Hello, this is Emma Ganon and thank you for listening to this podcast. I just wanted to let you know that my new book, The Success Myth, Letting Go of Having It All, is out on May the 18th.

I think it's my best book yet, so I'm excited for it to come out. And the book unpicks the eight success myths from happiness to money, to productivity, to celebrity, to the idea of finally arriving.

And how chasing a version of success that doesn't align with your values can really take you off track and this book is about getting back to yourself.

Breaking free, finding a new way forward, and it's available on May the 18th. If you love this podcast, you'll love the book and it's available soon from all good book shops.

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Hello and welcome back to Ctrl-Oct delete. This is part one of a replay episode from 2021 with the amazing Mel Robbins.

She's one of the world's most booked motivational speakers and international best healing author, whose work includes the global phenomenon, the five second rule.

If you've not heard of that, go and check it out. I think it's a TED talk or definitely on YouTube somewhere.

And in this episode, we discuss her book, The High Five Habit, a simple yet profound tool like the five second rule that changes your attitude and helps you combat self doubt.

So I hope you enjoy it. This is part one and make sure we check out part two as well.

I'm beyond thrilled to have Mel Robbins on the podcast. Thank you so much for doing this.

Oh my gosh. I am a huge fan of yours and you don't know this, but we share something very intimate in common. Do you want to guess it's a very important thing that we share something recent that happened to you.

Got married. Yes, we have the same wedding day. Oh my god. That's amazing. Yes, and I married a man named Christopher Robbins. He went to high school in the UK and our 25th wedding anniversary was this year on August 24th.

That is super cool. I love that. And hearing stories of anyone that's been married a long time is really inspiring and nice to hear because I'm aiming for that.

So that's awesome. Thank you. You're welcome. I asked you, where did you get those yellow shoes that you were in your wedding day? I literally when I saw your gorgeous dress, I zoomed in on the yellow shoes.

So they're then Monolos that my friends that sent me the link and said, you should get these. They're amazing. And I got all these comments saying, oh my god, the shoes, the shoes. And I thought, why is everyone going so mental for these shoes? I can know they're nice, but they were the ones that carry Bradshaw war when she got married.

Oh, is that right?

In a fictional sense, but very Bradshaw, you rock those things. I saw them because I'm like, they look amazing on you. So I love, love, love, just everything about you.

Thank you. Thank you. You too, you too. And yeah, a lot of my, a lot of people in my family are also just with you. So they're texting me today saying, you know, I'm very jealous. So I wanted to kick off just before we dive into the high five habit, which I read the other day. I felt very lucky to have an early copy.

It was, I literally went and had to have quiet time while I read it because I knew my mind was about to be blown. But would you first describe just for anyone listening who hasn't yet come to your work.

How you got here because you had such a big career change, you weren't doing this forever. Could you explain that moment and what led you to this point.

Yeah, you know, I'm kind of your classic 10 year overnight sensation right behind everybody that you stumble into and go, how have I not heard of this person.

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