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The Mel Robbins Podcast Mel Robbins
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You can change your life and Mel Robbins will show you how.
Mel Robbins is one of the world’s most widely booked and followed podcast hosts and authors. She’s trusted by the world’s leading brands and medical professionals who use her research-backed tools and strategies in clinical and corporate settings. She’s amassed millions of followers online, with her videos going viral almost daily.
143 Studios Inc., her female-led media company, produces provocative and award-winning content with unprecedented results: millions of books sold, billions of video views, seven #1 audiobooks, and original courses and programming for clients like Starbucks, JP Morgan Chase, LinkedIn, Spotify, Headspace, and Audible.
Mel’s work has been translated into 41 languages, her podcast is syndicated in 194 countries, and her TEDx Talk is one of the most viewed of all time. A New York Times bestselling author and self-publishing phenom, Mel’s work includes The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule. Most importantly, her science-backed tools and relatable advice have changed the lives of millions of people worldwide.
Despite all this, Mel is one of the most down-to-earth and caring people you’ll ever meet. The person you see every day online is exactly the same in real life. Probably because she learned everything she teaches the hard way: by first screwing up her own life, and out of necessity, discovering the tools and research that transformed her life and got her to where she is today.
In The Mel Robbins Podcast, Mel gets more personal than ever, welcoming you into her life and taking you behind the scenes in real time. Every episode is packed with deeply relatable topics, tactical advice, hilarious screwups, compelling conversations, and the tools and inspiration you need to create a better life.
Tune in and buckle up – your life is about to change. New episodes of The Mel Robbins Podcast drop every Monday and Thursday.
To learn more about Mel, go deeper into every episode, find the resources and research she mentions, or submit a topic or question, check out https://www.melrobbins.com.
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Reset Your Gut in 5 Days: A Medical Doctor’s Step-by-Step Protocol to Transform Your Health
Do you want to reset your health?
Are you ready for more energy and better overall health?
Do you want to start seeing results in 5 days (or less)?
In today’s episode, Mel is joined by double-board certified Dr. Amy Shah for Part 2 of her masterclass on how to optimize your gut health.
Dr. Amy, a medical doctor trained at Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia University, is an immunologist and leading expert in women’s hormonal health and nutrition.
She’s giving you her proven 5-step method to heal inflammation, reset your natural hormone balance, and heal food sensitivities.
Learn how to use the power of your gut microbes to help digestion, gain mental clarity, and decrease your stress levels.
In this episode, Dr. Amy discusses topics like:
What a gut microbiome is.
Why science says your gut microbiome is the key to better mental and physical health.
The scientific link between gut health and depression, cancer, and heart diseases.
What the brain-gut connection is and why it’s essential to your health.
What to do after your overindulgence in holiday food and drinks.
The reason you can’t properly digest food.
What makes your gut bacteria “upset” and what keeps them "happy"?
How healthy aging is directly connected to your gut biome.
Why stress can make you bloated.
The reason 1 in 7 people experience bloating once a week.
How gut health impacts a woman's hormone health.
The difference between fiber and insoluble fiber.
Which natural fiber do you need in your diet for improved digestion?
The only type of bread that heals your gut.
What intermittent fasting is and why it improves gut health.
The one thing you should know about your circadian rhythm.
Dr. Shah's 5-day reset protocol and why you need it to reset your gut health.
3 things you should do every day for optimal gut health.
What the best probiotic for your body is.
The foods your gut bacteria love to digest.
Why bonding with someone is a love language for your gut health.
What an elimination diet is and why you need to do it.
3 foods you should consider removing from your diet for 7 days.
How many days it really takes to reset your gut.
Why crazy diets are not working to “reset” your gut.
Why your daily probiotic pill isn’t really working.
You can purchase Dr. Shah’s book, ‘I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It’, here: https://a.co/d/7mTXT2F
Follow Dr. Shah:
Instagram: instagram.com/fastingmd
Webpage: amymdwellness.com
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Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
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The Science of Your Gut: 3 Easy Steps to Reduce Bloating, Improve Digestion, and Feel Better Today
What is bloating, and why don’t your pants fit after just one meal?
What are the 10 foods to avoid when you feel bloated?
What is gut health, and how can you improve yours?
Today Mel is joined by double-board certified Dr. Amy Shah, who is here to explain bloating and optimal gut health in a way that you can understand and easily apply to your life.
Dr. Shah, a medical doctor trained at Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia University, is an immunologist and leading expert in women’s hormonal health and nutrition.
She is giving you all the tools you need, including her 3-step plan to get long-term relief from bloating.
