She Who Dares, Wins.

In this solo episode, Michelle shares the honest, unglamorous reality of walking away from a “safe” 17-year career in construction to back herself fully with She Who Dares Wins. This one’s for the women in their 40s who feel like they’re “too far in” to start again—but know deep down they’re meant for more.In this episode, we cover:What it really feels like to leave a career that shaped your identityThe messy in-between: fear, self-sabotage, ADHD, and shiny-object distractionsHow coaching and inner work helped Michelle finally bet on herselfWhy it’s never too late to pivot, start a business, or rewrite your storyA dare for you if you’re 40+ and craving a life and career that fit who you are nowIf you’ve been waiting for a sign to back yourself, this is it!Join The Dare Club community now! www.shewhodareswins.comShop the clothing www.shewhodareswins.com

In this week’s Dare Day episode, Michelle gets radically honest about perfectionism, pressure, and what it really takes to launch something new without burning out.She shares the behind-the-scenes of launching Dare Club—not with a flawless 12‑month plan and perfect branding, but with zero expectations, messy action, and a focus on who she wants to become rather than how many spots she sells.You’ll hear about:The “perfection prison” – how overplanning, tweaking, and “just one more change” keeps you safely stuck and never launchingSelf-handicapping 101 – why spending months in prep mode is actually a defence mechanism against vulnerability and potential failureThe science of low expectations – how high expectations can crash your dopamine and self-worth, and why lowering the bar protects your creative energyProcess over outcome – shifting your focus from “Will this sell out?” to “I’m the kind of person who launches things”The “human startup” approach – launching before it’s perfect so real people can help you shape what it becomesAt the end of the episode, Michelle gives you a simple but powerful dare:Pick one thing you’ve been polishing for too long—a newsletter, product, video, conversation, or post—and launch it as C‑minus work. The win is doing the thing, not the outcome.You’ll also hear what Dare Club is, who it’s for, and how it can help you become your most daring self inside a safe, supportive community—with guest sessions, hot seats, and space to realign who you are with who you want to be.Dare of the Week:Choose one project you’ve been overthinking and launch it with zero expectations. Let the win be that you showed up and did it.Links & Mentions:Dare Club: a community to help you redefine who you are and become your most daring self www.shewhodareswins.comShe Who Dares Wins: clothing, podcast, live events and more – visit shewhodareswins.com

In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with long‑distance trekker and world‑record holder Lindsey, whose life has been completely transformed by nature, fear, and radical honesty. Once running an interior design business and working 100‑hour weeks, Lindsey used the forced pause of Covid to reassess everything her work, her relationships, and the life she was “supposed” to want. She opens up about walking away from two marriages impacted by addiction, leaving with “absolutely nothing,” and choosing her mental health and truth over the safety of staying.Lindsey then takes us on her 6,137‑mile trek around the entire coastline of Great Britain 298 days, marathon and ultra distances, no ferries, no shortcut bridges and shares how living 67% of her life outdoors has completely rewired her nervous system, priorities, and definition of “enough.” We talk about extreme fear and presence on Wales’ infamous Crib Goch ridge, the unexpected kindness of strangers, and why she believes nature is “nutrition” for anxiety, depression, and burnout.Timestamps[0:00:00] – Crib Goch & the “Live It Now” ListLindsey introduces her recent Crib Goch ridge adventure in Wales, explains her “live it now list” (not a bucket list), and describes how facing that extreme exposure forced her into total presence and calm.[0:06:24] – Covid, Overwork & the Decision to Change EverythingLindsey shares how working 100-hour weeks in her interior design business and the forced pause of Covid helped her reconnect with her kids, nature, and her own happiness — and led to a complete life and career pivot at 40.[0:10:19] – Addiction, Leaving with Nothing & Choosing HerselfShe opens up about two marriages impacted by addiction, her coping mechanisms, and the terrifying choice to walk away with “absolutely nothing” in order to protect her mental health and live in alignment with her truth.[0:17:02] – The 6,137-Mile Trek Around Great BritainLindsey breaks down planning and walking the full coastline of Great Britain: 298 days, no ferries, no shortcut bridges, marathon and ultra-distance days, and how that journey completely rewired what she values.[0:21:35] – Kindness on the Trail & How People Showed UpFrom gifted hostel beds to strangers offering water and walking alongside her, Lindsey talks about over 160 free nights, 700+ companions, and how the trek restored her faith in human kindness.[0:28:07] – Nature as Daily Nutrition & Mental HealthA deep dive into how much time we really spend indoors, what 4,800 hours outside did to her nervous system, and why she believes nature is “nutrition” and a key missing piece in anxiety and depression.[0:41:27] – She Who Dares Wins Camp & Women’s Outdoor ExperiencesMichelle shares plans for the She Who Dares Wins camping event (wild swimming, bushcraft, campfire connection), and Lindsey reflects on why stripping back comfort and getting outside is so powerful for women.[0:43:34] – Kilimanjaro in 24 Hours: The Next Big ChallengeLindsey introduces her all-women world-record attempt to summit and descend Kilimanjaro in 24 hours: team dynamics, breathwork and altitude training, prep climbs, and learning to let others see “all of her.”[0:54:36] – Your Dare from Lindsey: Face One Fear This MonthIn the bonus segment, Lindsey sets a practical dare for listeners: pick one fear from the last month and face it head-on. She and Michelle talk about micro-fears (emails, conversations, small decisions), fear of failure, and how tiny brave acts compound into real transformation.Join Dare Club www.shewhodareswins.com

