6 Powerful Mindset Shifts That Will Change Your Life

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever said, “I’m not ready,” this episode is for you. It’s time to stop living small and start doing the things you’ve always wanted to do. Today, Mel is going to change the way you think about fear, confidence, and going after what you really want. In this episode, Mel shares one of the most challenging and surprising experiences of her life: a sold-out, five-city live theater tour that forced her to face fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt in real time. This past month, Mel did something she’s never done before: a multi-city sold-out live theater tour, complete with lighting cues, comedy skits, physical comedy, and more pressure than she’s ever felt. She wasn’t ready. But she did it anyway. And through the nerves, chaos, and self-doubt, she walked away with 6 life-changing lessons that will inspire you to finally do the thing you’ve been avoiding. If fear, overthinking, or perfectionism has been keeping you stuck, this episode will show you what’s waiting on the other side. Today you’ll learn: -The 6 mindset shifts Mel used to do something she was terrified to try -Why fear is actually a sign you’re doing something meaningful -How to bring the fun when the stakes feel high -What to do when things go wrong—and how to keep going anyway -How to stop waiting to feel ready and start taking action Whether you want to change careers, start creating content, get back out there after heartbreak, or simply start a new dance class, it’s time to live life bigger. Because the truth is, you’ll never feel ready. And that’s exactly why you have to start. For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, your next listen should be: How to Find Your Purpose & Design the Life You Want Connect with Mel: Get Mel’s #1 bestselling book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.7	I have a question for you. When was the last time you did something that you thought,
0:15.0	there's no way I can do that. Something that kind of scared you, you know, and I'm not just
0:18.7	talking a little nervous scared. I'm talking heart racing, palm sweating. Why did I agree to do this thing? Kind of scared.
0:27.4	Something that you felt completely unqualified for, unprepared to handle, but you did it anyway.
0:35.8	Well, recently, I did something like that. What did I do? I went on my first
0:40.7	ever live tour. And at first, I thought, okay, no big deal. What is the big deal with going
0:46.3	on tour? I mean, I'm just going to get up on stage, give a speech, inspire everybody that
0:51.3	shows up. Then I'm going to head home. This is easy. Oh my God. I was so
0:57.1	wrong because here's the thing. If you came to see the show, you probably thought, oh, well, Mel's
1:03.5	just going to talk at me. That's not what I did at all. When I went on tour, it was a full-blown
1:10.5	production. 30 crew members, lighting stacks. I didn't
1:14.4	know what those were graphics packages, graphics, but what is a graphic? A smoke machine? There was
1:19.5	comedy, acting, props, cues. This was not a talk. This was theater. Here's the thing. I've never
1:25.7	done theater. I was so nervous. I had stress diarrhea
1:31.0	for three days straight before the first show. No, I'm serious. My green room, bathroom, it smelled
1:36.1	like a porta potty at a construction site. So why am I telling you this? Because let them the tour
1:42.6	was the most uncomfortable, most vulnerable,
1:45.7	most I can't do this thing. Why did I agree to do this thing that I have ever done? But it taught me
1:53.8	six life-changing lessons that I am going to unpack and share with you today. And yep,
1:59.2	I'm going to take you behind the scenes at the tour. I'm going to tell you stories about what happened, but I'm going to unpack and share with you today. And yep, I'm going to take you behind the scenes at the tour. I'm going to tell you stories about what happened. But I'm going to unpack these lessons to help you do the things that you don't think you're ready for, what you really want to do. It's only in the doing them that you learn that you are ready to do it. And it sort of reminds me of roller
2:19.9	coasters. Now, I'm not the kind of person that likes roller coasters, but every once in a while,
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