Episode #016: Super Charge Your Life in 5-4-3-2-1 w/ Mel Robbins

5 seconds is all it takes to drastically change your life. Seriously. Speaker, CNN contributor, and best-selling author, Mel Robbins, sits down with Lisa and Cassey to talk anxiety, her history with panic attacks, and easy ways to start forming better habits. Mel also dishes on the science how we actually make decisions and shares her famous 5 Second Rule. TOPICS Mel's many accomplishments [00:41] Why it's important to talk about anxiety [01:54] How Mel's anxiety turned into full blown panic attacks [03:45] Physical manifestations of anxiety and panic attacks [05:10] Why Mel didn't want to take medication for her anxiety [08:52] Can you use the 5 second rule to cure anxiety? [11:07] How to separate your habits from your identity [13:10] Why women's brains allow them to have better decision making skills [14:15] Can Cassey use the 5 second rule to overcome her hesitations at the gym? [16:00] How Mel discovered the 5 second rule [16:57] Using 5 second decisions to completely change your life [20:00] Mel let's the 5 second rule slip at the end of her TEDx talk [23:57] Why "Just Do It" is the most powerful tagline in the world [25:02] Counting down, not up, is the key! [26:05] Stop waiting to feel motivated to exercise [27:18] Why paired information is hard to rewire in your brain [29:49] How to change your emotional eating habits [32:29] Using rewards to recode your habits [34:01] External stress triggers [37:22] Don't take the bait [39:33] Why our phones are making us self-absorbed [41:51] Taking snarky conversations off texting [44:46] Processing emotions outloud [50:23] Using excitement to reframe anxiety [51:45] ADD/ADHD manifests differently in men and women [55:17]

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Episode #016: Super Charge Your Life in 5-4-3-2-1 w/ Mel Robbins is an episode from The Sheroic Podcast by Cassey Ho & Lisa Bilyeu.

This episode is 01:03:57 long.

This episode was published on Sep 20, 2017.

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