500: 500 Episodes In: Hard Truths and Breakthroughs That Changed Me
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is a special one as we celebrate the 500th episode of the show and over 11 million downloads worldwide. I'm joined by Jess Giacobbe from my team, who turns the microphone around and asks me the questions listeners have always wanted to ask about my journey, my work, and what I've learned along the way.
We talk about how this podcast began, the real behind-the-scenes moments that challenged me, the times I almost quit, and how learning to trust my intuition changed everything. I also share what "downloads" actually feel like, how triggers reveal unconscious beliefs, and why real change can happen faster than you think when you shift your response.
*Congratulations to the winners of our 500th Episode Giveaway - Heather R. & Joellen G. Thank you to everyone who shared the podcast or left a review!*
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How the podcast began and why I almost didn't start it
- What intuition and "downloads" actually feel like in real life
- The biggest lessons I learned from setbacks and rebuilding my business
- Why triggers reveal old beliefs and how to use them for growth
- How to stay grounded in your Adult Chair even during life's hardest moments
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome, welcome, welcome to the Michelle Shelfont Show. |
| 0:09.9 | Today is a very, very special day. |
| 0:13.1 | I can't even believe I'm going to say this out loud. |
| 0:16.3 | We are on podcast number 500. |
| 0:21.7 | Today is a milestone day because not only have we now done 500 podcasts, we have also had, |
| 0:32.6 | this is a little bit of the emoji mind blow going on. Or here. 11 million downloads. |
| 0:39.8 | My brain is like, what? |
| 0:42.2 | So I'm so, so, so excited today to be joining you. |
| 0:45.5 | It's been 11 years of doing this podcast. |
| 0:48.2 | I remember the party we threw in 2020. |
| 0:50.7 | It was the week before COVID. |
| 0:52.4 | In March of 2020, before the entire world shut down, we had just hit 2 million downloads. |
| 0:58.3 | So that was so, so exciting to hit 2 million downloads in 2020. |
| 1:01.7 | And here we are in 26, and we have now crossed 11 million and counting. |
| 1:10.5 | So we have a very special show for you today to celebrate this. |
| 1:15.6 | My team has been very sneaky doing some things behind the scenes to celebrate this very special |
| 1:23.3 | day. And today we're going to do a podcast with someone that works with me. Her name is |
| 1:29.0 | Jess Jacoby. So she's joining me today. Welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 1:35.4 | It's so fun to have you. So the team has gotten together. Some, how do we say this, Jess? |
| 1:41.4 | Some questions, I guess, that they wanted to know and they said, |
| 1:46.1 | you know, we want to know this. So we think your audience is going to want to know all these |
| 1:50.7 | questions. So they compiled questions. And Jess is going to be on with me today, asking me |
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