478: I Swallowed a Screwdriver
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Yes, you read that right. In this episode, I share a very real and very unexpected story about what happened when I accidentally swallowed a dental tool, and how I used the Adult Chair model to navigate nine days of fear, anxiety, and uncertainty.
What could have been a terrifying and overwhelming experience became a powerful opportunity for me to practice exactly what I teach: grounding, regulating my nervous system, and staying connected to myself no matter what was happening around me.
In this episode, I open up about:
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How I calmed myself using fact and truth, grounding, and slow breathing
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The importance of asking "Why is this happening for me?" instead of "Why is this happening to me?"
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The parts work and inner healing that surfaced through this experience
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How feelings of anger, fear, and even betrayal led me to uncover old root beliefs
This story isn't just about an unusual accident. It's about how we can move from fear to empowerment, from victim to adult, and from disconnection back to our true selves.
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| 0:00.0 | And then I sat straight up. And as I was sitting up, because I felt something weird in the back of my throat, I swallowed because there was something in my throat. And I said, what did I just swallow? I did not say, why is this happening to me? I said, with curiosity from my adult, I wonder why this is happening for me, for me. That statement, I cannot even tell |
| 0:26.6 | you how powerful that is. That's why I do work, I pride myself on working with people. |
| 0:32.7 | They can help me lift out of the trap of the ego beliefs, the trap of our limiting beliefs and the wounding. |
| 0:38.9 | But the belief was, I need to prepare for the worst. |
| 0:43.6 | So I am ready. |
| 0:44.9 | It's like I could actually see boxing gloves sitting next to her as a representative of, |
| 0:49.3 | I'm ready for battle, I'm ready to take anyone on that is going to hurt me. |
| 0:53.7 | And I'm going to protect anyone on that is going to hurt me. And I'm going to protect the people |
| 0:55.0 | that I love. |
| 0:58.9 | Hello, my friends. Boy, do I have a story for you? I have something that is going to probably shock you that I'm going to share in a moment. |
| 1:13.8 | So brace yourselves. |
| 1:15.5 | It has been quite the nine days of my life. |
| 1:19.2 | So you probably saw the title of the show. |
| 1:22.1 | So let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:24.5 | I know that in the past when I talk about what I personally have gone through in my life, |
| 1:29.4 | and I actually apply a lot of the concepts in the adult chair to my life, and I show you, |
| 1:34.3 | this is a demonstration of how to get yourself out of a very unusual, uncomfortable, and |
| 1:41.2 | triggering experience. So let's just get right to it. So a couple of weeks ago, |
| 1:46.9 | I was up at The Art of Living. I taught that incredible event on the weekend. I was on a high. |
| 1:51.8 | I had so much fun teaching the live event. First thing Monday morning, the day after, |
| 1:57.4 | I go into the dentist because I'm getting a new crown put on for a tooth that |
| 2:02.8 | had all kinds of issues with. |
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