October 7, 2025 • 26 mins
In this candid solo episode, Michelle opens up about what makes October one of her favorite months — from Breast Cancer Awareness and World Mental Health Day to her playful love for candy corn and all things fall. With her signature humor and heart, she reflects on family conversations about health, generational cycles, and the importance of knowing your family’s medical history. Michelle also dives into the ongoing debate about the “Auntie” title, self-care during the final stretch of the year, and how she’s balancing work, rest, and gratitude. CHECK IN for laughter, reflection, and a reminder to thrive in mind, body, and soul!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of
iHeartRadio and The Black Effect. Y'all already know what October
means for me. Stay tuned so you can hear why, Hey, superstars,
(00:27):
what's up y'all? How y'all been doing. I feel like
I haven't talked to y'all in a long time, So
what's been going on? How are you doing? How's your
mama doing, how your daddy doing? How your sister doing?
How your cousin doing? Honey? How is your boo doing? Okay?
What they've been up to? You are more than welcome
to spill some tea into my messages if you want.
(00:52):
You know, maybe I can help you address some things indirectly.
Look at me, I just put myself in y'all's business. Listen,
I'm your cousin. Okay, you know what? Speaking of this
term here, I'm trying to figure out if I want
to be auntie. Now. I have loads biological nieces and nephews. Okay,
(01:19):
I have what two, five, eight? Child? I have eight
nieces and nephews. And then of course that's when I
say biological, that means my biological brother and sisters. Cheering
all right, then you have my other I would say
(01:43):
nieces and nephews that aren't blood. And then you know,
I've got folks that call me untytt but you cheerren
in the comments that'd be like, yes Auntie, Yes, honey.
I'm trying to figure out if I am accepting of
that term auntie because I'm still cool, right, you know
(02:09):
what I'm saying. I was talking to a friend of
mine about this term, and she was calling out names
of certain artists and all that good stuff, and how
we don't call them auntie. You know what I'm saying, Like,
who is? Yeah, I guess do I give auntie? Like,
(02:33):
be honest, send me a message? Oh child? Yeah, I'm
trying to figure out auntie status? What makes an auntie?
And I'm sure people don't mean any harm by it?
Or are we just in denial that we've reached a
(02:55):
certain oh is it age in life? Oh? I'm not
comparing myself to anyone, but I'm just there's gotta be
I'm just looking at a few musical peers there were
(03:16):
just like or people that you know, I've brushed elbows
within the in the industry these past twenty five twenty
six years, and I'm like, do what I call them? Auntie? Yeah,
I am really perplexed that I have spent a few
minutes on this term. Let me see what the internet
is saying about this term auntie. I justugh, I'm just
(03:41):
trying to figure out what is what is what is
they saying about this term auntie? Okay? Uh oh, it's
saying it's a term of respect and admiration. Oh my,
oh gosh for an older woman. Oh oh my gosh. Okay.
(04:11):
So I remember I was dating someone a long time
ago and someone in his family called me auntie. I said,
I know you, lion, I know you, lion, but they
were of another they were from a whole other country.
(04:34):
So I guess, suh, I don't know. Okay, So listen,
I'm looking for this article, y'all. I just don't know.
I just don't know if I like this term. Now,
don't be offended because I'm saying I don't like it.
It's just something I don't know. If I just got
to come to grips with it and accept it. So
(04:57):
I don't want anybody to think that I'm because if
I am not mistaken someone gotten someone, Uh, I don't
I can't remember who the public figure was, but they said, uh,
they're not an auntie, and the folks got offend, and
(05:18):
the folks got mad because they didn't want to be
called auntie. Okay. Anyway, that's not even why why I'm here. Okay,
So just know that it's just something that I'm just
working through. Uh. I'll talk to my therapist about it
during my next session. But in all seriousness, I was
(05:42):
thinking about something. I was talking to a family member.
