Dare to Care with Michelle

🔥 Hot flashes, brain fog, disappearing sex drives, and doctors who tell you it's "just aging." Ladies, we need to talk!

What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? And why are so many women still being told to simply live with symptoms that are turning their lives upside down?

This week on Dare to Care with Michelle, I'm joined by the fabulous Dr. Diana Hoppe, board-certified OB/GYN, bestselling author, breast cancer survivor, and founder of Amazing Over 40!

With more than 30 years of experience in women's health, Dr. Diana knows a thing or two about hormones, menopause, and the challenges women face. But her own breast cancer diagnosis, while caring for her mother with dementia, gave her an entirely new perspective on what it means to care for yourself.

💜 We're talking about ALL of it!

🌸 Menopause & Perimenopause: What's actually happening to our bodies, and why aren't we talking about it more?

🔥 Hormones & Treatment Options: From hormone therapy to nonhormonal options, what should women know?

💋 Let's Talk About Sex: Libido, intimacy, and why our sex drives can change.

🩺 Stop Dismissing Women! Why advocating for yourself in the doctor's office is absolutely essential.

🎗️ When the Doctor Becomes the Patient: How breast cancer changed Dr. Diana's approach to medicine, life, and self-care.

💪 Women, Leadership & Living Fully: Why success means so much more than a thriving career or business.

And yes, we even talk about pickleball, puppies, and learning to have a little more FUN along the way! 🐾

Here's your reminder: You deserve to be heard, you deserve to feel good, and you don't have to wait for a crisis to start taking care of yourself.

🎧 Grab your coffee, get comfortable, and join us for a conversation every woman deserves to hear!

Founder of Amazing Over 40

🌐 Website: https://amazingover40.com

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amazingover40/

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📚 Book: Healthy Sex Drive, Healthy You: What Your Libido Reveals About Your Life

Explore Dr. Diana's educational resources, menopause information, and women's wellness services through her website.

You take care of everyone else. SAGE Circle is your invitation to take care of YOU!

Join me for an intimate, empowering mini-retreat designed to help women slow down, reconnect with themselves, and build meaningful connections with other women.

💜 Guided meditation and EFT/tapping

🌻 Empowerment exercises and meaningful conversations

✨ Connection, reflection, and a little time to simply BE

📅 Tuesday, November 3, 2026

🕡 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

📍 8933 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV

🎟️ Tickets: Just $20!

Save your seat: https://square.link/u/M7vDQJHx

Space is limited, and I'd love to see you there!

Empowerment Coach | Nurse Leader | Bestselling Author | Speaker | Host of Dare to Care with Michelle

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Your Doctor Knows Medicine. You Know YOU. Let’s Talk About Being Heard.

You finally get into the doctor’s office, forget half your questions, and leave with a prescription but no real idea what happens next. Sound familiar?

After more than 30 years as a registered nurse, I have a few things to say about that.

In this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we’re getting HOT about healthcare:

♥ Highlight your symptoms,

♥ Open your mind, and

♥ Team up with your provider.

I’m sharing what to say when you feel dismissed, five questions to ask before leaving your appointment, and how a simple notebook can help you keep track of it all.

And we’re getting personal about your WHY. Mine includes cruises, grandchildren, walking my fur babies, and approaching 60 with plans to LIVE. What does yours include?

You are the most important person on your healthcare team. Let’s make sure your voice is part of the conversation.

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Join the Dare to Care Community on Facebook for encouragement, connection, and conversations that help you put yourself back on your own priority list.

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Come connect, reflect, and recharge with us at SAGE Circle, our monthly in-person gathering in Las Vegas. Reach out for details about the next Circle, SAGE Journey, or working with me individually.

Connect with Michelle Weihman, RN, Empowerment Coach:
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Share this episode with someone who needs a reminder that speaking up about their health is worth it.

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What happens when women come together, share their stories, and realize they're not alone?

On this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, I'm joined by Kimberley McGee, award-winning journalist, publisher of *Vegas Family Insider Magazine*, and founder of the *Family Insider Foundation*.

