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8 Habits That Will Change Your Life: The Expert Advice You Need This Year

2024-12-30 People & Blogs
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Order your copy of The Let Them Theory 👉 https://melrob.co/let-them-theory 👈 The #1 Best Selling Book of 2025 🔥 Discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words. Let Them. — In this episode, you’re getting the best of the best of The Mel Robbins Podcast. This year, Mel released 115 episodes of the podcast, and featured 43 experts who shared their transformative insights on health, relationships, mindset, and more. Together, this adds up to thousands of takeaways. Because your time is valuable, Mel is giving you a gift today: She and her team crunched the data, reviewed hundreds of hours of content, analyzed listener feedback, and pinpointed the moments you shared, replayed, and wrote about—the moments that changed your life. The result? The 8 most impactful moments of the entire year. So in this episode, Mel is teeing up these moments to you one at a time, playing for you the best takeaways of the year. You’ll hear 8 small pieces of expert advice that are packed with science, stories, and actionable strategies that will help you take action and make change, starting today. What should you listen to next? You’ll love the full podcast episodes with each of the experts featured today: &list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Tara Swart: https://youtu.be/Uzt-Woc3CVk?si=x5sSDqp4UgcY85HM&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Aditi Nerurkar: https://youtu.be/Rl5Y9Eem3tc?si=EAoET6Bv2EvlGVD7&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Mary Claire Haver: https://youtu.be/ReFZ__ZeSEQ?si=K1JraqCOheZH-s9hist=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Wendy Suzuki: https://youtu.be/izWRm4-52l4?si=J6V9HyZy8IdDpSeg&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Chris Palmer: https://youtu.be/-xg5-HF4ehU?si=PsrPUVb6oEp2CqKh&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Sarah Jakes Roberts: https://youtu.be/M98E87vhM_c?si=QACvXjBa-81-KIC9&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Robert Waldinger: https://youtu.be/5jnEizYzQl0?si=2Kg-MUN7XzXSM6VV&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g Dr. Zach Bush: https://youtu.be/xSDQWuTqDFQ?si=NGfwLQRfd2r06N-G&list=UUk2U-Oqn7RXf-ydPqfSxG5g For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page: https://www.melrobbins.com/podcasts/episode-248 Follow The Mel Robbins Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themelrobbinspodcast I’m just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll see you in the next episode. In this episode: 0:00 Introduction 4:03 The connection between chronic stress and weight gain 8:29 Stress is contagious, here’s how to stop others from stressing you out 16:07 The biggest productivity myth that’s damaging your brain health 20:38 A leading doctor’s secret to resetting your body and mind 25:03 This advice made the most popular Mel Robbins Podcast episode ever. 31:45 What you need to know about alcohol, sleep, and exercise during menopause 45:03 How the Brain Energy Protocol can heal your mind and body 51:15 The ketogenic diet - what it is and how it could transform your health forever 1:01:41 How to forgive yourself from past mistakes and move forward with life 1:07:26 What do you want to define you? It might not be what you expect 1:10:56 The 2 biggest regrets people have at the end of their lives 1:17:43 The most important step in creating a better life is this — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@melrobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com​ — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins​?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah

Top Comments (10)

@PoetOnTheRun 2024-12-30

Mel, you are going to help this 51 year-old mom make 2025 her most honest, gratifying, loving year ever🎉🙏❤️ Thank you for all your wisdom.

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@Lightbulb328 2024-12-30

I found out about Mel's podcast only about 3 weeks ago or so, & within that time, I've mentioned her name at two holiday gatherings, just sent my friend a text about Mel today, finished the "Let Them" Audible book, & her name is a constant when I'm talking to my hubby. He knows about Let Them, & we mention when we use it on each other. 🎉🎉🎉

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@AlondraMichel28 2024-12-30

The ADHD episode with Dr. Gabor really made me wake up something in me and my entire life made so much sense 🥺 Thank you for your tremendous gift, Mel 🫶🏼

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@ahmedboushahri9816 2024-12-30

Mel I love you, you are the best thing that happened in my life, you so genuine and real that you reach out to my heart, I hope you stay that way forever, no matter how rich you will become. Thank you Mel I wish you a wonderful year ahead. Love you always ❤❤.

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@aimeeclark228 2024-12-31

Mel…. Thank you…. Mel…. I lost my mom, to Frontal lobe dementia, she died at 62, 14 years ago… it changed me, forever.. I am an only child… I have lived differently, since she passed, I appreciate everything… and I live like you shared at the end of this video.. also I love your videos, and dream of meeting you one day! I live in western MA! I love VT.. so beautiful! Thank you for all you do, you are truly amazing, and a blessing.. here’s to an amazing 2025!👍🙏🤗❤️💕

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@thecatknowsall 2024-12-30

Holy smokes! I watched this straight through on regular speed. What a gift. I will be rewatching after work today.

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@ToxicFoxyMG 2025-01-01

The stress thing is completely true. I have a new person that started on my team that is a very high anxiety, nervous, paranoid, talks super fast person. Just hearing him talk in a meeting or being around him seems to suddenly raise my stress. And if I have to socialize with him it makes it so much worse. And the job isn't stressful at all, it's just the kind of person he is. Really hard to be around that. Also, women's issues like PCOS and Insulin Resistance also cause high cortisol levels, which means weight gain.

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@PennyFarmer-w8g 2024-12-30

Just in this first dialogue, I recall putting my stress on a diet two and a half years ago, because I could not figure out anything else that was creating, as stated, a belly. Yup, changed what I was doing at work, started some calm stretch and breathing exercises and sure enough, got that belly under control. Of course, I still really have to pay attention to my stress levels, because at 66 years young, it takes no time at all to head for my belly. I normally weigh 125 to 126 and am 5'7", small frame and work on my feet all day, so I can really tell when my belly says, 'Hey', what's going on up in your brain(mind). Thank you for somebody taking time to tell the rest of the world.

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@darnitthelma4247 2024-12-30

I’m so low. Broken my shoulder in October and although I was positive I’d recover, I miss the active happy gym bunny I was. Then I got a virus Christmas Day & have felt blah ever since. I feel old & tired. I’m 43 but don’t feel like me anymore. I can’t lift weights which helps me destress therefore am not the happy mum/wife who is strong and productive 😢I’ve lost me. Hope 2025 is better ❤❤❤❤

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@InspireChangeToday2025 2025-12-27

"I honestly think 'Let Them' might be the two most liberating words in the English language. Mel, this concept is the antidote to anxiety I didn't know I needed. 🤯 We exhaust so much emotional energy trying to 'storyboard' other people's lives or force them to meet our expectations, thinking we are helping or saving the relationship. But you’re right—dropping the rope doesn't mean we don't care; it means we respect reality more than our fantasies. Realizing that people reveal who they truly are when we stop trying to manage them is such a powerful, albeit scary, truth. It shifts us from a state of constant control to a state of observation and peace. Question for the community: While applying the 'Let Them' theory, where do you find the hardest battleground? Is it harder to let go of control with romantic partners or with family members? I feel like family is the final boss level of this! 👇"

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