Feeling overwhelmed at work and crying like hell,i literally opened your podcast ...and here and i am 15 mins later ..crying stopped ,feeling calm down... Mel Robbins u r saving lives .... ❤ God bless u
Words can’t explain how much hearing that other people also feel overwhelmed, especially accomplished people makes me feel. Makes me realize that I’m not alone.
Guuurrrrllll, totally feeling overwhelmed and SO HAPPY that you are feeling the same. This knowledge is going to keep me sane. I feel like holding and looking at my phone constantly is what is giving me comfort because I keep checking my office emails so I don’t drop a ball and make it worse!! Not sure why is feel so frazzled! Oh, wait! Could it be all this banking news that is really disturbing? Yeah, I think that I just hit the nail on the head. I feel like if banks are on a shaky foundation, we are all on a shaky foundation if that makes sense.
@Mel Robbins OVERWHELM, thank you. So many categories of my life went blank after 6 years of debilitating illness. I’d ❤ to hear your take on FRIENDSHIP (esp as adults), bc w/o any overwhelm feels SO convincing! 🙏🏼
I love that you ran out of underwear and stopped to stare at a blank wall! My life every single day! Love all your advice and the science that backs it. Safe travels Mel!
I am CRACKING UP at the blank wall example because THIS IS ME 😩😩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤣 I thought I was the only one who thought like this my goodness!!! Just overwhelmed for no reason 😩 thank you for your transparency Mel it’s helping more than you know! 🩷
Thank you so much to you and your guests for this episode. I am a few weeks away from theoretical retirement. I have a to do list that on my phone is several virtual feet long. Ha! I have started a correspondence relationship with a woman online. For a variety of reasons we can only communicate via text...(OY!) I am working three part time jobs with ever-changing schedules, I could go on but won't. Overwhelm is a monster! I sat still with my cat for 15 minutes just to calm down enough to watch your podcast and write this. I have been in the habit of using brain dumps to cope. It helps. Thanks.
I just came out of Legitimate overwhelm. I now suffer from burnout. So now I write a list, priorities my day. Pick most important things. I made a list, started a column of things I have to do, and some goals. I started on the list, and so quickly I checked off things off my list. Make new friendships and practice my good boundaries.
Hi Mel, I love your channel and appreciate the work you’re doing. Could you do an episode about how those with auto-immune conditions can apply your advice? I recently came across Dr. Gabor Mate who claims that certain “auto-immune” diseases are related to trauma being trapped inside of your body. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts regarding his stance on auto-immune diseases and trauma. Thank you again!
My father recently passed ,across the country , dealing with legal issues , no family support, was having panic attacks . I NEEDED to snap Out of it . 12 YO , husband , not working much (industry strike) Im re-inventing myself the 10th time (been a SAHM) Imagine - I’m expecting more from myself . Disappointed In myself because I feel like I’m not getting enough done BEOD. I feel pressure from EVERYONE to contribute $, (husband has been supportive ) settle family affairs across the country . Im afraid to even pick Up the phone from pressure ! Hearing you Mel kinda gave me a hall pass . “Sure , go to the nurse , Your doing enough” Thanks and keep em coming ❤
step back to whats important ! you are in charge of one person out of millions of people ,the person is you ,all you have to do is make sure you are ok the rest will fall into place x thank you mel
Hi Mel, I watched this video right before I had a loss in my family. Although it was increidibly difficult to accept along with my lifestyle overwhelm, I was able to use your techniques to keep me organize and sane. This video was right on time. Thanks! Much love Erika🤎
Thank you Laura for sharing and thank you Mel addressing this! I have been feeling overwhelmed for a while now and trying to find ways to handle this without adding more stress to my life. So thank you 🙏
Good-bye Mel thanks for all your help and further understanding in my decision making things surely will change for the better for me whether they like it or not gladly I'll no longer have to suffer and they'll no longer have to not like me purposely with hateful intentions. 🖖
I am overwhelmed because I am going through a split up with 2year old and 7month old. Busy moving and have 2 jobs that need my full attention at all times. I exhausted. Never get my work done. Trying to get my stuff sold because I have to move in with my parents and struggling with a ex that overwhelms me with emotions trying to get more out of me and fighting for our relationship. I can escape. I feel lost.
