The Podcast
It’s Your Time
Conversations about success, work, ambition — and all the things we make them mean.
Hosted by Michelle A. Bourque, It’s Your Time is for high-achieving women who want to keep growing without spending their whole lives trying to prove they’re doing enough.
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We talk about the things that show up in real life
Saying yes when you want to say no.
Overthinking the conversation before you have it.
Wondering if you’re ready for the next opportunity.
Being everyone’s go-to person.
Hitting the goal and immediately moving the goalpost.
And figuring out what you actually want when the old definition of success doesn’t fit quite like it used to.
400+
More than 400 episodes — and we’re still asking better questions.
It’s Your Time started with conversations about how we use things like wine to decompress at the end of a long day.
But the conversations kept getting bigger.
Why are we so exhausted in the first place?
Why is it so hard to stop working?
Why do capable women still wonder if they’re good enough?
Why do we make being busy mean we’re important?
Why can achieving more feel amazing — and somehow still not feel like enough?
Over the years, the podcast has evolved right alongside me.
Today we talk about work, leadership, mindset, identity, health, ambition, change, relationships, success — and what happens when you start questioning some of the things you once assumed were just “the way it is.”
Some episodes are solo. Some are conversations with fascinating guests.
All of them are designed to give you something to think about — and something you can actually use.
Start Here
New here? Start with these.
Success & Achievement
The Invisible Rule That’s Costing You More Than You Know
The rule underneath all the others — and why hitting the goal never quite feels like enough.
Work & Leadership
High Performing vs. Over Functioning
From the outside they look identical. Here’s how to tell which one you’re actually doing.
What’s Next
Redefining Success — 400 Episodes Later
Why a new job, a new city or a new goal won’t change how it feels on the inside.
Real Conversations
Leadership, Personal Branding & Reimagining What’s Possible with Kelly Hiller
Purdue’s CMO on the email that got her the job — and leading people who used to be her peers.
Ever catch yourself thinking…
Yeah.We talk about that here.
Solo episodes
Sometimes it’s just you and me.
Solo episodes are where I share what I’m noticing — in my own life, in coaching conversations and in the way high-achieving women are navigating work and life.
Short enough to fit into a walk, commute or cup of coffee.
Useful enough to give you something to try when you’re done.
Guest conversations
And sometimes, I bring really interesting people with me.
Guests bring conversations about leadership, careers, health, business, identity, change, relationships and the very different ways people are building lives that work for them.
I’m less interested in perfect success stories.
I’m much more interested in how people actually got there.
Meet your host.
I’m Michelle A. Bourque — performance coach, speaker, former medical device leader and someone who has spent a lot of years being fascinated by why incredibly capable women can accomplish so much and still wonder if they’re doing enough.
After more than 20 years in medical device sales, training and leadership, I now coach high-achieving women who want to keep their ambition while changing some of the rules they’ve learned about what success requires.
The podcast is where we get to talk about all of it.
The RISE Report
Want a little Michelle in your inbox, too?
The RISE Report is my weekly Sunday reset for high-achieving women ready for success to feel as good as it looks.
One mindset shift.
One practical insight.
One strategy to try.
And something to think about before another week gets going.
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