Michelle Minnikin

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Psychologist / Author / Good Girl Deprogrammer

Michelle Minnikin is an organisational psychologist, coach, and the unapologetically rebellious author of Good Girl Deprogramming. Through her writing, workshops, and consultancy work with The Deprogramming Company, she helps women break free from societal expectations, dismantle their inner Good Girl conditioning, and become truly unfuckwithable - confident, courageous, and fiercely authentic in life and at work. Michelle’s mission is to challenge the patriarchal systems that keep women small and to co-create a world where every woman feels powerful enough to live life entirely on her own terms.

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Sept. 17, 2026

Deprogramming the Good Girl with Michelle Minnikin

Were you taught to be nice, helpful, agreeable and easy to work with—only to end up overworked, undervalued and quietly resentful? In this episode, Betsy talks with psychologist, coach and Good Girl Deprogramming author Michelle Minnikin about the conditioning that teaches women to put everyone else first. They unpack how it follows us into the workplace, why traditional career advice often fails women and how being the “good girl” can eventually hold us back. Michelle also explains why resentment is one of the clearest signs that a boundary has been crossed, how to begin changing these patterns through small experiments and what it really means to enter your villain era—without becoming someone you’re not. You’ll learn: How good-girl conditioning shows up at work Why being capable and agreeable can lead to more work, but not more opportunity How to recognize when your boundaries are being crossed Why resentment is an important signal instead of something to ignore How…