If You’re Feeling Uncertain & Anxious, You Need to Hear This | Dr. Julie on The Mel Robbins Podcast

You're not alone. (instrumental music plays) There's nothing wrong with you just for having a hard time in life, 'cause life is hard. This white rice represents the population of the world, okay? So one in four people will experience a mental health problem at some point this year, right? And the wild rice represents that one in four. But when you mix them up like that, you realize even if you just take one little pinch of people, so let's say that's the people in your life, even if you're lucky enough not to be struggling at this moment, the chances are you're gonna be brushing shoulders with someone who is.

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So you are never alone when you're struggling. Someone else will be dealing with something. There is such power in being able to recognize that what you're experiencing is a normal human experience.

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Even when you feel like you're the only one experiencing it at that moment, you don't have to judge yourself as not being enough or not getting this thing called life correct or right. When you're really struggling, the best thing you could possibly do is... (clock ticks)

This is wild. We are so close to hitting four million subscribers on The Mel Robbins Podcast. That number isn't just a milestone, it's a sign of how many of you show up every week ready to learn, grow, and take action. So if you've been listening and watching for a while and you haven't hit that subscribe button yet, now's the time. It's free, it helps us reach even more people, and I promise to keep making this show better for you every single week. Hey, it's your friend Mel, welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so thrilled to be here with you today, and it's always an honor, always, to spend time with you, to be together. If you're a new listener, I also wanna take a moment and personally welcome you to The Mel Robbins Podcast family. And because you made the time and you decided to hit play on this particular episode, here's what I know about you. You're the kind of person who values your time and you're also someone who is committed to learning how to become the best version of yourself and getting better at navigating life's ups and downs, and we could all get better at that, myself included. And if you chose to listen to this because someone shared this with you, I think it's an important thing that I want to acknowledge and point out to you. It's really cool that you have people in your life that care enough about you to send this to you, and they sent this to you because they want you to have the experience of learning from the amazing Dr. Julie Smith, and they want you to have the toolkit that she's gonna share with you, and I personally could not be more excited to have Dr. Julie in person today. She is a world-renowned clinical psychologist, a best-selling author of the mega blockbuster bestseller, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?, which has spent 109 weeks on the UK Sunday Times bestseller list. She has impacted millions of lives with the content she shares online, and now she's taken all of that wisdom and poured it into her new bestselling book, Open When. It's a book that you open when things are going wrong. It's a toolkit for life that will help you handle the ups, the downs, and everything in between, because when life feels chaotic, you deserve clarity. When emotions feel overwhelming, you deserve tools that work. And when you feel stuck, you deserve a way forward, and today you're gonna get it. So without further ado, please help me welcome the incredible Dr. Julie Smith to The Mel Robbins Podcast. Julie Smith is in the house, welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast.