Michelle Taylor On Healing The Inner Child & Rising Strong

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Wendy Beck 1:02
love. 

Rich Bennett 1:03
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Wendy Beck 1:07
No, 

Rich Bennett 1:08
you're not Springsteen. All right, the head the head supervisor. No, thank you to work either. Welcome to Conversations with Wendy. Is that better? I am joined by Wendy Beck. We have another young 

Michelle Taylor 1:24
with 

Rich Bennett 1:24
lady who once you hear her story, I think you're going to be floored and cheese. Going to be launching something. Actually, by the time this airs, it may have launched, but we'll get into that a little bit. We have Michelle Taylor with us. And those of you that live here locally in Harford County may know, or you may not, but you're about to. You are or you are becoming a life coach. 

Michelle Taylor 1:50
I am. 

Rich Bennett 1:51
All right. My first question. Why? 

Michelle Taylor 1:55
Why? Well, I have been through a journey in my life that has led me and had things that have happened to me in my life that have led me here to make an impact on other women's lives and hopefully help them through the internal healing that I have done myself through my pain, trauma, neglect, abuse, abandonment, a lot of those issues. 

Rich Bennett 2:34
All right, so 

Michelle Taylor 2:37
Wendy, 

Rich Bennett 2:37
do you actually become a life coach 

Michelle Taylor 2:39
this year? Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 2:41
I want to step in here. Can you explain what a life coach 

Rich Bennett 2:45
Okay, 

Wendy Beck 2:45
is? Because a lot of need to realize that it's not therapy. 

Michelle Taylor 2:50
Correct, and that's a great point. That is a great point. And I do talk about this quite a bit because throughout my life, I have been to therapy. 

Rich Bennett 3:02
I'm 

Michelle Taylor 3:04
not a medical doctor by any means. I can't, you know, do things along those lines. And to me, the difference is, and I'm going to speak with my own personal experience, when there were the times that I was in therapy and going to a therapist, I never felt that 

There were any results or action 

Rich Bennett 3:32
right 

Michelle Taylor 3:32
behind those therapy sessions. It was basically going in, having a conversation with someone who's just looking at you like, yes. And then from there, they would say, well, go see the psychiatrist and you're going to get medication. And then you're just numbed even more. And you're still, to me, it just really created more internal issues 

Rich Bennett 4:02
right. 

Michelle Taylor 4:02
for me because I couldn't understand why I wasn't getting the result that I needed. So for me, a coach, whether whatever, 

as a coach that helped me make a difference in my life was getting to the root of the problem, like peeling back an onion. You have to get to those layers to get to the core of that onion to see why are these things happening? And as a result of what you're doing in life, you know, like for me, it was really healing your inner child. 

Rich Bennett 4:44
right 

Michelle Taylor 4:44
And I had no idea what that was. I thought, would I have something inside of me? I had no idea. And once I found out, you know, going through that process, 

To me, a life coach is really getting to the core of what that person's internal stuff 

Rich Bennett 5:09
Right. 

Michelle Taylor 5:09
is. Than working through each of those steps, to really have an impact on their life to get them not, you know, not you don't want to put them on But you want to take all the steps you need to, to get to the core of their issues. 

Wendy Beck 5:31
Right, I think my experience with life coaching is that you're answering your own questions. 

Michelle Taylor 5:37
Mm-hmm. 

Wendy Beck 5:37
You go to the life, you go to the therapist and the therapist, you know, if you're on medication, they often recommend that you go to therapy as well. Psychiatrist isn't someone who's going to give you therapy. So you go to your therapist, your therapist, there is a need. I'm not saying that there is not, but a life coach is very different. A life coach will have you answer your questions. So they are more presenting to you, and then you're answering them. You're finding the answers within yourself. And I think that that's very different, so I just kind of wanted to-- There, so 

Michelle Taylor 6:10
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 6:10
everyone understood. So how did that-- how did that help you? Like, where did that journey start for you? 

Michelle Taylor 6:17
Um, so, as far 

Wendy Beck 6:20
Well, 

Michelle Taylor 6:20
as-- 

Wendy Beck 6:20
the life you said you were with a life coach, and then how did that open your eyes to, like, this is how I need to heal? 

Michelle Taylor 6:26
Oh, gosh, basically-- What she did was, you know, asked certain questions from me, but then I went deep inside myself to 

Rich Bennett 6:42
Coaching-- 

Michelle Taylor 6:43
realize-- to realize, oh my god, like, throughout my life, these were all of the hurt, pain, trauma, neglect, rejection, abuse, abandonment that I was holding inside of myself. And the analogy that I use in that is, as we-- 

Wendy Beck 7:03
We have a short life, 

Michelle Taylor 7:05
and you have those pains, traumas, all of the things I said, our parents didn't teach us how to work through that, they didn't know they-- 

Rich Bennett 7:14
How people didn't know how 

Michelle Taylor 7:15
Right, 

Rich Bennett 7:15
to-- 

Michelle Taylor 7:15
they did the best they could, but the analogy that I use is it's like a ball of yarn, and as people experience those things, they're going to feel it in different parts of their body. 

Rich Bennett 7:27
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 7:28
Mine are in my heart and my stomach, so-- As you go through life, and each of these things happen, it rattles up like a ball of yarn. It gets bigger and bigger, you don't see it protruding physically, however, that creates sickness, depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, weight loss, waking, and then in turn, that creates real internal sickness, so I 

Rich Bennett 7:58
really did 

Michelle Taylor 7:59
to go through certain processes with her. I really had to go deep within myself to go back to recognize first, what were all of those things for me. 

Rich Bennett 8:10
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 8:11
And then to address them, when I did that, it was a very long process, it wasn't something that took a week, took hours, it took months for me. There were places I didn't want to go back to. I didn't want to remember that hurt. I didn't want to remember that abuse. I didn't want to remember that pain or that trauma. So I went back as far as I could to remember what happened in my life. What, who it was, what happened, who it was, what pain that was causing and how that was affecting me where I was at that point in my life, later in life. 

So you have to recognize it, address it and addressing it. I had a lot of conversations. I've heard a lot of letters to people, some are mailed, some are not here so I still kept them. And then you have, that's, you're getting that out. 

Rich Bennett 9:21
It's 

Michelle Taylor 9:22
Even 

Rich Bennett 9:22
therapy. 

Michelle Taylor 9:22
though you don't want to. And then you have to release it. So even though even in part of your addressing is still part of your release that's taking you to really release it, that you may burn those letters, that you couldn't mail, and then you have to forgive from, from, you know, from that at the end because. if you don't, I mean, I don't hold anything in my being anymore today. I'm 57. I started this when I was just-- I just termed 54. So it's been like 3.5 years for me. And I don't hold any negativity, Trump. I don't hold any of that in my being. This was a, a tremendous journey for me, my own spiritual life. I'm a spiritual healing journey. And, um, one that I hope to share and help other others, you know, other women in my 

area. And, and outside of that as well. 

Rich Bennett 10:30
Which is another important thing about being a life coach. Where as building this business, you can help other women in other states. As a license therapist, you cannot do that. 

Wendy Beck 10:44
No, you have to be a license in the state that 

Rich Bennett 10:46
Exactly. 

