The Michelle Chalfant Show — Life from the Adult Chair
Michelle Chalfant
Welcome to The Michelle Chalfant Show, a transformational podcast where healing meets awakening, and self-discovery leads to profound transformation.
Michelle Chalfant is a transformational guide, here to help you unlock the path to your true self. In this groundbreaking podcast, she redefines health and wellness—mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual—through powerful conversations and insights.
Michelle's passion is awakening souls. With her unique blend of wisdom and practical tools, she empowers listeners to align with their higher purpose, live authentically, and thrive in a state of flow. Whether you're seeking deeper meaning, greater joy, or healing, this podcast is your guide.
Featuring thought leaders, spiritual teachers, healers, and changemakers, each episode delivers actionable steps and inspiring stories to help you awaken to your soul's purpose and live a life of passion, connection, and fulfillment.
This is more than a podcast—it's a journey into living fully aligned with your soul, guided by the wisdom of The Adult Chair, the ultimate seat of peace, presence, and authenticity.
If you're ready to awaken to your potential, step into your power, and live the extraordinary life you were meant for, this is the show for you.
Welcome to The Michelle Chalfant Show. Your journey to transformation starts here.
Michelle Chalfant is a transformational guide, here to help you unlock the path to your true self. In this groundbreaking podcast, she redefines health and wellness—mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual—through powerful conversations and insights.
Michelle's passion is awakening souls. With her unique blend of wisdom and practical tools, she empowers listeners to align with their higher purpose, live authentically, and thrive in a state of flow. Whether you're seeking deeper meaning, greater joy, or healing, this podcast is your guide.
Featuring thought leaders, spiritual teachers, healers, and changemakers, each episode delivers actionable steps and inspiring stories to help you awaken to your soul's purpose and live a life of passion, connection, and fulfillment.
This is more than a podcast—it's a journey into living fully aligned with your soul, guided by the wisdom of The Adult Chair, the ultimate seat of peace, presence, and authenticity.
If you're ready to awaken to your potential, step into your power, and live the extraordinary life you were meant for, this is the show for you.
Welcome to The Michelle Chalfant Show. Your journey to transformation starts here.
Episodes
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Apr 9, 2015 • 21min
015: Tapping Your Way to Pain-Free with EFT
I can't wait for you to hear this podcast—it may be the most fun I've had hearing Pete have his mind blown! This week, we're talking about EFT, or "Emotional Freedom Technique." You may have heard of it referred to as tapping for short, and it's one of my favorite tools for helping my clients break free from anxiety, depression, generalized stress — even physical pain and performance issues! It involves tapping along your meridian system with your fingertips — the very same meridians you may be familiar with in acupuncture — to help move clogged emotional energy through your system. First things first, listen to this show. Pete was dealing with shoulder pain related to an injury and I talk him through EFT to address it. After you do that, head over to my resources page here for a quick video walkthrough I recorded just for you! You'll be up and running, tapping away stress, anxiety, frustration, cravings, and so, so much more in no time!
Apr 2, 2015 • 28min
014: The Shadow
We strive to be whole and complete but deny the parts of us that embarrass us, that we hate and try and hide. These are our shadow parts. It is impossible to feel whole without embracing the shadow parts inside us. This week on the show, Pete and I talk about the shadow, how to move into a mode of discovery, to unlock and embrace the secrets of our shadow, and work to become whole.
Mar 26, 2015 • 25min
013: Accessing our Inner Child — A Meditation with Michelle
Over the last few weeks, we've addressed some powerful topics. From approaching anxiety, to codependency, and finally love addiction/love avoidance. In each of these areas, our approach has been to discern where our emotional response sits — our child or adolescent — and invite them to sit in the adult chair, to approach these challenges from a position of rationality and confidence. But accessing our inner child is not always easy, nor is it always comfortable without some help. That's why this week on the show, Michelle offers a meditation, a guide on your journey to reach your inner child. Sit back, close your eyes, and reach out with grace to a smaller inner-you.
