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- If you’ve been struggling with the path you’re currently on, or worrying that it’s too late to change careers or create a different kind of life, I encourage you to listen to Michelle’s inspiring story of starting over in her forties.
Now a colour analyst and stylist, Michelle shares how she reinvented herself in ways she could never have foreseen, along with what helped her navigate the uncertainty and gradually move towards a life that felt more like her own.
We also talk about how to begin introducing more colour — and perhaps a little more joy — into your life, with practical tips for wearing clothes that feel more like you.
So, whether you’re feeling stuck, considering a new direction or simply want to bring more colour into your everyday life, I hope this conversation leaves you feeling encouraged. It may even offer the inspiration and hope you need to take one small step towards a path that feels more like yours.
To find out more about Michelle and how she can help you, visit her website:
https://www.michellemangal.com/
I also recommend following her on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/colour_confidence_/
Join me over on Instagram for regular updates, posts and relatable content and feel free to DM me any subjects you'd like me to cover: https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/
Visit my website for more information, FREE resources and details on how to work with me https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/ - Have you ever felt lonely in a room full of people, even when you’re surrounded, included, and socially “fine”?
In this episode, I talk about my time working with ITV on their Dance Away Loneliness campaign and explore why loneliness isn’t always about the absence of people, but the absence of emotional safety.
You’ll learn how people-pleasing, masking, and nervous system survival responses can create a sense of disconnection - where you’re present on the outside, but unseen on the inside.
And how loneliness can exist inside friendships, relationships, and social groups when you don’t feel safe enough to be fully yourself.
If you struggle with anxiety, overthinking, people-pleasing, or feeling like you don’t quite belong, this episode will help you understand what your loneliness may be trying to tell you - through a compassionate, trauma-informed lens.
In this episode, we explore:
Why you can feel lonely even when you’re not alone
The trauma-informed link between loneliness and emotional safety
How people-pleasing and shapeshifting lead to disconnection
The nervous system cost of performing belonging
How to begin building self-belonging and safer, deeper connection
Why discernment matters: not every space deserves your vulnerability
A grounding episode for anyone who has ever wondered:
“Why do I feel alone, even when I have people around me?”
Join me over on Instagram for regular updates, posts and relatable content and feel free to DM me any subjects you'd like me to cover: https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/
Visit my website for more information, FREE resources and details on how to work with me https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/ Why People Call You ‘Too Sensitive’ (and why they're wrong) - a spoken word poem
27/01/2026 | 1 mins.If you’ve ever wondered “why do people call me too sensitive?” or questioned whether your feelings are “too much”, this spoken word piece is for you.
I explore how sensitivity gets misunderstood, how shame gets attached to it, and why sensitivity isn’t the problem - the meaning assigned to it is.
This episode is for the deep-feelers, the ones who swallow their reactions to keep the peace, and the ones who were never given space to feel.
Join me over on Instagram for regular updates, posts and relatable content and feel free to DM me any subjects you'd like me to cover: https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/
Visit my website for more information, FREE resources and details on how to work with me https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/- Ever received a message that made your stomach drop… and your brain instantly filled in the blanks with “They’re annoyed” or “I’ve done something wrong”?
In today’s episode I share a real moment from my Instagram DMs that could have easily led to shame, confrontation or avoidance - and how demonstrates the importance of nervous system safety.
This episode covers:
• why we overthink texts and and replay social interactions
• how ambiguity becomes threat for a dysregulated nervous system
• why we assume tone, meaning and intention behind peoples messages
• the difference between confidence and safety
• how e fight/flight/freeze/fawn can show up in communication
• and why repair requires nervous system safety, not just assertiveness or “good communication skills”
If you identify with overthinking, people-pleasing, anxious attachment, rejection sensitivity, masking, fear of confrontation or avoiding conflict - this episode will help you make sense of these patterns, how to stop overthinking and how to respond differently.
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Join me over on Instagram for regular updates, posts and relatable content and feel free to DM me any subjects you'd like me to cover: https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/
Visit my website for more information, FREE resources and details on how to work with me https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/ What I Actually Mean by ‘Safe Enough to Be Seen’ (and Why It’s Not About Confidence)
13/01/2026 | 24 mins.In this episode, I’m breaking down what I actually mean when I say “safe” and “safe enough to be seen” because it’s not about confidence, mindset tricks, or forcing yourself to speak louder.
We hear the word safety everywhere now, especially in conversations about visibility, boundaries, relationships, and nervous system work. But what most people don’t realise is that safety isn’t about staying calm, being in a 'zen' like state all the time or feeling fearless - it’s about whether your nervous system is responding from threat or from grounded choice.
In this episode I talk about:
Why nervous system safety is the foundation of confidence
Why you can understand yourself logically and still not feel safe
The difference between discomfort and danger
How safety is shaped by context, culture, and systems
What it actually means to feel “safe enough to be seen”
The core conditions that help the nervous system settle
Why some environments and relatioships signal threat, even without “danger”
If you’ve ever wondered:
“Why do I still freeze/fawn/overthink if nothing ‘bad’ is happening?”
or
“Why doesn’t my body feel settled, secure or safe, even though I know I’m fine?”
- this episode will make sense of that.
This is not an episode about “how to be more confident” or “how to push through discomfort.” It’s an invitation to understand your nervous system through a trauma-informed, context-aware, and dignity-preserving lens - so you can stop assuming you’re the problem, and start recognising the environments, histories, and patterns your body has been adapting to.
Listen if you’re curious about: nervous system safety, trauma-informed visibility, belonging, being seen, people-pleasing, the fawn response, anxiety, emotional safety, and why mindset isn’t enough.
Join me over on Instagram for regular updates, posts and relatable content and feel free to DM me any subjects you'd like me to cover: https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/
Visit my website for more information, FREE resources and details on how to work with me https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/
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About She Is Here™
Formerly titled 'Let's Talk People-Pleasing! with Charlotte Bailey' - She Is Here™ is a podcast for women who feel they're 'too much' too sensitive, too emotional, too dramatic....and never quite enough.Maybe you’ve read the self-help books, listened to the personal development podcasts, or previously had therapy. You understand your patterns — but something still hasn’t shifted. You get it… but you don’t always feel it.That’s because insight alone isn’t always enough.Patterns like people-pleasing, overthinking, perfectionism, masking, anxiety, and self-doubt aren’t mindset failures. They’re intelligent survival responses shaped by trauma, attachment, conditioning, relationships, and the environments we’ve had to navigate.I’m Charlotte Bailey, an accredited trauma-informed psychotherapist, speaker, and spoken-word poet. Through psychology, neuroscience, lived experience, and poetry, She Is Here™ explores the missing piece mainstream self-help often skips: safety - in your nervous system and in your world.This isn’t about forcing confidence or becoming someone new. It’s about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that learned to shrink, hide or adapt, remembering who you were before you were taught to be less - and learning how to feel safe enough to be seen.Come join me on instagram and feel free to DM me with any questions or subjects you'd like me to cover : https://www.instagram.com/charlotte_bailey_therapies/Access free resources (People-Pleasing Quiz-Based Webinar & Video Visibility Confidence Toolkit) & find out more about me via my website: https://www.charlotte-bailey.com/
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