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Can a modern woman really have it all? 

In the September 16 episode of her new podcast, A Different Kinda Woman, Dr. Stacii Jae Johnson talks with  dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Kristen Mychelle about navigating the twin pressures of motherhood and a career. It’s not always an easy conversation. 

“Why were you getting emotional having this discussion?” the Put a Ring On It: CheatHab relationship expert asks in an exclusive clip from the episode. “Cause I see something happening.”

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“I get emotional about this because I really love my children. I really love my life partner.  I really love my family life,” Mychelle replies. 

“And I really love myself,” Dr. Stacii chimes in to remind her. 

“I need you to do this,” she continues. “I need you to say, ‘I really love myself.’ That’s first.”

But putting herself first is a challenge, Mychelle confesses. 

“I hesitate a bit when it comes to the ‘I really love myself’ part and putting myself first. Because I feel like I did that in my career,” she says. “It was my first time going on tour and I loved it. I felt so alive. It was so fun.”

But once Mychelle returned home, she “immediately crashed,” especially once she saw how her absence affected her young son. 

“My son, he hugged me so tight. He would not let me go,” she recalls. “He would not let me got … I felt like he missed me so much. He was like, ‘Where were you?’ That hurt my heart.”    

What advice will Dr. Stacii have for Mychelle as she tries to make space for herself while also being a mom to her kids? Find out in the next episode of A Different Kinda Woman, premiering Wednesday, September 16 at 7 p.m. ET on her YouTube channel.

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