Michelle Obama Opens Up About How She Deals With Fear & Anxiety

Michelle Obama is opening up about feeling a “crushing sense of hopelessness” after the 2020 presidential election, the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, political and racial unrest, and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

“I was in a low place,” the 58-year-old former First Lady said of her inspiration for her second book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.”

“Everyone was searching for some answers of how to cope. And for some reason they were asking me, ‘What do you do?’ I had to start thinking about that,” Michelle said.

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“Over the 58 years that I’ve lived, I can look back and I can say, ‘This is how I deal with fear. These are the things I say to myself when I need to pick myself up. This is how I stay visible in a world that doesn’t necessarily see a tall Black woman,’” Michelle told People. “This is how I stay armored up when I’m attacked. The book is that offering.”

The book promotion continues Sunday, November 13, with an ABC News primetime special airing at 10 p.m. ET, followed by a six-city book tour starting on its release date, November 15.

Over the summer, Michelle and Barack Obama came out to support the opening night screening of the new Netflix documentary Descendant.