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The Balanced Blonde // Soul On Fire

260. Mel Robbins: The High 5 Habit, Overcoming Indecisiveness & Getting Your Confidence Back with NYT Bestseller

The Balanced Blonde // Soul On Fire

Dear Media

Health & Fitness, Balancedblondespiritualitywellness

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Mel Robbins is a motivational powerhouse whose groundbreaking work on behavioral change has impacted millions. Her internationally best-selling books, “The Five Second Rule” and “The High 5 Habit,” empower people to flip their lives around through simple, science-backed actions. I mean, you probably already know who she is if we had to guess!! She is massive on social media and beyond.

Mel is a living testament that these tools work. Ten years ago, she was unemployed, crippled by anxiety and $800,000 debt. Initially, counting down from five was the only thing to get out of bed in the morning. This practice would later evolve into “The Five Second Rule,” which became the first step toward her becoming the most booked speaker in the world and changing the lives of so many who apply the rule to address issues in all aspects of their lives. Jordan shares that she’s among those touched, having first discovered Mel’s work while in the throes of a panic attack a few years ago. 

In this deep and stimulating conversation, Mel gets candid on her professional and personal downward spiral in 2020, which saw her get fired from her dream job and threaten the future of the business empire she spent a decade building. She shares how high-fiving herself in the mirror gave her the strength to love herself through her rock bottom and the fascinating science behind the simple gesture that helps you become your own self-advocate. 

Plus, you’ll hear the magic of Mel’s motivational wisdom in real-time as she helps Jordan make a call on an important decision (or two or three!!). 

There is so much wisdom and tools for anyone out there suffering from anxiety or a lifestyle rut. But if you walk away from this conversation with anything, let it be that you have the power to be your own cheerleader and celebrate yourself, wherever you are in your journey. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello to my favorite people and welcome back to the Balanced Want podcast, Solon

0:16.9

Fire.

0:17.9

I'm your host, Jordan Younger and today we have the incredible Mel Robbins on the podcast.

0:24.6

You probably know her from her huge following all over social media.

0:29.8

She actually reaches 60 million plus people per month.

0:34.5

On Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, all the different places and she is one of the

0:40.5

most booked female speakers in the world.

0:43.8

She has over 500,000 students in her online courses and she is a badass.

0:50.2

She just wrote an incredible book called The High Five Habit which I have been doing in

0:54.3

the mirror every morning and I can say it definitely works.

0:57.5

So if you're looking to take control of your life or you're struggling with confidence

1:01.2

or you want to make a change or you just want to be a little bit kinder to yourself and

1:06.8

remember how much power you truly have to change your life around and your day around.

1:11.9

Then you gotta read this book and check out all of her stuff.

1:15.5

I talked about this in the interview but I found Mel on YouTube when I was having a panic

1:20.6

attack a couple years ago, I was having so many panic attacks and so much anxiety.

1:26.3

I was very sick with lime and I remember being in the bath just struggling with my heart

1:30.8

racing feeling like I was on the verge of having one of those huge horrible panic attacks

1:36.9

and I just googled how to stop a panic attack and her YouTube video pop dog talking about

1:42.6

her own experiences and then giving.

1:44.8

I think it was something like five or ten simple tips to stop a panic attack in its tracks

1:51.2

and I started following her on Instagram and ever since then I've just been captivated

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