Michelle Obama recently opened up about her personal growth journey, revealing that she’s currently seeing a therapist as she adjusts to a new chapter in life—while firmly rejecting ongoing rumors of a split between her and President Barack Obama.
“At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” the mom-of-two said in a recent interview on the Jay Shetty Podcast.
“I’ve finished a really hard thing in my life with my family intact, I’m an empty nester, my girls are in—you know, they’ve been launched.”
At 61, the former first lady explained that she’s finding support in new ways and from new people, including a therapist who is helping her re-center and reflect as she moves away from a life once defined by public roles and responsibilities.
“So, I’m getting that tune-up for this next phase because I believe this is a whole ‘nother phase in life for me. And I now have the wisdom to know—let me go get some coaching while I’m doing it,” she said.
She shared that therapy has also become a way for her to confront longstanding patterns and lingering emotional weight, describing how it’s helping her break free from old behaviors and explore past feelings.
Michelle has been making numerous media appearances alongside her brother Craig Robinson in recent weeks, directly confronting and dismissing ongoing speculation that her nearly 30-year marriage is under strain.
Talk of tension between her and President Obama intensified earlier this year after Michelle was noticeably absent from a number of public events, including President Trump’s inauguration, fueling whispers about a possible rift.
“If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,” she told entrepreneur Steven Bartlett in an interview last week.
“I would be problem-solving in public, like, ‘Let me tell you what he did’.”
In that conversation, Michelle also acknowledged that marriage, while fulfilling, is not without challenges, but underscored her deep commitment to the partnership.
“The beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was ever really, ever going to quit at it, because that’s not who we are. And I know that about him. He knows that about me,” she said.
{Matzav.com}