In this Thursday mini-dare, Michelle shares a deeply personal update and a powerful life design tool to help you reimagine your future.After two years of running She Who Dares Wins alongside a part-time construction job, Michelle finally took the leap and quit the role that was quietly draining her energy and keeping her tied to an industry that no longer served her. That decision led her back to a note she’d written in a old notebook: the Odyssey method.Originally developed at Stanford’s Life Design Lab by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the Odyssey method is a practical, science-backed way to imagine and design multiple possible futures – not just one “perfect” path.In this episode, Michelle walks you through:Why she quit her part-time construction job and how it freed up energy for a life that feels more alignedWhat the Odyssey method is and how it links to manifestation, neuroplasticity, and the way our brains spot new opportunitiesThe problem with chasing one perfect plan and how functional fixedness keeps us stuckHow to sketch out three 5-year life paths:Path 1: Your current life, but the A+ versionPath 2: The pivot path if your current industry disappearedPath 3: The wild card path you’d choose if money, fear, and other people’s opinions didn’t matterThe four questions to rate each path: resources, likeability, confidence, and coherence with your valuesHow Michelle’s own “path three” led to the podcast, studio, film work, and clothing range that built She Who Dares WinsThis week’s dare:Spend 15 minutes a day sketching out your three Odyssey paths. Give each one a six-word title, plot the milestones, and notice what excites you most—especially in your wild card path. Then ask: What tiny version of path three can I start today, without quitting my job?Michelle would love to hear your Path 3:Tag her on socials and share your wild card lifeOr email your three paths and six-word titlesDare Club – Doors Opening April 29If you love these Thursday dares and you’re ready for deeper support, Michelle is launching Dare Club on April 29 – an online community for women who want to become the boldest, most daring version of themselves.As a founding member (only 50 spots), you’ll get:Locked-in lifetime pricing (quarterly or yearly options)Live sessions with incredible guests and expertsHot-seat coaching to get clear on your story and next stepsA supportive community of women who “get it” and are also designing braver livesSpots are limited to the first 50 founding members.Head to shewhodareswins.com to learn more and join Dare Club before doors close www.shewhodareswins.comResources MentionedBook on the science of manifestation Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill How to Design Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

