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

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