In this episode, Dr. Amy discusses:
What bloating is; why and when it happens.
3 symptoms of being bloated.
10 foods notorious for causing bloating.
The one food that bloats everyone.
Why bloating can be worse during menopause or menstruation.
How to tell if you are bloated vs. gaining weight.
What “water weight” is and how to avoid it.
What a “distended belly” is and where it comes from.
2 everyday (non-food) things that cause bloating and how to avoid them.
3 foods you should not eat when you are bloated.
The pill you are taking that surprisingly may make you bloated.
One type of food that 68% of the world is intolerant of and doesn’t know.
Why alcohol bloats most of us.
Why you shouldn’t take Advil after a night of drinking.
Why sleep is so essential for reducing bloating.
What gut bacteria are and how to know when they’re upset.
What a food elimination diet is, why you need one, and how to safely try it.
Why fasting for 12 hours is essential for a gut reset.
Dr. Shah’s 3-F plan and why you should start your day this way to reduce bloating.
What the best probiotic is. (Hint: you can’t buy it.)
The surprising experience Mel’s daughter had with “bad” gut bacteria.
How anxiety and depression can be tied to gut health.
You can purchase Dr. Shah’s book, ‘I'm So Effing Hungry: Why We Crave What We Crave – and What to Do About It’, here: https://a.co/d/7mTXT2F
Follow Dr. Shah:
Instagram: instagram.com/fastingmd
Webpage: amymdwellness.com
Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr
Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
Follow me:
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb
The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GP
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB
TikTok: https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v
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Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast.
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4 Surprising Secrets of Successful Relationships (What I Learned From a Fight With My Daughter)
How do you have a “healthy” fight with your family?
How do you repair a relationship with someone you love?
Today Mel is joined by her husband Chris, their daughter Kendall, and their son Oakley to answer listener questions about all kinds of relationships.
This is the perfect episode to listen to with your family. You’ll hear the Robbins’ insightful, powerful, fun, and sometimes hilarious advice on how to get along with and love everyone in your family.
Hear Mel unpack the 4 important lessons she learned from a silly fight she had that morning with her daughter, Kendall (note: there is some cursing).
In this conversation, Mel, Chris, Oakley, and Kendall discuss:
The 4 important life lessons Mel learned from her fight with Kendall.
How to use the Let Them Theory to diffuse fights with family.
A smart relationship “trick” from a therapist that Mel and Chris love.
Mel’s funny story of how she ran into Reese Witherspoon.
How to repair a damaged relationship with your child.
When and how to apologize to your family.
What to do when someone you love is always angry at you.
The real reason you treat your family worse than you treat strangers.
What strengthens most parent-kid relationships?
What happened when guilt made Kendall do something she didn’t want to?
What to do when your kids don’t talk to you.
The reason family members start a fight.
The right moment to bite your tongue in an argument.
The one thing that will stop you from “advice vomiting” on your kids.
The phrase you need to repeat to yourself when you feel left out of your friend group. (Or when you just miss your friends.)
What you need to know that will help you feel more confident after a move to a new home or school.
What happens the moment you meet your idol. (It’s not what you think.)
Watch the episode on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr
Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
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Outsmart a Narcissist: A Proven 4-Step Plan to Take Your Power Back
Is it possible to be around narcissistic people and not lose your power? Especially when it's your mom, dad, ex, or boss who’s acting toxic?
Today, Mel is joined by Rebecca Zung, an expert on narcissism and a globally recognized high-conflict negotiator. Rebecca is also a top-ranked trial lawyer who has studied narcissism so that she could win against them in the courtroom. She’s written the playbook, SLAY the Bully: How to Negotiate with A Narcissist and Win.
She is here to make the case that you CAN stay in power no matter how toxic the people are around you. And by following her 4-part plan, you can even win when dealing with narcissism.
In this conversation, Rebecca discusses topics like:
Narcissism: what is it?
The 3 types of narcissism.
What a covert passive-aggressive narcissist is.
What a malignant narcissist is.
What a grandiose narcissist is.
The link between narcissism and divorce.
The exact phrases that can change the dynamic between you and a narcissist.
The top 3 sentences to disarm a narcissist without causing rage.
Why “cutting off” a narcissist won’t work.
The physical symptoms you can have when dealing with a narcissist.
Why being “the victim” is keeping you trapped.
What narcissistic supply is and why it is so important.
The 2 ways a narcissist gets their “narcissistic supply".
What happens in a narcissistic brain in childhood that flips a switch.
The tie between trauma and narcissism.
What the 4 non-verbal triggers for any narcissist are.
Why a narcissist is just an 8-year-old throwing a tantrum.