Wendy Beck 10:46
you practice, 

Rich Bennett 10:47
yes. Yeah, so that's, that's another. 

Michelle Taylor 10:51
And coaching is really becoming more prevalent. 

Rich Bennett 10:54
Oh yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 10:55
Today, I-- 

Rich Bennett 10:56
life coaches, business coaches, you're seeing all 

Wendy Beck 10:59
different, 

Rich Bennett 10:59
types of 

Wendy Beck 10:59
grief coaches. 

Michelle Taylor 11:01
Oh yeah, yeah. 

Rich Bennett 11:03
It's important. It's very 

Wendy Beck 11:05
important. Where is this journey taken you from, from knowing that you needed to do something different to where you are today? 

Michelle Taylor 11:14
This journey has taken me, um, gosh, the vision that I see and the changes that I've, I've made in my life in the last three 

Wendy Beck 11:25
Which 

Michelle Taylor 11:25
years. 

Wendy Beck 11:26
is a short period 

Michelle Taylor 11:27
of time. Yeah. And I've dedicated a lot of time. You know, for me, this has been a very long no season. And 

Wendy Beck 11:38
with no season, 

Michelle Taylor 11:39
No 

Wendy Beck 11:39
what 

Michelle Taylor 11:39
season. 

Wendy Beck 11:39
is that? 

Michelle Taylor 11:40
So your, your season of no is when you know that you have something so strong inside of you because going through this journey, I've truly come into my true purpose in life. 

Rich Bennett 11:54
When you say no, you mean K and OW 

Wendy Beck 11:57
and no. 

Rich Bennett 11:58
And oh, 

Wendy Beck 11:58
And 

Rich Bennett 11:58
no. 

Wendy Beck 11:58
I know, like 

Rich Bennett 11:59
Okay. 

Wendy Beck 11:59
saying no to other things. 

Michelle Taylor 12:00
NL. 

Rich Bennett 12:01
Okay. 

Wendy Beck 12:01
One of my favorite books. I'm going to just say this right now. William Yurrie, the power of a positive no. So you were saying no for your greater yes? 

Michelle Taylor 12:12
Yes. Yeah. I love that. Yes. 

So what I see is in this season of no. And season of growth. Um, I've come into heal my inner self. heart, my mind, my body and my soul. Um, I've come to love myself fall in love with me. 

Rich Bennett 12:37
My 

Michelle Taylor 12:37
I didn't know what that was. And I've gotten you know, visually what my journey ahead is. And that's what I'm working towards. So for me, my end result is to create a movement, leave a legacy, not only for myself, but for other women that I can help that feel 

Rich Bennett 13:08
lost. 

Wendy Beck 13:08
Stuck. 

Michelle Taylor 13:09
Yeah. Lost. Not understanding why they are continuously doing the same thing over again, 

Rich Bennett 13:17
Stuck. Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 13:17
expecting a different result. Not knowing that there's so much just inside of us that can answer those questions and in that internal healing. Really. So maybe they may come into their true purpose in life and get out of narcissistic relationships and stop following certain 

Rich Bennett 13:40
Mm. 

Michelle Taylor 13:40
patterns. That they've done throughout their life. 

Wendy Beck 13:46
And that's what happens. We we kind of we tend to to find comfort in what we know. But that doesn't mean that we're going to grow. 

Michelle Taylor 13:53
Yes, very true. 

Rich Bennett 13:56
All right. So with you've had a life coach, or I guess you still do, right, 

Michelle Taylor 14:00
long, I do not any longer. 

Rich Bennett 14:03
any 

Michelle Taylor 14:03
Right now, I finished with all of my coaches that I've previously coached with May of this year. 

Rich Bennett 14:10
Okay. 

Michelle Taylor 14:11
So 

Rich Bennett 14:12
you've learned how to love yourself. So I want to a 

lot of people listening may think this is weird, but I think it's a good practice to do when you wake up in the morning, do you look in the mirror and tell yourself every morning that you love yourself. 

Michelle Taylor 14:28
So I have a morning routine. 

Rich Bennett 14:32
I was going to ask you 

Michelle Taylor 14:33
I 

Rich Bennett 14:33
that. 

Michelle Taylor 14:34
do, I do. Uhm, there's so much that I've learned and growth in myself, like, these last three years have just been incredible for me. And… I just want to share them with other people because it's made such a difference in my 

Rich Bennett 14:50
mm-hmm. 

Michelle Taylor 14:50
life. So my morning routine I get up, before I even put my feet on the floor, I look up, I thank God, for giving another day. My gratitude is huge… in a huge part of my life. Uhm, I'm either doing yoga at home in the morning. I journal every day what my intentions are for the day. Whether I meet all of them or not, I 

Rich Bennett 15:18
one. 

Michelle Taylor 15:18
still 

Rich Bennett 15:18
Lee.. 

Michelle Taylor 15:19
journal that 

Rich Bennett 15:19
Lee.. Lee is you're writing it down, huh? 

Michelle Taylor 15:21
I meditate and uhm, just I take that first hour and a half, that's my, 

Rich Bennett 15:27
that's me. That's your time, yeah. It's important. 

Michelle Taylor 15:29
I'm doing what I need to do for me. And uhm.. 

Rich Bennett 15:34
So, doing all that your morning routine, actually, 

Michelle Taylor 15:38
oh do I tell myself I love myself, 

Rich Bennett 15:40
yes, 

Michelle Taylor 15:40
yes, I do, every day. Multiple times a day. Multiple times a day. 

Wendy Beck 15:46
Do I? 

Rich Bennett 15:47
Do you have a morning 

Wendy Beck 15:48
I 

Rich Bennett 15:48
routine? 

Wendy Beck 15:48
do have a morning routine. 

Rich Bennett 15:50
Ok, do you tell yourself that you love yourself? 

Wendy Beck 15:51
I'll tell you about my 

Rich Bennett 15:53
Now, I don't care what your morning routine is, yes. 

Michelle Taylor 15:54
routine. 

Rich Bennett 15:55
So yeah, what's your 

Michelle Taylor 15:55
routine? 

Rich Bennett 15:56
morning 

Michelle Taylor 15:56
What is it? 

Rich Bennett 15:57
Morning routines are very important and even the routines when you go to bed too, I believe. 

Michelle Taylor 16:02
You have 

Rich Bennett 16:03
one. 

Wendy Beck 16:03
me. 

Rich Bennett 16:03
Well, that's 

Wendy Beck 16:04
And I give my cats their treat because they're not going to not allow me to do that, so I can. 

Rich Bennett 16:11
You give the cats their treat the first when 

Wendy Beck 16:13
Yes, 

Rich Bennett 16:13
you get right away? 

Wendy Beck 16:14
yes, yes. Then I make my coffee, I make French press coffee and then I go climb back and bed with my coffee and I journal. 

Rich Bennett 16:22
Oh, ok. 

Wendy Beck 16:24
It's a good brain dump. I started it, I don't know, it's been a while now, it's been about three years and I'm 56, so I feel like this has been the first time in my life that I've actually allowed myself to have a routine because, you know, 

Michelle Taylor 16:40
the 

Wendy Beck 16:41
youngest is 20, you know, three to do some things that I've never been able to do because I think women set that set ourself last. And so, you know, for me, I've read a book called The Artist Way. Are you familiar with that? So The Artist Way is about just that creative journey and she starts by telling you it's a journal every morning, three morning pages and that's where I've started and once I started it, I just have not stopped. 

Michelle Taylor 17:10
It's amazing. 

Rich Bennett 17:12
I think it's the first episode where you dropped two books so far. 

Michelle Taylor 17:15
I was going to say, 

Wendy Beck 17:17
is that a wrong? 

Rich Bennett 17:18
No, it's also. 

Wendy Beck 17:19
Oh, ok. 

Rich Bennett 17:19
it. 

Michelle Taylor 17:19
love 

Wendy Beck 17:19
I 

Rich Bennett 17:20
It beats the Wendy. 

Wendy Beck 17:22
That's coming, that's coming later. No, and this book is, book is like 30 years old, women all over the country, all over from all walks of life. I've talked about this book. 

Rich Bennett 17:34
There are 

Wendy Beck 17:35
So you should, 

Rich Bennett 17:35
some books that doesn't matter how old they get. They're still relevant. Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 17:40
yes. 

Rich Bennett 17:40
I mean, yeah, I'm still reading, again, Napoleon stills a lot of success. 1928, but it will never get old. Certain books. The prime example of the Bible. You know, there are certain books that, and when you read them, again, it could have a different meaning as well. 

Michelle Taylor 18:01
Especially where you are. 

Rich Bennett 18:03
Yes. Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 18:05
Really, that's a very true statement. 

Rich Bennett 18:08
The Artist Way. Do you remember who wrote 

Wendy Beck 18:10
it? Yeah, Julia Cameron. 

Rich Bennett 18:14
Huh, ok. 

Wendy Beck 18:15
So she talks a lot about just finding your inner creativity, going on artist dates with yourself, journaling all these things, which just really just speaks to me and volumes, but like you said, it was the first time in my life that I actually like put myself first. What am I going to do for me? How am I going to create time and space for myself? Because we don't always do 

Rich Bennett 18:39
that. What's an artist date? 

Wendy Beck 18:40
Oh, it's so awesome. 

Rich Bennett 18:43
Are you going on a day of an artist? 

Wendy Beck 18:45
No, you're going to date with yourself. 

Rich Bennett 18:47
Oh, 

Michelle Taylor 18:47
And that's 

Rich Bennett 18:48
ok. 

Michelle Taylor 18:48
part of loving yourself 

Wendy Beck 18:50
and I do a lot of photography. 

Rich Bennett 18:52
Artists, what? 

Wendy Beck 18:54
Yeah, I take Don't You My Instagram. Gosh, when back 68 

Michelle Taylor 18:58
Instagram. 

Wendy Beck 18:58
on 

Shameless self promotion here today. 

Rich Bennett 19:07
I did not know. 

Wendy Beck 19:08
Well, I mean, I with my phone my phone with my phone, no. Gorgeous. 

Michelle Taylor 19:13
So you're creative, you're artsy, you're... 

Wendy Beck 19:16
I think so. And I'm developing that, just 

Michelle Taylor 19:19
like... 

Wendy Beck 19:20
Just like you are developing gifts within you, I feel like when we give ourselves time to figure it out, it happens. 

Michelle Taylor 19:29
And it is, leaving or not, it is all about timing, and one of my coaches, well 

Rich Bennett 19:38
both, 

Michelle Taylor 19:38
probably have always said, because I would, you know, say, I'm not 

Rich Bennett 19:44
where 

Michelle Taylor 19:44
I should be, I'm not 

Rich Bennett 19:45
where I should be, 

Michelle Taylor 19:46
and they would say, 'Michelle, you're where you're meant to be right now.' 'You're where you're meant to be, it will come, but you're where you're meant to be right now.' 

Rich Bennett 19:59
Alright, so, you got your morning routine? 

Wendy Beck 20:02
And she's finding her gifts. 

Rich Bennett 20:04
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 20:04
Like, this is bringing something out in her, that's kind of at the 

Michelle Taylor 20:09
That 

Rich Bennett 20:09
top. I know. 

Michelle Taylor 20:09
truly has so, my meditation for me has been one of the biggest 

Rich Bennett 20:20
things 

Michelle Taylor 20:20
my life as 

Wendy Beck 20:21
in 

Michelle Taylor 20:21
well. 

Because it brings me into my mind space, I don't hear outside noise. 

In my meditation, I see things that are coming for me, and, you know, I... 

Rich Bennett 20:41
In a good way. Yeah, okay. 

Michelle Taylor 20:44
Oh, absolutely. Yeah, oh, absolutely. I mean, 

Wendy Beck 20:46
visually... Do you see things for other people? 

Michelle Taylor 20:48
I do. I have. Um, and, yeah, I've shared them, but I'll note one of the first things that I saw for myself, I co-authored my first book last year with 25 other women who have overcome adversity, and I launched that in June at the Foster and Barrel House, 

Wendy Beck 21:07
Oh, 

Michelle Taylor 21:07
and it was incredible. 

Rich Bennett 21:09
What's the book? 

Michelle Taylor 21:10
It was called Unstoppable Three. I didn't, like, my coach did that with 25 women, but when I really started knowing that there was more, that I was meant for so much more, and that what I've gone through in my life wasn't just these things, it was because this is my true purpose, and, God has shown me that had I not gone through these things, I wouldn't be where I am today to be able to share them with other women, but, in meditating, just the peace that I get from that, the clearing of my mind, um, one of the first things that I saw was, because I've always wanted to be a motivational speaker 

Rich Bennett 22:03
Uh-huh. 

Michelle Taylor 22:03
to. And I'll never forget it. I was meditating, and I saw these colors, very vibrant, purple, red, purple, green, blue, and gold, and it was the carpet. It was very geometric. 

Rich Bennett 22:19
The 

Michelle Taylor 22:20
stage was 

Rich Bennett 22:20
a 

Michelle Taylor 22:21
really big, heavy, um, like, red and gold drapes, and I was standing on this stage in front of an audience, full, like, packed, like, motivationally speaking. So, I do see, you know, a lot 

Wendy Beck 22:39
that's 

Michelle Taylor 22:40
of 

Wendy Beck 22:40
coming. 

Michelle Taylor 22:40
Yes, 

Rich Bennett 22:41
which could be, 

Michelle Taylor 22:41
oh, that's called, 

Rich Bennett 22:42
which could be something. Even like a TEDx talk. 

Michelle Taylor 22:45
Yes, 

Rich Bennett 22:45
you know, 

Michelle Taylor 22:46
yep, your own point, 

Rich Bennett 22:47
and that's something that, we have you TEDx talks, and then you're, 

Michelle Taylor 22:52
um, 

Rich Bennett 22:53
your TEDx talk, you can actually, you can do right here and get other speakers. I think if you go on to, I guess it's TEDxTalks.com, I don't know. You can actually either register or create one, and let's say that's changed because I, that's something I've been wanting to do too. 

Michelle Taylor 23:12
let's do it. 

Rich Bennett 23:13
I'm, 

Michelle Taylor 23:13
I'll do that 

Rich Bennett 23:13
You 

Michelle Taylor 23:14
one. 

Rich Bennett 23:14
should do it. 

Michelle Taylor 23:14
We'll do that together. 

Rich Bennett 23:16
Wendy. 

Wendy Beck 23:16
What do you, I don't understand, what is it? 

Rich Bennett 23:18
A TEDx 

Wendy Beck 23:19
it's like, 

Rich Bennett 23:19
talk is 

Wendy Beck 23:19
I've heard of TEDx. What's a TEDx? 

Rich Bennett 23:21
the same thing. 

Wendy Beck 23:22
It's 

Rich Bennett 23:22
It's just that where it's like the, um, I don't want to say that this. However, because I think the TED talks, you have to be invited. 

Wendy Beck 23:32
Oh, yes. Okay, 

Michelle Taylor 23:34
great. Like your TEDx or, or, like, a smaller audience. 

Rich Bennett 23:37
think, yeah, you can 

Michelle Taylor 23:38
I 

Rich Bennett 23:39
hold. 

Michelle Taylor 23:40
Yes, 

Wendy Beck 23:40
Okay. 

Michelle Taylor 23:41
yes, but you're right. The TED talks, you have to be invited, but, um, 

Rich Bennett 23:45
what do I, what, 

Michelle Taylor 23:46
Yeah, we're gonna do that. 

Wendy Beck 23:48
alright? 

Michelle Taylor 23:48
I would love 

Wendy Beck 23:49
How 

Michelle Taylor 23:49
that. 

Wendy Beck 23:49
am I gonna talk 

Michelle Taylor 23:50
There's 

Wendy Beck 23:50
about? 

Michelle Taylor 23:50
so much to 

Rich Bennett 23:51
Are 

Michelle Taylor 23:51
come. 

Wendy Beck 23:51
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 23:51
you? 

You, you know what? I think I found somebody Was 

Wendy Beck 24:06
there 

Michelle Taylor 24:08
so many women that have gifts that they they have no idea so what's coming is is going to be you know what I see for myself within the community and globally is going to be tremendous but to answer your question as far as my night routine. 

Rich Bennett 24:30
Oh, I forgot that I'm sorry. 

Michelle Taylor 24:32
So, you know, I wash my face, brush my 

Rich Bennett 24:36
teeth. I 

Michelle Taylor 24:37
go to bed. There are affirmations that I say every day and I journal my evening journaling and meditation is on gratitude. 

In the morning, I do my intentions in the evening is my gratitude. I am very grateful for where I am today and what's coming. 

Rich Bennett 25:07
So, with the life coach. Where would you like to see it in five years because everything's got a plan, so you have five years, ten years. Where would you like to see it in five years? Because I know you mentioned basically locally first globally. 

Michelle Taylor 25:26
Where will I see it in five years? 

Rich Bennett 25:28
Yeah. 

Where will I see it? No, where will it be in five years? I like that even 

Michelle Taylor 25:35
It's 

Rich Bennett 25:35
better. 

Michelle Taylor 25:35
right. It's it's going to be like I said earlier creating a movement, a global movement for 

Rich Bennett 25:43
Okay. 

Michelle Taylor 25:43
for me. 

Not not just for me, but for for women all over. My vision is so huge, and I know it's coming. When I say I know I know I feel it in my bones. And, you know, I've said things to people throughout the last few years and like this is coming. This is going to happen. So, to see where it will be in five years, it will be a global movement of women all over. 

I'm sharing my vision with them working with them when they're internal healing and many other things. But me being the person that shared all of this for them to do what they need to do globally in their area and sharing with other women. 

Wendy Beck 26:44
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 26:44
Do you have any mentors right now? 

Michelle Taylor 26:46
I do not. 

Rich Bennett 26:47
do not. 

Michelle Taylor 26:48
You 

Rich Bennett 26:48
I think I think of I know somebody that would be a good mentor for this, and you know her. 

Wendy Beck 26:54
And do I? 

Rich Bennett 26:56
You know you haven't met her 

Wendy Beck 26:57
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 26:57
yet yet, but I think she'd be a good mentor for you as well. 

Wendy Beck 27:01
Oh, my. 

Rich Bennett 27:02
And that's Megan you mean? 

Michelle Taylor 27:05
Oh, Megan and I were. I love Megan. 

Rich Bennett 27:08
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 27:08
Her and I met this morning for like two hours. 

Rich Bennett 27:12
She you know 

Michelle Taylor 27:13
we're 

Rich Bennett 27:13
what 

Michelle Taylor 27:13
going to do some collaboration. 

Rich Bennett 27:16
Are we going to see each other again 

Wendy Beck 27:17
tomorrow? Yes. 

Rich Bennett 27:18
I'll bring her two books for you. 

Wendy Beck 27:20
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 27:20
She wrote think think big act bold. is the second one 

Michelle Taylor 27:25
What 

Rich Bennett 27:25
sorry Megan, I forgot. 

Michelle Taylor 27:27
I know I don't know her second one. 

But she's an incredible. 

Rich Bennett 27:35
She 

Michelle Taylor 27:35
Incredible. 

Rich Bennett 27:36
does vision board. She does them at the schools and she just got. I think just got back from Jamaica, 

Michelle Taylor 27:41
Jamaica. 

Rich Bennett 27:43
Was doing a vision board out there because when she was on the show, I told her I said, you're going to have you know, tell Kevin, you guys got to invest in an RV. 

Michelle Taylor 27:52
Yeah, she was at Lenniex Lewis's boxing camp 

Rich Bennett 27:55
Yes. 

Michelle Taylor 27:55
for the kids there. 

Rich Bennett 27:58
Awesome. 

Michelle Taylor 27:58
And yeah, 

Rich Bennett 27:59
look at 

Michelle Taylor 28:00
And it's good. Like her and I were talking this morning and I said just to see. People know me as a realtor in Baltimore, Hartford, Cecil. I've been a real estate agent full time for 25 years and I'm still going to do real estate. But to see the women up rising in our local community 

Rich Bennett 28:22
yes. 

Michelle Taylor 28:22
is amazing. And I'm so excited to really collaborate with them and help in any way that I can in their journey. So whatever I can share, I'm not about keeping my secrets to myself. right this minute, but 

Wendy Beck 28:43
Something's 

Michelle Taylor 28:44
for. If there's anything I can do that will help someone grow in their life, in their business, like I am always 

Rich Bennett 28:56
there to 

Michelle Taylor 28:57
do that. 

Rich Bennett 28:58
I love the fact that you're seeing more and more women doing more things. It used to be, I mean, years ago, you couldn't even probably count on both, maybe not even one hand. How many 

Wendy Beck 29:12
successful 

Rich Bennett 29:13
women? Yeah, but, or even just local businesses owned by women. 

Michelle Taylor 29:17
I think COVID changed a lot of that. 

Rich Bennett 29:19
Oh, well, yeah, but, I mean, you're starting seeing more beforehand, Wendy. You got Wendy, you know, you're, you're gonna, you got Megan, um, nieces went right out of my head. God, there's a lot of 

Michelle Taylor 29:33
yeah. 

Rich Bennett 29:33
them. Uh oh, um, Sarah Coleman, 

Michelle Taylor 29:36
Other 

Rich Bennett 29:36
it's just so many women out there that are, I want to see their, uh, their bringin' barriers. They're out there. They're not takin' though for an answer and they're doing it. 

