Mel Robbins Revisited: From The High 5 Habit to The Let Them Theory
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode, we're revisiting a powerful conversation that aired back in 2021 — one that's just as relevant today as it was then. Mel Robbins has continued to inspire millions with her practical, science-backed approach to behavior change and personal growth. Since our last chat, she's released a brand-new bestseller, The Let Them Theory, which builds beautifully on the ideas we explored together in this earlier episode.
Whether you're new to Mel's work or a longtime fan, this replay captures timeless insights into managing anxiety, regulating your nervous system, and finding your creative flow — lessons that feel even more essential in today's fast-paced, always-on world.
Mel is a global thought leader, an international bestselling author of The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule, and one of the most trusted voices in personal development. Her TEDx talk, "How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over", has reached over 30 million viewers worldwide.
In this conversation, we explore how anxiety and overwhelm affect creativity and productivity — and how small, consistent actions can help you reset your nervous system, quiet fear, and get back to meaningful work.
Some highlights we explore:
- Why understanding your nervous system is key to unlocking focus and creativity.
- Mel's practical tools for beating overwhelm and reigniting motivation when you're stuck.
- How The High 5 Habit laid the groundwork for her new philosophy in The Let Them Theory.
- Simple daily practices — from mindfulness to micro-goals — that build momentum and self-trust.
- Why now might be the best time ever to create, even when the world feels uncertain.
This episode is a reminder that growth doesn't come from control — it comes from courage, consistency, and letting go. If you've been navigating stress, self-doubt, or creative fatigue, Mel's wisdom will help you reset and reimagine what's possible.
Enjoy the revisit!
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| 0:00.0 | discovering what's meant for you next is an energy thing. And so I just pay attention to what I'm |
| 0:08.8 | drawn toward. If the energy around something, whether it's a person or it is an opportunity |
| 0:16.3 | or it is anything in business is expansive, might be scary, might be intense, but if it's expansive, |
| 0:25.1 | it feels like there's growth there, I lean towards it. If the energy around something feels |
| 0:31.2 | very depleting or shrinking or constrictive, I step away from it. And so I have for the last decade, |
| 0:42.1 | I have leaned toward things that feel like growth. I have said no to things that start to make |
| 0:47.9 | me feel constricted. Today's episode is brought to you by my latest book, Never Play It Safe. |
| 0:57.9 | It is the one-year anniversary. |
| 1:00.5 | Starting this week, it's the one-year anniversary of launching Never Play It Safe, |
| 1:04.5 | which was an instant national bestseller. |
| 1:06.9 | If you are not familiar with my latest book, please check it out. |
| 1:10.6 | I put, gosh, I would say, 3.75 years of my heartfelt earnest attention in creating this book. |
| 1:20.5 | Robert Green, the best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power and other book, said the following. |
| 1:25.3 | Whoever tells you that safe path is the better path |
| 1:28.9 | doesn't understand how life works. Fortunately, Chase Jarvis gets it right and never play it safe |
| 1:34.6 | serves as a radically simple blueprint to reclaim our creativity and personal power. Again, if you |
| 1:41.9 | are interested in examining your life and where playing it safe has done |
| 1:45.9 | you wrong and that you realize now that maybe that's the riskiest move you can make, if you're |
| 1:50.5 | curious of how to break free from the toxic voices in your head that are holding you back, |
| 1:54.9 | maybe that hidden attention hijacker that silently disrupts your dreams, this book is for you. Again, I just realized |
| 2:04.4 | here on the one year anniversary. This is sometimes happens at Amazon. It is 49% off the |
| 2:11.5 | hardcover price. So please go check it out. If you're new to the book, haven't picked up a copy |
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