I can’t figure out how my things got out of control, I mean totally a disaster. My husband has only been gone 4 months and our living space was not in piles that I can’t even walk through the room.
I have lifestyle overwhelm. I'm in my 50's, in a career where if I don't work I don't get paid, I'm single and everything is on me. I am usually an overachiever but the past 6 months I feel burnt out. I'm in freeze mode. I sit in my house and see How much I need to do, and don't do anything. Ugh! Thank you for the podcast. I needed to hear this
so your already have your answer; youve CHOSEN to be an overachiever. ask yourself WHY? to prove yourself worthy? to who? WHY do u feel UNworthy in a normal (non overachiever) state? someone foisting you into that role? distance yourself from them, limit your contact with them, take time for YOURSELF....say NO to pple asking u for your time, your money, your effort, your energy...u DONT need to provide excuses beyond, thats not in my schedule, no time in my schedule. then if they complain, think/hint to them SCREW YOU!
I had to check the user name to make sure this wasn't my comment, bc it so perfectly described my life. But then guess what, breast cancer gets thrown into the mix last Fall. Had the surgery this week. It changed my perspective a lot. I'm slowly peeling off the perfectionism and overachiever and taking on too much by myself. When I first got the call about the cancer, I thought, "If this is the last year of my life, is THIS how I want to spend those days?" I'm trying to keep that in mind as I refocus my priorities. I wish you the best... ❤
@arizonashopper5095 My heart goes out to you. You are my inspiration. I will be praying for you. I on the other hand have no excuse. I will be thinking of you.
I’ve spent the last 3/4 years in disaster/overwhelm- my Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimers and passed last year, left my 34 year relationship, moved house and am now caring for my elderly Dad plus working full time- it doesn’t feel temporary, it just feels hard. It’s also hard as things fall away to get out of that feeling that everything is out of control because you are so used to living in this hyped up way. Just leaving to demo my Dads bathroom as we need to make it accessible for him within 4 weeks. I need a holiday!
Bless you. I’ve been there. God, it was an all consuming bear! Hang in there. Life circumstances bring legitimate overwhelm. It will get better so you can breathe. Remember it is temporary. God bless.
I’m 56 and have two teenagers and feeling overwhelmed. Lost my job and have been looking and applying for 6 months. Life is a struggle, but listening to Mel does help!
This has been a challenging year for myself and my family. My sister in law's mother passed away in January after a battle with liver cancer, she lost her banking job, my brother and his wife are divorcing due to the wife's infidelity, my husband told me he no longer has feelings for me, found out that a close friend is sick. At the end of the day, we have to face these challenges and not let them pull us down.
Thank you so much. I have ADHD too and that adds another element to overwhelm. Definitely going to do a brain dump. Sometimes I feel like I'm running to and fro and if I have a few moments that no one needs something, I stand there thinking, Oh no, what I'm forgetting to do right now? You're so appreciated.
❤thank you so much Mel! This was exactly what I needed to hear. You have helped me so much in the last 4 years, you are the best!! And I love you too ❤❤
I love hearing these questions from callers. I have had to put time management skills in place and prioritize my days. After losing my husband, family members, my home, my dogs,. I have had to completely prioritize myself. I have put myself first, I have always put everyone else first. So I also have made my own choices of life. So it's weird how important some things are. I've put happiness in there. I went to movies.
Thank you for all these podcasts Mel, so helpful . I have regular panic attacks for all the things I must do and the dump sheet of paper seems a great tool🙏🏻 i relate with stuff you describe and feel less lonely in my thoughts so thanks again and again 🎶✨🤍
Such an excellent podcast I listened to it 3x, to make sure I didn't miss anything! Listening to this cuz I'm struggling financially, so I do have a bit of trouble identifying with the new house in Vermont & the "peloton" specific big bucks treadmill, a nice bath wouldn't fit on the tiny balcony of my apartment... not a jealous hater, just honest, are the majority of your subscribers affluent?
