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Michelle Obama's life lessons

She's a lawyer, writer, and of course a former First Lady of the Unites States of America. What advice does Michelle Obama have on life, role models, and being kind to yourself?

Michelle Obama is a lawyer, a writer – and of course the wife of former President of the United States, Barack Obama. But that doesn't mean she's immune from the anxiety, guilt, and self-consciousness that many feel on a daily basis.

In her forthcoming book, “The Light We Carry”, Michelle Obama talks about these feelings, as well as life, role models, not being seen, and how - if she’d made a different decision - the United States might not have had its first black president.

For BBC Breakfast and 5 Minutes On, Naga Munchetty met the former First Ladys via a transatlantic link up, to ask her about all of this and more.

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