The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2026-03-26 · 59 min · 10,042 words

This Simple Mindset Shift Will Change the Way You See Your Life

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Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Have you ever felt like life was just starting to make sense? You've hit your groove, and then all of a sudden someone pulls the rug out from underneath you? The layoff, the breakup, the diagnosis. the back injury that you didn't see coming, and now you're left standing here in the wreckage.

And when that happens, have you ever notice some well-meaning friend of yours always turns to you and says, well, you know, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And I always think, only if we're putting tequila in it. Here's the quote I prefer. If you're going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill said that, and I get it, it's easier said than done.

But when life is unfair, at some point you're gonna have to stop feeling sorry for yourself. And as my mom likes to say, pull up your big girl panties and deal with it. And that's exactly what we're gonna learn to do today. And you're gonna love the expert because she's somebody who has had to do this over and over and over again in her own life. She is a renowned cognitive scientist who studies human behavior.

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