#180 When “You Can’t” Becomes “Watch Me”

Find Your Voice, Change Your Life · Mar 5, 2026 · 26m

Today, I interview Mikki St. Germain who grew up being told to “keep your mouth shut” and made to feel like her voice didn’t matter. At 14, her mother left, and she stepped into adult responsibility, working, caring for her siblings, and eventually becoming an emancipated minor at 16.

When a guidance counselor told her, “Girls like you don’t go to schools like this,” something inside her woke up. With $263 in her pocket, she drove to Florida after graduation and decided she would figure life out on her own.

That decision marked a shift from living in desperation to choosing inspiration. She…