I'll go ahead and say it. I was talking to
my mother. And throughout the years, we speak about everything
you know that's going on or things that it's going
on with her medically, and we were talking the other
(06:06):
day and she was telling me about something going on
with her. Now there's something going on with her could
like possibly could turn major if if you don't address
it and do all the treatments and all of that
stuff for it. I will tell you guys that my
(06:27):
mother is a two time breast cancer survivor. She is
kind of shy about it and does not talk about it,
but I am proud of my mother. Both times that
they found breast cancer, it was like stage zero, and
(06:49):
she's thriving she's doing well. She's so funny. She is
so hilarious to me. I just she's so funny. She
did something y'all the other day that I gotta I
gotta even see if I can even talk about it,
because it blessed my whole week. It was. It was hilarious.
(07:10):
So we were talking the other day and she was
sharing something about her health status and by the way,
everything's fine. And when she told me that this is
something she's been dealing with for like ten years or more,
and I was like, when were you gonna tell me?
When were you gonna tell us? And so I was like, man,
(07:37):
I am at the age where you know, I should
probably ask more questions. Thank god. You know, I have
had a clean bill of health. I've had a colonoscopy.
I've had an endoscopy all as well. I don't have
to come back for like ten years or something. They
(07:59):
said five or ten years. Great, all as well. And
I have a mammogram coming up in a couple of
weeks actually, So I encourage folks to get to their mammograms,
especially if you have a family history. So I was like, yo,
(08:22):
we have to ask our family members, especially if you
can your biological parents. Find out you know, what's been
going on with them if you can, because sometimes I
think that that generation. I don't know if it's just
in black households, black and brown households, or is it
(08:45):
Is it also in other households where you know our
older mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, they kind of deal with
their medical situations in private. I don't know what that's about.
I don't know if it's shame or they just want privacy.
But to not discuss it with your children is problematic.
(09:08):
The reason why I say it's problematic because this situation
that she told me about, I was like, Oh, that's
good for me to know. Now I can take certain precautions,
so I can make sure certain levels are good, and
you know, I do what I can because to me,
(09:31):
how can you break generational cycles when you don't have
certain information about the generation ahead of you before you?
How can you break cycles when you don't know your
mother or father's medical history. How can you break generational
cycles when you don't know your grandmother and grandfather's history
(09:54):
great grandfather? Like what runs what has run in the family,
and that thing that says it ran in the family
until it ran into me. I'm wondering I should have
a doctor come on, because this is a question I
don't have the answer. I'm wondering if there are certain
ailments that don't have to run into me because I
(10:18):
have certain knowledge about what my family has had. If
colon cancer has run in your family, then you have
to know, you know, eat good and live your life.
But I don't know if there's actually people are being
(10:40):
diagnosed with colon cancer at younger ages, more than ever before,
and it's kind of like, okay, well, what foods should
we be kind of limiting and what foods to eat
more of? There are amazing there's blood work that you
can get done. You can find out your blood type
(11:02):
and find out your blood type. You can also figure
out which foods are best for your blood type. This
is not an endorsement, but there's a company called Function Health.
I learned that my biological age is I'm thirty two,
zero point seven years old. My biological age. How did
(11:24):
I find that out? They took an extensive amount of blood,
and in that they tell me every level liver, pancreas, heart,
hormonal health, like everything that you can think of, and
you don't have to wait until you get symptoms of
(11:44):
something to get blood work done. So and through this
program at Function Health, it also tells me, well, if
the number was a little elevated, then you need to
increase this and put this in your diet or take
certain supplements. You know, check with your doctor or do
(12:09):
your own research on like certain multi vitamins and supplements.
There are so many things out there technology wise that
is changing the game in medicine and for supplements where
we can really live healthier lives. But again, like how
how would you ask a parent what are they dealing with?
(12:32):
You know, I would go to them, not just I
think sometimes when you're curious, the posture of your heart
and even your tone of voice is a certain way,
just when you're curious saying you know, hey mom, hey dad,
Even when you are going to the doctor and it
to ask you on the piece of paper certain family history,
(12:56):
how much can you check off that you have knowledge
of of what's going on in your family. I just
say that because I want everybody here at checking in.
