The Michael Experience

AI and deepfakes are changing how we understand reality, and the concerns surrounding them are valid. But where is the transparency, education, and public guidance needed to help people navigate this technology? When people don't have reliable information, uncertainty grows. That's why authentic creators and genuine voices matter more than ever. We need conversations that encourage critical thinki...

What happens when Black people’s pain becomes something others feel entitled to police, debate, minimize, or judge? In this episode of The Michael Experience, Michael explores the uncomfortable ways Black trauma is discussed—and how quickly conversations about pain can become conversations about whether someone is reacting “the right way.” The issue isn’t simply what happened. It’s what our reacti...

What is the algorithm costing you? We spend so much time chasing views, likes, comments, and validation that we rarely stop to ask what all that attention is doing to us. In this episode of The Michael Experience , we’re talking about the cost of chasing the algorithm—from the need for digital validation and endless doom scrolling to bandwagon thinking and the pressure to have an opinion simply be...

What if despair reflects not just mental health, but the world people are trying to survive? In Season 4, Episode 2 of The Michael Experience , Michael explores deaths of despair, isolation, pressure, identity, and the systems that shape hopelessness, reflecting on public conversations about Jason Arday and Hayden Panettiere. Rather than treating despair as personal failure, the episode asks what...

This episode explores a question that carries a lot of cultural and historical weight: Why does hanging hold such a uniquely painful meaning within Black culture? I briefly unpack the history of lynching and how generations of racial terror created a deep-seated grievance around the noose. For many Black people, hanging isn’t simply associated with death—it carries the weight of what our ancestors...

The discourse surrounding Cheyenne Bryant has sparked a larger conversation: what happens when social media turns questions about someone’s credentials into a viral narrative? In this episode, we unpack the debate around whether someone is accurately representing their professional credentials and why that distinction matters—especially in the mental health space, where misinformation can have rea...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) In this episode, I’m diving into “The Woes of Life,” the second chapter of my book One Day at a Time! Life. Lessons. Love. This chapter is all about the messy, complicated, and necessary lessons that come with growing up — especially when you’re navigating college, romance, family expectations, and your own identity at the same time. We talk about: the pre...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) In this episode, I’m sharing the real reason I wrote my book One Day at a Time! Life. Lessons. Love. and why I decided to evolve this podcast into a full video experience. This conversation goes beyond content creation — it’s about purpose, pressure, expectations, and the courage it takes to grow in public. We talk about: how expectations and outside press...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) We talk a lot about love languages… but not enough about boundaries. Because the truth is: love languages can tell you how someone prefers to receive love, but they can’t protect you from people‑pleasing, overextending yourself, or staying emotionally unsafe. In this episode, we’re having the missing conversation — the one about how love languages only wor...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) Healing is beautiful… but it’s also awkward, uncomfortable, and often lonely. In this episode, we’re talking about the part of healing people don’t post about — the moment your wants, needs, and desires start to shift, and suddenly your friendships and relationships don’t fit the same way they used to. We explore: why healing changes what you want from you...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) There’s a kind of work women do that rarely gets named — the emotional labor, the mental load, the constant sense of “mothering” everyone around them. Thinking for people. Feeling for people. Anticipating needs. Carrying the weight of the household, the relationship, the friendships… even when no one asks, and especially when no one notices. In this episod...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) From a young age, many men are taught the same unspoken rule: don’t feel too much, don’t cry, don’t break, don’t need anything. So they learn to cope through toughness, distraction, physicality, or silence — anything but softness. But that emotional training comes with a cost. In this episode, we’re unpacking the mental and emotional impact of growing up i...

(Subscribe to YouTube for Visual Podcast) So many of us are performing without even realizing it. Performing in our relationships. Performing for our families. Performing at work. Performing for the version of ourselves we think we’re supposed to be. And somewhere in the middle of all that performing… we lose ourselves. In this episode, we’re unpacking the pressure to “show up” perfectly in every...

(Subscribe on YouTube, for Visual Podcast) Everyone knows the “strong friend.” The dependable one. The problem‑solver. The one who holds it together for everyone else — even when they’re falling apart inside. But what we don’t talk about enough is the emotional cost of being that person, especially for men. The pressure to be unshakeable. The fear of being seen as “soft.” The way society teaches m...

Love is not proven by how much you can handle. It is reinforced by the limits you set. People pleasing isn’t simply ensuring someone else is happy. It’s self abandonment in pursuit of acceptance. Let’s talk about it!

How do you reconcile being independent, when your foundational relationships taught you to stay close? There’s a sense of comfort, safety and familiarity when you know people, that is very hard to give up. Letting go doesn’t always have to be about “loss” it’s about letting things become as they should without your interference (control).

So many times we try to drag people along and make them fit in our stories and lives, like universal puzzle pieces. The problem is that they don’t fit, and no amount of wanting, wishing, waiting and loving will change that. Letting people go is often how we let them GROW. Let me share a few things from my story! Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelexperience Apple (...

We spend a lot of our lives doing things! The Right thing, Wrong thing, Successful things, Learning things. But how much of that is simply BEING? The act of “being” requires depth, insight and sometimes being still. It’s a deeper understanding of why and how you move the way you do. Let’s talk about being.

We’re taught so much about what happiness is and what it looks like. However; no one really shares the path to finding it. For a while I thought other people would help define it for me but I now realize that it comes from me. I am the happiness! This sounds simple but there’s more to it than just knowing. Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelexperience Apple (Paid)...

There is something innate in all of us, that makes us special! It’s important that we learn to honor our gifts and constantly figure out how to be more of ourselves. I’ve certainly had my share of twists and turns but I wouldn’t trade most of them. Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelexperience Apple (Paid) Subscription: Featuring (Early Access, Bonuses and Exclusiv...

Inner work is always the hardest. It’s easier to find the flaws in others and advise on a course of action but when it’s yourself, things get blurry. To accept things about how you’ve treated yourself, from yourself can be a hard pill to swallow. However; it’s necessary to be the most YOU that you will become! Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelexperience Apple (Pa...

Cheating has so many side effects! I believe that none wins if this is the situation. Whether you’ve cheated or been cheated on, it’s important to face the hard truth about how it affected you. What are your thoughts on cheated? Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelexperience Apple (Paid) Subscription: Featuring (Early Access, Bonuses and Exclusives) https://podcasts...

There’s a saying that if keep attracting a certain type of person, that you need to look at the energy you’re putting out. Interestingly enough, it’s not always what you think. I noticed a pattern and it had less to do with me and more the do with a larger issue. Yet and still, I needed to unpack what my energy says about me. What does your energy say about you? Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: ht...

It’s so hard to digest the reasons why you may not be getting what you want. The hard part is often asking the question and even harder, being ready for the answer. However; the best thing often comes from accepting the truth and acting in congruence with it. Are you willing to change your direction, to get to your destination? Support TME via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themichaelex...

As the Hard Truths series is underway. I wanted to check in and make sure we’re feeling GOOD! These topics can bring about a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions. That’s ok! So long as you’re feeling your way through it. You’ve got this!