Wendy Beck 29:51
and there's, and you know what, what the drive behind it is, they're finding their passion. And 

Rich Bennett 29:56
Well, 

Wendy Beck 29:56
they're finding their passion through their healing. And, you know, for me personally, like, losing my daughter was probably the biggest life event I 

Rich Bennett 30:04
have. 

Wendy Beck 30:04
will ever I mean, you know, it's, it's, it has changed the course of my life. so in, in having said that, I would not be in this space today without that, I've happened. And we talked about this when we were doing a podcast yesterday or, or whenever it was. And would I take it all away to get her back? Yeah, I mean, theoretically yes, absolutely I would. But as a result, we are helping so many women because of that. And I have to tell myself that that was her journey 

Michelle Taylor 30:38
And

Wendy Beck 30:39
that if she knew, you know, ahead of time, what she was gonna be the impact that she was gonna have, maybe we would have the same story today, in all honesty. And, and that's as empowering as it is heartbreaking to me, to be honest. 

Rich Bennett 30:56
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Michelle Taylor 32:22
And that's, you know, one of the things empowering is huge and repurposing is taking, you know, what we've been through, our loss, whatever it is, and repurposing that for the better of us. 

Rich Bennett 32:40
It's so 

Michelle Taylor 32:42
huge to me. 

Wendy Beck 32:43
Yes. And as women, we are standing up and we're saying, 

Michelle Taylor 32:46
what? 

Wendy Beck 32:46
you know This is what is meant for me to do. I'm not just gonna go out and do this job so I can make money, but I am meant to do this. And there has been a calling. 

Michelle Taylor 32:58
Yes. 

Wendy Beck 32:59
And when you have that, like me and Rachel, and you, and all of these other women, there's were unstoppable. 

Michelle Taylor 33:06
Amen. Amen. 

Rich Bennett 33:08
I'm probably going to get a lot of guys pissed 

Michelle Taylor 33:11
me. 

Rich Bennett 33:11
at 

Wendy Beck 33:12
What? But 

Rich Bennett 33:13
it's true. If you want something done, right, there's got to be a woman involved. Either 

Wendy Beck 33:21
I'm sure 

Rich Bennett 33:22
behind 

Wendy Beck 33:22
there's 

Rich Bennett 33:22
it. 

Wendy Beck 33:23
some exceptions possibly. 

Rich Bennett 33:25
But oh, no. 

Wendy Beck 33:26
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 33:26
I guarantee you any successful guy has a powerful 

Michelle Taylor 33:34
woman behind him. Amen. To 

Rich Bennett 33:37
guarantee it. 

Michelle Taylor 33:37
I love that. 

Rich Bennett 33:38
Guaranteed. 

Michelle Taylor 33:39
Look at Grand Cardone, and then his wife, you 

Rich Bennett 33:43
Everybody. 

Michelle Taylor 33:43
know, there are so many. 

Rich Bennett 33:45
Yeah, everybody, even some, even some of them may be their own mother, you know, but still it's... 

(Laughs) My house, there was always water build up on the sidewalk. Every time they would come out and look at it, I can't tell you how many different guys, it's runoff from your hill. It's runoff 

Michelle Taylor 34:18
hill. 

Rich Bennett 34:19
from your The one time they came out, and he said that, I said, how could it be runoff from the hill? We haven't had rain in God knows how long. The next, I call again, this time a woman came out. She found 

Michelle Taylor 34:32
the, oh 

Rich Bennett 34:33
God. But she didn't have the park. 

Michelle Taylor 34:36
my 

Rich Bennett 34:36
She goes, I don't have the park, but I'll send 

Michelle Taylor 34:38
out. 

Rich Bennett 34:38
somebody 

I think men are lazy because the guy came out to fix 

Michelle Taylor 34:46
it. You go find this, I can't. 

Rich Bennett 34:49
See, 

Michelle Taylor 34:50
it's 

Rich Bennett 34:51
just runoff from the hill. I said, did you change the park? What part? I said, open that back up. I'm going to show you, cause she put 

Michelle Taylor 34:57
it up 

Rich Bennett 34:58
to you. Now, he said, oh yeah, that is leaking. Oh yeah, I had the park here. It was, woman that pointed it out. Yes, guys, go ahead. Call me. Race. I 

Michelle Taylor 35:10
(Laughs) 

Rich Bennett 35:11
don't care, but you know, I am right. Another prime example, this woman to my left, Wendy, because of her, the podcast would not be as success wise. It is especially in the addiction category. Because of all the people. 

Wendy Beck 35:27
Well, again, do you think that I, you know, 10-15 years ago, I thought that this that I would be sitting here today? No, absolutely not. It 

Rich Bennett 35:34
years 

Wendy Beck 35:35
was 

Rich Bennett 35:35
ago, I would have never, I didn't even know what a podcast 

Wendy Beck 35:36
15 

Rich Bennett 35:37
was. 

Wendy Beck 35:38
saying, 

Rich Bennett 35:38
Yeah, 

Wendy Beck 35:38
it's that purpose, that purpose driven goals that are creating change to make our lives better. And it's all based on healing. You know, you're, you're hitting it right on the head when you say that because you had to get to a place where you said, you know what, I need to heal. And I need to do it differently than I've ever imagined that I would do it. And in that, we're talking about these gifts that you have now that you have, you know, intuition and found out and want to give it away. And, you know, especially even in the recovery community, I have learned so much about about just healing in general, not being in recovery of myself, but being 

Michelle Taylor 36:22
everyone. 

Wendy Beck 36:23
It's, it's amazing. 

Michelle Taylor 36:24
And you're, what's you saying that I have a heart for, you know, addiction. My son was, or is an addict. He's been in recovery for 13 years and of this month. And I'm so grateful for that. 

When I think of my vision and where I'm going to be with repurposed rising is my heart for even addicts because there's internal trauma. And do they even, you know, do they know what that is? You know, maybe if working through that, I could have very easily taken a path down that road. At 17, I was selling drugs out of a deli I worked at. I could have very easily went down that path. It was by God's grace and mercy that I didn't know, here I am today, but it never at 54 when I started this journey. I've always thought as people go through life or in life and I've heard so many people say, why am I here? What is 

Rich Bennett 37:45
end. 

Michelle Taylor 37:45
my 

Rich Bennett 37:45
You 

Michelle Taylor 37:46
purpose? Like when am I really meant to do? And I truly believe when we were born, we were given our purpose. 

Rich Bennett 37:53
But 

Michelle Taylor 37:54
as we go through life, you know, our parents say, oh, you know, go to a business school, go do this, go do that. This is what you need to do. They've conditioned us to live our life hell, they saw it for us. Not, right, not as hell, we saw it for ourselves. 

You go to work, you go to this job that how many people do you hear? I hate this job. I don't want to be here. I want to do something else. And I've seen a lot of people not really 

to their true purpose until they've went through their trauma 

Rich Bennett 38:37
come 

Michelle Taylor 38:37
and you know they've hit rock bottom, whatever that may be for someone in you know mental health and relationships and addiction. Whatever that there's such a large realm in that. And then like myself just like oh my gosh I could remember thinking why me? Why am I going through this? And this is why because this is my true purpose. And I just, I 

Wendy Beck 39:08
it would not have been able to do that if you had not been through 

Michelle Taylor 39:12
went. 