I want us to be thriving, honey, I want us
to be healthy, honey. I want us to still be
able to hump and hunch in our eighties. You know
what I'm saying, if you want to, if you want to,
if you want to, I know I do so just
(13:20):
you know what I'm saying. I just you know, you
just want I just want you know I'm gonna do
everything I can. You hear me, Yes, absolutely, yes, I
want us thriving in every area of our mind, our bodies,
and our soul. You hear me. Matter of fact, there
(13:44):
is scripture about us prospering. Okay, oh yeah, Third John
one and two say it says, beloved, I pray that
in every way you may succeed and prosper and be
in good health, just as your soul prospers. Okay, all right,
(14:06):
that's even scripture. And so when we have wholeness in
every way, then I think we have a good chance
of our soul prospering, you know what I'm saying, and
being in good health. Okay. So anyway, you'll know, every
now and then, I gotta go to the book every
(14:28):
now and then, every now and then, maybe now and then,
but yeah, I just wanted to. That was on my mind,
and I was like, what else is she hiding? What
else is my mother hiding? What else do I need
to know certain questions I'm afraid to ask because I'd
(14:50):
be like, Lord, that might be tam I because my
mother will tell it. My mama will tell it. Not
Oh yeah, there's certain questions I don't want to know. Maybe,
you know, maybe I'll have a box of questions for
her and she can like stick her hand in the
box and there'll be a question on a piece of
(15:12):
paper and she can like write her answer down. That's
probably what I'm gonna do, Okay. So I hope she
don't hear that. I hope she don't think I told
too much of her business. But I did because I didn't.
I didn't tell the medical diagnosis, okay, but the doctor
gave her a good prognosis. Okay. So a diagnosis is
basically what it is that you have, and then the
(15:33):
prognosis basically is is you gonna live or die? The
prognosis basically says, hey, if you do this with treatment,
you'll live a long, healthy life. Or some people don't
have the best prognosis, so depending on if they have
cancer or like you know, you know, sometimes if it's whatever,
(15:57):
depending on the late if it's in a late stage,
sometimes you're not gonna have the most positive prognosis. So okay,
so I'm excited about that. So we have covered a
lot of ground. We have covered, Untie, we have covered Yo.
It's never too early to learn about your family medical history.
Don't wait till you're fifty and sixty and seventy years
(16:19):
old to be talking about something. Oh, I wonder what
my mama Bessie may had no find out? Now, okay,
it's the month of October. Did y'all know that? October
used to be the eighth month in the old Roman calendar.
(16:47):
October it is named after the Latin word octo, meaning eight.
You know. Did y'all know that? So why is it
the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar? Why did we
mess with this? Lord Jesus? Hmm mmmmm, Yes, it is
(17:10):
the month of October. My older sister's birthday is coming
up on October fourth, y'all. Also, it is I wait
till about September ish October ish this year. I might
have waited a little longer, but listen, it's candy corn season.
(17:33):
The amazing singer A Stelle has already started. She's saying
we've antagonized her, but she started antagonizing me and like
like we're not doing that, Like she's my enemy this month,
you know what I'm saying. So either you're for me
(17:54):
or you're not, So this whole month of October, I'm
gonna call her an enemy of mine and November come,
we cool. But she is a hater of candy corn,
and I don't appreciate that. But I get excited about
people who actually love candy corn. I know y'all have
y'all have. First of all, thank y'all for rocking with
(18:17):
me through the years. Regarding candy corn. It actually was
just it wasn't even supposed to be, like nothing serious.
And then the only candy corn maker that I acknowledge
is Bros. Brox has some of the best candy period.
(18:38):
All this other candy corn y'all want to talk about
it tastes like candle wax. Because you're getting the generic version.
