The Michelle Majors Show

Dr. Michelle Majors

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Leadership. Life. Healing. Honest conversations. Join Dr. Michelle Majors for thought-provoking conversations on leadership, difficult relationships, personal growth, resilience, and the courage to become who you're meant to be. Every episode offers practical insight, meaningful stories, and conversations that challenge, encourage, and inspire. drmajors.substack.com

4d ago

TMMS | Caregiving: The Guilt, the Resentment, and the Love

What happens when the person who once cared for you now needs you to care for them? And what happens when that relationship was complicated long before caregiving began? In this deeply personal and honest conversation, I sit down with Dr. Janice Fortman, relationship communication expert, author, and host of Relationship Matters TV, to talk about the emotional realities of caring for aging parents. We explore the guilt nobody wants to admit, the resentment that can come from unresolved childhood wounds, the challenges of navigating Alzheimer’s and dementia, and the pressure so many women feel to sacrifice themselves in the name of love. Drawing from our own experiences caring for our mothers, we talk about boundaries, forgiveness, communication, and learning that being a good caregiver doesn’t mean giving up yourself. Because caring for someone you love should not require abandoning yourself. If you’re a caregiver, have been one, or know someone carrying this responsibility, this conversation is for you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
5d ago

TMMS | Stop Rehearsing Chaos. Start Calling Forth What You Want.

A Throwback Episode That’s Still Right on Time Sometimes the message you need today is one you delivered a while ago. In this throwback episode of The Michelle Majors Show, I’m revisiting a conversation about the power of our thoughts, our words, and the stories we keep telling ourselves. After a particularly difficult week, I found myself feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, and questioning everything. But a simple walk brought a powerful realization: I had gotten sloppy with my thinking and my speaking. We say we want peace, but we rehearse chaos. We say we want love, but we keep repeating stories about why it isn’t possible. We say we want something different, but our words keep reinforcing what we’re trying to leave behind. This conversation is about becoming intentional with what we think, what we speak, and what we’re calling into our lives. It’s about moving from fear to faith, from struggle to flow, and remembering that we have more power than we sometimes realize. And there’s one little phrase that might change everything: BRING IT. This episode may be a throwback, but the message is just as relevant today. Maybe even more so. Because conflict is inevitable, life gets hard, and uncertainty is real. But we still get to decide what we’re going to believe, speak, and make room for. It’s time for precision. Stop rehearsing what you don’t want. Start calling forth what you do. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Oct 26

TMMS | You Don’t Get to Define Me.

What happens when the world decides who you are before you’ve had the chance to define yourself? And what does it take to reclaim your life when the systems around you are designed to take away your power? In this episode of The Michelle Majors Show, I’m joined by Mpingo Uhuru, author, poet, spoken-word artist, and founder of Zuri World Studios, for a powerful conversation about identity, dignity, freedom, and the courage to rebuild. After spending 28 years incarcerated, Mpingo emerged with more than a story of survival. She brought with her a vision, a creative body of work, and an educational framework called Restoration as Architecture, which challenges us to examine not only what needs to change within ourselves, but also the systems and environments that shape our lives. We talk about the importance of telling ourselves the truth, taking our futures seriously enough to build something different, and the complicated journey from surviving to rebuilding to truly living. We also explore what it means to reclaim softness, peace, and personal agency after years of having to protect yourself. Because our past may be part of our story, but it doesn’t have to be the definition of who we are—or who we’re becoming. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Oct 19

TMMS | Narcissism, Healing & Choosing Softness

What happens when you stop waiting for someone to acknowledge the harm they caused—and start trusting what you know? In this episode of The Michelle Majors Show, I’m getting personal. I open my new affirmation book, I’m Leaving Now: The Breakup & The Becoming, and land on a subject I know all too well: narcissism. I’m sharing my own experience with the confusion, manipulation, and emotional conditioning that can leave you questioning your own reality. I talk about why recognizing patterns matters more than assigning labels, why your healing cannot depend on someone else’s accountability, and why you have to learn to trust your own truth. I’m also challenging something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: the expectation that Black women must continually prove our strength through suffering, surviving, and overcoming. I’m done with that. Maybe this next chapter isn’t about overcoming anything. Maybe it’s about yielding to softness. This episode is about reclaiming our peace, trusting ourselves, and deciding that we’ve carried enough. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Oct 12

TMMS | I was wrong. Let me own that.

