The Michelle Mozes Show

In this episode, I sit down with Faye Lax-Rosenberg, host of The Trailblazer Pod, for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had on the show.

Faye shares her nonlinear journey — from leaving her tight-knit community at 17 to move to California, to training with the Marines, to spending two years in the federal government hiring process only to get rejected at the final stage… and what that rejection taught her about identity, resilience, and purpose.

We talk about what it really means to be a trailblazer — not just in business, but in life. The courage to go off the path. The discomfort of being different. The tension between wanting to belong and wanting to be fully yourself.

Faye opens up about sitting on her podcast idea for a year because she was scared of being seen — and the powerful reframe that changed everything: ideas don’t land in your head to stay there.

We also dive into:

• Why confidence is the output, not the starting point

• What to do when your “dream plan” falls apart

• The identity shifts that come after rejection

• How to act boldly even when you feel afraid

• And why “do it with the fear” might be the most important advice of all

This conversation is for the woman who feels the pull toward something bigger but is waiting to feel ready.

Spoiler: it doesn’t work in that order.

If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re the right person to go after the thing on your heart, this episode will remind you — if not you, then who?

You can follow Faye at:

https://thetrailblazerpod.com/

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In this episode, I sit down with Jaz Sawaged — an ex-engineer and marketing strategist who walked away from $50K cash months to rediscover herself, reclaim her joy, and rebuild her business on her own terms.

We talk about the part of success no one prepares you for, like the identity crisis that can follow when you hit the goals you thought would change everything… and nothing inside you actually does.

Jaz shares what it really felt like to step away from a profitable business, why she chose to return to a 9–5, and how she now runs her business from a place of alignment instead of pressure.

We dive into:

• The subtle “brainwashing” that happens in online business spaces

• How strategies can slowly diminish your spark

• Why messy execution builds more power than perfection

• The difference between ethical marketing and manipulative tactics

• How to reconnect with your own signal when there are too many voices in your head

• What it actually means to grow without selling your soul

This conversation is for the entrepreneur who has tasted success… but still feels unsettled or who’s questioning the rules.

For the high-achiever who refuses to sacrifice who they are just to make more money.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Who am I becoming in the process of building this?” ...this one is for you.

You can follow Jaz at:

Instagram

Youtube

Substack

And you can reach her via email.

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Your strategy might be keeping you stuck or stagnant, or both. You're doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing: the launch, the emails, the funnels...you even have a great sales page for your offer. The problem isn't that your strategy isn't good. What's really happening and how to fix it might surprise you. If you want everything to finally click and make effortless sales...hit that play button!

If you loved this episode, I invite you to download my FREE trainings on scaling a stand out brand and setting your business up for more revenue and effortless sales. Listen now or on the go! ⁠Download here.⁠

I'm running a 21-day challenge to scale your business called Own Your Magic! We've started but you can still get in and catch up...you'll have access to the trainings I already posted last week. And VIP starts this Wednesday!

⁠Click here⁠ to join for daily insights and exact steps on how to scale your brand through the identity, mindset, and strategy work required to grow and go bigger without burnout.

Fear can actually be subconscious, so it's not always obvious. Once I developed my own self awareness around these blocks I was able to get super honest with myself and remove whatever blocked me from where I was and my goals. I hope this episode gives you the clarity I wish I had sooner!

>> I'm running a 21-day challenge to scale your business called Own Your Magic, and even though we just started yesterday, there's still a little more time to dive in and get months of access to these mind-blowing, game-changing trainings + live Q&A support before doors close for good!

⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠ to join us for daily insights and exact steps on how to scale your brand through the identity, mindset, and strategy work required to grow and go bigger without burnout.

If you loved this episode, I invite you to download my FREE trainings on scaling a stand out brand and setting your business up for more revenue and effortless sales. Listen now or on the go! ⁠Download here.⁠

This mindset shift is what helped me move faster in business (and life) instead of pausing, over-analyzing, and wasting time shifting gears that never had to be shifted. There is no such thing as "not working" or "failure" — the outcome you didn't want is paving a path that is working in your favor, so move with it quickly instead of feeling defeated.

