We Can Do Hard Things
Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson: Their Mother’s Last (Life-Changing) Advice
08 Apr 2025
400. Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson: Their Mother’s Last (Life-Changing) Advice Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, co-hosts of the new podcast In My Opinion (IMO), join Glennon and Abby for a heartfelt conversation about love, loss, and the wisdom their late mother, Marian Robinson, left behind. They open up about parenting in the spotlight, the courage to disappoint others, and the lessons that continue to shape their lives. -The final words from Marian Robinson that changed everything -Why Michelle is finally choosing herself—and how to break free from people-pleasing -The biggest challenge facing kids today—and how parents can help -The one piece of advice they want to pass on to their own children Michelle Obama’s passion for storytelling has set sales records, garnered awards and accolades, and earned her global acclaim. Her memoir, Becoming, spent over 130 weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers list, sold more than 17 million copies worldwide. American Factory, the first film produced by her and her husband Barack Obama’s media company Higher Ground, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2020. Upon its release in 2020, The Michelle Obama Podcast was the most successful original in Spotify history, bringing in more women listeners over 40 than any other podcast. Through the Obama Foundation, she founded the Girls Opportunity Alliance, which supports adolescent girls' education and empowerment around the world. Craig Robinson: Craig Robinson is the Executive Director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and host of the Higher Ground podcast Ways To Win. From 2017-2020, he served as the vice president of Player Development and Minor League Operations for the NBA’s New York Knicks. Previously, he was a Division I head men’s basketball coach at Oregon State and Brown, and spent more than a decade working as a trader in the investment banking industry. He is the brother of former First Lady Michelle Obama. Together, they are the hosts of the new podcast IMO (In My Opinion) with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. Check out our first episode with Michelle Obama here: https://podcasts.apple.com/si/podcast/193-michelle-obama/id1564530722?i=1000606222468 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Full Episode
Okay, you all have heard us talk about how excited we are that our new book is coming out on May 6th. It's called We Can Do Hard Things, Answers to Life's 20 Questions. And when we announced the book on my newsletter, A Little Treat, the tour sold out very fast, quicker than we were thinking. And many of you wrote and said how sad you were that the tour sold out too fast for you to get tickets.
And you know that no matter how much 12-step work, I do. I can't seem to not be deeply affected when you all are sad. So I told you I'd try to figure something out to help those who felt sad about missing their chance to get tickets. Here's what we're doing.
In support of those of you who couldn't get tickets and in support of our beloved local independent booksellers, we are hosting a live virtual event on Pub Day of We Can Do Hard Things on May 6th. a live virtual event that will benefit independent bookstores across the country.
So in order to get your ticket, you can click the registration button for the live virtual event at the top of treatmedia.com. And then you're going to pre-order We Can Do Hard Things through one of the independent bookstore links. All proceeds from this event will go to these local independent bookstore links. So your ticket to the event will include a copy of We Can Do Hard Things.
answers to life's 20 questions. Now here's the deal. If you already pre-ordered the book from an independent bookstore, you don't have to buy it again to come to the event. If you want to and give your copy away, great. We're not going to complain. But if you already did and you don't want to order another one, we totally understand. So you can register for the event by uploading your indie order
at treatmedia.com. Okay. So you click the option that says I've already pre-ordered from another indie, and then you upload that and you're going to get a link too, because we don't want you missing out.
Also, one last thing, if you can't make it to the event, but you still want to be part of this, we're going to make sure that you get a link to the event that will allow you to view it for 72 hours after the event. Okay. So yay for independent booksellers. We are so grateful for them. They serve our communities in a million ways.
All the benefits from this event are going to go to those independent booksellers. Get your tickets at treatmedia.com and we will see you there. Well, PodSquad. It's very exciting. It is very exciting. The reason it is very exciting is that guess who's coming to join the PodSquad today? The hosts of the new podcast, IMO, in my opinion, with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.
Oh my God, we love these two. Michelle Obama's passion for storytelling has set sales records, garnered awards and accolades, and earned her global acclaim. Her memoir, Becoming, love that book, spent over 130 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 17 million copies worldwide. Holy cow.
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