You're probably getting the store named version. You have to
get Brox b R A C h apostrophe s. Okay,
they have paid me for the song already, y'all. They
(18:58):
paid me good to write a candy corn song. You
hear me. Let me tell you something, People will pay
you good when you are genuinely passionate about something, So
don't you let anybody discourage you and your passion. Do
you hear me? I mean that thing? Yes, it is
(19:22):
candy corn season. There are so many great things about
October because y'all remember I was having an issue walking
into this season of fall by. I said, you know what,
I'm coming into October with great expectation, with great expectation.
We have amazing holidays there, Halloween, October Fest, Breast Cancer
(19:48):
Awareness Month, d de Loos, Merit Moritos, There's so many holidays.
World Mental Health Day is uh this month? Like, how
cool is that? How cool is October? Do y'all go? Ton, y'all?
(20:17):
I haven't been to a haunted house in yees? What
else is National Pizza Month? Oct to push a Day?
Oh yes, honey, I love good calamari and I do
like a good It's this dish at Nobu. It's like
(20:39):
a thinly sliced octopusterra dito something. It's fabulous if you
want to expand your taste, but horizons, yes, get you
go to Noble and see if they have that dish.
And there are so many other holidays. There's National Mushroom Day. Now. See,
(21:04):
I'm a sautaped mushroom kind of girl, and there are
some of you who like your mushrooms in an edible
in a different edible way. No judgment. Caramel Apple Day
one of these. It doesn't give the dates. I'm just
looking at a beautiful graphic that was created. I love
(21:26):
good karma apple. Oh, y'all. This is also a good
month to go to the apple orchard and get some
apple side or donuts. I'm saying so many stuff, y'all
that's not gluten free. I have recently discovered I'm trying
to test out a gluten free diet and it's been
working for me. I'm just like, ugh, everything I named,
(21:50):
as far as especially calamari that's you know, seared or fried.
You know, hopefully someone there it can be a gluten
free version. And then the applesider donuts, Oh my god,
definitely not gluten free. But I will just pay for
the price later, pay the price later. National Kangaroo Day.
(22:12):
There are so many cool holidays. National black Cat Awareness Month. Wait,
I read that wrong. I'm sorry. Oh, National black Cat Day.
There are a few folks in my cast that have
a black cat. I think Simone Rose, who is my
(22:34):
dear understudy and death becomes her. Uh, she has a
black cat. I think she just got her black cat too.
I don't understand cats, no shape anybody has. I just
don't understand them, and I think they're absolutely adorable. So
October is shaping up to be an amazing month so far,
(23:00):
A couple things have happened that, you know, have just
been gone on to blow my mind and just kind
of say, lord, can we can we just have a
do over? But I am determined to do my part
to personally have an amazing rest of the fourth quarter. Personally,
(23:21):
I think, you know, work wise and everything, it's going good.
Making sure that I am investing definitely in myself and
in my health, honey, because a girl has been tired. Okay,
I've been. I've been exhausted, not realizing how much eight
(23:42):
shows a week would you know, can do to your body.
So you do have to rest. And I've also I've
also been doing some outside things I think that I
discussed with you guys too. So just making sure that
October from here on out, you know, this last quarter
is a good one. It's a RESTful one, and don't
(24:03):
feel any pressure. I know that I've been in talks
about twenty twenty six planning with management and my agents,
and but please don't just it's it's good to have
strategy and all of that stuff, but sometimes for me,
the last quarter means start planning for the for the
next year, and for twenty twenty seven, that is a lot,
(24:27):
you know what I'm saying. Like I said, there have
been some speaking engagements in projects that have been booked
a year, a year and a half in advance, and
it's like, goodness, gracious, how are we staying present? But
I understand why certain things have to be planned in
advance and all that all that good stuff. So I'm
(24:48):
not I'm blessed, but I'm also recognizing some areas to
just kind of simmer, simmer down in. But yes, I
once you all to just continue to have an amazing,
amazing October. I'm excited about some special guests we've got coming.
(25:12):
We've got Devon Franklin coming next week. That should be
absolutely incredible. All right, So thank you all for continuing
to tune in and check in, and I will see y'all.
I'll talk with the Yaha next week. Take care, Hey, y'all.
