If you’ve been feeling exhausted, tired, bloated, anxious, in pain, or just not like yourself, you need to hear today’s episode.

Today, Mel sits down with one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, gastroenterologist Dr. Brennan Spiegel, to uncover the overlooked, invisible force that’s having a shocking impact on your energy, strength, gut health, mood, and every single cell in your body – even how fast your body ages.  

Whether you’re dealing with fatigue, back pain, swelling, digestion issues, or a heaviness in your body that you can’t shake, Dr. Spiegel says these are all signs you shouldn’t ignore.  

Dr. Spiegel is a gastroenterologist and the director of Health Services Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of the leading medical centers in the United States. He is also a professor of medicine and public health at UCLA. 

He trained at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA, and is a pioneering researcher in the areas of gut health, the usage of AI in medicine, and tools that help patients with pain, anxiety, and chronic illness. 

He’s the founding editor of the Journal of Medical Extended Reality and he served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. 

Dr. Spiegel has published more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers, his research has been cited 30,000 times, and he is the author of Pull: How Gravity Shapes Your Body, Steadies the Mind, and Guides Our Health.

What Dr. Spiegel reveals will challenge the way you think about your body and, more importantly, give you a completely new, practical way to start feeling better immediately. And it may give you the words and the insight you’ve been missing to help your aging parents and other loved ones finally start feeling better, too.  

By the end of this episode, you’ll understand:

-Why a “bendy” pinky might be a clue to what’s going on in your gut

-10 foods that boost serotonin production in your body

-The most effective treatment for IBS - and it’s probably not what you’ve tried

-A quick way to notice how the force of gravity is showing up in your body

-How to make yourself taller in just a few minutes

-Why standing on one leg is linked to a longer life

-How a weighted vest can change your posture almost immediately

-A surprising reason rollercoasters feel unbearable for some people

-What “gravity management” looks like in real life 

-One small habit that can improve how your body handles gravity

Dr. Spiegel says the powerful, invisible force shaping every moment of your life is one you can learn to work with – and he’ll show you how.  

This is one of those conversations that will change how you see your body, your health, and what it means to be fully alive.

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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Change Your Body & Your Life in 1 Month: 4 Small Habits That Actually Work.  

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This episode will help you hit reset on the rest of your year and make your life feel like yours again.

In today’s personal solo episode, Mel will help you pause, reconnect with yourself, and ask you two powerful questions that can change how you experience the rest of the year.

Because somehow, the year is already almost halfway over. And if you’re like most people, you’ve been moving so fast that you haven’t stopped to recognize the hard things you’ve gotten through and the progress you’ve made. 

If you’ve felt like:

 …your life feels like one long to-do list

 …you’re tired, flat, or stuck in the same routine

 …you need something to look forward to, but don’t even know what that is anymore

This episode is your mid-year reset.

It’s also a hilarious and intimate catch-up with Mel after 56 days on tour. She answers these questions alongside you and shares never-before-heard, behind-the-scenes stories from the road.

Then Mel walks you through two simple questions that will help you pause, take stock of your life, and reconnect with parts of yourself you may have forgotten:

These questions force you to stop and give yourself credit for the hard things you got through and the ways you keep showing up even when nobody sees it.

They also remind you that life is not just about work, bills, errands, caregiving, laundry, and getting through the day.

Life is meant to be lived.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

- Stop measuring your life only by what you haven’t done

- Give yourself credit for the progress you keep overlooking

- Recognize the hard things you’ve already made it through

- Break out of autopilot and the same old routine

- Understand why having something to look forward to matters so much

- Create more energy, novelty, anticipation, and joy

- Put something on the calendar that gives your mind somewhere good to go

This episode will help you stop, take a breath, give yourself credit, and create something to look forward to - because if you change nothing, nothing changes.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.  

If you liked the episode, check out this one next with Dr. Tali Sharot: How To Make Your Life Exciting Again

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In today’s episode, a former secret service agent shares exactly how to read body language, handle difficult people, and know when someone is lying.

You’ll also learn psychological tricks to spot manipulation, master your emotions, gain respect, and get what you want without being pulled into other people’s drama.

Today, Mel is bringing back one of the most tactical and empowering conversations ever on The Mel Robbins Podcast, with a brand new introduction and new insights for right now.

