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The Mel Robbins Podcast

This Teen Cracked the Code on Anxiety and Teaches You How He Did It

The Mel Robbins Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts

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

4.810.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Are you tired of feeling anxious? Want to know a simple way to boost your confidence? Do you need better boundaries with your family? Buckling under the pressure of college applications, a job search, or other big life decisions? Listeners from around the world have been writing in about these issues, asking specifically for both Mel’s advice and her 18-year-old son Oakley’s young adult perspective. This is a fantastic conversation to listen to as a family. It will give you amazing insight into issues you may be facing as well as eye-opening honesty about how the young adults in your life are thinking about these topics. In this conversation, Mel and Oakley discuss topics like: How to properly support someone you love with anxiety When to know if it’s time to break up with someone If it’s possible to stay friends with an ex How to create boundaries with your family When you should be worried someone is spending too much time alone A really interesting take on gaming Handling the pressure of college applications, divorce, job search, or finding your purpose How to talk to your kid about alcohol: surprising boundaries you can use to protect the ones you love What to do to get someone talking when they are not talking to you Specific advice on building confidence as a young adult Mistakes divorcing parents make How to have a tough conversation with your parents Calming words for someone going through a hard time A short visualization exercise to calm anxiety A fun and free way to get closer to your family A young adult perspective on hazing and bullying and why you should always get your parents involved Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr My book! The High 5 Habit here:https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt Follow me: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GP Linkedin: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB TikTok: https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v Sign up for my newsletter: https://bit.ly/46PVnPs Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast. Disclaimer

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:08.1

Thank you so much for being here.

0:10.0

I'm Mel, and today I'm really excited because I'm not alone I'm here with one of my

0:13.9

favorite people somebody that I love our 18 year old son Oakley yeah it's me guys. You know I'm laughing because I know that we're going to have a lot of fun and I'm also

0:28.6

excited because our audience loves you.

0:33.0

And I love you guys.

0:35.0

And in case you're brand new to the Mel Robbins podcast, I just want to take a minute and welcome you

0:40.0

and also explain a little bit of background.

0:43.0

Oakley is our 18 year old son.

0:45.6

He is the youngest of three.

0:47.0

He's a senior in high school.

0:48.4

Just applied to college.

0:50.0

It was great.

0:50.8

Ladies and gentlemen.

0:51.8

Finish my applications. Like, I've done what I need to do.

0:55.0

It's great.

0:56.0

Congratulations on getting all of that done.

0:59.4

And in case you're new, every time Oakley has been on the podcast, we get bombarded with questions

1:07.7

in our inbox directed to Oakley from listeners around the world.

1:12.3

And the thing that's always really kind of

1:14.2

surprise me is that it's from listeners of all ages. So in this stack of

1:19.0

questions I've got questions from high schoolers from kids in college from

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