(25:34):
Thank y'all so much for tuning in. Hey, if you
want to find out these cool, kooky October holidays, literally,
just get on your computer and just type in October
holidays and you will be shocked to see all the
bizarre and fun days that are in this month of October.
(25:57):
All right, continue to take care of you, you, and
every now and then look out for someone else. I
know we're talking about self care and all that good stuff,
but we are in a time where we've got to
also take care of each other. All right, See you later,
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(26:41):
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Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of
iHeartRadio and The Black Effect. Y'all already know what October
means for me. Stay tuned so you can hear why, Hey, superstars,
(00:27):
what's up y'all? How y'all been doing. I feel like
I haven't talked to y'all in a long time, So
what's been going on? How are you doing? How's your
mama doing, how your daddy doing? How your sister doing?
How your cousin doing? Honey? How is your boo doing? Okay?
What they've been up to? You are more than welcome
to spill some tea into my messages if you want.
(00:52):
You know, maybe I can help you address some things indirectly.
Look at me, I just put myself in y'all's business. Listen,
I'm your cousin. Okay, you know what? Speaking of this
term here, I'm trying to figure out if I want
to be auntie. Now. I have loads biological nieces and nephews. Okay,
(01:19):
I have what two, five, eight? Child? I have eight
nieces and nephews. And then of course that's when I
say biological, that means my biological brother and sisters. Cheering
all right, then you have my other I would say
(01:43):
nieces and nephews that aren't blood. And then you know,
I've got folks that call me untytt but you cheerren
in the comments that'd be like, yes Auntie, Yes, honey.
I'm trying to figure out if I am accepting of
that term auntie because I'm still cool, right, you know
(02:09):
what I'm saying. I was talking to a friend of
mine about this term, and she was calling out names
of certain artists and all that good stuff, and how
we don't call them auntie. You know what I'm saying, Like,
who is? Yeah, I guess do I give auntie? Like,
(02:33):
be honest, send me a message? Oh child? Yeah, I'm
trying to figure out auntie status? What makes an auntie?
And I'm sure people don't mean any harm by it?
Or are we just in denial that we've reached a
(02:55):
certain oh is it age in life? Oh? I'm not
comparing myself to anyone, but I'm just there's gotta be
I'm just looking at a few musical peers there were
(03:16):
just like or people that you know, I've brushed elbows
within the in the industry these past twenty five twenty
six years, and I'm like, do what I call them? Auntie? Yeah,
I am really perplexed that I have spent a few
minutes on this term. Let me see what the internet
is saying about this term auntie. I justugh, I'm just
(03:41):
trying to figure out what is what is what is
they saying about this term auntie? Okay? Uh oh, it's
saying it's a term of respect and admiration. Oh my,
oh gosh for an older woman. Oh oh my gosh. Okay.
(04:11):
So I remember I was dating someone a long time
ago and someone in his family called me auntie. I said,
I know you, lion, I know you, lion, but they
were of another they were from a whole other country.
(04:34):
So I guess, suh, I don't know. Okay, So listen,
I'm looking for this article, y'all. I just don't know.
I just don't know if I like this term. Now,
don't be offended because I'm saying I don't like it.
It's just something I don't know. If I just got
to come to grips with it and accept it. So
(04:57):
I don't want anybody to think that I'm because if
I am not mistaken someone gotten someone, Uh, I don't
I can't remember who the public figure was, but they said, uh,
they're not an auntie, and the folks got offend, and
(05:18):
the folks got mad because they didn't want to be
called auntie. Okay. Anyway, that's not even why why I'm here. Okay,
So just know that it's just something that I'm just
working through. Uh. I'll talk to my therapist about it
during my next session. But in all seriousness, I was
(05:42):
thinking about something. I was talking to a family member.
