Finding Your Super Power with Michelle Chappell
April 21, 2023
Did you know that each one of us have our own Super Power? My guest, Michelle Chappel says that we do and she’s with me this week to talk about what they can be and how we can find them. She is a psychologist and a singer/songwriter and she’s going to share the story on how she went from Princeton to being a singer and much more.
Thursdays at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET
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Questions We Discuss –
Questions We Discuss –
- What was it like to get a Ph.D. from Princeton? [in psychology, hard voted “Most Inspirational Professor]
- What made you decide to leave academics to pursue music full-time? [I needed to take the advice I gave to students to follow their hearts]
- Did you always know you could sing? [Hidden superpower, found it studying psychology at Princeton]
- You made a CD and had a hit in South Africa. What was it like to be on the charts there? [Nelson Mandela, people sang “Hero”]
- What stands in the way of gaining our true power? [family roles, school rules, tribal expectations, Bill’s story]
- How do you help people gain confidence and courage to own their power and change their lives? [Dan’s story]
- Why is it important to believe in possibilities to feel empowered? [Tricia’ story]
- What are some hints or clues about what a person’s special powers may be? [Jan’s story]
- What’s the most important takeaway? [Respect our differences, use our power to leave the world a better place than we found it.]
Blog URL http://michellechappel.com/blog/
Twitter Name @michellechappel
Reverbnation https://www.reverbnation.com/michellechappel
About Michelle Chappel –
Dr. MICHELLE MILLIS CHAPPEL is an internationally-acclaimed singer-songwriter, keynote speaker, business consultant, and coach. She has a PhD in psychology from Princeton and was voted “Most Inspirational Professor” at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she taught cognition and creativity. Despite being called “crazy” by a few colleagues, she ditched academics to follow her dream to be a rock star. Since then, her songs have topped European, South African, and U.S. college radio charts, and appeared on ABC, HBO, Encore, and Showtime. She has also won 17 Billboard International Songwriting awards.
For 20 years, Michelle has used psychology and music to help thousands of people, ages 8 to 84, discover their unique creative gifts and use these superpowers to excel in work, school, and life. She leads workshops and has given talks to businesses, women’s organizations, universities, schools, and New Thought churches around the country.
Concurrently with her music and speaking careers, Michelle rose in the ranks of the corporate world, from usability engineer to VP of Consumer Insights. As CEO of Creativity Rock Star Consulting, she now consults with clients such as Google, eBay, Yahoo, and TiVo conducting user experience research and leading innovation workshops.
Her website, www.michellechappel.com, was chosen as “One of 15 Brilliant Websites That Will Inspire And Change Your Life” by Lifehack.org.