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September 8, 2025 43 mins

Guest: Michelle Gruening — coach, speaker, and author of Stop Doom Scrolling. From a small town in South Carolina to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Michelle is proof of what happens when you stop making excuses and start taking action. After 20 years leading teams across industries—Disney’s FairyTale Weddings to a global software company—she realized professional success didn’t equal personal fulfillment. She chose courage over comfort, launched her own coaching company, and now helps first-time entrepreneurs drop the BS, break through limitations, and create radical clarity about how they want to live and work.

In this episode:

  • “Successful but unfulfilled” — how to recognize misalignment
  • Leaving a role before you know the next step
  • Tough-love coaching: clarity → action → results
  • Why she climbed Kilimanjaro (and what it unlocked)
  • Her activity book: Stop Doom Scrolling — get off your phone, back into your life

Connect with Michelle: Website: michellegruening.com • Email: mg@michellegruening.com Facebook: facebook.com/michelleegruening • Instagram: instagram.com/michellegruening LinkedIn: linkedin.com/michellegruening

Connect with Georgette: georgettebeck.com | @GeorgetteBeckWriter If this blessed you, please rate & review Junk to Jewels and share with a friend!

Junk to Jewels podcast was inspired by Georgette Beck's first book, Junk to Jewels, A Journey from Brokenness and Despair to Beauty and Delight. Book is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964508150?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_XC5PJTRFWTBGJ2FPD22J_3&bestFormat=true&newOGT=1

Junk to Jewels podcast with Georgette Beck will inspire, educate, encourage, motivate, and give hope to listeners as they heal from their past, in the present, for their future. 

Georgette is not afraid to share her heart with listeners, for heart matters, truly matter! All heart matters come up for discussion, including healing from divorce, loss of loss, abandonment, rejection, insecurity, self-esteem, remarriage, blended families, stepparenting, suicide, abortion, life purpose, faith, disappointment, depression, happiness, hope, grief, sorrow, health, and many other topics.

Episodes include stories from Georgette’s life, helpful affirmations, scriptures and quotes, wisdom gleaned from other authors and their books, and featured guest speakers who share their own junk to jewels stories.

We invite you to join our community by downloading and subscribing. And we encourage you to submit a review and share with friends. Do you have an inspiring story to share? Maybe you would like to be a guest for a future episode? Contact Georgette at www.GeorgetteBeck.com and send an email. 

Georgette’s Contact

Website: https://www.georgettebeck.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgette.beck/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgetteBeckWriter

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