I'll go ahead and say it. I was talking to
my mother. And throughout the years, we speak about everything
you know that's going on or things that it's going
on with her medically, and we were talking the other
(06:06):
day and she was telling me about something going on
with her. Now there's something going on with her could
like possibly could turn major if if you don't address
it and do all the treatments and all of that
stuff for it. I will tell you guys that my
(06:27):
mother is a two time breast cancer survivor. She is
kind of shy about it and does not talk about it,
but I am proud of my mother. Both times that
they found breast cancer, it was like stage zero, and
(06:49):
she's thriving she's doing well. She's so funny. She is
so hilarious to me. I just she's so funny. She
did something y'all the other day that I gotta I
gotta even see if I can even talk about it,
because it blessed my whole week. It was. It was hilarious.
(07:10):
So we were talking the other day and she was
sharing something about her health status and by the way,
everything's fine. And when she told me that this is
something she's been dealing with for like ten years or more,
and I was like, when were you gonna tell me?
When were you gonna tell us? And so I was like, man,
(07:37):
I am at the age where you know, I should
probably ask more questions. Thank god. You know, I have
had a clean bill of health. I've had a colonoscopy.
I've had an endoscopy all as well. I don't have
to come back for like ten years or something. They
(07:59):
said five or ten years. Great, all as well. And
I have a mammogram coming up in a couple of
weeks actually, So I encourage folks to get to their mammograms,
especially if you have a family history. So I was like, yo,
(08:22):
we have to ask our family members, especially if you
can your biological parents. Find out you know, what's been
going on with them if you can, because sometimes I
think that that generation. I don't know if it's just
in black households, black and brown households, or is it
(08:45):
Is it also in other households where you know our
older mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, they kind of deal with
their medical situations in private. I don't know what that's about.
I don't know if it's shame or they just want privacy.
But to not discuss it with your children is problematic.
(09:08):
The reason why I say it's problematic because this situation
that she told me about, I was like, Oh, that's
good for me to know. Now I can take certain precautions,
so I can make sure certain levels are good, and
you know, I do what I can because to me,
(09:31):
how can you break generational cycles when you don't have
certain information about the generation ahead of you before you?
How can you break cycles when you don't know your
mother or father's medical history. How can you break generational
cycles when you don't know your grandmother and grandfather's history
(09:54):
great grandfather? Like what runs what has run in the family,
and that thing that says it ran in the family
until it ran into me. I'm wondering I should have
a doctor come on, because this is a question I
don't have the answer. I'm wondering if there are certain
ailments that don't have to run into me because I
(10:18):
have certain knowledge about what my family has had. If
colon cancer has run in your family, then you have
to know, you know, eat good and live your life.
But I don't know if there's actually people are being
(10:40):
diagnosed with colon cancer at younger ages, more than ever before,
and it's kind of like, okay, well, what foods should
we be kind of limiting and what foods to eat
more of? There are amazing there's blood work that you
can get done. You can find out your blood type
(11:02):
and find out your blood type. You can also figure
out which foods are best for your blood type. This
is not an endorsement, but there's a company called Function Health.
I learned that my biological age is I'm thirty two,
zero point seven years old. My biological age. How did
(11:24):
I find that out? They took an extensive amount of blood,
and in that they tell me every level liver, pancreas, heart,
hormonal health, like everything that you can think of, and
you don't have to wait until you get symptoms of
(11:44):
something to get blood work done. So and through this
program at Function Health, it also tells me, well, if
the number was a little elevated, then you need to
increase this and put this in your diet or take
certain supplements. You know, check with your doctor or do
(12:09):
your own research on like certain multi vitamins and supplements.
There are so many things out there technology wise that
is changing the game in medicine and for supplements where
we can really live healthier lives. But again, like how
how would you ask a parent what are they dealing with?
(12:32):
You know, I would go to them, not just I
think sometimes when you're curious, the posture of your heart
and even your tone of voice is a certain way,
just when you're curious saying you know, hey mom, hey dad,
Even when you are going to the doctor and it
to ask you on the piece of paper certain family history,
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how much can you check off that you have knowledge
of of what's going on in your family. I just
say that because I want everybody here at checking in.
