In this deeply personal and unfiltered episode, Michelle opens up about the numb—that emotional shutdown that comes after love turns toxic and survival becomes the only priority. From sobriety and self-destruction to homelessness, heartbreak, and rebuilding from nothing, this episode is a raw reflection of what it really takes to choose yourself again.

Michelle shares her journey of being two years sober, only to relapse under the weight of isolation, emotional abuse, and environmental triggers. She speaks candidly about masking pain with alcohol, losing her sense of stability, and hitting a point where escape felt easier than survival.

This episode is for anyone who has:

• Struggled to maintain sobriety in high-stress environments
• Felt trapped in a toxic relationship
• Used alcohol or substances to cope with overwhelming pain
• Lost themselves and is trying to find their way back

Through powerful storytelling and hard questions, Michelle challenges listeners to confront their triggers, recognize destructive patterns, and take accountability for their healing.

Now three years sober, she reminds us that the journey through the valley holds purpose—and that even in your lowest moment, you are not beyond rebuilding.

This isn’t just a story… it’s a testimony.

Tune in, reflect, and reclaim your power.

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New episodes every Wednesday at 8PM.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

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In Episode 6 of Lick Her Lovin Emporium, we sit down with Zara the Creative—an artist, truth-teller, and evolving soul who isn’t afraid to unpack the complexity of becoming.

Zara opens up about what it feels like to have everything happening all at once—the thoughts, the emotions, the realizations—and how she turned that internal noise into expression through her TikTok platform. This conversation dives deep into her journey of rewiring for healthier relationships, navigating a nervous system reboot, and learning the delicate balance between being closed off for protection and open for connection.

We explore what grounding really means to her—the sacred space she returns to in order to reenter and recalibrate—and the powerful symbolism behind walking toward the sun after experiencing a loss of faith. Zara also shares her truth as a lesbian woman who identifies as no label, and how her lived experiences have shaped both her personal and professional world.

Through her poetry and paintings, Zara creates from a place of raw emotion and healing. She gives us insight into what inspires her art, whether she plans to step into poetry slams or exhibits, and how she envisions introducing her work to the world in a way that not only tells her story—but helps others feel seen, understood, and less alone.

This episode is about transformation, truth, and the courage to create while becoming.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this raw and necessary episode of Lick Her Lovin’ Podcast, I step into a space that many avoid—but far too many have lived through. Survival Mode of the Fittest is not theory… it’s strategy. It’s what you do when staying is no longer safe, leaving is urgent, and you have no safety net waiting on the other side.

I break down 7 critical survival strategies designed for those moments when you have to move fast, think clearly, and protect yourself at all costs. This isn’t about comfort—it’s about preservation, awareness, and calculated action.

We’re talking about:

• How to leave without escalation
• What to prioritize when you can’t take everything
• How to move in silence and avoid being tracked
• Protecting your identity, finances, and location
• Finding safe, immediate shelter options
• Navigating fear while staying mentally sharp and strategic
• And how to begin shifting from survival mode to stability

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt trapped, isolated, or forced to choose themselves with nothing but instinct to guide them. It’s also for those who want to be informed, prepared, and empowered—because survival favors those who are ready.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this deeply personal and unfiltered episode, Michelle shares the full story behind one of the most painful chapters of her life — how relocating for love without a strategic plan led to homelessness, financial sabotage, and long-term health consequences.

Michelle opens up about investing $8,000 into a row of porcelain braces and once having a smile she was proud of, only to find herself battling periodontitis after spending a year living out of a car and a storage unit where maintaining basic hygiene became nearly impossible. With the nearest gym two miles away just to shower, confiscated belongings, and mobility reduced to walking everywhere, she explains how quickly life can unravel when your stability is placed in the hands of someone who thrives on control.

She recounts the moment an argument over something as simple as saying it was wrong to wish death on another person cost her $419 in just three days — $82 in gas, a $70 Uber to work across counties, and $89 per night at a motel — only for the same person to later demand rent after creating the crisis. Michelle also shares the humiliation of giving away entire paychecks, sleeping under her desk at work, and walking the streets of Midtown while trying to hold her life together.

With honesty, reflection, and sharp insight, Michelle exposes the patterns of manipulation and sabotage that often occur in controlling relationships — where the moment a partner begins to regain independence, chaos is created to pull them back into dependency.

This episode is not just a story about hardship; it is a testimony about survival, accountability, and rebuilding. Michelle discusses the emotional weight of realizing that being a “runaway for love” cost her years she can’t get back, while also sharing how those experiences shaped her mission today as a licensed realtor helping people build stability through homeownership.

Episode 4 is about recognizing control disguised as love, trusting your intuition, and choosing yourself before it’s too late.

If you’ve ever moved too fast in a relationship, ignored red flags, or had to rebuild after trusting the wrong person, this conversation is for you.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 3 of Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium, Michelle takes listeners deep into the layered reality of post-relationship healing — challenging the difference between true emotional resolution and strategic avoidance.

The episode opens with a provocative question: Are you healed… or are you just avoiding? Michelle unpacks the idea that the death of a relationship can feel just as devastating as physical loss. She distinguishes between grief, ego wounds, and the discomfort that arises when we are forced to confront how we showed up in love.

At the core of Segment One is accountability. Michelle emphasizes that real healing requires ownership — not just of how someone treated you, but how you participated, what you tolerated, and what parts of you felt unworthy. She reframes closure as an internal ceremony: identifying growth, defining lessons, and rewriting your “dating résumé” to reflect newly mastered boundaries and discernment.