The reason why a narcissist actually fears you.
The definition of love bombing and why it’s so addictive.
What the 3 phases of a narcissistic relationship are.
How you can be physiologically addicted to a ‘love bomber’ (it’s as addictive as cocaine).
What narcissistic rage is and why it happens.
What your 3 options are in a relationship with a narcissist.
What happens when you become the focus of narcissistic rage.
What those passive-aggressive or back-handed comments mean to a narcissist.
What triangulation is, and how to protect yourself.
The biggest myth about narcissists.
The real reason why narcissists string you along.
The 4-step process to getting your power back from a narcissist.
The $2M apology.
What to do when a narcissist is raging at you.
When it's okay to tell a narcissist what they need to hear.
The 3 things to stop doing now in a narcissistic relationship.
How to respond to an accusatory email at work.
What you need to know about negotiating with a narcissist.
Why saying “I’m anticipating…” disarms any narcissist.
The first boundary you need to create with a narcissist.
What to look for as signs that you are dating, engaged to, or married to a narcissist.
You can purchase Rebecca’s book, ‘SLAY the Bully: How to Negotiate with a Narcissist and Win’, here: https://a.co/d/bLWp5YZ
Follow Rebecca Zung:
Instagram: instagram.com/rebeccazung
Webpage: rebeccazung.com
Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr
Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
Follow me:
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The Surprising Link Between People Pleasing & Your Health: A Medical Doctor’s Recommendation on How to Say “No”
Does this doctor have the health secret you’ve been looking for? Does people-pleasing really make you sick?
Dr. Neha Sangwan is an internal medicine physician, bestselling author, and accomplished researcher.
Today, Mel sits down with Dr. Sangwan to learn the truth about people-pleasing.
Topics discussed include:
People-pleasing: What it is.
Are you a “yes” person?
The difference between “going with the flow” and people pleasing.
Why avoiding conflict makes you a people-pleaser.
What your “childhood blueprint” is and how it shapes adulthood.
People pleasing and the link to illness.
What your parents did or said to turn you into a people-pleaser.
Why people-pleasing is a coping mechanism.
Why you can’t deal with other people’s discomfort.
How to trace your people pleasing back to a single moment in time.
Why being stressed, irritated, and tired is a sign that you are a people-pleaser.
Why being a control freak may be a sign of people pleasing.
How to unlearn people pleasing.
How every conflict in your life traces back to childhood trauma.
What happens, from a medical perspective, when you have an unresolved conflict?
The secret reason you’re an overachiever.
How to stop your people-pleasing behavior at work and set better boundaries.
What it really means when you resent the people you love.
Why people-pleasing is a “protection tool” you learn to use in childhood.
The link between chronic worry and people pleasing.
The simple 3-part framework Dr. Sangwan uses to say "no" when you mean "no".
How 80% of all illnesses are caused by stress.
The 5 questions you should ask yourself to understand what your body is really trying to signal to you.
You can purchase Dr. Sangwan’s book, ‘TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness’, here: https://a.co/d/iaVNwiL
Download a FREE audio chapter from ‘TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness’, here: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com/mel
Follow Dr. Sangwan:
Instagram: instagram.com/doctorneha
Webpage: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com
Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr
Check out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
Follow me:
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Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast.
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6 Ways to Use My “Let Them” Theory to Improve Any Relationship
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to not get so annoyed or frustrated with the people that you love?
There is.
It’s called the “Let Them” theory. Mel discovered it while arguing with her son about a taco stand, and she hasn’t stopped using it since.
She first explained the “Let Them” theory in a 60-second reel on Instagram. 63 million views later. The verdict is in. Everyone loves the “let them” theory.
Today, Mel is in the studio, taking your calls live and teaching you 6 ways to improve any relationship with the “Let Them” theory.
In this episode, you hear Mel cover topics like:
How to handle a mother-in-law who is not supportive.
Feeling left out? Good. You need better friends.
Why moving in with your parents is better than living with an ex.
What to say when your sibling wants to gossip about your mom.
Why being the family peacekeeper creates a war inside you.
How to stop being the “fixer” in your relationships.
The truth about addiction in a family and the role you need to play.
Why your dad’s gambling problem isn’t yours to fix.
How rescuing people robs them of the problems they need to face.
What to do when your parents’ marriage is in crisis.
How to tell a friend you are sick of hearing about their relationship drama.
Why you shouldn’t be the “therapist” for your friend group.
Why it's normal for friends to drop you when you start drawing boundaries.
The art of putting yourself first: “Let me” be happy for a change.
Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr
My book! The High 5 Habit here: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt
Follow me:
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