In this powerful episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle is joined by Sophie, a trail runner and adventurer who traded everyday comfort for an intense social and survival experiment on a Maldivian desert island.Sophie explains how:A lifetime of running, from competitive school races to joyful trail running after university, set the foundation for bigger adventures.A wild night on the dance floor at Love Trails festival – googly eyes, sequins, and all – led to meeting Danny and joining his crew on a 10‑day, 208‑mile run across Iceland.That Iceland experience became the gateway to something even more extreme: a “human experiment” where 20 people were dropped on a desert island for six days, with only two days of survival training.Together, Michelle and Sophie explore:Survival skills & the reality of ‘paradise’The basics of surviving on an atoll: coconuts, fish, and crabs as the only real food sources.Learning to climb coconut trees, use palm fronds for shelter, and build “questionable” ladders.Spear fishing, line fishing with makeshift plastic‑bottle rods, and using crabs as bait.Food, ethics, and our disconnection from where food comes fromThe emotional impact of killing the animals you eat and facing that reality head‑on.Why wasting a single fish felt so heavy when you’d speared it yourself.How the experience shifted Sophie’s relationship with meat, fish, and supermarket food back home.Hunger, morale, and the “emergency rice” dilemmaThe physical and mental crash around day two as the group struggled with heat, exertion, and very few calories.The group vote to bring in emergency rice, and how simply knowing there was a back‑up completely changed morale.The fascinating “tribes” that formed between rice eaters vs. non‑rice eaters, and what that revealed about identity and pride.Community, leadership and group dynamicsHow the group decided to appoint Kelly, an Alaskan hunter and fisher, as a leader – and what it means to “lead from the back”.The challenge of finding enough food for 20 people vs. surviving alone.How everyone eventually “found their groove” and unique role in the micro‑society on the island.Phones, presence, and creative freedomWhat happens when you are suddenly phone‑free and offline: the initial withdrawal, then complete freedom.Discovering how much time and joy re‑appears when you’re carving coconuts, playing games, swimming and simply talking – with no schedule and no notifications.The struggle of bringing those lessons back into a “normal” life that’s busy, structured and always online.Deep connection and telling the truth about yourselfWhy deep, face‑to‑face connection around a campfire is nothing like “social media connection”.How the island gave people space to tell their real stories, share things they’d held in for years, and be met without judgment.Sophie’s biggest personal takeaway: the confidence that she can show up as her full, slightly weird, authentic self and still be accepted.The episode closes with a powerful reflection on what Sophie will leave on the island, what she’ll bring home, and how adventures like this can remind us what really matters: presence, people, and permission to be ourselves.To find out more about the experiment and see if you can joing the next one - shoot sophie a message on Instagram @street_sophie For the running adventures check out https://greatsilkrun.com/

In this episode, Michelle sits down with Helen and Marcella, the duo behind the first ever all‑British female team to finish the Dakar Rally – in a Land Rover they built themselves in a shed, affectionately named Purdy.They share the hilarious, gritty and frankly unbelievable story of how two “normal” women in their 50s went from a chance meeting in rural France to surviving one of the toughest motorsport events in the world.In this episode, we talk about:How it all startedMoving to France, a chaotic first meeting, and how wine + turning 50 led to saying “yes” to Dakar.Building Purdy in a shedBuying a rough Defender off eBay, turning it into a Dakar‑spec car, and battling electrics and wiring gremlins.Funding the dreamSelling cars, jewellery and dipping into a pension, plus the reality of chasing sponsorship when no one knows you.Life at DakarThe moving “town” of the bivouac, zero sleep, mixing with factory teams and legends, and surviving with minimal spares and one young mechanic.On‑stage chaosReading road books, driving dunes and rock‑fields, double punctures on the final day, and almost not making the finish.The unfiltered realitySpider bites, stomach upsets, desert toilet logistics and an escalating obsession with bananas.Friendship & being firstHow they avoided falling out, what deep trust in the car looks like, and what it means to be the first all‑British female team to finish Dakar.Why you should listenIf you’ve ever thought “I’m too old”, “I’m too normal” or “that’s for people with money and connections”, this episode will mess with that narrative in the best way.It’s about:Audacity – deciding to do something wildly beyond your comfort zoneGraft – building the car, finding the money, fixing it when it catches fireGrit and humour – dealing with spiders, sand, sponsors and squits, and still laughingFriendship – trusting someone else with your life, your dream and your worst daysCheck out Be right Back events: Join Dare club: www.shewhodareswins.comShop Merch: www.shewhodareswins.com