She also explores triggers. What happens when you see your ex with someone new? Are you indifferent — or activated? Is opting out of shared spaces peace… or avoidance? Michelle invites listeners to treat emotional reactions as data rather than shame, encouraging radical self-honesty over aesthetic “soft life” narratives.

Segment Two transitions into spiritual detachment. Michelle introduces a deeply personal revelation about being the only July Leo among five August Leos in her maternal lineage, identifying herself as a cycle breaker. She speaks to the responsibility of transmuting generational patterns and emerging refined rather than resentful.

The conversation deepens into energetic entanglement — the reality that intimacy leaves spiritual imprints. Michelle shares her experience of loving someone who did not reciprocate her feelings and allowing sexual chemistry to cloud discernment. Even after physical separation, the connection lingered spiritually, manifesting through intrusive dreams and energetic disturbances.

She presents the concept of giving past lovers a “spiritual funeral” — a ritualized internal severing of energetic cords. Detachment, she argues, is not just blocking a number or unfollowing online; it is reclaiming spiritual fragments left behind. Every intimate connection carries energetic residue, and healing may require intentional release work.

The episode closes with empowerment. Michelle affirms herself as a “full-cycle, whole-loving, refreshed endurance clairvoyant” who gives love wholeheartedly and commands her power back fully when a chapter ends. She challenges listeners to examine whether someone they no longer see physically still has access to them spiritually — and whether they are ready to reclaim their energy.

Episode 3 ultimately invites women — particularly within the LGBTQ community — to confront emotional triggers, spiritual attachments, and the difference between curated peace and embodied healing.

Stay open. Stay true. And get licked.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Lick Her Lovin Emporium, Michelle dives deep into a conversation many women in the lesbian community have experienced but rarely unpack out loud — attraction that overrides intuition.

What happens when chemistry is strong, the connection feels instant, and she presents as emotionally evolved… but something doesn’t sit right in your spirit?

Michelle introduces the concept of “Mona Lisa Energy” — the woman who is beautiful, persuasive, emotionally aesthetic, and seemingly safe… yet strategically attached. The type who mirrors you, escalates intimacy quickly, trauma bonds early, and gains access to your vulnerability before earning your trust.

This episode explores:

• Why we ignore red flags when attraction is high

• How dopamine can distort discernment

• The difference between intensity and intimacy

• Performative healing vs. real emotional maturity

• Why validation, reassurance, and accountability are non-negotiable

Michelle transparently shares a personal experience of dating a woman who stole from her — and then helped her search for what was missing. A powerful illustration of how proximity, performance, and charm can disguise manipulation.

The conversation also pauses to honor Diamond, a lesbian stud whose life was tragically taken by someone she loved, reminding listeners that jealousy, control, and volatility are not signs of passion — they are warning signs.

Throughout the episode, Michelle challenges listeners with reflection prompts:

Are you in love — or intoxicated?

Did you fall for potential or patterns?

Were you chosen — or were you convenient?

She examines “convenience love” — when someone values your access, lifestyle, emotional labor, or stability more than they value you — and breaks down how dismissive phrases like “It’s not that serious” can signal emotional invalidation.

With wit, transparency, and grown-woman clarity, Michelle reframes past experiences as refinement, not regret. She reminds the audience that peace is the real luxury, that discernment is a form of self-respect, and that compatibility requires shared emotional maturity — not just chemistry.

This episode is for anyone who has ever:

• Ignored their gut because she was fine

• Rationalized inconsistency

• Confused being chosen with being valued

• Stayed because the intimacy was good

• Learned the hard way and came out wiser

If you’ve ever dated a lesson wrapped in good skin — this conversation is for you.

Tune in every Wednesday at 8PM ET. The last Wednesday of every month is a live call-in session where your voice and your story are welcome.

Protect your peace. Trust your intuition. And stop romanticizing red flags.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium, host Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—welcomes listeners into a bold, judgment-free space created for women of the LGBTQ+ community. This episode is a proper introduction: who Michelle is, the rules of the house, and the intention behind the show.

Michelle shares the origin story of Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium, tracing it back to a chance encounter in Midtown Manhattan, a song born from creative chemistry, and a long-held vision to represent queer women beyond stereotypes—centered on depth, connection, and intentional love. What began as music and evolved through unrealized projects ultimately became a clothing brand, and now, a podcast.

This episode sets the tone for what’s to come: mature conversation, thoughtful delivery, emotional intelligence, and a safe space where curiosity, desire, and authenticity are always welcome.

New episodes drop every Wednesday at 8pm.

Lick Her Lovin’ Emporium is a mature, judgment-free podcast created for women of the LGBTQ+ community who crave depth, intention, and real conversation. Hosted by Michelle—also known as Michellehergrace or Thunder—the show blends sensuality, emotional intelligence, and lived experience to explore identity, desire, relationships, creativity, and self-possession beyond stereotypes.

Each episode offers thoughtful storytelling, honest reflection, and engaging dialogue designed to entertain, affirm, and challenge the way queer women are seen, heard, and understood. This is a space where femininity is reclaimed, connection is intentional, and delivery matters just as much as the message.

New episodes air every Wednesday at 8pm, with monthly call-in episodes inviting listeners to join the conversation directly.

Welcome to the Emporium—respect the house, and stay curious.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.