Kimberley shares her passion for connecting families, giving young people a voice through programs like Junior Journalists and Mighty Moguls Market, and creating opportunities that strengthen our Las Vegas community.

We're also celebrating something very special: our very first SAGE Circle!💜

We talk about the connections that happened when women gathered, the power of meaningful conversations, and why creating a space where women feel seen, heard, and supported matters so much.

Join Us for the Next SAGE Circle!

🌻 November Topic: Gratitude Changes Everything

📅 Tuesday, November 3, 2026

🕡 6:30–8:00 PM

📍 8933 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89117

💜 **Your Seat in the Circle:** $20

We'll explore gratitude, meaningful connection, journaling, and EFT tapping as we continue building a community where women can reconnect with themselves and each other.

Connect with Kimberley McGee

Vegas Family Insider Magazine & Family Insider Foundation

Website: [https://www.vegasfamilyinsider.com/](https://www.vegasfamilyinsider.com/)

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Connect with Michelle Weihman, BSN, RN

Empowerment Coach | Founder of GRACE Empowerment Enterprises | Host of Dare to Care with Michelle

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✨ WHAT IF?

When was the last time you allowed yourself to imagine what was possible without immediately explaining why it wouldn’t work?

That question became the beginning of this episode... and honestly, the beginning of my October. 🌻

Sometimes we become so focused on what life looks like right now, what happened before, what worked, what didn’t, and what we’re responsible for that we stop asking a very important question:

💭 What else could be possible?

In this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we’re talking about POSSIBILITY.

✨ Why our brains can resist possibilities that feel unfamiliar
✨ How curiosity can open doors before we ever take action
✨ The relationship between courage, choice, and change
✨ What the masks we wear may be keeping us from seeing
✨ And a fun challenge designed to stretch your imagination in a way you might not expect

I’m also giving you a journaling prompt near the end of the episode that I really hope you’ll actually sit with. 📓💜

You don’t need the whole plan.

You don’t even have to believe yet that the thing you’re imagining IS possible.

Maybe you just start here:

🌻 What MAY be possible for me?

Press play and let’s find out. 🎙️✨

💜 SAGE CIRCLE | LAS VEGAS

Ready for conversations that go a little deeper? Join me for SAGE Circle, an in-person mini-retreat for women centered around authentic connection, meaningful conversations, and YOU.

🎭 Our first conversation: The Masks We Wear

👉 https://www.vegasfamilyinsider.com/event/sage-circle-a-mini-retreat-for-women/

🌿 SAGE JOURNEY

An 8-week journey through Self-Awareness, Alignment, Growth Mindset, and Empowerment.

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🌻 ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle Renee Weihman, BSN, RN, is an Empowerment Coach, bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, and nurse with more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and leadership. She helps women reconnect with who they are, trust themselves, and make intentional choices about what comes next.

🌐 https://michellereneeweihman.com

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What if the parts of yourself you’ve been trying to quiet are actually the parts asking to be heard?

In this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, I sit down with Enchantress Shane Coleman, inner child healing expert, marriage and family therapist, bestselling author, playwright, and bold self-expression advocate, for a conversation about vulnerability, authenticity, and finding your way back to yourself.

We talk about the inner child we carry with us, the teenage voice that still whispers, “Who do you think you are?”, and the future version of ourselves reminding us that there is still so much ahead.

Shane shares one incredibly simple practice: “Right now I feel…” We pair it with one of my favorite tools, the Five Whys, to explore what can happen when we stop pushing our feelings away and get curious about what’s underneath them.

We also talk about journaling, nervous system regulation, self-care, spirituality, bold self-expression, caregiving, and the power of letting yourself be fully human.

And perhaps one of my favorite reminders from this conversation?

Just wait and see.

There may be more possibility waiting for you than you can imagine right now.

Connect with Enchantress Shane

Continue the conversation with Shane and explore more of her work around inner child healing, bold self-expression, and celebrating your soul.

TikTok: @enchantressshane

https://www.tiktok.com/@enchantressshane

You can also find her on Instagram by searching Enchantress Shane.

Continue Your Journey with Michelle

If this conversation has you thinking about who you are, what you need, and what might be possible for you next, continue the journey with SAGE: Self-Awareness, Alignment, Growth Mindset & Empowerment.