Her guest is Evy Poumpouras, a former secret service agent who has protected 5 former U.S presidents. 

She is a “human lie detector” who has been specially trained in the art of lie detection, human behavior, and cognitive influence. 

And today, she is giving you a masterclass of all of her best secrets from over 3 decades of training and experience.

Evy’s extensive and decorated career includes operating undercover, complex criminal investigations, and working as an interrogator for the Secret Service’s elite polygraph unit.

And in this special episode, she’s here to arm you with information, tools, and strategies so you can read people more clearly, communicate with confidence, and know what to do next.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-How to read someone in the first few minutes

-How to stay in control when someone is trying to bait you

-The body language cue that shows someone wants out of a conversation

-Why eye contact is not the lie detector people think it is

-How to spot when someone’s words and actions don’t match

-How to stay grounded when someone is trying to pull you into their chaos

-Why the most manipulative people in your life may be the ones closest to you

People are always showing you who they are. This episode teaches you how to stop missing it.

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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Communicate with Confidence: The Blueprint for Mastering Every Conversation

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Life is hard. Stress is inevitable – whether it’s from things in your daily life or coming from the world around you. 

But even when things feel overwhelming, there’s always something you can do. 

In this conversation, Dr. Tara Narula, a board-certified cardiologist and stress expert, reveals the research-backed tools that will help you dial down your stress, train your nervous system to work for you, and feel calmer, stronger, and more in control – even when the world around you feels overwhelming. 

This conversation will change the way you think about resilience. It’s not about pretending everything is fine, or “bouncing back” like nothing happened. 

It’s about learning how to adapt to change, turn off stress, calm the worried voice inside, and access the inner strength that’s waiting for you to find it. 

Dr. Narula explains why you can handle the challenges you’re up against – and how small, simple shifts can help you stop overthinking, rewire your mind, and find moments of hope, joy, meaning, and purpose when you need them most. 

In this episode, you’ll learn: 

-Dr. Narula’s 8-part resilience blueprint for handling life when it gets hard 

-How to turn off stress before it takes over your body 

-Why resilience is a skill you can build like a muscle 

-How to protect yourself from caregiver burnout 

-How to find hope when everything feels uncertain 

If life feels heavy right now, this conversation will give you the tools, clarity, and steady reminder you need:  

You are stronger than you think, and you can handle whatever comes next. 

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.   

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Overloaded, Exhausted, & Ready for a Reset: 3 Doctors Give Their Best Advice

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When was the last time you thought about something you wish you'd done differently? 

A relationship you let drift apart. A mistake you wish you could take back. A conversation you keep putting off. A decision that you now realize was the wrong one. 

You’re not alone. Regret is actually one of the most common emotions people experience – and it’s the most misunderstood. 

That’s why Mel invited Daniel Pink, one of the most influential thinkers and authors of our time, to share the findings of his World Regret Survey, the largest study of human regret ever conducted, analyzing more than 26,000 regrets from people across 134 countries. 

After analyzing regrets from all around the world, his research has found that there are 4 core types of regrets, and based on what kind of regret you're dealing with, there are specific strategies that you can use to process it, learn from it, and move forward. 

You’re also going to be inspired to take action after hearing what other people regret the most, so you can live in a way that will avoid these regrets for yourself. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-The 4 types of regret and how to recognize yours

-The one type of regret that shows up more than any other

-Why the things you didn't do will haunt you far more than the things you did, and what that tells you to go do today

-Daniel's 3-step reset to stop repeating the same patterns and start moving forward

-One simple move you can make today to stop repeating the same regret pattern

This is not a conversation about the past. It's a conversation about what you do next.

Because after studying 26,000 regrets, the answer is clear:

You can't change what happened. You can change what happens next.

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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: This One Study Will Change How You Think About Your Entire Life: The Cornell Legacy Project

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If you’re exhausted from always putting everyone else first, people-pleasing, and struggling with anxiety, this conversation is going to change how you see yourself. 

And if you've ever felt invisible in your own family, like your needs didn't matter, or if nothing you did was ever enough, this episode will finally connect the dots for you as an adult. 

Today on the podcast, renowned therapist and bestselling author Kelly McDaniel explains that many of your patterns stem from a hidden wound from your childhood.  

