Oprah and Mel Robbins on How to Calm Anxiety

The Oprah Podcast

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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BUY THE BOOK! "The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About" by Mel Robbins, published by Hay House LLC is available wherever books and audio books are sold: https://www.melrobbins.com/letthemtheory https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-let-them-theory/id6532590423 Mel Robbins is a global podcasting sensation and the bestselling author of “The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About.” Mel joins Oprah on “The Oprah Podcast” to discuss what feels like the overwhelming emotion of our times: anxiety. Mel offers practical, effective tools and strategies—based on science and her own personal experience—to help ground your anxious thoughts and keep you connected to your capability. She answers questions from listeners about their own feelings of anxiety. Advertisement Disclaimer: Please see Indications and Safety Summary with Warnings for Zepbound® (tirzepatide) at zepbound.lilly.com/risk Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprah/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. Thanks for joining me on the Oprah podcast. I'm back with Mel Robbins.
0:06.0	Oprah Winfrey. And we're talking about something that I know impacts so many of you, millions actually, and some people very close to me as well. Anxiety.
0:17.2	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Mel Robbins is a force.
0:23.7	Her latest book, The Let Them Theory, spent 15 weeks on top of the New York Times bestseller list and is being translated into 51 languages.
0:33.7	Mel be dropping gems and I'm like, ah!
0:36.4	Her podcast is followed by millions
0:38.4	and often lands in the number one spot.
0:41.6	When I started my own podcast, Mel Robbins, was one of the first people I call.
0:46.2	You're never stuck.
0:47.2	Never, ever, ever, ever stuck.
0:49.7	Mel is back to talk about what feels like the overwhelming emotion of our times, anxiety.
0:56.7	I want you to never say I have anxiety, ever.
1:00.0	We will unpack what anxiety actually is.
1:03.6	All anxiety is separation anxiety.
1:06.0	Answer your questions.
1:07.2	What tools does the next generation need to cope with anxiety?
1:11.6	How do you let go of your anxiety and still keep your edge?
1:15.7	And hopefully give you the tools to calm some of those runaway thoughts.
1:20.5	I am a woman who has struggled profoundly with anxiety and because I didn't get control of it,
1:25.7	I actually made my daughter's anxiety worse.
1:28.3	As Mel says, how to stay connected to your capability.
1:32.1	And the decision that changed my life was the decision to get out of bed that morning.
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