Join the SAGE Journey:

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What if the confidence you've been searching for was never hiding in a number on the scale?

In this week's Body Sovereignty episode, Michelle challenges the messages we've been taught about body confidence and invites you to stop letting magazines, social media, BMI charts, filters, and other people's opinions decide how you feel about yourself.

True confidence isn't about becoming someone else. It's about honoring the body you have today while making choices that create the body you want tomorrow.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why the number on the scale is a result, not the mission
• How to stop outsourcing your confidence to outside opinions
• The difference between a health journey and a weight loss journey
• Why loving your body and improving your body can exist together
• How to receive compliments without minimizing yourself
• A simple one-minute mirror exercise to begin building genuine body confidence

Remember, body confidence isn't something you earn after reaching a certain weight. It's something you build every time you choose to care for yourself.

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If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who needs the reminder that she is already enough.

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Do you find yourself saying, "I'm just so tired" or "I don't have the energy"?

What if the problem isn't that you need more energy...but that you're unknowingly giving away the energy you already have?

In this week's Body Sovereignty episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we're talking about the everyday choices that quietly drain your energy and, more importantly, what you can do instead.

In this episode, you'll discover:
✨ Why motivation follows action, not the other way around.
✨ How your words shape your energy.
✨ The difference between physical energy and directed energy.
✨ Why consistency beats comfort every time.
✨ How one simple decision can change the direction of your entire day.

Remember, you always have a choice, and every decision matters.

💜 I'd love for you to continue the conversation inside our Dare to Care with Michelle Facebook community:
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If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who could use a little more energy and a little more hope today.

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What happens when a high-achieving woman realizes that success isn't the same as fulfillment?

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jessica Waugh to talk about burnout, boundaries, perimenopause, menopause, self-worth, and why so many women have been taught to tie their value to how much they accomplish.

One of my favorite moments was when Jessica said:

💜 "Your worth is not your productivity."

We also talked about:
✨ The symptoms of perimenopause that often get overlooked
✨ Why so many women are told, "Your labs are normal," while still knowing something isn't right
✨ The importance of pausing before your body forces you to
✨ Creating a life that honors who you are, not just what you do

This is one of those conversations that every woman, and the people who love her, should hear.

🎧 Give it a listen and let me know what resonates with you!

Connect with Jessica Waugh

The Pause Affect

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What if the life you desire isn't created by one big breakthrough...

✨ What if it's created by the decisions you make every single day?

In this solo episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we're kicking off Body Sovereignty Month with one simple but life-changing truth:

💜 Every decision matters.

This isn't about perfection.
This isn't about weight loss.
This isn't about guilt.

It's about taking radical responsibility for your body, your mind, and your spirit... one decision at a time.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

✅ Why you've already started, even if you don't think you have.
✅ Why motivation follows action, not the other way around.
✅ The difference between radical responsibility and guilt.
✅ How awareness changes everything.
✅ Why tiny decisions compound into extraordinary results.
✅ How today's choices shape the life your future self will live.

🌱 You don't have to change your entire life today.

You only have to turn the steering wheel one degree.

Your future is being created by the accumulation of the decisions you make today.

🌻 Which direction are your decisions taking you?

✨ Quote of the Week:
"Bloom beyond the limits you once believed were possible."

💜 If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that change doesn't happen all at once. It happens one decision at a time.

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Somewhere along the way, many women learned to trust everyone else's voice more than their own.

It doesn't happen overnight.

It happens one small decision at a time.

A haircut.

An outfit.

A relationship.

A career move.

A dream that never gets pursued because someone else didn't approve.

In this episode of the Remembering Her series, Michelle explores how women are conditioned to seek permission, soften their words, and question what they already know to be true.

You'll learn:

✨ Why self-trust erodes over time

✨ How women are taught to prioritize other people's opinions

✨ The subtle ways we give away our power every day

✨ The connection between self-trust and sovereignty

✨ A simple framework to rebuild trust in yourself:
Notice. Pause. Listen. Practice. Trust.

Because you were not born doubting yourself.

And the final authority in your life belongs to you.