490: From “Yes Girl” to Sovereign Woman with Shannon Yonge
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Release Date: 12/25/2025
496: Brain Fog & The M-Factor: Tamsen Fadal on the Truth About Menopause
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Today, I’m joined by Emmy-winning journalist and menopause advocate Tamsen Fadal, whose own unexpected journey through perimenopause and menopause led her to create a global movement of education, support, and empowerment for women. After years of brain fog, exhaustion, misdiagnosis, and silence from the medical system, Tamsen began using her voice and platform to help women understand what is happening in their bodies and how to advocate for real care. In this episode, we talk honestly about symptoms, hormones, relationships, sex, confidence, and why so many women feel blindsided by this...
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495: What Happens After We Die? Debra Martin’s Near Death Experiences and Divine Healing
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Today, I’m joined by Debra Martin, a certified research medium whose three near death experiences completely transformed her life. Each experience opened her to the reality of the soul, the presence of divine love, and a deeper understanding of why we are here. Debra shares how these moments awakened her spiritual gifts, led her into unexpected healing abilities, and helped her remember who we truly are beneath the human experience. Her stories offer hope, validation, and a powerful reminder that we are never alone. In this episode, we explore: What Debra experienced during her three...
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494: Shift From Victim to Empowered with One Simple Question
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
What does it really mean to live a soul aligned life, and why does it often feel so hard, even when I know it leads to more peace, joy, and freedom? In this episode, I break down what a soul aligned life actually is (beyond spiritual buzzwords), why it can feel like everything is “falling apart” when you are actually waking up, and how to start consciously partnering with the part of you that is 99.99% Source instead of the 0.01% that is ego. I share practical, grounded tools for navigating big life transitions, sitting with uncomfortable emotions without getting swallowed by them, and...
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493: How to Reprogram Your Autopilot and Finally Heal Anxiety with Elizabeth April
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
In this episode, I’m joined by Elizabeth April, author of Your Anxiety Is Giving Me Anxiety. We explore a powerful reframe of anxiety, not as something to fix or eliminate, but as an intelligent signal from the nervous system pointing toward healing and deeper self-awareness. Elizabeth shares her framework for identifying whether anxiety is rooted in the past, present, or future, why high-functioning tendencies often come from overstimulation, and how her Renew Technique helps move out of survival mode and into lasting nervous system regulation, trust, and conscious awareness aligned with...
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492: Human Design Made Simple with Emma Dunwoody
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
In this episode, I’m joined by behavioral coach and human design expert Emma Dunwoody, author of Human Design Made Simple. Emma and I explore what human design really is (beyond the “woo”), how it maps your unique energetic blueprint and why understanding your type can feel like a deep exhale of self-permission. This conversation is both practical and inspiring. We talk about why so many of us are exhausted and burned out, how women’s energy cycles differ from the 24-hour “hustle” model, and how human design can guide the way you work, parent and build relationships. Emma shares...
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491: A New Year Requires a New You
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
As we step into 2026, I’ve been reflecting on why so many New Year resolutions fall apart and why real change can feel so elusive, even when we want it deeply. After a year of shedding old patterns and facing familiar triggers, many of us are ready for something that truly feels different. I explore lasting change is not about trying harder or setting better goals but about creating an identity shift from the inside out. When who you are begins to change, your life naturally follows, and this year no longer has to repeat the last. In this episode, I share: Why New Year resolutions rarely...
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490: From “Yes Girl” to Sovereign Woman with Shannon Yonge
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
In this episode, I’m joined by one of our incredible Adult Chair® Master Coaches, Shannon Yonge. Shannon shares her powerful story of how she went from living life for everyone else, constantly saying yes, ignoring her needs, and feeling disconnected from herself, to reconnecting with her intuition, setting boundaries, and stepping fully into her sovereignty. This conversation is deeply personal and incredibly relatable. We talk about how tuning into the body can guide us back to our truth, how to break free from people-pleasing, and why learning to say no, without needing to explain, can...
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489: Rewiring PTSD and Healing Trauma with Mike Zeller
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide, PTSD, and trauma. Please listen with care and step away if needed. Today, I’m sitting down with someone I’ve known for years and whose story moved me deeply. Mike Zeller joins me for a powerful, raw, and eye opening conversation about trauma, healing, nervous system regulation, and the life changing breakthroughs that helped save his wife, his marriage, and his family. Mike opens up about the traumatic season that began when his daughter was born. His wife, a three time suicide survivor with complex childhood trauma, spiraled...
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488: Are Your Angels and Guides Trying to Reach You?
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Today, I’m diving into a topic that has touched so many of you and continues to show up in my own life in the most surprising, beautiful ways. We’re exploring the signs, synchronicities, and gentle nudges from the universe that remind us we’re never walking this path alone. From repeating numbers to feathers, birds, coins, and even unexpected phrases from strangers, signs are everywhere when we slow down enough to notice them. Whether you’ve been seeing 11:11 on the clock, finding pennies in random places, or simply sensing that something bigger is guiding you, this episode will help...
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487: Reclaiming the You Beneath the Conditioning with Anjie Hipple (Part II)
The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
In this powerful follow-up conversation, I welcome Anjie Hipple back to go even deeper into subconscious healing, energetic transformation, and spiritual awakening. Together, we explore how limiting beliefs form, how to clear them, and how to access the higher self for lasting freedom. Anjie shares how repressed emotions and old subconscious “commands” shape our lives until we learn to reprogram them. Anjie also channels Judah and Mary Magdalene, offering wisdom about the rising consciousness on the planet, inner peace amid global change, and the balance of the divine feminine and...
info_outlineIn this episode, I’m joined by one of our incredible Adult Chair® Master Coaches, Shannon Yonge. Shannon shares her powerful story of how she went from living life for everyone else, constantly saying yes, ignoring her needs, and feeling disconnected from herself, to reconnecting with her intuition, setting boundaries, and stepping fully into her sovereignty.
This conversation is deeply personal and incredibly relatable. We talk about how tuning into the body can guide us back to our truth, how to break free from people-pleasing, and why learning to say no, without needing to explain, can be so life-changing. Shannon’s journey is such a beautiful example of what becomes possible when we start living from our Adult Chair.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
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Shannon’s experience leaving an emotionally abusive marriage and reclaiming her voice
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How listening to her body helped her reconnect with her intuition
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The difference between authentic connection and false connection
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How Shannon stopped saying yes to everything and began honoring her needs
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What it really means to live in sovereignty and why this matters so much, especially for women
Resources from this Episode:
Shannon’s website: Shannon Yonge Coaching
Follow Shannon on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
Grab her free reparenting guide in the Resources section of her website
Check out her beautifully designed mantra card deck here!
The Adult Chair book is NOW AVAILABLE!
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