Her work has helped millions of people finally name an invisible heartbreak they’ve been carrying for decades: Mother Hunger. 

She says Mother Hunger is a primal yearning for a certain quality of love, safety, and guidance that many of us didn’t receive in the way we needed as children, even if our mothers did their best. 

This episode is not about blaming mothers.

It’s about telling the truth, understanding what happened, and learning how to give yourself what you went without, so you can stop proving your worth and start feeling it.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-What Mother Hunger is (and why it can feel like you’re searching for love in the wrong places)

-The 3 core needs every child requires: nurturing, protection/safety, and guidance

-Why women become people-pleasers and emotional “monitors” in their families

-How long-term childhood stress can show up as anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and feeling “never enough”

-Why addiction and disordered eating can become ways to regulate your nervous system because you never felt safe

-Why you can love your mom and still acknowledge: something was missing

-How to start healing by learning to nurture, protect, and guide yourself now

-Signs of an unhealthy mother-daughter relationship and how to recognize them in your own life

-How mothers unknowingly pass down trauma

If you've spent your entire life feeling like something was off in your relationship with your mother, but you could never quite put your finger on it, Kelly is here to say: 

You were right. 

And if you feel guilty for just considering that something might have been off, you need to hear this conversation today. 

Whether you had a mother who tried her best or a childhood you've never been able to make sense of, this episode will give you the truth, the framework, and the first real steps toward healing.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.  

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: You’ll Never See Your Family the Same After This Episode

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If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t have time to take care of myself,” or “this is just part of getting older,” this episode is for you. 

Today, you’re going to learn exactly what to do to start feeling better and getting stronger, with results you'll see and feel in as little as 4 weeks. 

In this episode, renowned orthopedic surgeon and longevity expert Dr. Vonda Wright, MD returns to give you the wakeup call of a lifetime and share her brand new, complete, science-backed protocol to build muscle, strengthen your bones, restore your balance, and reverse the effects of aging, no matter where you're starting from. 

Dr. Wright is a double board-certified orthopedic surgeon and one of the world’s leading experts on mobility, musculoskeletal aging, and longevity. 

She’s also one of your favorite expert guests ever to appear on The Mel Robbins Podcast, which is why Mel invited her back on the show to share all new insights.

Dr. Wright has treated over 100,000 patients and studied thousands more, and she is here to sum up what she has learned: No matter when you start or how small the steps, it’s not too late; your body can rebuild, and you have far more control over how you age than you think.

In just 4 weeks, you will start feeling better. 

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

-The biggest lies you’ve been told about aging (and why they’re holding you back)

-How you can stay fit for life and teach your body to rebuild itself

-The specific most critical windows of your life for healthy aging and the exact steps to take right now to protect your future

-How women silently lose up to 20% of their bone density in the years around perimenopause and what to do to stop it

-Why muscle is your most powerful anti-aging tool and how to build it in just 2 days a week

-What every woman needs to know about bone health, menopause, and strength to become “unbreakable”

-The longevity formula: The 4 simple steps you can start today to feel younger in just weeks

-Why it’s never too late to rebuild strength, balance, and energy (even if you sit all day)

-How to go from 0 to strong: Dr. Wright's protocol is specifically designed for people who feel too tired, too busy, or too far behind to begin

Whether you or someone you love is feeling stiff, tired, or worried about how you’re aging, this episode will change how you think about your body and what’s possible.

If you’re ready to feel stronger, more energized, and more in control of your future, this episode is where you start.

Whether you're 30 and want to get ahead of aging, 45 and in the thick of perimenopause, or 65 and convinced it's too late, this episode will give you a clear, science-backed roadmap to staying strong, mobile, and independent for life. 

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.  

If you liked the episode, you’ll love Dr. Vonda Wright’s first appearance on The Mel Robbins Podcast: Look, Feel, & Stay Young Forever: #1 Orthopedic Surgeon’s Proven Protocol

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If you’ve been feeling lost, overwhelmed, exhausted, or like you’re meant for more but can’t seem to move forward, this episode is for you. 

It’s finally time you get unstuck. 

In today’s solo episode, Mel breaks down the 3 traps that keep you stuck – the hidden patterns that leave you wishing, overthinking, and doubting yourself instead of taking action. 

