Even Michelle Obama has Fears

Carolyn Bertolino
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readDec 11, 2022

There’s comfort in both understanding our own unique difficulties and learning that the most admired people can suffer from similar things.

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When Michelle Obama talked about her “fearful mind” with Robin Roberts on ABC one Sunday night in November, I tuned in with a hint of “She has no idea, otherwise she wouldn’t have such a successful career” attitude. But then I realized it’s my own fear that sometimes keeps…

Carolyn Bertolino
ILLUMINATION

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