Wendy Beck 39:12
what you 

Michelle Taylor 39:12
No, no and people say you know, as you said earlier before when we were talking I'm really sorry. And I don't like, I'm not ashamed to talk about what I've been through. And I 

Rich Bennett 39:26
the 

Michelle Taylor 39:26
don't 

Rich Bennett 39:27
person you. 

Michelle Taylor 39:27
absolutely. And I don't want people to be sorry because I don't know that that's a natural reaction for someone to say I'm sorry, but even in the nine year relationship that I was in, I can look at him today and we've had conversations that I've said don't be sorry. And thank you today because that was the breaking point that brought me to best place I've ever been in my life emotionally 

Wendy Beck 40:03
internally. 

Rich Bennett 40:04
Yeah, it's, I mean I can understand you know what people say I'm sorry, which they are, lot of times they truly mean it. 

Michelle Taylor 40:16
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 40:17
but yeah I think everything in a way, somehow or another, if you take what happens 

to you repurpose it like you find 

Wendy Beck 40:31
rice. 

Rich Bennett 40:31
and rise. I love that 

Michelle Taylor 40:33
Yes, 

Rich Bennett 40:33
name. What is it again? 

Michelle Taylor 40:34
Repurposed rising. 

Rich Bennett 40:37
It's it's going to make you stronger. The ball. And then you just develop it and figure out how 

you can help. Do you think, God. Actually, all of us. That's what we're doing. You Wendy, I mean, you helping all these women in recovery. You're going to help be helping all these women lift themselves back up. And with me doing this to podcast, just getting the word out there. 

Wendy Beck 41:02
Keep telling the. Just keep telling stories. Keep telling the 

Michelle Taylor 41:04
a 

Wendy Beck 41:04
story, 

Rich Bennett 41:04
which is 

Michelle Taylor 41:05
yes. And 

Rich Bennett 41:05
Blossing to because a lot of 

Michelle Taylor 41:07
then. 

Rich Bennett 41:08
years ago, 20 years ago, people would not would not talk about their trauma or anything. 

Michelle Taylor 41:16
So this is, I know I keep going back to many things that I have learned in this journey. And another one of the biggest things for me was communication and going back to how we were conditioned growing up, our limiting beliefs and 

you know, people not speaking communicatively, like because why when we were growing up, what were we told? Hush. 

Wendy Beck 41:45
any of 

Michelle Taylor 41:45
Be 

Wendy Beck 41:45
your business, 

Michelle Taylor 41:45
quiet. 

Rich Bennett 41:46
Right. 

Wendy Beck 41:46
Right. 

Michelle Taylor 41:46
I don't want to hear what you have to Speak when you're spoken 

Rich Bennett 41:49
which is 

Michelle Taylor 41:49
to, 

Rich Bennett 41:49
where 

Michelle Taylor 41:50
so, 

Rich Bennett 41:50
the shame came from. 

Michelle Taylor 41:51
Right. So that conditions us to not want to 

Wendy Beck 41:55
to share, 

Michelle Taylor 41:56
share. And it's so important. Oh my gosh, it's such a of it's it's so healthy. 

Rich Bennett 42:07
release 

Michelle Taylor 42:07
It is so healthy. And to be vulnerable and find your safe space, if that's what you need to do that initially, find your safe space 

Rich Bennett 42:18
When 

Michelle Taylor 42:19
there. 

Rich Bennett 42:20
you opened up originally about your your trauma, the rape and everything, it incredible from wrong, but it did. Didn't it feel like a ton of breaks just 

Michelle Taylor 42:29
Oh my 

Rich Bennett 42:30
be 

Michelle Taylor 42:30
gosh, 

Rich Bennett 42:30
voters? 

Michelle Taylor 42:31
absolutely. And it was it truly was a form of it truly was a healing for me. So when I talk about internal healing I'm a Raky 3 master as well. 

Rich Bennett 42:45
So oh, come on now. 

Michelle Taylor 42:48
So 

you know you you have your chakras and Uhm, when I did my internal, my inner child healing, 

Rich Bennett 43:01
uh huh. 

Michelle Taylor 43:01
for me, that was like emptying the trash can out. And when you do that, for that not only, like, released internally for me, 

I lost 40 some pounds, and it was 

Rich Bennett 43:29
damn. 

Michelle Taylor 43:29
The stress. All of the- 

Wendy Beck 43:32
you were holding onto it. 

Michelle Taylor 43:33
Oh my gosh, it's so huge. So I did my internal, and I do every day. I do self-development every day, not only in, uhm, meditating, journaling, exercising. I feed myself better. Now I'm 

Rich Bennett 43:52
Very 

Michelle Taylor 43:52
eating 

Rich Bennett 43:53
important, 

Michelle Taylor 43:53
better. 

Rich Bennett 43:54
yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 43:54
Working on my outer being, and not to- not for anyone else, but for me. 

Rich Bennett 44:01
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 44:01
So, when you're good for you, you know, you- you have to heal, you have to be the best that you can be for you first, then for the right person to come into your life. And for love, how you love yourself, is the love you're going to attract into your life. 

Rich Bennett 44:20
You're throwing out that positivity too. 

Michelle Taylor 44:23
I 

Rich Bennett 44:23
mean, which is important because when you bottle all that stuff in, it just- You have this negative energy around- 

Michelle Taylor 44:31
Oh, 

Rich Bennett 44:32
A lot of people don't understand 

Michelle Taylor 44:33
yeah. 

Rich Bennett 44:33
that. Well, I just had somebody on, we talked about this, empaths. 

Michelle Taylor 44:38
And 

Rich Bennett 44:40
if you are an empath, you can just feel that negative energy from other people. 

Michelle Taylor 44:45
I'm very empathic, and I'll share with you one of my first experiences. This was really crazy for me. I was with a friend, we were at a home party, and we were in the basement sitting around, you know, one of the bar areas in their basement. And this guy came in and was sitting to the right of me, and he started talking, and the more he was talking, I was feeling like my- 

Rich Bennett 45:19
Like you're 

Michelle Taylor 45:20
strangulating. 

Rich Bennett 45:21
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 45:22
And the energy from him was so bad. And I said to my friends that I was with, we have to go. I said, I cannot be around this person. Like I'm feeling, 

Rich Bennett 45:35
extremely 

Michelle Taylor 45:35
strangulated. So, you know, everything is energy. I think there's- everything holds energy, and I'm very positive. I try to never, you know, be negative or keep anything in my being that is not for the greater good of me or, you know, serving me in the best way that I can be, for me to be able to serve others. 

Rich Bennett 46:02
Have you read this? Have you read it around a burn? 

Michelle Taylor 46:05
Absolutely. 

Rich Bennett 46:05
Okay. Are you ready? Okay. Well, look, you named two books. I had the name- 

Glately. And well, obviously, 

Michelle Taylor 46:18
a bad. It has. 

Rich Bennett 46:20
I'm not 

Michelle Taylor 46:21
I've watched the movie and- 

Rich Bennett 46:23
Do you know the movie came before the book? 

