Revisited: The First Steps To Reducing Your Anxiety with Author Mel Robbins

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Happy New Year from Team Simon! We’re so excited to bring you more new episodes of A Bit of Optimism when we return on January 27, 2026. With your support, we’ll make 2026 an incredible year together. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes from last year. We kicked off 2025 with a guest most podcast enthusiasts probably have heard of—Mel Robbins. This insightful conversation answers an important question: how do we push through the days where life can feel overwhelming? Especially when we're too drained to even get out of bed. For Mel Robbins, facing this very question turned her life around. Struggling with $800,000 in debt and at rock bottom, she became obsessed with finding practical ways to regain control. Fast forward to today, and Mel is a bestselling author and podcast host who has helped millions transform their lives. In her latest book, The Let Them Theory, she reveals how shedding the weight of others' expectations can help us live more authentically. Simon sat down with Mel to dive into how we can take action when we're emotionally spent, why our need for control ties us to other people's opinions, and how giving others the freedom to be themselves allows us to align with our true values. This… is A Bit of Optimism. --------------------------- For more on Mel and her work, check out: https://www.melrobbins.com/podcast and her book: https://www.melrobbins.com/letthemtheory

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0:00.0	If your friends don't invite you out this weekend, let them.
0:03.0	If the person you're dating doesn't want a commitment, let them.
0:06.0	If your kids don't want to go to the flea market with you this weekend, let them.
0:10.0	Stop worrying about managing and stressing about other people.
0:14.0	Stop forcing them to change.
0:16.0	Let people be who they are because they are revealing themselves to you and they're revealing
0:22.2	their priorities and what matters to you. And then you get to choose. You get to choose
0:27.6	how to respond. And that's where your power is.
0:30.1	I love the way you speak. I've been captivated this entire time, taking in every word,
0:36.5	not agreeing with all of them, but taking them in.
0:39.3	Let them.
0:40.3	Let them.
0:41.3	I don't care.
0:43.3	Control Freaks? Breathe easy.
0:45.3	Mel Robbins is here.
0:47.3	And she's clearing a space to help us let go of our anxiety and help all of us live our best lives.
0:55.0	Mel has one of the most popular podcasts in the world, and she has a new book called The Let Them
1:00.8	Theory, which is profound in the impact it's having in people's lives.
1:06.0	Mel is a force of nature and one of my favorite guests that I've ever had on the podcast. This is a bit of
1:13.5	optimism.
1:19.6	So one of the things that you and I have in common is that it's amazing that we're still around.
1:29.6	Who the hell are you calling old son?
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