Oh Mel, I so needed this after 4 weeks into my precious child’s mental health diagnosis and my full time caregiving and advocating, and trying to keep a career going. Now I’m getting a cold. I know this is an older video & please know that it, and you are still helping people! 💕🌞
Mels, you're changing my life bro. Bro in my mind is now non-gender. I am also ADHD. Discovered this later in life by accident. We're around the same age. I'm just crazy about you. Just thought I'd let you know.
I needed to hear you include divorce as a reason to go in a cave and take care of business. My own business and not everyone else’s. Thank you. I have the opposite of procrastination, I drive myself too hard and I never stop working and tasking. I have to let soooo much go right now, and everyone (except my mom and my animals) need to take care of things themselves right now. I gotta put the oxygen mask on myself. ❤
I am a caregiver for my 92 year old mom. Now my helper 😅 told me she needs to leave on time to go dancing. Now I need to ask my husband to get home early. I have zero time off. I want to go to the park with my grandkids. I have zero household help and prep meals on weekends. I just need a break. When I get home she’s up and ready to take a break. While my day is watching 3 kiddos, Then nights with my mom getting her ready for bed. I just need a break.
I put off things I wanted for myself as my mother's caregiver. Caring for her took everything I had. She's been gone almost 2 years and I have struggled to do anything I wanted to do because I am focused on survival and little else. I was forced to move in February and started a new job 2 days later. I was so exhausted after work I had neither the energy nor the desire to unpack boxes. I lost that job in April and still haven't made much progress unpacking. The drain at this point is more mental than physical. I have all kinds of good intentions, but I get little if any of it done in any given day. That backpack is crushing me and yet I continue carrying it. I would rather be walking on the beach and creating art again. My name is Jennifer and I am guilty of overthinking.
I guess by definition in this video, I have been living with overwhelm for the better part of 15 months. My work involves travel and while I can pack for 2 weeks into a 22" carryon in less than 30 minutes, I go weeks or months without unpacking. It's never a priority it seems. And this is TMI, there have been too many times when I start with an empty suitcase and have no clean clothes, so I've packed the dirty clothes with the intention of cleaning them at the destination, which I do. 😅 Pretty gross, but between health, work and other projects, I focus on the critical things and don't even care about the rest.
Mel, the reason I've unsubscribed is that I'm overwhelmed by the amount of content that's coming out me. 23 x 1 - 3hr videos, plus countless 15min clips and shorts, just this week alone. I was speeding up the videos to get through them faster as you deliberately speak slowly and emphatically, but then I realised that it still takes you a long time to get to the point, and I couldn't condense the videos. It's basically 20 - 30 mins max of content wrapped in 90+ minutes of words. I know this sounds critical, but really, people just don't have the time to listen to it all. Produce less, with more meaning, and you'll still get the same advertising revenue. Why burn yourself out revisiting similar topics and just rehashing what any guest is saying to pad it out? Less is more, truly. Diary of a CEO (on which you've appeared) is a good reference point. Succinct, lets the guest speak, keeps it to around an hour or slightly over, and limited number of posts. It attracts more attention, trust me.
I hope this episode brought you some peace and calmness. It would mean the world to me if you would give this video a like!
Feeling overwhelmed at work and crying like hell,i literally opened your podcast ...and here and i am 15 mins later ..crying stopped ,feeling calm down... Mel Robbins u r saving lives .... ❤ God bless u
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Words can’t explain how much hearing that other people also feel overwhelmed, especially accomplished people makes me feel. Makes me realize that I’m not alone.
You are not alone😊
Guuurrrrllll, totally feeling overwhelmed and SO HAPPY that you are feeling the same. This knowledge is going to keep me sane. I feel like holding and looking at my phone constantly is what is giving me comfort because I keep checking my office emails so I don’t drop a ball and make it worse!! Not sure why is feel so frazzled! Oh, wait! Could it be all this banking news that is really disturbing? Yeah, I think that I just hit the nail on the head. I feel like if banks are on a shaky foundation, we are all on a shaky foundation if that makes sense.
Whatever will be will be. Stop watching the news. Leave work at work. Find a hobby that will keep your hands busy. Be in nature.
