Former First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed she is now in therapy. In an appearance on the Jay Shetty podcast, Michelle Obama revealed she is currently in therapy to help her navigate the next phase of her life. Michelle shared, “At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” She continued, “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.” Michelle Obama shares that she is in therapy as she transitions. pic.twitter.com/ijIuJ1mVWo — Dissident Media (@DissidentMedia) May 5, 2025 Check out what MSN reported: Michelle Obama has revealed that she is undergoing therapy to help her come to terms with being an empty nester. The wife of Barack Obama and former first lady said she was preparing for the “next phase” of her life, with the sessions including work on dealing with feelings of guilt. “At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” the mother-of-two told Jay Shetty’s On Purpose 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.” Her daughters Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, were children when their father won the presidency and both now live in Los Angeles.Malia, who graduated from Harvard, is a writer and director whose debut short film The Heart was selected for the Sundance Film Festival last year. Michelle ‘Michael’ Obama says she is transitioning & in therapy She complains about how they had to pay for food & travel for their kids while they were in the White House… Obama’s net worth grew by $70 Million (probably more) while he was in the WH… Cry me a river pic.twitter.com/m3nDESFjMZ — ????? ???????? ?????? (@nomandatesco) May 7, 2025 Per People: Michelle Obama is opening up about returning to therapy as she is “transitioning” into the “next phase” of her life. The former first lady, 61, revealed in an appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast about mental health on April 28 that she is currently in therapy to help navigate her next phase following her public life in the White House with husband Barack Obama, 63. “At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?,” Michelle said of her decision to return to counseling. “I’m 60 years old, I finished a really hard thing in life with my family intact. I’m an empty nester. You know my girls are in — they’ve been launched. And now for the first time, as I’ve said before, every choice I’m making is completely mine.” “I now don’t have the excuse of, ‘Well my kids need this,’ or ‘my husband needs that’ or ‘the country needs that.’ So how do I think about this next phase, and let me get some help,” she added.