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The Mel Robbins PodcastSteps You Need to Protect Your ENERGY and Create a Positive Life | The Mel Robbins Podcast
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- April 3, 2023
- Duration
- 42m
- Channel
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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’ll learn how to deal with other people’s #toxic moods and bad behavior. Plus you’ll get strategies to help you dial up your own #positive #energy. You will always have negative people and situations in your life, but you don’t have to let them drain your life force. This episode is packed with six super easy science-backed strategies that will help you create an impenetrable force field against bad energy while you send your good vibes back out. Xo Mel In this episode, you'll learn: 00:00 Intro 02:41 Jumping right in with Veronica’s question about emails that ruin her day. 04:10 You probably have your own stories of entitlement like this one. 07:05 This technique I use when somebody’s mood is getting all over me. 10:12 The “ snow globe” works best when you’re getting attitude. 13:37 I know this about people when they explode into a tantrum. 16:28 Science explains why our bodies stress when we’re around bad moods. 18:32 Work in a toxic environment? You have these two choices. 23:54 Dealing with a curmudgeon? I got you. Use the law of reciprocity. 25:22 Here’s how I melted the ice when I became a legal analyst with CNN. 32:33 Gossip is bad for your brain and body. Here’s why. 33:30 Here’s the #1 strategy to stop your gossip today. 35:40 Once you see triangulation, you’ll look at your relationships differently. 38:42 This one simple strategy can brighten someone’s day right now. — 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
SPEAKERS
Mel Robbins
hostVeronica
guestKay
guestCeleste
guest
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, featuring Mel Robbins and Veronica, Steps You Need to Protect Your ENERGY and Create a Positive Life | The Mel Robbins Podcast explores Protect Your Energy: Boundaries, Gossip Detox, And Contagious Positivity Explained Mel Robbins explains how to protect your emotional energy from other people’s moods, especially at work, and how to stay a positive force regardless of what’s happening around you. She introduces practical tools like 4-7-8 breathing and the “snow globe” visualization to prevent others’ stress and entitlement from sticking to you. Robbins differentiates between entitled jerks and emotionally immature tantrum-throwers, outlines how to call out bad behavior or escalate it appropriately, and shows how intentional compliments leverage reciprocity to soften curmudgeons. She closes by addressing the toxicity of gossip, offering a simple rule to stop it, and encouraging listeners to “blow bubbles” of kindness and appreciation as a daily practice.
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