She Who Dares, Wins.
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She Who Dares, Wins.
Tired of playing by the rules? The She Who Dares Wins podcast is for the women who reject convention, challenge expectations, and carve their own damn way through life. Hosted by Michelle Hands—former construction engineer turned fearless storyteller—this podcast dives deep into the raw, unfiltered...
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From "Should" to "Want": Unleashing Your Forward Force
Have you ever stared at a mounting to-do list, surrounded by notebooks filled with strategies, only to realize you are completely paralyzed? The truth...
Perfection is Overrated: Ditching the Fear of Mistakes to Build Leeds' Only Female-Led Studio - Our House
Laura and Lily are artists, producers, and the founders of Our House Studios, the first and only female-run recording studio in Leeds. Frustrated by t...
Late-Diagnosed ADHD in Your 40s: Unpacking the Chaos, the Burnout, and the "Superpower" Myth
Michelle has spent the last two years interviewing incredible women on the She Who Dares Wins podcast, but today she steps behind the mic solo for the...
Breaking the Rules to Save Your Life: From Cancer to the Dakar Rally
*triggers: This episode includes discussion of depression, mental health crises, cancer diagnosis, and severe road traffic accidents.
In 2019, B...
Conquering Fear and Redefining Your Limits: Inside the Mind of a Celebrity Survival Expert
Megan Hine is a wilderness guide, survivalist, and TV producer whose career is the stuff of Hollywood movies. From wild camping alone at 11 years old...
How Cold Water Therapy Saved Her Life, Author and Adevnturer Sara Barnes
In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with Sara, an author and cold water swim guide who has rebuilt her life through divorce, gri...
ADHD, Autism & The Non-Linear Career: Rewriting What “Success” Looks Like with ADUHD in Women.
Today, we’re diving into a conversation that so many women in their 30s and 40s are quietly living through, but rarely saying out loud.
I’m join...
Take the Risk or Lose the Chance: Sisters Who Rewrote the Rules Teddy and Mary - Havana Little
n this episode of She Dares Wins, Michelle is joined by sisters Mary and Teddy – two women who’ve carved wildly different but equally daring paths fro...
Ditching the Good Girl persona, becoming confident without the Pressure
If you’ve ever felt like you’re ticking all the right boxes but living the wrong life, this episode is your permission slip to stop being “the good gi...
Forty and Fearless: Leaving the Safe Career to Build What You Really Want
In this solo episode, Michelle shares the honest, unglamorous reality of walking away from a “safe” 17-year career in construction to back herself ful...
Dare to set your expectations and the bar low enough: that's when the fun starts
In this week’s Dare Day episode, Michelle gets radically honest about perfectionism, pressure, and what it really takes to launch something new withou...
Crib Goch, Kilimanjaro & Walking Away: How Lindsey Rewired Her Life with Nature
In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with long‑distance trekker and world‑record holder Lindsey, whose life has been completely t...
Three Paths, One You: A Mini Dare with the Stanford Odyssey Method
In this Thursday mini-dare, Michelle shares a deeply personal update and a powerful life design tool to help you reimagine your future.
After tw...
Inside a Human Experiment: Stranded on a Desert Island
In this powerful episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle is joined by Sophie, a trail runner and adventurer who traded everyday comfort for an intense...
First British Women to Finish the Dakar: Helen, Marcella & Purdy the Land Rover
In this episode, Michelle sits down with Helen and Marcella, the duo behind the first ever all‑British female team to finish the Dakar Rally – in a La...
Dare to Be Arrogant: Backing Yourself 10% More
This week’s dare is inspired by my incredible previous guest, Abbi Pulling from the F1 Academy. In our conversation, Abbi said something that stopped...
Be More Arrogant: Abbi Pulling on Confidence, Pressure & Performance
In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with Abbi Pulling – GB3 driver, F1 Academy champion and Nissan Formula E development driver...
Bushcraft, Belonging and Being Brave: Eva Outram on Daring to Begin
In this episode of SHE Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits back down with Eva – bushcraft instructor, founder of Wilder Horizons CIC, and former contestant...
Trusting My Gut: Quitting a Stable Job to Back Myself
In this raw, unscripted episode, Michelle shares what happened 24 hours after quitting her job in construction—a career she’s had for 18 years, includ...
