Hi guys. I'm currently on my book tour, so I'm playing you some of my favorite episodes from the past.

I will be back soon with a brand new live episode. Until then.

I am thrilled to be here today with Mel Robbins. And I'm so excited to talk about your new book and this theory because it's already

going super viral.

You guys have probably seen it on TikTok already.

So before we dig into the Let Them Theory, for people in my community who don't know, tell

us a little bit about how you got your career

started. Oh, okay. It's so interesting and it's so important. Okay. Well, boy, I basically

learned everything that I do today by screwing up my life. So I found myself at 41, $800,000 in debt with three kids under the age of 10.

And I got to a point in my life where I didn't recognize myself.

And I was having trouble just doing the simple thing, opening up bills, telling my friends and my family what was actually

happening. I had trouble, like, controlling my drinking. I was constantly screaming at my husband.

He had gone into the restaurant business and it was failing. I lost my job. And I couldn't get out

of bed in the morning. And it's like the simplest things felt impossible to do. And it was during

this period of my life because I could see that everything

that I cared about was literally slipping down the drain. And yet I couldn't seem to make myself

look for a job or be nice to my husband. And I think we've all been in these moments where we know

what to do, but we're either too scared or we're procrastinating or we're overwhelmed

or I think even bigger, you actually convince yourself that there's no hope or that this little

stuff is not going to make a difference. And so I discovered this little hack during this period of my life,

if I'm being honest, while I was kind of drunk on bourbon. I got this inspiration that,

oh gosh, you know, if I'm having trouble getting out of bed in the morning, and if I lay there and my

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