'Transitioning': Michelle Obama reveals she's in therapy as she focuses on her ‘next phase' - while Barack divorce rumours swirl
Former first lady Michelle Obama has revealed she's in therapy to help 'tune up' for the next phase of her life — as she continues to shoot down rumors that she and husband Barack are headed for divorce.
'At this phase of my life, I'm in therapy right now because I'm transitioning, you know?' the mom-of-two said in a recent interview on the Jay Shetty Podcast.
'I've finished a really hard thing in my life with my family intact, I'm an empty nester, my girls are in—you know, they've been launched.'
The 61-year-old acknowledged she now has 'other voices' to talk to and a 'new person that's getting to know me' as she navigates life outside of public service.
'So, I'm getting that tune-up for this next phase because I believe this is a whole 'nother phase in life for me. And I now have the wisdom to know—let me go get some coaching while I'm doing it,' she said.
The ex-first lady admitted, too, that therapy sessions were helping her 'unwind some old habits' and 'sort through some old guilt.'
Michelle has been making the media rounds of late with her brother Craig Robinson — and has repeatedly addressed the rampant speculation her three-decade marriage is on the rocks.
The Obamas have been dogged by divorce gossip after Michelle opted to skip several high-profile events earlier this year — including President Trump's inauguration.
'If I were having problems with my husband, everybody would know about it,' she told entrepreneur Steven Bartlett in an interview last week.
'I would be problem-solving in public, like, 'Let me tell you what he did'.'
She went on to say that marriage is 'hard' for them but she 'wouldn't trade it.'
'The beauty of my husband and our partnership is that neither one of us was ever really, ever going to quit at it, because that's not who we are. And I know that about him. He knows that about me,' she said.
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