I want us to be thriving, honey, I want us
to be healthy, honey. I want us to still be
able to hump and hunch in our eighties. You know
what I'm saying, if you want to, if you want to,
if you want to, I know I do so just
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you know what I'm saying. I just you know, you
just want I just want you know I'm gonna do
everything I can. You hear me, Yes, absolutely, yes, I
want us thriving in every area of our mind, our bodies,
and our soul. You hear me. Matter of fact, there
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is scripture about us prospering. Okay, oh yeah, Third John
one and two say it says, beloved, I pray that
in every way you may succeed and prosper and be
in good health, just as your soul prospers. Okay, all right,
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that's even scripture. And so when we have wholeness in
every way, then I think we have a good chance
of our soul prospering, you know what I'm saying, and
being in good health. Okay. So anyway, you'll know, every
now and then, I gotta go to the book every
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now and then, every now and then, maybe now and then,
but yeah, I just wanted to. That was on my mind,
and I was like, what else is she hiding? What
else is my mother hiding? What else do I need
to know certain questions I'm afraid to ask because I'd
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be like, Lord, that might be tam I because my
mother will tell it. My mama will tell it. Not
Oh yeah, there's certain questions I don't want to know. Maybe,
you know, maybe I'll have a box of questions for
her and she can like stick her hand in the
box and there'll be a question on a piece of
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paper and she can like write her answer down. That's
probably what I'm gonna do, Okay. So I hope she
don't hear that. I hope she don't think I told
too much of her business. But I did because I didn't.
I didn't tell the medical diagnosis, okay, but the doctor
gave her a good prognosis. Okay. So a diagnosis is
basically what it is that you have, and then the
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prognosis basically is is you gonna live or die? The
prognosis basically says, hey, if you do this with treatment,
you'll live a long, healthy life. Or some people don't
have the best prognosis, so depending on if they have
cancer or like you know, you know, sometimes if it's whatever,
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depending on the late if it's in a late stage,
sometimes you're not gonna have the most positive prognosis. So okay,
so I'm excited about that. So we have covered a
lot of ground. We have covered, Untie, we have covered Yo.
It's never too early to learn about your family medical history.
Don't wait till you're fifty and sixty and seventy years
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old to be talking about something. Oh, I wonder what
my mama Bessie may had no find out? Now, okay,
it's the month of October. Did y'all know that? October
used to be the eighth month in the old Roman calendar.
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October it is named after the Latin word octo, meaning eight.
You know. Did y'all know that? So why is it
the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar? Why did we
mess with this? Lord Jesus? Hmm mmmmm, Yes, it is
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the month of October. My older sister's birthday is coming
up on October fourth, y'all. Also, it is I wait
till about September ish October ish this year. I might
have waited a little longer, but listen, it's candy corn season.
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The amazing singer A Stelle has already started. She's saying
we've antagonized her, but she started antagonizing me and like
like we're not doing that, Like she's my enemy this month,
you know what I'm saying. So either you're for me
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or you're not, So this whole month of October, I'm
gonna call her an enemy of mine and November come,
we cool. But she is a hater of candy corn,
and I don't appreciate that. But I get excited about
people who actually love candy corn. I know y'all have
y'all have. First of all, thank y'all for rocking with
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me through the years. Regarding candy corn. It actually was
just it wasn't even supposed to be, like nothing serious.
And then the only candy corn maker that I acknowledge
is Bros. Brox has some of the best candy period.
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All this other candy corn y'all want to talk about
it tastes like candle wax. Because you're getting the generic version.
You're probably getting the store named version. You have to
get Brox b R A C h apostrophe s. Okay,
they have paid me for the song already, y'all. They
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paid me good to write a candy corn song. You
hear me. Let me tell you something, People will pay
you good when you are genuinely passionate about something, So
don't you let anybody discourage you and your passion. Do
you hear me? I mean that thing? Yes, it is
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candy corn season. There are so many great things about
October because y'all remember I was having an issue walking
into this season of fall by. I said, you know what,
I'm coming into October with great expectation, with great expectation.
