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Hey, everybody, it's Michelle Williams.

Listen, we all know that the pressures from social media can really be overwhelming,

but it's important to know who you are and stay true to yourself and check in with your mental health.

I have someone who is known for spreading positivity through her music and tuning out the haters on social media. Coming up next here on checking in with Michelle Williams.

We were talking about, you know, just a healthy self-image and not giving in to the labels

and the lies that people might say about you. And I just

remember all the labels that I had accepted over the years, not good enough, unlovable,

don't belong, done with music, unworthy, not pretty enough, boring, hypocrite, unintelligent,

meant to be alone. The wall, the wwam, wamp, wamp, wamp.

Those are lies because they are so the opposite of what God thinks about me.

God didn't make any mistakes.

So whatever your belief is, I just stand in the fact that we just can't believe those labels and those lies. We cannot believe the things that

people on social media say about you, especially when they're negative, especially when they are not

life-giving. So I'm so glad that I have Chanel on here today for us to talk about things that are going on. And I know what it's like

to be cyber bullied. And it's not a good feeling, especially when you are, when you like to engage

with people on social media. You know what I mean? And so sometimes you have to sift through two

or three negative comments, sometimes before you get to the 12 positive comments.

You know what I mean? And so I would just say, you know, let's just uplift one another. Let's be careful about what we say.

Or if you feel like it's something constructive or something that you feel led to say to somebody, I'd DM them. I'd send them

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