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Speech Therapist Michelle Roberts Reveals The Real Reason You Over-Explain Everything

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When anxiety hijacks your words and attachment wounds sabotage your relationships, what's the path back to authentic connection?

The Journey from Broadway Dreams to Brain Rewiring

Meet Michelle Roberts, a licensed speech-language pathologist turned communication coach who's cracking the code on why we struggle to say what we mean, and mean what we say. From panic attacks that lasted for hours to helping performers reclaim their voices, Michelle's story is one of transformation through the science of human connection.

What You'll Discover:

🧠 The Hidden Psychology Behind Over-Explaining

  • Why your need to justify everything isn't weakness, it's empathy in overdrive
  • The neurological reason your brain treats emotional conflict like physical danger
  • How to turn defensive conversations into collaborative connections

âš¡ The Anxiety-ADHD-Attachment Triangle

  • Michelle's personal battle with daily panic attacks and how she conquered them
  • Why people with ADHD often become chronic over-analyzers
  • The difference between intuition and anxiety (and how to tell them apart)

🔄 Literally Rewiring Your Brain

  • The fascinating science behind "neurons that fire together, wire together"
  • How attachment styles can actually be changed through conscious choice
  • Why feeling "fake" at first is actually proof the rewiring is working

The Breakthrough Moments:

"I used to convince myself something horrible was happening medically and have a full-on panic attack... it would take me hours to come down from that."

"Every time we make a choice to not do that and do something else, that forms another neural pathway and over time weakens the old one and strengthens the new one."

"I wouldn't say that I've officially made myself securely attached, but I am much further along than I was even a year ago."

Perfect For You If:

  • You're tired of feeling like you "suck at communication"
  • Your explanations always sound like excuses (even when they're not)
  • You're stuck in anxious attachment patterns that sabotage relationships
  • You want to understand the actual science behind changing your communication style
  • You're curious about the connection between ADHD, anxiety, and social struggles

The Tools You'll Learn:

✅ The 5-stage framework for navigating difficult conversations
✅ Physical techniques to spot when your nervous system is hijacking your words
✅ Mindfulness strategies that actually work for racing ADHD minds
✅ How to validate others while still expressing your perspective
✅ The difference between therapy and coaching (and when you need which)

This isn't just another communication tips episode. This is a deep dive into the messy, beautiful intersection of neuroscience, attachment theory, and real human healing from someone who's lived it all and has the clinical expertise to guide you through.

Ready to stop fighting yourself and start rewiring your brain for authentic connection?

🎧 Press play and discover why your "flaws" might actually be your superpowers in disguise.

Find Michelle: @authentic_expression on TikTok | @authentic__expression on Instagram | www.authentic-voiceandspeech.com

Her conflict resolution course is available now because sometimes the most important conversations are the hardest ones to have.

  continue reading

42 episodes

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Send us a text

When anxiety hijacks your words and attachment wounds sabotage your relationships, what's the path back to authentic connection?

The Journey from Broadway Dreams to Brain Rewiring

Meet Michelle Roberts, a licensed speech-language pathologist turned communication coach who's cracking the code on why we struggle to say what we mean, and mean what we say. From panic attacks that lasted for hours to helping performers reclaim their voices, Michelle's story is one of transformation through the science of human connection.

What You'll Discover:

🧠 The Hidden Psychology Behind Over-Explaining

  • Why your need to justify everything isn't weakness, it's empathy in overdrive
  • The neurological reason your brain treats emotional conflict like physical danger
  • How to turn defensive conversations into collaborative connections

âš¡ The Anxiety-ADHD-Attachment Triangle

  • Michelle's personal battle with daily panic attacks and how she conquered them
  • Why people with ADHD often become chronic over-analyzers
  • The difference between intuition and anxiety (and how to tell them apart)

🔄 Literally Rewiring Your Brain

  • The fascinating science behind "neurons that fire together, wire together"
  • How attachment styles can actually be changed through conscious choice
  • Why feeling "fake" at first is actually proof the rewiring is working

The Breakthrough Moments:

"I used to convince myself something horrible was happening medically and have a full-on panic attack... it would take me hours to come down from that."

"Every time we make a choice to not do that and do something else, that forms another neural pathway and over time weakens the old one and strengthens the new one."

"I wouldn't say that I've officially made myself securely attached, but I am much further along than I was even a year ago."

Perfect For You If:

  • You're tired of feeling like you "suck at communication"
  • Your explanations always sound like excuses (even when they're not)
  • You're stuck in anxious attachment patterns that sabotage relationships
  • You want to understand the actual science behind changing your communication style
  • You're curious about the connection between ADHD, anxiety, and social struggles

The Tools You'll Learn:

✅ The 5-stage framework for navigating difficult conversations
✅ Physical techniques to spot when your nervous system is hijacking your words
✅ Mindfulness strategies that actually work for racing ADHD minds
✅ How to validate others while still expressing your perspective
✅ The difference between therapy and coaching (and when you need which)

This isn't just another communication tips episode. This is a deep dive into the messy, beautiful intersection of neuroscience, attachment theory, and real human healing from someone who's lived it all and has the clinical expertise to guide you through.

Ready to stop fighting yourself and start rewiring your brain for authentic connection?

🎧 Press play and discover why your "flaws" might actually be your superpowers in disguise.

Find Michelle: @authentic_expression on TikTok | @authentic__expression on Instagram | www.authentic-voiceandspeech.com

Her conflict resolution course is available now because sometimes the most important conversations are the hardest ones to have.

  continue reading

42 episodes

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