We have amazing holidays there, Halloween, October Fest, Breast Cancer
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Awareness Month, d de Loos, Merit Moritos, There's so many holidays.
World Mental Health Day is uh this month? Like, how
cool is that? How cool is October? Do y'all go? Ton, y'all?
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I haven't been to a haunted house in yees? What
else is National Pizza Month? Oct to push a Day?
Oh yes, honey, I love good calamari and I do
like a good It's this dish at Nobu. It's like
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a thinly sliced octopusterra dito something. It's fabulous if you
want to expand your taste, but horizons, yes, get you
go to Noble and see if they have that dish.
And there are so many other holidays. There's National Mushroom Day. Now. See,
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I'm a sautaped mushroom kind of girl, and there are
some of you who like your mushrooms in an edible
in a different edible way. No judgment. Caramel Apple Day
one of these. It doesn't give the dates. I'm just
looking at a beautiful graphic that was created. I love
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good karma apple. Oh, y'all. This is also a good
month to go to the apple orchard and get some
apple side or donuts. I'm saying so many stuff, y'all
that's not gluten free. I have recently discovered I'm trying
to test out a gluten free diet and it's been
working for me. I'm just like, ugh, everything I named,
(21:50):
as far as especially calamari that's you know, seared or fried.
You know, hopefully someone there it can be a gluten
free version. And then the applesider donuts, Oh my god,
definitely not gluten free. But I will just pay for
the price later, pay the price later. National Kangaroo Day.
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There are so many cool holidays. National black Cat Awareness Month. Wait,
I read that wrong. I'm sorry. Oh, National black Cat Day.
There are a few folks in my cast that have
a black cat. I think Simone Rose, who is my
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dear understudy and death becomes her. Uh, she has a
black cat. I think she just got her black cat too.
I don't understand cats, no shape anybody has. I just
don't understand them, and I think they're absolutely adorable. So
October is shaping up to be an amazing month so far,
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A couple things have happened that, you know, have just
been gone on to blow my mind and just kind
of say, lord, can we can we just have a
do over? But I am determined to do my part
to personally have an amazing rest of the fourth quarter. Personally,
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I think, you know, work wise and everything, it's going good.
Making sure that I am investing definitely in myself and
in my health, honey, because a girl has been tired. Okay,
I've been. I've been exhausted, not realizing how much eight
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shows a week would you know, can do to your body.
So you do have to rest. And I've also I've
also been doing some outside things I think that I
discussed with you guys too. So just making sure that
October from here on out, you know, this last quarter
is a good one. It's a RESTful one, and don't
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feel any pressure. I know that I've been in talks
about twenty twenty six planning with management and my agents,
and but please don't just it's it's good to have
strategy and all of that stuff, but sometimes for me,
the last quarter means start planning for the for the
next year, and for twenty twenty seven, that is a lot,
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you know what I'm saying. Like I said, there have
been some speaking engagements in projects that have been booked
a year, a year and a half in advance, and
it's like, goodness, gracious, how are we staying present? But
I understand why certain things have to be planned in
advance and all that all that good stuff. So I'm
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not I'm blessed, but I'm also recognizing some areas to
just kind of simmer, simmer down in. But yes, I
once you all to just continue to have an amazing,
amazing October. I'm excited about some special guests we've got coming.
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We've got Devon Franklin coming next week. That should be
absolutely incredible. All right, So thank you all for continuing
to tune in and check in, and I will see y'all.
I'll talk with the Yaha next week. Take care, Hey, y'all.
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Thank y'all so much for tuning in. Hey, if you
want to find out these cool, kooky October holidays, literally,
just get on your computer and just type in October
holidays and you will be shocked to see all the
bizarre and fun days that are in this month of October.
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All right, continue to take care of you, you, and
every now and then look out for someone else. I
know we're talking about self care and all that good stuff,
but we are in a time where we've got to
also take care of each other. All right, See you later,
Bye bye. Checking In with Michelle Williams is a production
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