Checking In w/ Tara Jenkins
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Michelle and Dr. Tara Jenkins have a heartfelt conversation about identity, divine interruptions, and the lifelong journey to believing that you are truly enough. Dr. Tara also offers practical tools for silencing doubt, embracing your God-given identity, and becoming the list you expect from others. Check In to this episode if you’ve ever struggled with insecurity, people-pleasing, or feeling like you’re not measuring up.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:17.1 | There's something to be said about consistent friendships, not necessarily perfect, because |
| 0:23.8 | none of us are perfect, so therefore your friendships might not always be perfect, but are |
| 0:28.8 | they consistent? |
| 0:30.3 | I'm really excited about today's guest, Dr. Tara Jenkins. |
| 0:34.4 | So make sure you get your cup of coffee, tea, or water, and listen to this |
| 0:40.4 | amazing episode. Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of checking in. I am so thrilled |
| 0:50.1 | and so honored to have my sister with me, Dr. Tara Jenkins, we go way back. I know she's probably |
| 1:00.3 | not going to want a formal introduction. But listen, Tara Jenkins, I met her about 25 years ago. But before we met, |
| 1:14.8 | Tara Jenkins is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Moody Bible Institute with a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, |
| 1:20.3 | and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a doctorate of education and leadership. |
| 1:26.6 | Tara resides here in Los Angeles, husband to Charles Jenkins and the mother of three |
| 1:32.8 | amazing children, Princess Paris. |
| 1:36.2 | I ain't going to call him baby Charles because he is clearly in high school, but Charles |
| 1:42.0 | the third. |
| 1:43.0 | Y'all welcome my sister, Dr. Tara Jenkins. |
| 1:46.7 | Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:48.5 | Absolutely. |
| 1:49.7 | Finally, finally, finally. |
| 1:51.8 | I'm so proud of you. |
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