If you loved this episode, I invite you to download my FREE trainings on scaling a stand out brand and setting your business up for more revenue and effortless sales. Listen now or on the go! Download here.

I'm running a 21-day challenge to scale your business called Own Your Magic, and there's still a few days left to dive in and get months of access to these mind-blowing, game-changing trainings + live Q&A support before doors close!

Click here to join us at just $33 for daily insights and exact steps on how to scale your brand through the identity, mindset, and strategy work required to grow and go bigger without burnout.

My creative bestie, and women empowerment coach, Zipporah Thaler, and I had an amazing chat on how to raise your ceiling and break into the next level of your business, cash, nervous system and more.

Here’s what you'll gain from today's conversation:

• A deeper understanding of why expansion often feels disorienting before it feels exciting, and how to stop mislabeling that feeling as “something being wrong.”

• Why your nervous system and mindset play a bigger role in growth than strategy, and how to stay grounded while stepping into something bigger than you’ve held before.

• How to recognize when you’re being asked to lead yourself differently, and "control your feelings" when it feels challenging.

• The subtle ways women delay evolution by waiting to “feel ready” — and what it actually looks like to move with clarity instead of waiting for certainty.

• How spiritual growth and practical leadership are meant to work together.

• Letting your pace match your capacity instead of your expectations (and expanding your capacity to hold more.)

• Releasing identities, roles, and rhythms that once worked without guilt or shame.

• Choosing grounded expansion over chaotic growth, and moving your body through it.

• The reframe, release, and rewire method to let go of limiting beliefs.

We'd love to hear from you! What would you like us to chat about next time? Send a DM on Instagram to let us know:

 👉 Visit Zipporah on Instagram and check out her website

👉  Visit Michelle on Instagram and check out her website

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There's a huge difference between "doing all the things" and taking aligned action that actually moves money and drives your business forward. This is THE training to get out of a monotonous cycle in income and life.

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>> ⁠Grab my 5 FREE Audio Trainings⁠ on elevating your identity, mindset, and strategy to double your income and scale your brand effortlessly. Create and sell offers (even at the same time!) that light you up, stack cash like a ninja, simplify your marketing so it feels like second nature, activate limitlessness and remove the ceiling, and move more boldly than ever.

You tell yourself you hate sales because what you've learned about sales until now made you hate it. It's actually beautiful and an incredible life-altering opportunity for your clients. Here's how to reframe sales so you can learn to love it and double your sales and impact.

Enjoyed this episode? Let me know on ⁠Instagram!⁠

>> ⁠Grab my 5 FREE Audio Trainings⁠ on elevating your identity, mindset, and strategy to double your income and scale your brand effortlessly. Create and sell offers (even at the same time!) that light you up, stack cash like a ninja, simplify your marketing so it feels like second nature, activate limitlessness and remove the ceiling, and move more boldly than ever.

"Building abundance" is a misunderstood concept, because it often comes from a forced place...which actually isn't abundance at all...it's scarcity.

Here's how scarcity sneaks it's way in and how to recognize it so that you can layer abundance to create success that continuously rolls in.

Enjoyed this episode? Let me know on ⁠Instagram!⁠

>> ⁠Grab my 5 FREE Audio Trainings⁠ on elevating your identity, mindset, and strategy to double your income and scale your brand effortlessly. Create and sell offers (even at the same time!) that light you up, stack cash like a ninja, simplify your marketing so it feels like second nature, activate limitlessness and remove the ceiling, and move more boldly than ever.

Want to go bigger this year? More money, more clients, more health, bigger impact, better relationships? This is the one shift you need to make that will change EVERYTHING for you.

Enjoyed this episode? Let me know on Instagram!

>> Grab my 5 FREE Audio Trainings on elevating your identity, mindset, and strategy to double your income and scale your brand effortlessly. Create and sell offers (even at the same time!) that light you up, stack cash like a ninja, simplify your marketing so it feels like second nature, activate limitlessness and remove the ceiling, and move more boldly than ever.