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When Michelle Obama attended Harvard Law School, her grandmother used to call and ask her what she cooked that day.

"Grandma, I'm in law school. There isn't even a kitchen around," Obama recalls thinking at the time.

No matter how well meaning, questions like these can often shape what young women believe success and contentment looks like, Obama tells "Today" host Hoda Kotb on the first episode of her new podcast, "The Light Podcast."

Obama thinks about this a lot when it comes to relationships and when she talks to her daughters Malia and Sasha about partnerships.

"We don't know what life will hand them," she says. "Maybe you find love great! But don't get married to check a box."

Obama, who proudly tells Kotb she is still in love with her husband, Barack, believes people do a "disservice" to young women when primarily asking questions about marriage and children.

"You can have an amazing career and somebody says, 'Oh, are you married?'" she says.

"Then if you are [married] then [they ask], 'When are you going to have a baby?' Not knowing, Can you, do you, want one?" she says. "It's almost like saying, 'Oh, you're married but you can't really be happy.'"

You can have an amazing career and somebody says, 'Oh, are you married?'

Michelle Obama

No matter how many boxes you tick, the expectations can seem infinite. "It feels like it's never enough," she says.

Obama's goal is for her children to know that happiness for a young woman doesn't mean finding love or having children, and there are many paths that can be fulfilling.

"I want my daughters growing up to understand they can have whatever life they choose. As long as they are happy, we've got their backs," she says. "I want my daughters to have a broad view of what happiness can look like."

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LEXINGTON, Ky., March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --The International Coaching Federation (ICF) Foundation announces its partnership with the Obama Foundation to provide coaching support to the leaders of the Obama Foundation Scholars program. Through this powerful partnership, the two organizations come together to advance the Obama Foundation's mission to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world.

"At ICF Foundation, we have been privileged to witness first-hand the ripple effect coaching has for social good, passing from those who receive coaching to everyone else they touch," said ICF Foundation Vice President Coura Badiane. "I cannot wait to see what these leaders accomplish in and beyond this program."

ICF-Credentialed Coaches Supporting Tomorrow's Leaders to Advance Positive Social Change.

The Obama Foundation Scholars program gives rising leaders from the United States and around the world who are already making a difference in their communities the opportunity to take their work to the next level through an immersive curriculum that brings together academic, skills-based, and hands-on learning. The one-year academic experience provides Scholars with leadership education and development, job training, and other activities to create sustainable solutions for their communities' most pressing issues. Through the partnership, ICF-credentialed coaches assist these in finding solutions to common leadership challenges such as problem-solving, goal-setting, and performance improvement. It signifies the continued investment that both Obama Foundation and the ICF Foundation have in empowering tomorrow's leaders and advancing positive social change.

Over a period of six months, 30 ICF-credentialed coaches provide 180 coaching hours to 30 scholars in the program. The scholars receive tailored support from ICF-credentialed executive coaches to aid their action plan development and advance their personal leadership journey.

About the International Coaching Federation

The International Coaching Federation (ICF) isthe world's largest organization leading the global advancement of the coaching profession and fosteringcoaching's role as an integral part of a thriving society.Founded in 1995,its 50,000-plus members located in more than 170 countries and territories work towards common goals of enhancing awareness of coaching and upholding the integrity of the profession through lifelong learning andupholding thehighestethical standards. Through the work of its six unique family organizations, ICF empowers professional coaches, coaching clients, organizations, communities and the world through coaching.

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March 16, 2023 | 5:26pm

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed that the federal government will not bail out Silicon Valley Bank.NY Post composite / istock/ Getty Images

During the financial crisis . . . [banks] were bailed out . . . Were not going to do that again.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Sunday

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[Yellens action] fully protects all depositors.

Treasury, Federal Reserve and FDIC statement, Sunday (hours later)

We say: Yellen & Co. didnt bail out Silicon Valley or Signature banks owners, but they did bail out those of their customers who had uninsured funds (more than 90% of the deposits). That includes venture-capital-funded tech firms, cryptocurrency investors and even Chinese Communist Party-linked businesses. And though officials claimed taxpayers wouldnt pay, banks are likely to charge average Americans higher fees and offer less service to cover the costs of repaying the FDIC.

The [Obama] administration was scandal-free.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama, in a Mar. 7 podcast

We say: Scandal-free? Sure, lets just forget about the IRS targeting conservatives, Benghazi, Fast & Furious, Hillary Clintons e-mail server, FISA warrants to spy on Trump folks and the entire RussiaGate hoax. Not to mention President Barack Obamas monster lies like If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan.

I have faith in President Biden, Secretary Yellen and the Federal Reserve. They have all hands on deck to manage this and keep our economy sound.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Wednesday

We say: Is Schumer kidding? President Biden (along with other Dems, including Schumer himself) are the ones who helped trigger the nations economic chaos, including the bank crisis. Their debt-financed spending ignited inflation, forcing the Fed to jack up interest rates and sending bonds held by banks plummeting. If Biden, Yellen & Co. knew what they were doing, they wouldnt need to summon all hands on deck.

We say: We know, anything the left dislikes is racist. Yet podcaster and ex-MSNBC host Tours claim that woke is now an anti-black slur flies in the face of even those on the left, including blacks, who see it as a badge of honor. NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, for instance, used to wear a Stay Woke pin. Besides, most wokies, especially far-left progressives, are white. Yes, the right often slams wokeism uber-progressives lunacy on, say, white privilege or climate change or their vile cancel culture. But how is that racist?

Congressional Republicans should pass my budget instead of calling for . . . defunding the police.

