136: Design a Life You Love - Michele Lamoureux
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136: Design a Life You Love
Michele Lamoureux has always had a love for people and a deep curiosity about their stories. As a kid, she loved to watch Merv Griffin, Phil Donahue, and later Oprah, imagining herself becoming a talk show host. Michele knew she wanted to help people. Once in college studying political science, she considered the pathway to law school and a career as an attorney. She ‘tried it on’ as a paralegal in a major law firm in Boston. Michele loved it. The people and culture of the firm were vibrant and she felt valued there. Then Michele reached a turning point. Should she go to law school? Michele interviewed several partners in her firm to learn more and 90% of them told her not to go to law school, but rather to get an MBA. At 24, the decision not to go to law school was big, yet she knew diving into an MBA program was not the answer either.
Michele had a friend who worked as a recruiter and she thought it looked it looked ‘cool’. She was able to get hired placing marketing professionals in high-tech startups. Within a short time, Michele hated it, particularly because her boss was a micromanager. She did, however, discover that she liked the marketing roles she was placing candidates in and decided to pursue that angle. Serendipitously, her old law firm was seeking a marketing assistant and they were happy to welcome her back. Six months later, her boss took a new job and invited Michele to join her there. This decision was hard but she turned her down as loyalty and integrity were core values. The next day, the partners offered Michele the Director of Marketing role on a probationary basis with a high visibility project on her plate, to produce a high tech conference in Dublin, Ireland. Michele had yet to attend a conference in her career, let alone in another country. Good thing she loved a challenge! Michele calls this her unqualified success.
Michele spent over 15 years in corporate America, leading international branding campaigns for professional service firms. Today she is an author, podcast host, speaker, and coach who guides women to own their lives and love themselves. She lives in San Diego, California.
In this week’s Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Michele’s journey:
Michele hosts The Good Life Coach podcast, interviewing New York Times best-selling authors, experts, and female entrepreneurs in the areas of business, health, relationships, money, spirituality, and more to guide women to their full potential.
She is the author of the book Design a Life You Love, Michele teaches self-love as the gateway to all you desire in life.
Michele has been a certified empowerment coach for 16 years.
Learn more and connect with Michele here:
https://www.instagram.com/michele_lamoureux/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/goodlifecoachpodcast/
https://thegoodlifecoach.com/
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