
Wheel With It Podcast
Queen D. Michele: Jumping Off the Wheel & Finding Your True Purpose
Queen D. Michele: Jumping Off the Wheel & Finding Your True Purpose What happens when you realize life is about more than working, paying bills, and repeating the cycle? In this episode of the Wheel With It Podcast, I sit down with Queen D. Michele, a retired elementary and middle school teacher who made a life-changing decision to relocate to Mexico after realizing she would otherwise need to continue working to supplement her retirement income. She describes the move as “jumping off the wheel”—a decision that ultimately opened the door to writing books, building her brand, and discovering a new sense of purpose. We also dive into her 52 Insights for Gen Alpha: A Conscious Curriculum , a mindfulness-focused curriculum designed for middle and high school students that was piloted in two Detroit middle schools during the 2024–25 school year. Queen D. Michele discusses what she believes Generation Alpha needs, what she learned from the pilot, and why she decided to incorporate AI and adaptive learning technology into the curriculum. QUEEN D Later, we explore what Queen D. Michele means by “New Earth,” her ideas about consciousness and the ego, and her book Traveling Home Together . QUEEN D MICHELE_ Interview via … Learn more about Queen D. Michele, her publications, and 52 Insights: https://fulaamerican.org ️ Wheel With It Podcast: https://wheelwithit.com Follow Wheel With It & Devon Wieters: https://wheelwithit.com/followus ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://wheelwithit.com/youtube Listen to the podcast: https://getwheelwithit.com Support Wheel With It: https://wheelwithit.com/give Subscribe to my Substack: https://wheelwithit.com/substack #WheelWithIt #QueenDMichele #GenAlpha #Mindfulness #FindingPurpose #Education #ArtificialIntelligence TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Queen D. Michele: Life Before “Jumping Off the Wheel” 00:34 Welcome to Wheel With It 01:10 Meet Queen D. Michele 01:28 Retirement & the Reality of Supplementing a Pension 02:58 Moving to Mexico 03:09 “Jumping Off the Wheel” 03:28 More Than Working & Paying Bills 04:00 Discovering a New Purpose 04:20 52 Insights for Gen Alpha 04:52 The Meaning of “Wheel With It” 05:20 Nulu Knives 06:02 Creating a Mindfulness Curriculum 07:09 Becoming Her Parents’ Caregiver 07:27 How a Birthday Gift Changed the Curriculum 08:28 Discovering Generation Alpha 08:39 Who Is Generation Alpha? 09:30 What Queen D. Michele Believes Gen Alpha Needs 10:39 What Is Gen Alpha Dealing With? 11:06 Lessons From the School Pilot 12:02 Why She Is Integrating AI Into the Curriculum 12:33 Building Self-Awareness & Relationship Skills 13:10 The Next Pilot for 2026–27 13:37 The Future of 52 Insights 14:39 Stepping Off the Wheel & Into Purpose 15:14 Midterm Election PSA 15:35 What Does “New Earth” Mean? 16:30 Traveling Home Together 18:01 Queen D. Michele Reads From Her Book 19:39 Being Connected vs. Being Aligned 20:19 Leaving the “Wheel” Behind 21:12 Listening to Your “Soul Self” 21:36 Navigating Yourself Off the Wheel 21:55 Support Wheel With It 22:10 Final Thoughts 22:16 Where to Find Queen D. Michele 22:58 Bringing Queen D. Michele Back 23:12 Closing 23:16 Subscribe for Weekly Episodes 23:28 Wheel With It Substack 23:47 Outro