Mar 18, 2015 • 31min
012: Love Addiction & Love Avoidance with Special Guest Sarah Bridge
Love addiction and love avoidance define the relationship struggles for many of us as we enter deeper emotional connection throughout the course of our lives. These are damaging patterns and represent a long-running struggle to move from our adolescent to our adult chair as we learn to cultivate love with others in our lives. This week on the show, we're honored to have Sarah Bridge on the show. Sarah is a therapist and expert in love addiction/love avoidance. She joins us today to help frame these concepts and share her approach to helping others learn to love more authentically in her own practice. Links & Notes Sarah Bridge, MSW, LSCW Growing Yourself Back Up — John Lee
Mar 3, 2015 • 35min
011: Codependency: I'm OK if You're OK
This podcast explores codependency and its impact on our relationships. It discusses the importance of human connection in overcoming addiction. The hosts also delve into the critical impact of interpersonal connection on health and homelessness. They share personal experiences of seeking social interaction to counteract isolation and set boundaries with parents. The podcast emphasizes the role of childhood experiences in shaping codependency and the need for healthy boundaries.
Feb 24, 2015 • 24min
010: Anxiety & Fear — In Practice with "Lola"
Anxiety is a demon. It is the state in which we live uncomfortably between a past we will never have again, and a future fraught with uncertainty. But growing a stronger relationship with our inner-adolescent can pay dividends far beyond casual nerves. This week on The Adult Chair, Michelle Chalfant and Pete Wright discuss anxiety and fear, demonstrated through the courage of "Lola" — a woman learning to combat the anxiety in her own life, willing to work with Michelle while being recorded to share here. Thanks to Lola, and to all who listen!
Feb 17, 2015 • 30min
009: Addressing Addictions
Addictions are subtle, insidious monsters, and they can take roost inside all of us. We're not just talking about the addictions we see in movies or television. We're not just talking about the addictions we sleight, either. We're talking about our broad human inability to deal with pain, and how that pain manifests in our lives in destructive ways. This week on the show, Michelle leads us through the high level story of addiction and shares techniques for spotting addictive behavior, and uncovering the pain that sits beneath the surface. It's a terrific conversation that sets the stage for more addiction in coming episodes, so tune in this week!
Feb 10, 2015 • 25min
008: Want a successful relationship? Have a seat in the Adult Chair
The strongest relationships in our lives come when we are able to communicate with our partner from our adult chair, and they are communicating with us from their own. This week on the show, Michelle teaches us how to approach our partner as a support rather than a cheerleader. We roll-play on the show this week, demonstrating and deconstructing a partner conversation and illustrate some key concepts that will absolutely change the way you communicate with your friends, partners, and spouse. Join us!
Feb 4, 2015 • 19min
007: Fighting Fables: Facing our Stories & Assumptions
This week on the show, we're talking about stories. An example: You're on the highway. Someone races up next to you and cuts into your lane. You're surprised and scared for an instant, which leads to frustration — and maybe anger. That person is rude, oblivious, stupid, probably didn't see you because they don't care about others in their lives. … and so on, and so on. This is your story. A story you've made up about a person you have never met, based only on a split second fear reaction. These are the stories we tell ourselves to help us rationalize our reality. This week on the show, Michelle Chalfant shares where these stories come from, why it's so important to understand how they impact us, and offers insight to help us face our stories and let them go!
Jan 13, 2015 • 31min
006: Creating the Best Relationships with Our Selves
Of all the relationships in our lives, the relationship we carry on with our self is most notable. It is the one relationship that is with us all our lives, through our highs and lows, and yet it is most often neglected, ridiculed, or downgraded. To reach peace and concert with the world around us, we must first reach peace with the world inside us. Today on the show, Michelle Chalfant shares her process for helping others to determine the source of inner struggle through a challenging and practical experience leading Pete through some of his fears as a father. Want to connect with us? We'd love to discuss your questions on the show. Here's how! The Adult Chair on iTunes Michelle Chalfant on Facebook Michelle Chalfant on Twitter Pete Wright on Twitter
