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Breaking Free from Family Culture: The Hardest, Most Necessary Evolution You’ll Ever Make
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 12/2/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 12/2/25

Breaking Free from Family Culture: The Hardest, Most Necessary Evolution You’ll Ever Make

You have a choice: stay trapped in a life that isn’t yours or do the work to break free and build a new one.

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Let People Have Negative Thoughts and Reactions: You're Not Responsible for Their Emotions, So Stop Managing Them
deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/25/25 deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/25/25

Let People Have Negative Thoughts and Reactions: You're Not Responsible for Their Emotions, So Stop Managing Them

If you've ever felt the need to manage someone else's emotions, let me save you some time: stop. Right now. It’s not your job.

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Evolving Past Your Family of Origin: How to Break Free from Inherited Narratives and Build the Life You Actually Want
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/20/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/20/25

Evolving Past Your Family of Origin: How to Break Free from Inherited Narratives and Build the Life You Actually Want

To build the life you actually want—the career, health, relationships, and financial success that align with your ambitions—you have to leave the tribe.

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Healing People-Pleasing Means Getting Better at Handling the Discomfort of Disappointing People
deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/18/25 deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/18/25

Healing People-Pleasing Means Getting Better at Handling the Discomfort of Disappointing People

Healing from people-pleasing isn’t about becoming a cold-hearted. It’s about recognizing that your needs are just as important as everyone else’s.

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Making Peace with Yourself: You Did the Best You Could with What You Knew
deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/13/25 deep health, emotional health Michelle Porter 11/13/25

Making Peace with Yourself: You Did the Best You Could with What You Knew

You did the best you could with what you had. It’s time to make peace with that.

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Declutter Challenges: Productive, Competitive Ways to Clear Your Space—And Your Mind
deep health, environmental health Michelle Porter 11/12/25 deep health, environmental health Michelle Porter 11/12/25

Declutter Challenges: Productive, Competitive Ways to Clear Your Space—And Your Mind

Your mess is making you tired, distracted, and irritable. So, what’s the solution? A decluttering challenge that fits into your high-performance life.

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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): How It Affects Current Stress and How To Beat It
deep health, mental health Michelle Porter 11/11/25 deep health, mental health Michelle Porter 11/11/25

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): How It Affects Current Stress and How To Beat It

If you’ve ever felt like winter turns you into a sluggish, unmotivated shell of your former self, you’re not imagining it.

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Taking Back Control: The Power of Self-Agency in a World That Wants You on Autopilot
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/10/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/10/25

Taking Back Control: The Power of Self-Agency in a World That Wants You on Autopilot

Having agency is knowing you can pivot, course-correct, and make decisions based on your goals, values, and what actually serves you.

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Lifequakes: The Unwelcome Shake-Up That Might Just Save Your Life
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/6/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 11/6/25

Lifequakes: The Unwelcome Shake-Up That Might Just Save Your Life

Every ending is a new beginning. The old version of you wasn’t meant for this new chapter.

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The Truth About Sleep Debt: Why You Can’t Just Catch Up on Weekends
deep health, sleep Michelle Porter 11/5/25 deep health, sleep Michelle Porter 11/5/25

The Truth About Sleep Debt: Why You Can’t Just Catch Up on Weekends

You might not be able to erase all the effects of past sleep deprivation, but you can absolutely prevent future damage.

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You Took a Wrong Turn. Got Away From Yourself. You Can Always Come Back.
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/31/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/31/25

You Took a Wrong Turn. Got Away From Yourself. You Can Always Come Back.

Come home to yourself, again and again. As many times as needed when life sends you off course from the person you once were.

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Stress Debt: It Builds Over Months, Years, and Decades of Pushing Through Stress Without Properly Recovering
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/30/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/30/25

Stress Debt: It Builds Over Months, Years, and Decades of Pushing Through Stress Without Properly Recovering

You don’t wake up one day in burnout. It builds over months, years, even decades of pushing through stress without properly recovering.

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Stress Is Killing You—Literally: 10 Serious Chronic Conditions Caused by Chronic Stress
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/21/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/21/25

Stress Is Killing You—Literally: 10 Serious Chronic Conditions Caused by Chronic Stress

Chronic stress rewires your body, laying the groundwork for disease, and accelerates your path toward serious chronic health conditions.

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Thought Priming: Own Your First and Last Thoughts of the Day to Optimize Your Mindset for Performance
deep health, mental health Michelle Porter 10/20/25 deep health, mental health Michelle Porter 10/20/25

Thought Priming: Own Your First and Last Thoughts of the Day to Optimize Your Mindset for Performance

Are you optimizing your mindset? Specifically, are you taking control of the first and last thoughts of your day?

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The Everything Shower: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Weekly Self Care Ritual [for Women]
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/8/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/8/25

The Everything Shower: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Weekly Self Care Ritual [for Women]

The Everything Shower is a weekly ritual that’s part hygiene, part self-care therapy, and 100% about making you feel refreshed, renewed, and ready for whatever life throws at you.

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The Everything Shower: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Weekly Self Care Ritual [for Men]
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/8/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/8/25

The Everything Shower: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Weekly Self Care Ritual [for Men]

The Everything Shower isn’t about vanity—it’s about self-respect. A well-groomed man exudes confidence, and taking time for this weekly ritual ensures you look and feel your best in every aspect of life.

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When Your Body Says ‘Enough’: Physical Symptoms of Final Stage Burnout
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/7/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/7/25

When Your Body Says ‘Enough’: Physical Symptoms of Final Stage Burnout

In the final stage burnout your body refuses to keep up the charade. It’s no longer a matter of willpower; physiologically, you can’t push through anymore.

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Failing Forward: Why Failure is the Fastest Path to Growth (and Why You Need to Get Over the Fear)
deep health, existential health Michelle Porter 10/6/25 deep health, existential health Michelle Porter 10/6/25

Failing Forward: Why Failure is the Fastest Path to Growth (and Why You Need to Get Over the Fear)

Avoiding failure is also avoiding growth. If you’re never failing, you’re not pushing yourself hard enough.

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You Can’t Heal in the Places That Hurt You: Recovering from Burnout Requires Real Change
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/2/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 10/2/25

You Can’t Heal in the Places That Hurt You: Recovering from Burnout Requires Real Change

If your stressors—whether work, home, or relationships—are the reason you’re fried, just “managing stress” isn’t enough. You have to minimize or remove the source to recover fully.

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The 12 Stages of Burnout: A Guide to Recognizing—and Stopping—the Burnout Spiral
stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 9/30/25 stress & burnout, deep health Michelle Porter 9/30/25

The 12 Stages of Burnout: A Guide to Recognizing—and Stopping—the Burnout Spiral

Burnout doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a full-body breakdown—mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion that leaves you disengaged, cynical, and unable to function.

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