President Biden, Tuesday

We say: Was Biden having another of his senior moments or was he outright lying, as he so often does? Its never been Republicans who want to defund the police but Democrats. Indeed, as a candidate in 2020, Biden himself said police funds should absolutely be redirected. Recently, though, with polls (and elections) showing the nation sick of rising crime and demanding more law enforcement, and with his eye on a 2024 reelection bid, the prez is singing a different song.

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USA Today's annual Women of the Year list, which celebrates female figures who have broken ground and changed the world, includes former first lady Michelle Obama, astronaut Nicole Mann and actress Goldie Hawn, who told "CBS Mornings" she is honored to be included.

"I was very surprised, and at the same time, I get to really stand next to some extraordinary and very formidable women," Hawn said Friday. "So it really made me extremely happy and I feel very honored."

Other honorees on the 2023 list of dozens of women include the players of the U.S. women's soccer team, who won a historic equal pay agreement, and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Michelle Obama was on the list for her work as an advocate for equal education for girls, and astronaut Nicole Mann was honored for her achievement as the first Indigenous woman to travel to space.

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Hawn, who is founder of the Goldie Hawn Foundation, was celebrated for her work focusing on children's mental health. Twenty years ago, her foundation created the program MindUP, which helps kids learn how to manage stress, regulate emotions and face challenges with resilience.

"What I learned (in 2003) was that children from 10 to 15 were already committing suicide and this really it really hit me to the core," Hawn said. "With that, I made a decision, and that was that no child should be doing that."

Hawn brought in neuroscientists, psychologists and other mental health experts to create a science-based mental health program for children that teaches about the brain and gives context on how emotions work and how they can be managed.

"I decided that, 'Why don't we do this?' We did it, we tested it, we researched it, and it showed incredible ... benefit to these children," Hawn said. "I decided at that point that I was just going to put this show on the road, and I did, and you know, it was a fearless act, but I decided that something has to happen. Our children cannot continue to grow this way."

Since its founding in 2003, Hawn estimates that MindUP has served about seven million children worldwide.

"This is probably one of the best, I guess, scripts, you could say, that I've ever produced. I produce a lot of movies, but this might be the best one," Hawn said.

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Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell will be taking fast food orders again in "Good Burger 2."

But which celebrities will be doing the ordering?

Thompson and Mitchell announced the long-awaited sequel, which starts filming this summer, on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Friday. The next day, Thompson crashed an "All That" panel at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, and teased some potential cameos.

The longtime "Saturday Night Live" cast member first gushed that he would make "cameo calls" to former "All That" co-stars Danny Tamberelli and Lori Beth Denberg, who sat alongside Mitchell during the panel. Denberg also appeared in the original 1997 "Good Burger" movie. Thompson said he also had his sights on even bigger stars.

"I keep saying Harry Styles. I just feel like it would be a really big one, you know what I'm saying? One Direction!," Thompson said, according to People, before adding that "Barack Obama would be great."

Thompson further promised that comedian Sinbad would reprise his role as the short-tempered schoolteacher, Mr. Wheat.

"Sinbad definitely is gonna be back. Even if we got to go to him, we'll make sure we have Sinbad for sure," Thompson said during the panel, referencing the comedian's health. Sinbad was hospitalized in a coma in 2020 after a blood clot had caused a stroke. He has since regained consciousness and has been recovering and learning how to walk again.

Rumors about a "Good Burger" sequel have swirled for years.

Keeping the idea alive among its fan base mostly children of the 1990s Thompson and Mitchell reunited during a 2015 "Fallon" episode and parodied their iconic characters of Ed and Dexter Reed. Then, in 2019, Mitchell went on to reprise his role in the Paramount+ "All That" reboot.

In recent months, as the duo began to appear together onscreen more often, talk of a sequel began to ramp up.

First came the 2022 Emmys moment where Thompson, who hosted the show, walked up to a dozing man at the bar and asked him what he wanted to drink. The man lifted his head, revealing he was Mitchell, and asked, "You know what, can I get a Good Burger?" The crowd burst into applause as the pair embraced.

As the pair pretended to do martial arts into the camera, Thompson exclaimed, "Sequel comin' at ya!"

A month after the Emmys, Thompson told ET that he was "getting really close" on the sequel. "It's gonna happen, and I think it's gonna happen soon," he said.

In a December episode of "SNL," Thompson and Keke Palmer performed another"Good Burger" parody with Mitchell making a surprise appearance.

When Fallon asked the pair Friday what prompted production of the sequel, wondering whether it had been influenced by the 2015 "Tonight Show" skit or the recent "SNL" parody, Thompson deflected, giving sparse details: "It's been years since the first one, we've been wanting to do two."

Thompson said he hoped to get "as many cameos as we could possibly get anybody that wants to do it that is somewhat famous," before asking an eager Fallon if he would join. Fallon agreed.

Thompson and Mitchell first met as teenagers during auditions for Nickelodeon's "All That," which premiered in 1994. "Good Burger" was a spinoff of two characters from one of the show's recurring skits, Ed (Mitchell) and Dexter Reed (Thompson). "All That" also led to "Kenan and Kel," another spinoff starring Thompson and Mitchell that ran on Nick for four seasons.

The "Good Burger" sequel will begin with a reunion between the two characters. As Dexter's career as an inventor fails, he returns to the Good Burger restaurant, where Ed welcomes him back, according to a Paramount press release. While Dexter makes a plan to recover from his failures, it inadvertently threatens the fate of the restaurant.

The film does not have a release date, but it will stream on Paramount+.

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