Welcome to It's Your Time, the podcast designed for busy professional women in sales who want to excel in their careers—without the stress and overwhelm. If you're ready to do more of what you love while thriving in your career, you're in the right place. Join veteran sales professional, Certified Life Coach, and career mentor Michelle A. Bourque as she shares real-life experiences and powerful cognitive tools to help you feel more empowered and live the life you truly want. Each episode is packed with practical insights to help you create the changes you need and achieve the results you desire. It's your time—let's make it happen!
Today is Episode 70, which means - every 10th episode, I share a mentor, or teacher, or book, that resonated with me. So today I want to talk about Jon Acuff. Acuff has multiple New York Times bestsell…
Today I want to talk to you about how you see your time - or lack of it - or maybe you think you need better time management. I’m going to fill you in on a secret: time management is never your proble…
Weight loss isn’t just about calories—it’s about mindset, stress, and hormones. In this episode, Michelle shares why what’s in your brain matters more than what’s on your plate. Learn why weight loss…
Today I want to talk to you about the relationships with others. I’m going to discuss relationships with difficult people, with people you love, and when they are sometimes one in the same. So, I’m…
It’s heart month! Each week in February we will have a heart focused topic - heart-healthy, love, relationships - all of it.
In today’s episode, I discuss the most important relationship you have in…
Ok - so we talked a lot about goals recently - setting them, forming new habits, And having a compelling reason. As we close out the month I want to talk to you about failing - my failing.
Sounds lik…
Whenever I discuss work-life balance I always clarify - balance that works for you.
I don’t believe there is such a thing as true work-life balance - in the sense of 50-50 every day and kumbaya
But I…
How you start your morning sets the tone for your entire day. In this episode, Michelle shares her personal morning routine, how it has evolved, and the resources that have helped her build habits th…
Last week we discussed setting our goals and ways to keep them. This week I want to talk to you about the responsibility you hold in creating those goals. It can be very easy to look at a difficult s…
This is that time of year when everyone is talking about a fresh start and their goals for the new year. And while you can get a fresh start every single day, this is the time of year to really think…
I want to share with you some of the lessons I learned in 2019. I am doing this work along with you every single day, and I want to look back and reflect on what I learned so that I can continue to g…
What is the upper limit problem that is holding you back and keeping you from the next level? This is something I read about when I recently re-read The Big Leap, by Gay Hendricks. In his book, Gay d…
Since I talked about perfectionism last week, I thought this would be a good time to discuss enough-ism, especially during the holidays when we’re trying to do it all. How often do you say that you, …
I hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving. I was spending time with my nieces over the weekend and I remembered how important it used to be that every moment with them was planned and scheduled. Now, it…
We love Thanksgiving at our house, and it might actually be my favorite holiday. This time of year always focuses on being grateful. In this week’s episode, I want to talk to you about the feeling of…
I want to look at this episode as a buffet of ideas for you and how to alleviate some of the stress and overwhelm as you get ready over the next couple of days. You might think of Thanksgiving as all…
On a drive to New Jersey, Michelle had an a-ha moment she couldn’t wait to share. Have you ever noticed how often we say, “the problem is…”? The truth is, problems aren’t really problems—they’re just…
This weekend I decided to do an hour of restorative yoga based on the encouragement from my coach, and it reminded me that it is possible to slow down in order to speed up. It also made me think abou…
I am getting ready for another bit of travel. This time, I’ll be thinking of you! I’m heading to a retreat with my coach. We’ll be doing a deep dive into the business and planning for next year. Whil…
Welcome to episode 52, the one year anniversary of this podcast. In this episode, I look back at where we started. I also share my “why” for creating this show, which was to create a ripple effect on…