The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair

Many of us have a fragile relationship with our self-esteem. Even those who wear a brave face may be struggling inside, fighting negative self-talk and our history of lack of validation. Today, we're talking about reprogramming, new language that can help you see yourself in a new light. This is a doorway you'll open to connect to something bigger, deeper than yourself, and realign your relationship to your experiences as just that: experiences, and nothing more. Since meditation is such a key component to this work, make sure to check out my guided meditation, Accessing Your Inner Child over on YouTube. Even better, download the Insight Timer on iOS or Android and follow me as I build out my library of meditations there. It's become one of my very favorite apps and I'm thrilled that people are getting such great use out of my meditations — and those of all the other great teachers in their directory! Links & Notes Get Insight Timer for iOS or Android Michelle Chalfant — InsightTimer

Ready for better relationships in your life? Perhaps you crave deeper connections, healthier relationships with better communication? In today's show, I talk about how to do just that. Most of us weren't taught how to have healthy relationships, but today we discuss how to change all of that and create healthy relationships from the Adult Chair.

Does your life ever feel just plain turbulent? Your relationships are off center, you're questioning your most important decisions, you're full of anxiety and stress ... I know I do! That's why I have to talk to you today! I'm reflecting on two areas of turbulence in my own life — in my marriage, and my family — and I'm so excited about it because it gives me the chance to share how I count on The Adult Chair to bring calm skies, presence in my emotions, and the open door of change in the air ahead of me!

We're nearing the end of our series on relationships and for our next-to-last episode, we have one of our favorite people on the hook to answer some of your best and most personal questions about your long-term relationships, marriages, and the intimacy you are seeking within them! Katie Hendricks has been a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving for over forty years. She is the co-author of twelve books, including the best-selling Conscious Loving Ever After: How to Create Thriving Relationships at Midlife and Beyond. She co-founded the Spiritual Cinema Circle and the virtual Body Intelligence Summit and has traveled over one million air miles as the ambassador for the work that she and her husband Gay Hendricks have developed together. Links & Notes Hearts In True Harmony About Katie Hendricks Conscious Loving Ever After: How to Create Thriving Relationships at Midlife and Beyond by Katie and Gay Hendricks

So many of us have no idea how to feel our emotions. For a variety of reasons, we are simply just not in touch with them, or even cut ourselves off from feeling them, (unless they are happy emotions.) There is great power in feeling our emotions and in this special DriveTime Download, I give you three easy tips on how to begin to feel your emotions and open up to a whole new world as a special response to our Facebook Private Group members and the rich discussion they're having right now! Of course, I hope this is useful to everyone! But, if you'd like a little more context, make sure to send us a request to join the group and get ready to dig in on your own Adult Chair journey! Links & Notes Meditations with Michelle Meditations with Michelle — YouTube Channel Meditations with Michelle — The Inner Child Meditation

We all want that one manual for parenting teens but where is it? What do we do when we find out our teen has been drinking, using drugs, or vaping? For parents, this can be triggering and scary! Our goal is to learn to parent from a healthy place, and that's when we learn to parent from our Adult Chair. This means we stay present, we respond vs react, we set healthy boundaries and have honest (and sometimes tough) conversations with our kids to keep them safe through their teen years. In this conversation with Dr. James Wellborn, we gain some new and valuable tools on how to parent from a healthy place while our teens test, push boundaries, and experiment, from high school and into a healthy adulthood. Links & Notes Dr. James Wellborn

What does it mean to find happiness? Noah Levine tried to find it — with motorcycles and leather jackets and drugs and more — only to discover that the true path to happiness is on the inside. Since then, he's become one of the foremost instructors of mindfulness and meditation from the Buddhist perspective thanks to his own journey of peace, and he's with us today to share more. This week's episode kicks off a series of conversations on relationships with a focus on our inner relationship, the one we have with ourselves. It's the most important relationship when we think about our work in the Adult Chair and Noah's perspective is so powerful and informative for our own journey. About Noah Levine Noah Levine is a Buddhist teacher, author, counselor and recognized keynote speaker. He has studied with a variety of prominent Therevadan and Mahayanan Buddhist teachers and holds a masters degree in Integrative Counseling Psychology from CIIS. With over 25 years of experience in the addiction and recovery field, Noah has created a process of addiction recovery based on the teachings of the Buddha called Refuge Recovery. He is also the founder of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society–with active centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and more than 20 affiliated groups across North America. He is the author of "Dharma Punx", "Against the Stream", "Heart of the Revolution" and "Refuge Recovery." Links & Notes Noah Levine — Talks at Google Against the Stream Refuge Recovery Refuge Recovery Treatment Centers

Once again, the car has shown itself to be a terrific vessel for inspiration! So many clients have been facing this central question that I found it a great time step back and share some guiding thoughts. When we experience a negative emotion, our instinct is to jump out of it, to move back to happiness and peace as quickly as possible. But we're not taught to do that authentically so we look for an escape. Today I have some thoughts on how to approach pain from the Adult Chair that I think will help!

We're continuing our series on mindfulness and food this week with a conversation on Mindful Eating. What does it mean to eat mindfully? Which chair are we usually in when we eat? What happens to your body when you approach food from a place of mindfulness and gratitude? We've got some answers for you, and five key messages you can tell yourself to figure out how to get in better touch with your body, to listen to it, and begin making decisions that serve your overall physical and emotional health! Links & Notes Introduction to EFT Tapping Your Way to Pain-Free with EFT The Mathematics of Weight Loss with Ruben Meerman — TEDxQUT Living Through Cancer in The Adult Chair

When we live in our Adult Chair, we live in the healthiest version of ourselves. This is not just about living an emotionally healthy lifestyle, but also living in a strong physical body, too. In fact, our emotional health is directly affected by our physical health. Megan Ramos serves as director for the Intensive Dietary Management program based in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. She's a clinical researcher herself with a focus on preventative medicine. After her own diabetes diagnosis, she became the program's first guinea pig and is here to talk to us about her own experience, IDM's work, and introduce some of these dietary strategies that can help your emotional regulation too. Links & Notes Intensive Dietary Management Register for Michelle's Adult Chair 3-day intensive in Nashville OR Charlotte!