I Quit Banking to Become a Stunt Driver (with Tessa Wittock)
In this episode of She Dares Wins, recorded live at the Be Right Back event, Michelle sits down with Tessa Wittock, a stunt driver and car drifter who...
Dare to Ask for Help: Reaching Out to People Ahead of You
This week’s dare: Reach out to someone who’s a few steps ahead of you in an area you’re trying to grow—business, career, or even a hobby.
In thi...
Chloe Brennan Lift Your Limits: The Athlete Mindset Tools Behind Confidence, Change and Self-Belief
In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with Chloe Brennan – two-time World’s Strongest Woman (u73kg), England’s Strongest Woman, co...
Give to Gain: How Supporting Other Women Changes Everything
In this Dare Day episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle reflects on an inspiring International Women’s Day weekend at a women in motorsport event hos...
Allie Bailey on Sobriety, Ultras & Doing the Work You Can’t Outrun Self‑Hate
Allie spent 26 years drinking, built a career in the music industry, and ran marathons and 100‑mile ultras trying to outrun how much she hated herself...
Leaving the Ladder: Choosing a Lifestyle Job in the Arts with Anna Turznyski
In this episode of She Who Dares Wins, Michelle sits down with Anna, Arts Director at Sunny Bank Mills, to explore what it really means to dare in you...
Dare to Truly Listen: Giving Space to Someone’s Story
This week’s dare:
Michelle invites you to step out of your comfort zone in the most human way possible: by really listening to someone else’s st...
Scared of Heights, So She Became a World-Class Glider Pilot: Claudia Hill Story
Claudia joins Michelle to share how someone who is “really, really scared of heights” became a glider pilot, instructor, and member of the British gli...
Your Wild Career Path Is Your Superpower: Here’s the Dare....
Episode: Dare Thursday – The Tapestry of Your Career
Host: Michelle (She Who Dares Wins Podcast)
Guest Inspiration: Hattie, the flower far...
One Wild and Precious Life: Hattie’s Long Road to Her Flower Farm Dream
In this episode, Hattie shares the winding, courageous journey that led her to becoming a full-time flower farmer living on a smallholding in the coun...
Helicopter Pilot Adele on Fear, Flight and Kindness: Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, helicopter pilot Adele returns to share deeper reflections on kindness, fear, emotional intelligence, and crisis management in...
Be Kinder to Yourself (Why Self-Criticism Isn’t Helping You Win)
Be Kinder to Yourself (Why Self-Criticism Isn’t Helping You Win)
This week, Michelle takes a break from guest interviews to speak directly to so...
Dare 18: The Soundtrack of Your Youth: Find Any Hidden Messages?
It’s Thursday, which means one thing around here: Dare Day.
This week’s dare is a simple one. No life overhaul. No journaling marathon. Just a f...
Unable to Walk to Running 200 Miles Across Tajikistan Ultra Marathon with Lucy Keeler
Lucy Keeler’s version of “a rough start to the year” is… intense.
After picking up a tropical illness in Thailand, Lucy went from fully independ...
A Dare for Recovering Perfectionists
We spend most of adult life trying to be competent, polished, and vaguely impressive.
This dare asks you to do the opposite.
In this short...
EP:143 From PE Teacher to Property Investor: The Messy Pivot
How saying yes before you’re ready can quietly change everything
In this episode, Michelle sits down with Amy Seagraves, a former PE teacher who...
Tell Your Story (Even If You Think It’s Nothing Special)
It’s January. Social media’s either screaming “new year, new you” or quietly rotting under beige motivation quotes. So this week’s Dare is simple, pow...
When the Mind Breaks Before the Body: Navigating Injury and Fear with Becca Worgan
Becca Worgan is back on the pod — World’s Strongest Natural Woman (2023), now fully qualified physio, coach, business builder… and still the kind of w...
Dare: 16 Easing into January: No Pressure, Just Gentle Dares
Thursday Dare Day – January Reset Edition
January has a reputation problem.
Cold. Dark. Everyone suddenly a productivity expert with a col...
From Feeling Lost to Saving Lives as an Air Ambulance Helicopter Pilot with Adele Dobler
What do you do when you don’t have a plan…
You don’t see anyone who looks like you doing the job…
And someone tells you outright that yo...
The Quiet Work No One Sees When You’re Building a Life
This episode isn’t about big launches, viral moments, or overnight success.
It’s about the quiet work.
The thinking.
The testing.<...