497: Michelle's Mom Joins the Podcast: A Surprise Mini-Session That Stops Negative Self-Talk
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is a true "sneak attack" mini-session I recorded on the spot because the shift happened so fast, I wanted you to hear it in real time.
At first, I introduced my guest "JoJo" as a code name. Then we reveal the big moment: "JoJo" is actually my mom, Nancy Brindisi, and this is her first-ever time on the podcast!
My mom is in that brave space of considering dating again after years, and the negative self-talk started spiraling. So I walked her through one simple practice that stopped the mental loop within minutes, and the calm that followed was unmistakable.
In this episode, I share:
- Why negative self-talk often spikes when you're stepping into something new, especially dating again
- How I work with "parts" as energetic parts work (working with the energy of the judging, doubting part)
- A practical way to borrow supportive energy when you can't access your Adult Chair in the moment
- How this practice can come through as words, images, or a felt sense, and why your way is the right way
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever felt like you've done the work? You've read the books, listened to the podcast, |
| 0:04.8 | but when that one person says that one thing, you snap right back into that old version of you. |
| 0:11.4 | You get triggered. You fall back into codependency, people pleasing, self-abandonment, |
| 0:15.9 | and you keep trying to control the outside world to finally feel better on the inside. Here's the truth. |
| 0:23.5 | Your outer reality is an inside job. You're not broken. You're just operating on an old program. |
| 0:31.0 | And that program needs an update. Think about your phone. It gets regular updates or it becomes glitchy and unreliable. You are no different. Those old survival programs got you here, but now they're keeping you stuck. So if you are ready for an internal upgrade, come join me, March 13th through 15th in Charlotte for metamorphosis. It's a three-day immersive |
| 0:58.2 | experience where we dismantle the unconscious programs running your life and regulate your nervous |
| 1:04.8 | systems so you can finally become who you have been waiting for. This is not a seminar. It's an identity shift. When who you are |
| 1:14.6 | changes, your life follows. Space is limited to 75 people. Go to theadultchair.com |
| 1:22.6 | forward slash live event for all the details. It's time to come home to yourself. I'll see you there. |
| 1:33.8 | Hello, hello, everyone. It is Michelle Schelfand. Let me say this. Yeah, Michelle Brindisi |
| 1:40.2 | Shelfand is sitting here with you today. And I have a very, very special guest. |
| 1:44.9 | And to share a, woo, a method, a tool, a technique, something. I don't know what we call this. |
| 1:51.0 | Someone very special to me. She doesn't, she started telling me about a process that I gave her to |
| 1:56.3 | try and how amazing and powerful it was for her. And I said, can we record this? |
| 2:01.1 | I'm feeling this might be a podcast. |
| 2:03.3 | And he said, okay, this special guest today is going to share her experience about how she |
| 2:10.6 | really turned her her negative thinking around within a matter of, are we going to say |
| 2:16.6 | minutes? |
| 2:17.6 | Minutes. |
| 2:18.9 | My guest today is my mother, Nancy Rendezzi, thank you for being here today. |
| 2:24.5 | My lovely daughter. |
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