What if the thing you've been trying to fix about yourself is actually the whole point?

Brooke sits down with Brand Architect, Writer and fellow truth-teller Michelle Garside, the woman who helped birth the Unperfected brand, for a conversation that is equal parts gut-punch and liberation. Michelle's forthcoming book Not Awakened is exactly what it sounds like: a direct challenge to the personal development machine that told you to reach higher, manifest bigger, and sage cleanse your way to enlightenment while secretly still drowning in debt, body shame, and a hunger that nothing has ever quite filled.

This one will make your butthole clench and then set you free. You were warned.

In this episode, Brooke and Michelle get into:

• The moment Michelle was publicly declared "not awakened" in front of 200 people at a spiritual university in India and why it became the most important moment of her life
• How the self-improvement world can become just another tool to beat yourself up (not intentional enough, not mindful enough, not magical enough)
• The relationship between shame and specialness and why the most "broken" people are often the most magnetic
• What radical acceptance actually looks like in real life (hint: it's not a 72-step morning routine)
• Why the messiest parts of your story are the parts that will finally connect you to your people
• Dr. Richard Schwartz (founder of IFS/Internal Family Systems) and the question he asked Michelle that she answered with a hard no
• The "learn it, live it, give it" framework and how your deepest wound might be pointing directly at your purpose
• Why the truth, spoken out loud in a room full of people, is still the most powerful healing tool there is

Michelle Garside is a brand architect who has built thousands of brands, a longtime member of the Unperfected community, and the author of Not Awakened, available now on Amazon for pre-order. Her book blends raw personal storytelling with a message the self-help industry didn't see coming.

Pre-order Not Awakened on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0c5kuXsc

Or simply search "Not Awakened Michelle Garside"

Connect with Michelle: @themichellegarside on Instagram | Sub stack: I'll Go First | notawakened.com

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