This year, one of my favorite conversations on The Mel Robbins Podcast was with Stanford neurosurgeon and neuroscientist Dr. James Doty. It’s also one of our most shared episodes and was selected by the editors at Spotify when The Mel Robbins Podcast was named the 12th most downloaded show in the world in 2024. Yes, the episode is that good. Dr. Doty poured his heart into that conversation and at times was so moved by what he shared, that he started crying. So did I. But there’s another more per

The most powerful skill you can learn: Be in a good mood for no reason. You have probably trained your brain to default to negativity. You slip into a bad mood without even realizing it. But you can train yourself to flip that. Imagine waking up optimistic, confident, and in a good mood? Not because everything’s perfect, but because you’ve built the skill of expecting good things. Because when you expect good things, you start to see good things everywhere. In this episode of The Mel Robbins Pod