How to Design Your Life (A Full Step-by-Step Process)

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Today, you’re getting a step-by-step process for designing the life you want. Right now, you might think that “designing your life” sounds impossible, or that it’s something reserved for people with more time, money, or resources. But what if it wasn’t just a nice idea? What if it was a simple, concrete, and clear process you could start right now? Here’s the truth: You have the power to design the exact life you’ve always wanted and today you’re getting the blueprint to make it happen – with this episode and the free companion workbook. In this episode, Mel sits down with Debbie Millman. Debbie is “one of the most creative people in business” according to Fast Company, and is a professor who has been teaching a course on designing your life for over a decade at the School of Visual Arts. Graphic Design USA calls her “one of the most influential designers working today,” Harvard Business School teaches a case study on her career to all first-year students, and today Debbie is here to teach you the lessons from her renowned course on life design. Debbie will show you that no matter where you are right now, no matter how stuck, lost, or uncertain you feel, you can start creating a more intentional, meaningful future. To get the free companion workbook that goes with this episode, click here. In this episode, you’ll learn: -The exact questions to ask yourself to create your dream life -The most important choices that can change your life -How to stop focusing on what’s probable and start thinking about what’s possible -The exact steps that allow you to create your dream reality -The one mistake that will sabotage your vision, and how to avoid it Plus, Mel and Debbie have created a free workbook to walk you through the step-by-step process of designing your own remarkable life, and you can download it here. If you’re ready to stop letting life just happen to you and want to start creating the life you’ve always wanted, this episode is for you. For more resources, including a free companion workbook, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked the episode, check out this one next: 5 Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself Right Now 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 newsletter 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.
0:08.8	When was the last time you sat down and really thought about what you want your life to look
0:14.6	like? Now, I'm not talking about your to-do list or what's for dinner or where you dream
0:18.7	about going on your next vacation. I'm talking about your
0:22.2	life, the big picture. You know, when you look out to the future, what do you want it to be?
0:28.7	Where do you want to live? What do you want to do for work? Who do you hang out with? What does it feel
0:34.4	like to be you out in the future? Now, if you don't intentionally design your
0:40.5	life, you're going to end up living a life you never wanted. But I have really great news.
0:46.8	There is a proven three-step method to designing your life at any age. A professor who's been teaching a course all about this process for 15 years
0:57.9	is here to walk you and me through it today. And we're going to go through this life design process
1:03.8	together. I'm so excited to do this with you. And I'm going to take this one step further.
1:08.4	Our expert and I created an exclusive free workbook.
1:13.2	This workbook is going to walk a step by step through the process, and it will serve as a free
1:17.9	companion for you and all the people that you love. And it works with this episode so that you can
1:23.5	design the life that you want. And today, you and I are not only going to learn how, we're
1:28.1	going to do it together.
1:39.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. It is always an honor to be together and to spend
1:45.6	this time with you. And if you're a new listener, or you're here because somebody shared this with you,
1:50.4	I just wanted to personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins podcast family. Today, Professor Debbie Millman is here.
1:56.9	For 15 years, she has taught a course on life design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
2:02.6	She is the author of seven best-selling books. Fast Company calls her one of the most creative people in business
2:08.7	and one of the most influential designers in the United States. And she not only teaches people how to design
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