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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The Best Years of Your Life Are Ahead of You: A No BS Approach to Feeling Stuck

The Mel Robbins Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts

Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

You know what you want and how to start. But you never make progress. Here’s my wake up call for you today: What’s holding you back is never what you think. Today I am coaching a woman who says: I can’t make myself do what I need to do. I feel like I’m in quicksand. Every time I try to move…I sink. She has: -put on an extra 30 pounds -left her relationship with herself in the gutter -no longer does the things that make her happy -broken promises to herself time and again I bet you can relate. This is a must-listen if you want to: be healthier… go back to school.. find your dream home… make new friends… go for that promotion… write a book… land your dream job… But you just can’t make yourself take the actions you need to take. Stop frustrating yourself by trying to solve the wrong problem. Your dreams matter. Today you’re learning where to find the right solution. Pull up a seat for a conversation with a listener like you as we uncover what’s really holding her back. Xo Mel In this episode, you’ll learn: 2:15: This metaphor will help you understand why you’re stuck. 6:00: I bet you can relate to Ricki’s story. 8:15: The bad news that made Ricki’s face drop. 11:30: Here’s why you don’t believe your life will get better. 13:30: What happened to you earlier in your life that broke you? 18:15: Maybe you resist a part of your life because it links to something painful. 21:30: When acute grief turns into chronic, underlying grief. 31:00: You can’t invite love, joy, and connection, if you’re closed to it. 33:15: I get where Ricki is, because I used to close myself off in the same way. 39:30: Here’s my assignment for Ricki that I know she needs to do. 41:00: Give yourself permission to be happy again by connecting to this. 45:00: Here’s why I truly believe the best years of your life are ahead. 46:30: Ricki recorded an incredible update for you and me. Disclaimer

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.

0:04.4

I'm so glad that you joined me today because I'm going to prove to you today that anywhere

0:13.0

in your life that you have a problem or you're stuck or you're struggling or you just can't

0:18.4

get the results that you want, I guarantee you you're working on the wrong problem.

0:23.5

You're attacking it all wrong.

0:25.6

But there is something deeper that you're not seeing.

0:29.2

It's below the surface.

0:31.2

And today I got my shovel.

0:33.2

We are going to dig deep and we are going to get to the root of the problem.

0:38.4

I have been doing this now for a decade.

0:40.8

You guys write to me from around the world and I read everything that you submit to Mel

0:45.3

Robbins.com and I've noticed something in the last decade since I've been coaching people.

0:52.1

Everybody is working on the wrong problem.

0:54.6

You can't even see it.

0:56.5

And one of the things that I am able to do is I can listen to you for just a little bit

1:01.2

and boom, laser right in to the root of it.

1:04.9

And so we're going to get to the root of your problem today.

1:10.1

And here's how we're going to do it.

1:11.1

I'm going to bring in a metaphor.

1:13.1

And the metaphor is gardening.

1:14.5

I love gardening, by the way.

1:16.0

It is one of my favorite hobbies.

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