You’ve been beating yourself up instead of making the moves that could quickly get you out of a rut and onto changing your life for the better. 

That ends today. 

Through questions from your fellow listeners and straight-to-the-point coaching, Mell will show you how to spot the trap you’re in, understand what’s really keeping you there, and finally break free so you can go after what you want. 

By the end of this empowering conversation, you’ll know:

-How to recognize the 3 traps that keep you stuck and reclaim your power 

-How you can make progress on any goal in just 15 minutes a day

-How to let go of the past and use regret to fuel your next chapter 

-Why waiting to feel motivated never works, and what to do instead

-Why your brain overcomplicates simple things — and how to outsmart it

-The mindset that instantly removes unneeded pressure from your life

-Exactly what to do when you have no structure or sense of direction.

If you’re sick of feeling stuck, this episode will help you see exactly what’s been standing in your way – and what it takes to finally move forward.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.    

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: How to Design Your Life in 1 Hour.   

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In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to beat self-doubt, stop procrastinating, and communicate with ease and confidence.

Joining Mel today is Dr. Shadé Zahrai, a behavioral researcher and confidence expert, to teach you a research-backed, 4-part framework for building unshakeable confidence and eliminating self-doubt.

Dr. Zahrai says that self-doubt shows up in many different ways - from overthinking, to constant comparison, to blame and resentment, and yes… to procrastination. 

Today, she will walk you through the framework she says will start to dissolve that self-doubt once and for all, part by part. 

You’ll learn:

-The 2 things to do when you don’t like yourself

-4 signs you feel powerless in your life - and what to do next

-A proven way to worry less - and it starts with your phone alarm

-The 4 sneaky ways self-doubt shows up 

-The one word to cut from your vocabulary and what to say instead

-How to change your voice so you sound confident when it counts

-The mind-blowing scar experiment that shows how your mindset shapes every interaction

-How your first jobs hardwire the way you show up at work - for years

-The 4 “trust traits” that run your relationships and your career

-Why feeling like an imposter is a good sign - and how to use it

-What chronic complaining tells people about you - and how it keeps you stuck

-How to make better decisions under pressure, without second-guessing yourself after

By the time you’re done listening, you’ll have the tools you need, and you’ll know which one to use for your own personal struggles, so that you finally show up for your life with the confidence you deserve.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.  

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Stanford Luck Researcher: How to Manifest the Life You Want

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If you’ve ever felt like making friends as an adult feels impossible, or you’ve looked around and thought, "Where did all my friends go?" – you are not alone. 

Or maybe you have friends, and you want deeper connections, but you don’t know how to create it without forcing it.

Friendship is hard right now. Which is why today, Mel is sitting down with Harvard-trained social scientist and bestselling author, Kasley Killam, who has spent the last 15 years researching friendship, connection, and loneliness. 

Have you ever wondered why the friendships that once felt close now feel distant?

Why you genuinely want to see people more, but somehow always end up canceling?

Or why making new friends as an adult feels so forced and exhausting when it never used to?

There's a reason for all of that. And today, Kasley is giving you the answer.

She is also raising the stakes on friendship and explaining why social health is the missing key to living a longer, healthier, and happier life. 

Kasley has conducted positive psychology research at the University of Pennsylvania and launched an award-winning initiative at Stanford that promotes empathy and kindness. And in this conversation, she’s here to clear up the confusion, cut through the excuses, and give you the tools that make connection feel doable again.

You’ll also learn the 4 friendship styles - and identify which one you are - so you’ll finally understand why friendship drains you, why it feels easy for some people, and what you specifically need to create the relationships you want.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

-Why adult friendship feels so hard (and how to make it easier)

-Why social health is a missing pillar of well-being

-The Excuse vs. Need framework for connection

-The Swap Strategy to feel less lonely, fast

-The 5-3-1 Rule for stronger friendships

-How to deepen the relationships you already have

-Exactly how to make new friends as an adult

-Why connection is essential - not optional

No matter your age or stage of life, it’s not too late.

If you’ve felt lonely, disconnected, or like building real friendship is impossible, this conversation will show you exactly what to do next, with steps that are simple, specific, and realistic.

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.  

If you liked the episode, check out this one next: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study on Happiness

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