Podcast Summary:

What Are You Made Of?
Episode: The Power to Choose Again: Michelle J. Lamont on Trauma, Transformation, and Quantum Creation
Host: Mike "C-Roc" Ciorrocco
Guest: Michelle J. Lamont
Release Date: January 7, 2026

Episode Overview

This thought-provoking episode dives deep into trauma, personal transformation, and the science and spirituality of "quantum creation." Michelle J. Lamont, a coach, speaker, and host of "Manifesting Miracles," details her journey from harrowing adversity to personal and entrepreneurial triumph, highlighting how changing one's energy and beliefs creates new opportunities. Together, Mike and Michelle unpack the neuroscience behind self-sabotage, healing, manifestation, and living with fulfillment – offering powerful lessons for entrepreneurs and anyone on a journey of self-development.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Foundation: Unique Identity & Authenticity

• Michelle shares her philosophy on carving out a unique space in the world and embracing her individuality fully.

  • Quote:
    "If you create something that's uniquely yours, you're the only person in that lane. And so there's no competition...I live on an island, the Michelle J. Lamont island, and I invite everybody to come and take a tour."
    (Michelle, 00:45)

  • Mike connects:
    "The most fulfilled people I ever hung out with leaned into who they were put here to be, unapologetically...and they become that one. It’s not a competition. Nobody can touch them."
    (Mike, 01:21)

2. Michelle’s Origin Story: From Trauma to Turning Point

• Michelle courageously recounts a life marked by tragedy and abuse:

  • Orphanage at age 10 after losing her mother (02:39)

  • Sexual assault from ages 11–17

  • Survived an abusive marriage and infertility struggles

  • Financial ruin triggered by her ex-husband’s actions and addictions

  • Battles with alcoholism and pornography addiction

  • Notable moment:
    "I put a 90-day plan to unalive myself. I wrote letters to everybody, including the pet sitter...and on the morning that it happened, my pet sitter came a day early...[there] was literally an ambulance in front of the house." (Michelle, 03:54)

3. Catalyst for Change: Meeting Wayne Dyer

• At her darkest point, an accidental encounter with a Wayne Dyer talk on YouTube led to a life-changing binge of his material and a deep dive into neuroscience, mindfulness, and quantum healing.

  • Quote:
    "When you change the way that you look at things, the things that you look at change." (Michelle recalls Dyer, 05:00)
  • Transformation:
    • Begins studying the brain, quantum entanglement, and the roots of her addictions
    • Adopts radical new habits (sobriety, veganism), gives away alcohol/meat, goes on Buddhist retreat
    • Starts her first business with $250 and turns it into a string of successes (08:30)

4. Quantum Healing, Success & The Limits of Willpower

• Discussion pivots to the gap between outward success and internal healing:

  • Many high achievers self-sabotage because their nervous systems and subconscious still operate from childhood wounds

  • Quantum perspective: "If you're only healed to this degree, you can only have access to this many people, this much money, this much opportunity." (Michelle, 10:31)

  • Mike reflects:
    "I've had situations that reminded me of being an 11-year-old kid again...I had to collapse entanglements." (10:17)

5. Survival Mode: The Zebra Analogy

• Using a study about zebras at watering holes, Michelle illustrates how unhealed trauma keeps us stuck in a high-alert, scarcity mindset, even when we're physically safe and should be thriving (12:31).

  • Quote:
    "People are still thinking they're at the watering hole every day...they're buying like they're in the watering hole. They're living, loving, everything as if they're in the worst situation." (Michelle, 13:18)

6. From Chasing to Building: Fears, Beliefs & Manifestation

• Michelle distinguishes “building” (positive creation) from “chasing” (fear-driven striving). She explains how beliefs, many planted in early childhood, unconsciously dictate our actions and results:
  • "What is a belief? It's something that's been indoctrinated and taught to you, not something that's true." (Michelle, 15:55)
  • Your subconscious runs the show; trauma and beliefs about worth, money, and love stem from pre-7-year-old experiences

7. Neuroscience of Change & Rewiring

• Effective manifesting and healing isn’t just affirmations; it’s about rewiring the brain through habit and experience:

  • Reticular Activation System: Your identity for the day is set in the first two and a half minutes after you wake up (20:10)

  • Affirmations have time-limited effects unless paired with deep healing and routines

  • The brain seeks predictability, not happiness

  • Quote:
    "The brain is just looking for predictability. It doesn't care if you're happy...if you're depressed, the brain's like, awesome, we're just going to go to the couch, surf, and then be homeless. Amazing." (Michelle, 28:53)

8. Money, Scarcity & Quantum Expansion

• Mike vulnerably admits he still acts broke to avoid complacency, despite success. Michelle explains how this is a survival strategy rooted in childhood instability, not abundance.

  • Practical advice:
    "The reason that you play broke is because you're scared that if you forget what it feels like to be hungry, then you will one day be hungry again...you're in survival mode when it comes to money." (Michelle, 22:27)

  • Breakthrough lever:

    • Name the old self (e.g., Michelle’s "Juanita") and recognize which identity is dominating
    • Create a future self (her "Bright Star/Omega")
    • Rewire by acting, thinking, spending, and feeling abundant

9. Manifesting: Letting Go & Living as a Creator

• To unlock expansion and fulfillment:

  • Stop trying to “cover your bets” and trust the quantum/universal field

  • Treat your energy as precious – don’t waste it on fear and over-planning

  • Shift from operating as a "pauper" (scarcity) to a "king" (abundance in all things: love, family, joy)

  • Use setbacks as lessons and sources of growth, not reasons to shrink

  • Notable Quotes:

    • "Treat your energy as if it’s expensive, as if it’s a luxury item." (Michelle, 34:38)

    • "Are you the king or are you the pauper? Because the pauper believes that the money is the joy and the king believes that his kingdom is the joy." (Michelle, 35:34)

    • Einstein reference:
      "There’s only two ways to live: as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle. Which way do you want to live?" (Michelle quoting Einstein, 31:47)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "I'm not the teacher. I'm simply the guide. The rape was the teacher. The death was the teacher. The poverty was the teacher. I'm here to guide you back to your original place where you were whole..." (Michelle, 14:39)
• "Your beliefs can be hindered in so many different ways...Fear is a portal." (Michelle, 17:55)
• "You can only grow to the extent that you believe in." (Michelle, 19:03)
• "Once you release that need to cover your bets, you're going to be unbelievably, unbelievably more successful." (Michelle, 33:21)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:45 – Michelle’s “island” philosophy: unique self as non-competition
• 02:39 – Michelle’s traumatic childhood and marriage; spiral into addiction
• 05:00 – Wayne Dyer catalyst: the power to see differently
• 08:30 – Entrepreneurial revival: building business from nothing
• 10:31 – Limits of healing and “quantum access” to abundance
• 12:31 – Zebra survival mode analogy; living with unprocessed trauma
• 15:55 – Beliefs and subconscious programming from childhood
• 20:10 – Neuroscience: the importance of morning routines and brain wiring
• 22:27 – Survival mode and money: naming your old self
• 28:53 – Brain’s craving for predictability over happiness
• 31:47 – The miracle mindset (Einstein)
• 33:21 – Letting go of fear and unlocking quantum expansion
• 34:38 – Energy as a “luxury item”; shifting from pauper to king

Where to Go Deeper

• Michelle J. Lamont:
  • Website/Social: michellejlamont.com and all socials as @michellejlamont
  • Podcast: Manifesting Miracles (340+ episodes, 1M+ downloads—solo, no guests, pure magnetism)
  • "If you really want to see your life in a different lens and you want to be the creator of your reality, you are just one show away." (Michelle, 38:04)

Final Takeaways

• Your life’s events are your teachers. You have the power and quantum right to choose again, heal, and create on levels you’ve never imagined.
• Transformation isn’t about hustling harder, but about healing, letting go, and allowing yourself to embody the greatest version of YOU—beyond fear and programmed beliefs.

For entrepreneurs and seekers hungry for true expansion, this episode challenges you to rethink “success,” trust the quantum field, and own your creator energy. Listen and rise.