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Michelle Machado

Michelle Machado

Dr. Michelle Machado is a 2x TEDx speaker, author of "Alive Again: 4 Steps to Reclaim Yourself in a Distracted World" (Simon & Schuster), and creator of the Human Connection Framework™.

Sep 16, 2026

9:06
throwing around the house and conversations we're having with ourselves, with them kind of listening in the periphery and watching what we do, what are some of the things we can do to, you know, foster kids getting comfortable in their own skin way faster than I did.
9:24
Yeah, I mean, you know what? I agree with you.
9:26
I didn't get comfortable in my own skin until, you know, a few years ago.
9:30
I was always dealing, you know, with that battle, particularly because in my teenage years, and I'm not answering your question just yet, but I'm just giving some backstory.
9:38
In my teenage years, you know, I had health issues and I ended up putting on a lot of weight because of medications.
9:45
And I struggle with that.
9:46
I still struggle with that today.

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18:32
tunnel vision this is what I see this is what the expectations are What kind of conversations are we having with our, especially our, I'm not going to say especially our teenage girls, but our, you know, young teens who are so impressionable about what they're looking at and comparing themselves
1:29
Let's talk about how you like to start your day, what you recommend to our listeners and how we can get a jumpstart on a wonderful day from the beginning, especially if maybe you're not such a morning person.
1:41
Yeah, I love that.
1:41
And I love that you said, you know, if you're not a morning person, because I always think that, you know, we say we're a morning person, we're a night person.
1:49
But I say that we have a choice in what we choose to do.
1:53
And for me, I wake up about 30 minutes, sometimes an hour, sometimes two hours before the house wakes up.
2:00
And the reason for that is because that's my time to pour into my cup.
2:05
Now, as a mom of two young girls, as someone who is high achieving and trying to run the household, but also run my business and do everything that I have on my to-do list, I'm constantly go, go, go when everyone else stop.
5:20
How do I keep myself from snoozing, from becoming resentful, from being a groggy mess in the morning? What are the things that you encourage people to embrace that helps them execute?

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