Michelle Taylor 46:25
No, I don't know that. 

Rich Bennett 46:27
because- Yes. Yes, 

Michelle Taylor 46:27
Yes, 

Rich Bennett 46:27
because round a burn, I think she's whatever. So, she made the documentary and it did so well that she created the- And now it's like a whole freaking movement. Yes, 

Michelle Taylor 46:41
See? 

Rich Bennett 46:41
there's- 

Michelle Taylor 46:41
A movement? Hello. 

Rich Bennett 46:43
Things and- The- the morning- It just- God. 

Michelle Taylor 46:48
Oh, 

Rich Bennett 46:49
Oh, God. I wouldn't- 

Michelle Taylor 46:49
And it's true. I mean, if you think about- 

Your thoughts- you change your thoughts, you change your life. 

Rich Bennett 47:00
You know, 

Michelle Taylor 47:01
If you're in this negative- Oh, God. I just like- 

Rich Bennett 47:06
Oh. 

Michelle Taylor 47:07
It's just gonna- 

Wendy Beck 47:08
Well. A 

Michelle Taylor 47:08
very dark 

Rich Bennett 47:09
room. Yep. 

Wendy Beck 47:09
Like it tracks 

Rich Bennett 47:10
lights. 

Michelle Taylor 47:11
Yes. Yes. 

Rich Bennett 47:13
Um-hmm. 

Michelle Taylor 47:21
You- 

Rich Bennett 47:27
You are the product of- 

Wendy Beck 47:30
Something like that. 

Michelle Taylor 47:31
You are gonna become 

Wendy Beck 47:33
the people that you hang out with. 

Michelle Taylor 47:34
The most like 

Rich Bennett 47:35
out. 

Michelle Taylor 47:35
you hang 

Wendy Beck 47:35
Like if you- You should never be the smartest person in the room. 

Rich Bennett 47:39
Well, yeah, I believe that. I mean, that's why you have, you know, people like Henry Ford, they always align themselves with people that were smarter 

Wendy Beck 47:47
that. 

Rich Bennett 47:47
than 

Wendy Beck 47:47
Right. 

Michelle Taylor 47:48
Just, and you, my past or 

Rich Bennett 47:50
that why you always 

Michelle Taylor 47:51
forget 

Rich Bennett 47:51
keep 

Michelle Taylor 47:52
this. 

Wendy Beck 47:52
That's why I keep showing up. 

Michelle Taylor 47:54
Yep. 

Rich Bennett 47:55
Well, I wasn't going to say that. Okay. 

Michelle Taylor 47:56
You came from what and who you could. 

Rich Bennett 47:58
Yeah. 

Wendy Beck 47:58
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 47:59
Oh, you do. Yeah. I mean, I so much from people coming on. Right. I never knew what the hell that was. And then the first person I had on they explained it to me. 

Michelle Taylor 48:12
Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 48:13
it's pretty wild. 

Michelle Taylor 48:16
And I keep that. I keep that cleared. 

Rich Bennett 48:21
Do you have any more questions 

Michelle Taylor 48:22
my. 

Rich Bennett 48:22
before I get to 

Wendy Beck 48:24
I don't think so. 

Rich Bennett 48:25
Are you sure? Positive. 

Wendy Beck 48:26
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 48:27
You need coffee espresso 

Wendy Beck 48:30
Yeah, next. 

Michelle Taylor 48:30
espresso. Internet and espresso. 

Rich Bennett 48:35
Oh, all right. So. 

Michelle Taylor 48:38
I 

Rich Bennett 48:39
don't have. I've been asked a different questions lately. And I kind of start bringing. Have the ones I do virtual have 100 

Michelle Taylor 48:47
different. 

Rich Bennett 48:48
Shins and I have no. 

Michelle Taylor 48:49
I restart. 

Rich Bennett 48:50
I'll tell the guests to pick a number between one and a hundred. Somehow or another to question the number they pick aligns with what we've been talking 

Wendy Beck 48:56
about. 

Rich Bennett 48:58
But 

Wendy Beck 48:59
it's 

Rich Bennett 49:01
wild. It's pretty wild. So instead with everything you're doing, I think this this question would work. What is one of the biggest regrets that you've learned from? 

Michelle Taylor 49:16
One of my biggest regrets. 

I can't say honestly that I have any regrets 

Rich Bennett 49:27
that you've learned from. 

Michelle Taylor 49:28
That I've learned from I've learned from everything that I've been through. 

Rich Bennett 49:36
because 

Michelle Taylor 49:36
So it's not regretful. Even, you know, thinking. 

Being regretful that I didn't do something sooner. I wouldn't be where I am today. 

Rich Bennett 49:49
Right. 

Michelle Taylor 49:49
I wouldn't be at this point. And until I went through everything I went through, would not have led me up to where I am right now to to know what is coming, not only for myself, but for many other women. So I don't really have any regrets that I've learned from that I can think of. 

Rich Bennett 50:13
All right. Well then let me ask you this. So before you start it going to a life coach, do you think you would have ever been able to forgive some of the people or some of the things that you went through that you've that you've forgiven 

Michelle Taylor 50:32
now? Had I never gone through the process of 

What we talked 

Rich Bennett 50:41
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 50:41
about earlier, recognizing, addressing, letting go and forgiving. No. I would not. I would still be holding on to things. And even today, if something, you know, I mean, I have clients that I work with in real estate and things don't always go well. You know, there are times that someone may hurt my feelings or say something. But you know what? That process is the exact process that I do that I did in my internal healing to not hold any of that in my being. So if someone hurts my feelings, I have that conversation today. I would never have done that before to say, Hey, you know, you just like what you said really hurt my feelings. Can we talk about it? And I go through that same thing because what you what you allow is what will continue. And until you it's so important for me to be the best that I can be for me every day. We're not guaranteed a second from now in this life. Not a second. And I don't take that for granted at all. I'm grateful for every good and bad. I'm grateful because I can learn from the bad and I can make the good better. And that's, you know, life couldn't be better for me right now internally. 

Rich Bennett 52:19
Something very important. Because let's say, there's a young lady over here that needs a life coach. How do they get in touch with you? 

Michelle Taylor 52:29
Uh. They can reach me, I, um, have my email address and my phone number, my phone number is 410-575-3670 or they can reach me at Michelle Taylor Life Coach at gmail.com. 

Rich Bennett 52:50
And then what, what'd you get the website up? You guys let me know, except that 

Michelle Taylor 52:53
You 

Rich Bennett 52:53
one. 

Wendy Beck 52:55
have Facebook page. 

Michelle Taylor 52:56
I do have Facebook page. Everything will be launching very soon. So, look out for repurposed rising and I'm so excited. 

Rich Bennett 53:08
I think I like that name better than the other name you said. 

Michelle Taylor 53:11
Empower her. 

Rich Bennett 53:12
Yeah, it just, yeah, it just. 

Michelle Taylor 53:15
Yep. Why 

Rich Bennett 53:17
I seeing, 

Michelle Taylor 53:17
am 

Rich Bennett 53:17
I know, I know you said the Lotus. What's that firebird? 

Wendy Beck 53:21
Oh, you're 

Rich Bennett 53:22
thinking of the Pegasus? Phoenix. 

