— Introduction00:15 — Meet Dr. Michelle Chanda Singh00:30 — Rooted and Ready01:00 — Creating space for accomplished women to pause01:45 — Who were you before you were busy?02:15 — Carrying the weight of being first-generation03:00 — Remembering the person beneath the productivity03:30 — Childhood in Jamaica, freedom, and creativity04:30 — Presence, playfulness, and listening to yourself05:30 — Kyle’s experience choosing rest over work06:15 — Why slowing down makes us feel lighter07:00 — The act of being busy07:30 — Why leaders ignore their bodies08:15 — Burnout, unused leave, and working on autopilot09:00 — Disconnection, disengagement, and emotional numbness09:30 — The unhealthy attachment to work10:00 — Were the unused days worth the payout?11:00 — Why rest would have improved Michelle’s leadership11:30 — Recognizing burnout after leaving the system12:00 — Empty nesting, entrepreneurship, and rediscovering identity12:30 — The retreat that changed Michelle’s perspective13:00 — Designing days around rest, learning, and community14:00 — Why community, therapy, and coaching matter15:00 — Accomplishments without identity15:30 — Who are you without your title?16:00 — Learning to introduce yourself as a human being17:00 — Patterns of producing, performing, and perfecting17:30 — Detaching your worth from the outcome18:30 — Creating spaces for safe and honest conversation19:15 — The childhood weight Michelle carried20:00 — Being the first in the family20:30 — Pregnancy, shame, and the pressure to prove everyone wrong22:00 — Turning shame into testimony23:00 — Senior year of college and fear of disappointing her family24:00 — Hiding pain behind strength and achievement25:00 — Collecting degrees to prove she was not a failure26:00 — Moving from performance to healing26:30 — How therapy changed Michelle’s perspective27:30 — Therapy as part of a healthy routine28:00 — Redefining strength and asking for help29:00 — Why inner work improves professional performance30:00 — Choosing rest without guilt30:30 — Me Time Mondays31:00 — Freedom Fridays32:30 — Filling your own cup before serving others33:15 — Michelle’s current work33:30 — Disengagement as a system signal34:00 — Clarity, courage, and care35:00 — Introducing the EQUAL Methodology36:30 — E: Evaluate context37:00 — Looking beneath disengaged beh