Sometimes the hardest thing to confront is, I was wrong. In a previous episode, I shared some pretty strong frustrations about my new neighbors. I made assumptions. I aired judgments. And I did it publicly. Since then, I've learned things that completely changed my perspective. o this week, I'm doing something that's uncomfortable, but necessary. I'm holding myself accountable. This episode is about judgment, humility, and grace. It's about what we miss when we assume, what becomes possible when we ask, and how even small moments of care can change someone's life. And maybe, it's just a reminder- Everybody's carrying something. And sometimes, accountability begins with three simple words: I was wrong. Love, Michelle This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Oct 5

TMMS | Make it Count

What does it mean to truly take care of yourself—not after the work is done, not once the crisis is over, but as part of how you live? Dr. Michelle Majors sits down with resilience strategist, author, and two-time cancer survivor Savio Clemente for a deeply personal conversation about exhaustion, recovery, leadership, and what happens when life forces you to reconsider the way you’ve been living. Savio shares his experience of facing cancer for a second time, undergoing a life-saving stem cell transplant, and realizing that survival wasn’t simply about getting back to work—it was about learning how to live differently. Together, Michelle and Savio unpack the pressure to produce, the baggage we carry, the difficulty of giving ourselves permission to rest, and the courage it takes to listen to what our bodies and lives are trying to tell us. Ultimately, this is a conversation about making your life count—not by doing more, but by becoming more intentional about what you carry, what you release, and how well you care for the person carrying it all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Sep 28

TMMS | Turns Out, I Needed to Get Back on the Horse. Literally.

Sometimes the lesson finds you in the most unexpected place. Last week, mine found me on the back of a horse. What started as a surprise day of horseback riding became a lesson about freedom, trusting what I know, and keeping my eyes on where I’m going instead of constantly looking back at what might be coming after me. I talk about what Bass—the horse I rode—taught me about listening to myself, moving even when I’m afraid, and making peace with the fact that I cannot control everything happening around me. Some things are hard right now. Some things are still unresolved. And still, I am deeply grateful. I am free. And I’m learning that my job isn’t to keep looking back. My job is to keep going. In love, Michelle This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com
Sep 21

TMMS | This Wasn’t the Plan.

This week on The Michelle Majors Show, I’m sitting down with my friend Marlon Brown for a conversation that hit closer to home than I expected. Marlon and I both built careers around work that changed almost overnight. DEI/Equity and while I’ve talked a lot about what comes next, Marlon gave me language for something I hadn’t fully considered: sometimes you have to grieve the life you thought you were going to have before you can build the next one. We talk about losing work, money, identity and certainty. We talk about faith when the plan falls apart, making peace with what happened, knowing when it’s time to pivot, and finding your way back to the work that feels like your true zone of anointing. Marlon also shares what it has looked like to return to Seattle, rebuild Bessie’s Cakes, support his marriage through an incredibly difficult season, and discover that even after everything burns down, you still have what you need to get to the other side. This one is about grief, faith, reinvention, humanity and rising from the ashes. And maybe most importantly, it’s about realizing that starting over doesn’t mean starting from nothing. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drmajors.substack.com

Leadership. Life. Healing. Honest conversations. Join Dr. Michelle Majors for thought-provoking conversations on leadership, difficult relationships, personal growth, resilience, and the courage to become who you're meant to be. Every episode offers practical insight, meaningful stories, and conversations that challenge, encourage, and inspire. drmajors.substack.com

Creator

Dr. Michelle Majors
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

99
Rating

Explicit
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