The Light Podcast is presented by Starbucks and into it.

Wow!

Oh my goodness!

So I know all of you have been at some point in your life to an event where the host and is standing there before you and says,

we have our guests this evening who needs no introduction and then they spend the next 20 minutes telling you everything that person did since they was born.

I'm not going to do that.

I'm not going to do that because I know you already know who's here.

I'm here for the same reason you are to get some of that light cheese carrying.

So the woman who needs no introduction for real are forever first lady Michelle Obama!

Hi everyone and welcome to the Light Podcast. I'm Michelle Obama.

If we're trying to get through a tough stretch, whether that's a couple of days or a couple of years, one of the most important tools we've got is other people and it's easy to think that friendships or relationships follow a simple formula.

The more you see someone or talk with them or text with them, the harder you can lean on them.

But my experience with my father tells me otherwise. My father passed away 32 years ago and sadly I've lived most of my life without him.

But the depth of that relationship, the wisdom he passed on to me, the confidence he instilled in me, the moral compass he steadied me with,

those things are still embedded in me and I draw on them every single day.

He did it all and less time than either of us wish we had together.

I think we all wish we had more time with those we love, whether they're across the country or sleeping in the same bed with us at night.

So what I want to talk about are the ingredients that make relationships endure.

How can we foster connections that last? And who better to join me for this episode than the queen of fostering human connection, Oprah Winfrey?

Oprah and I have known each other since the day she showed up on my doorstep when Barack was running for Senate.

In the time since, she's become a friend, a mentor, a guide.

She constantly encourages me to use my voice, my light, to help others find theirs.

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