503: Healing Family Trauma and Relationships | Michelle Wootten
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I'm joined by Adult Chair® Certified Coach Michelle Wootten for a practical, real-life conversation about the "how-to" of healing and staying grounded when life gets messy. We talk about generational trauma, setting boundaries with toxic family members, navigating grief when relationships change, and using the Adult Chair tools to strengthen communication in marriage.
Michelle shares her personal story of hitting a breaking point, how her body signaled it was time to stop, and what helped her begin healing from the inside out. You'll also hear honest insights about going no-contact with an adult child, holding grief and joy at the same time, and why trigger work is one of the most powerful paths to transformation.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What it really means to live in your Adult Chair
- How chronic stress and emotional suppression can build over time and eventually show up in the body
- What it can look like to set boundaries with a toxic adult child, including the grief that can come with it
- Why healing isn't linear and how to hold both grief and joy at the same time
- How trigger work can help heal generational patterns and create change for future generations
- How Adult Chair tools helped Michelle strengthen her marriage, especially around attachment styles and communication
Resources from this Episode:
Connect with Michelle Wootten on her website: https://www.michellewootten.com/
Get the Relationship Reset Course here.
Listen to all of Michelle Chalfant's meditations & Inner Child work on YouTube!
MORE MICHELLE CHALFANT
Website: https://www.michellechalfant.com
Membership: The Adult Chair Collective
https://www.michellechalfant.com/collective
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant
The Adult Chair® Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you've been feeling a pull towards something more, this is for you. |
| 0:07.0 | If there's something in you that feels like it's awake, almost you can feel it in your heart, |
| 0:12.1 | that deeper knowing that you're meant to help others grow, heal, and even transform. |
| 0:16.0 | This is exactly why I created the Adult Chair Coaching Certification Program. |
| 0:21.6 | This is a six-month fully turnkey program where we teach you everything you need to know. |
| 0:27.6 | No prior experience needed. |
| 0:29.6 | That means no psychology background, no coaching or therapy experience required. |
| 0:34.6 | You will learn a powerful, proven method for transformation, and you |
| 0:39.4 | won't just leave with a certification. You're going to graduate with your own custom website, |
| 0:45.0 | step-by-step business training, and everything you need to confidently launch your own |
| 0:50.8 | coaching practice. This is not just a program. It is a path into the work you feel called to do. |
| 0:58.0 | Doors are open now, but they close March 31st. So if you feel that pull, trust it. Head over to |
| 1:04.5 | the adult cheer.com forward slash certification to learn more. Let's change the world together. |
| 1:18.6 | So welcome to the Michelle Schofan show, Michelle Wooten. |
| 1:23.5 | Hey, thank you. |
| 1:25.8 | I'm so happy. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah, the Scorpio sisters are here. |
| 1:30.2 | I love it. |
| 1:32.0 | The Adult Chair Coaches have arrived. |
| 1:32.8 | Right. |
| 1:35.7 | The Scorpio Adult Chair Coaching Sisters have arrived. |
| 1:36.2 | Here we go. |
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