Michelle Taylor 53:24
Yeah, the Phoenix rising. Yeah, 

Rich Bennett 53:27
Yeah. What 

Michelle Taylor 53:27
yeah. 

Rich Bennett 53:28
was Pegasus? And I said Pegasus. 

Wendy Beck 53:31
Horse. can't, 

Rich Bennett 53:33
I 

Wendy Beck 53:33
you can't take him anywhere. 

Michelle Taylor 53:34
Right. But, know, as women go through life, we're repurposed on so many levels 

Rich Bennett 53:41
Yeah. 

Michelle Taylor 53:41
and this is one that I know I will be making a global impact. So, 

Rich Bennett 53:49
Absolutely. 

Michelle Taylor 53:49
thank you for 

Rich Bennett 53:50
all that. 

Wendy Beck 53:51
Well, I would like to be a part of that in some way. 

Michelle Taylor 53:54
Absolutely. 

Wendy Beck 53:54
I really would. 

Michelle Taylor 53:55
Absolutely. 

Wendy Beck 53:55
So, we have, know, women that we help in in recovery and, but not only that, just something. speaks to me about just like this movement that you talk about that I feel like having like, you know, a young daughter and just watching her grow and realizing that there's so much growth that we still have to continue to do. And we need to be able to teach them. 

Michelle Taylor 54:26
Yes. 

Wendy Beck 54:26
Because they're not being taught. So, 

Michelle Taylor 54:28
And 

Wendy Beck 54:28
we 

Michelle Taylor 54:28
that 

Wendy Beck 54:28
need to be strong women to change 

Michelle Taylor 54:33
not not even change, not, not change them. But 

Wendy Beck 54:37
no change how we see the world. 

Michelle Taylor 54:40
Correct. 

Wendy Beck 54:40
Yes. 

Michelle Taylor 54:41
And correct. And honestly, for, for me, when, you know, I talk about having women in this arena with me and doing this, but one of the things that I want to include are girls in high school that feel like they need, you know, validation in other ways that they don't have that guidance of they're not learning to love themselves early enough. 

Rich Bennett 55:16
And that's very, and I'm glad you said that's very important because, actually, I don't even think we talked about, but before we start recording, because you said you were sexually molested when you were about 12. 10, 10 years old. If you can, if you can get to them, young girls' while they're in school, 

Michelle Taylor 55:33
10. 

Rich Bennett 55:34
this and help them, this way, they're, it's not being bottled up until they're 54 or whatever. 

Michelle Taylor 55:43
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 55:44
They can 

Michelle Taylor 55:44
out 

Rich Bennett 55:44
come 

Michelle Taylor 55:45
and talk 

Rich Bennett 55:45
it now because teen, when it comes to mental health and the teens, it's, it's still on a rise. 

Michelle Taylor 55:52
about 

Rich Bennett 55:53
And the same, the 

Michelle Taylor 55:54
it's, 

Rich Bennett 55:54
suicide range, 

Michelle Taylor 55:56
and 

Rich Bennett 55:56
what you want to do, and especially if the young girls, is very important. I know there are groups out there for the young men, but I, I don't know of, I'm not sure, yeah, I'm not sure. 

Michelle Taylor 56:09
yeah. 

Rich Bennett 56:09
Yeah, I 

Michelle Taylor 56:10
Just, 

Rich Bennett 56:10
mean, 

Michelle Taylor 56:10
just for them to be able to find love and validation. within themselves 

Rich Bennett 56:16
Yeah, 

Michelle Taylor 56:16
and not looking for that from a boy, or, you know, something that is not good for them. So I just, you know, that will be something. 

Rich Bennett 56:30
Oh, are going to be busy. 

You are, 

Michelle Taylor 56:35
I am so 

Rich Bennett 56:36
You 

Michelle Taylor 56:36
excited. 

Rich Bennett 56:36
might have to get, you might have to get a tour bus and just travel with me, you know, behind Megan. 

Michelle Taylor 56:41
Let's do it. Oh, I'm you, like, I, I, when I tell you, I feel it in my bones, and I see it, it's, it's so surreal for me. 

Rich Bennett 56:54
And I'll get a tour bus. We'll follow behind. Okay, it will just record on the, 

Michelle Taylor 56:59
I love it. Let's do it. 

Rich Bennett 57:01
I've been wanting to do that. 

Michelle Taylor 57:02
Oh, 

Rich Bennett 57:02
Somebody, 

Michelle Taylor 57:02
my 

Rich Bennett 57:03
somebody put 

Michelle Taylor 57:03
god. 

Rich Bennett 57:03
that bug in my ear because I was going to New Orleans and said, Oh, we want to do one on the road. 

Michelle Taylor 57:11
Look, I just said globally, right? And you are, technically my first, 

Wendy Beck 57:17
this is the catalyst 

Michelle Taylor 57:19
studio recording, and 

Rich Bennett 57:21
I carried 

Michelle Taylor 57:21
throughout 

Rich Bennett 57:21
in over 

Michelle Taylor 57:22
this-- 

Rich Bennett 57:22
110 countries. 

Michelle Taylor 57:23
That's amazing, I love that. Throughout my journey, I've kept a log of people who I've met, they don't even know because they will be reached, I will be reaching out to them 

Rich Bennett 57:36
to 

Michelle Taylor 57:37
have part of, you know, what's coming for me too, and doing podcasts with them as well. And I truly believe that people have been placed in, the right people have been placed in my life throughout this journey for the right purpose. 

Rich Bennett 57:53
Oh, it's just starting because when we're done, and I'm going to give you a suggestion, yeah, your name's going to get out there quickly, 

Michelle Taylor 58:04
"Repurposed 

Rich Bennett 58:05
very quick. 

Michelle Taylor 58:05
rising, it's rising", 

Rich Bennett 58:07
it's 

Michelle Taylor 58:08
coming, 

Rich Bennett 58:08
anything else 

Wendy Beck 58:09
"No, 

Rich Bennett 58:09
when? 

Wendy Beck 58:10
just this been a pleasure, 

Michelle Taylor 58:11
"It 

Wendy Beck 58:11
thank 

Michelle Taylor 58:11
has 

Wendy Beck 58:11
you". 

Michelle Taylor 58:11
been great, 

Rich Bennett 58:12
you". "Are 

Michelle Taylor 58:12
thank 

Rich Bennett 58:12
you for yours 

Michelle Taylor 58:13
so much?" 

Wendy Beck 58:14
"I'm ready for something." 

Rich Bennett 58:16
"Music" Thank you so much. 

Michelle Taylor 58:19
"Come 

Rich Bennett 58:20
on, 

Michelle Taylor 58:20
"He's 

Rich Bennett 58:20
really" 

Michelle Taylor 58:20
gotta give 

Rich Bennett 58:21
treat". 

Michelle Taylor 58:21
the cat a

Rich Bennett 58:22
"It's 

Wendy Beck 58:22
"No, 

Rich Bennett 58:22
only," 

Wendy Beck 58:24
he 

Rich Bennett 58:24
up. 

Wendy Beck 58:24
wakes me 

Rich Bennett 58:26
"Who, oh the cat, I you were saying I was like, "Way, 

Wendy Beck 58:29
why?" "Yo, my cat."

Rich Bennett 58:32
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