Amid on-going rumors of marriage problems with her and husband Barack, former first lady Michelle Obama has come clean that she’s depending on a way to cope with her very public personal life.
She’s leaning on therapy.
During a recent interview on the Jay Shetty Podcast, Obama revealed she’s in therapy to help “tune up” for the next phase of her life.
“At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” said the former first lady.
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Obama also admitted that her decision to submit to therapy has helped out almost her entire family.
“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,” said Obama.
During her interview, where she opened up about her mental health struggles, Obama acknowledged she now has “other voices” to talk to and a “new person that’s getting to know me” as she leans into a new 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.
Obama also disclosed that therapy sessions were helping her “unwind some old habits” and “sort through some old guilt.”
Michelle recently launched a new podcast with her brother Craig Robinson and continues to be in the headlines, specifically for ongoing rumors that she and husband Barack could be headed for divorce.
The Obamas have been flooded by divorce gossip after Michelle skipped numerous high-profile public events earlier this year — including former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral and President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Michelle has addressed the speculation her three-decade marriage is on the rocks, something she continues to deny and says that therapy has nothing to do with the rumors.
“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’.”