Checking In w/ Dr. Michaela Dunbar
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Michelle and Dr. Michaela are stepping out of their comfort zone! Dr. Michaela talks about the negative effects of overthinking. She also dives into living according to the expectations of others, what true productivity is and hypersensitivity. CHECK IN to this episode if you’re a black woman who needs to be encouraged to stop doubting yourself!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:31.1 | Okay, y'all, listen, I have definitely been very intentional on my journey. |
| 0:34.4 | My journey overcoming depression. |
| 0:40.1 | And then I felt like, well, I had done everything to get up out of that hole, to get up out of that dark place. And I focus so much on that. Now I'm focusing on the |
| 0:48.3 | anxiety part, right? I'm just excited to have people on the show who can help walk with you in some of the things |
| 0:57.5 | that I walk through and some of the things that I journey through, even just being empowered |
| 1:02.9 | to make decisions for myself. |
| 1:05.3 | There are times I've made decisions. |
| 1:06.8 | Well, I'm going to have friends and family over. |
| 1:08.9 | I want to make sure it's fly. |
| 1:10.7 | And it's like, Michelle, what do you want? |
| 1:14.1 | What do you want? |
| 1:15.6 | Don't decorate your house for others. |
| 1:18.1 | Don't buy clothes for others. |
| 1:19.9 | Don't buy a car for others. |
| 1:21.5 | Don't get your hair done for others. |
| 1:23.3 | Don't get your hair cut. |
| 1:24.8 | Like, yo, do it for you. |
| 1:32.5 | But those of us who deal with anxiety do you ever feel like your own fear and anxious thoughts hold you back from living the life you want maybe you just |
| 1:39.0 | weren't empowered to make decisions for yourself or and you overthink and you overthink your way out of amazing |
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