Oct 2, 2026 · 52 min · 13 segments
Lucie Chartin joins Michelle Lynne to share her remarkable journey of walking away from a successful singing career—and finding her way back on entirely new terms. After years of performing…
Diana PetreHostI think I said something to the extent of I tried really hard to fit myself into whatever is needed for me to function in this industry.
And I mentioned quite a few of the things that I had tried because I had had quite a few therapists before the one helping me quit.
That in the end, the balance between the stress that I was experiencing and the joy that I had, which was less and less on stage, which just didn't make sense anymore.
One of the analogies I like to use is that it's basically a bit like when you're in a bad relationship.
So if you're a model and you have an eating disorder, you can work on your eating disorder while modeling.
And I felt like, yeah, maybe I could work on my whatever many things that are preventing me from functioning in here and that are like I need to grow stronger or to be more whatever, you know, all the sort of empowerment things that I could grow into myself.
It's just a really, really hard place to do so because everything is constantly reminding me that I am not worthy and that I am rejected and that I am replaceable.
And so what happened is that when I quit, I was a little worried that maybe these feelings would travel with me.
Also because before that, and I'm not saying I was doing it well, obviously it was not sustainable, but everything was in the frame of, is it helping the career or is it harming the career or is it just not making me go further?
I think many people always feel like they're too late and they're too old already.
And so basically every moment is like, okay, and this food that I'm eating, is it like food that will help me sing? And how I'm sleeping and everything that I'm doing, how I'm moving, how I look, what I'm reading, everything felt like I should actually be investing now in making sure that I become better so that I have the career that I want to have.
And, um, well, when that, uh, when that fell, fell away, I, I was just more than enough.
I think I said something to the extent of I tried really hard to fit myself into whatever is needed for me to function in this industry.
And I mentioned quite a few of the things that I had tried because I had had quite a few therapists before the one helping me quit.
That in the end, the balance between the stress that I was experiencing and the joy that I had, which was less and less on stage, which just didn't make sense anymore.
One of the analogies I like to use is that it's basically a bit like when you're in a bad relationship.
So if you're a model and you have an eating disorder, you can work on your eating disorder while modeling.
And I felt like, yeah, maybe I could work on my whatever many things that are preventing me from functioning in here and that are like I need to grow stronger or to be more whatever, you know, all the sort of empowerment things that I could grow into myself.
It's just a really, really hard place to do so because everything is constantly reminding me that I am not worthy and that I am rejected and that I am replaceable.
And so what happened is that when I quit, I was a little worried that maybe these feelings would travel with me.
Also because before that, and I'm not saying I was doing it well, obviously it was not sustainable, but everything was in the frame of, is it helping the career or is it harming the career or is it just not making me go further?
I think many people always feel like they're too late and they're too old already.
And so basically every moment is like, okay, and this food that I'm eating, is it like food that will help me sing? And how I'm sleeping and everything that I'm doing, how I'm moving, how I look, what I'm reading, everything felt like I should actually be investing now in making sure that I become better so that I have the career that I want to have.
And, um, well, when that, uh, when that fell, fell away, I, I was just more than enough.
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