Checking In with Christmas Blues

Checking In with Michelle Williams

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The holiday season doesn’t feel joyful for everyone—and that’s okay. In this episode of Checking In, Michelle Williams opens up an honest, compassionate conversation about the emotional, financial, and mental pressures that often come with the holidays.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.3	Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and the Black Effect.
0:25.6	Hey, are you wondering what to do for the holiday season?
0:27.6	Do you want to do anything?
0:32.6	Should you feel bad for not wanting to do anything? Or are you the person like, uh-uh, don't, don't be a Debbie Downer on my holiday season.
0:39.9	What do people say?
0:41.1	Don't be trying to yuck my yum.
0:43.0	I love the holiday season.
0:46.0	Well, this episode is for you.
0:50.7	Stay tuned.
0:53.7	Hey, what's up?
0:55.4	How y'all doing?
0:57.3	Welcome back to checking in.
1:01.1	I love when y'all check in with me.
1:04.5	You hear me?
1:05.5	I just love it.
1:07.0	I was sharing with a friend of mine that, um, um, according to quarter three, we are at over 100,000 downloads of this season of checking in.
1:22.1	And I am delighted about that because I know I took some time off.
1:28.0	And, um, I'm thankful. I some time off. And I'm thankful.
1:30.0	I'm really thankful.
1:31.1	I'm also thankful because I had a goal of the checking in Instagram page of just like 3,000 people.
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