come to your funeral and what was it you did for them that made them want to come?"
This is not about being nice to everyone. It is about giving people something they can grasp and make a better life with. Maybe a conversation or something done on their behalf.
We will investigate legacy not only one after we have died but whenever we leave a phone call, a meeting, a relationship, a job, career or we retire. Other people may know when we do something or it may be invisible but still hit the mark, like leaving money for someone's coffee.
We will interview people who have left their Positive Echo, asking them why they do it and what they wanted from it. We invite listeners to contribute by telling us about their heroes (famous or not) and the Positive Echoes they left within them.
In uncertain and volatile times we need to understand how to leave our Positive Echo as an antidote to the chaos.
Come join us to make our brew!
Gary Coulton and Carl Munson will discuss what it takes to leave a "Positive Echo" wherever we go.
Gary's late father Harry asked him shortly before he died, "Gary, who do you want to come to your funeral and what was it you did for them that made them want to come?"
This is not about being nice to everyone. It is about giving people something they can grasp and make a better life with. Maybe a conversation or something done on their behalf.
We will investigate legacy not only one after we have died but whenever we leave a phone call, a meeting, a relationship, a job, career or we retire. Other people may know when we do something or it may be invisible but still hit the mark, like leaving money for someone's coffee.
We will interview people who have left their Positive Echo, asking them why they do it and what they wanted from it. We invite listeners to contribute by telling us about their heroes (famous or not) and the Positive Echoes they left within them.
In uncertain and volatile times we need to understand how to leave our Positive Echo as an antidote to the chaos.
Come join us to make our brew!
Appears in episode
Gary Coulton
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