@Mel Robbins OVERWHELM, thank you. So many categories of my life went blank after 6 years of debilitating illness. I’d ❤ to hear your take on FRIENDSHIP (esp as adults), bc w/o any overwhelm feels SO convincing! 🙏🏼
I love that you ran out of underwear and stopped to stare at a blank wall! My life every single day! Love all your advice and the science that backs it. Safe travels Mel!
Me too
I am CRACKING UP at the blank wall example because THIS IS ME 😩😩🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭🤣 I thought I was the only one who thought like this my goodness!!! Just overwhelmed for no reason 😩 thank you for your transparency Mel it’s helping more than you know! 🩷
Thank you so much to you and your guests for this episode. I am a few weeks away from theoretical retirement. I have a to do list that on my phone is several virtual feet long. Ha! I have started a correspondence relationship with a woman online. For a variety of reasons we can only communicate via text...(OY!) I am working three part time jobs with ever-changing schedules, I could go on but won't. Overwhelm is a monster! I sat still with my cat for 15 minutes just to calm down enough to watch your podcast and write this. I have been in the habit of using brain dumps to cope. It helps. Thanks.
You rock Mel... I love it when you swear, your speech is so relatable to me. Sometimes I feel like I'm listening to myself talk when I listen to you.
I just came out of Legitimate overwhelm. I now suffer from burnout. So now I write a list, priorities my day. Pick most important things. I made a list, started a column of things I have to do, and some goals. I started on the list, and so quickly I checked off things off my list. Make new friendships and practice my good boundaries.
Authenticity is beautiful. Your beautiful. I see beauty in everyone bc I can see beyond 3D reality. Blessings everyone. Stay strong.
Hi Mel, I love your channel and appreciate the work you’re doing. Could you do an episode about how those with auto-immune conditions can apply your advice? I recently came across Dr. Gabor Mate who claims that certain “auto-immune” diseases are related to trauma being trapped inside of your body. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts regarding his stance on auto-immune diseases and trauma. Thank you again!
Oooo this would be good for me to know too.
Thank you, for taking me with you on your walk ❤
Your advice to ask myself, "how can I make this easy,"sounds like great advice that I'm going to adopt into my life
My father recently passed ,across the country , dealing with legal issues , no family support, was having panic attacks . I NEEDED to snap
Out of it . 12 YO , husband , not working much (industry strike) Im re-inventing myself the 10th time (been a SAHM) Imagine - I’m expecting more from myself . Disappointed In myself because I feel like I’m not getting enough done BEOD. I feel pressure from
EVERYONE to contribute $, (husband has been supportive ) settle family affairs across the country . Im afraid to even pick
Up the phone from pressure !
Hearing you Mel kinda gave me a hall pass . “Sure , go to the nurse , Your doing enough”
Thanks and keep em coming ❤
Love it ! Not everything is important..😊
step back to whats important ! you are in charge of one person out of millions of people ,the person is you ,all you have to do is make sure you are ok the rest will fall into place x thank you mel
Omg how much I needed this episode today ❤ love you Mel ❤
Laura sounds so nice! I relate to her so much in the procrastination and anxiety. I end up doing nothing too. Ugh so frustrating. ❤️ to all.
Hi Mel, I watched this video right before I had a loss in my family. Although it was increidibly difficult to accept along with my lifestyle overwhelm, I was able to use your techniques to keep me organize and sane. This video was right on time. Thanks! Much love Erika🤎
Love you, Mel ! Thank you for your voice, it is so nice to hear all you share 🙏💗🙏💗
Thank you Laura for sharing and thank you Mel addressing this! I have been feeling overwhelmed for a while now and trying to find ways to handle this without adding more stress to my life. So thank you 🙏
I needed to hear that so much. Thank you Mel!
Thank you for the great podcast
I had convinced myself my MS wasn’t winning. 3 hrs to rheumatology appointment, I got no answers, but all the pain from the ride, MS winner round 1
Thanks for sharing this podcast. This is what I need right now. Killing it, Mel Robbins.
😊 Thank you for this. I suffer from lifestyle overwhelm with ADHD. What a combo that is. Listening to your videos makes me feel like I'm not alone.
I feel so normal when I listen to you. Like u get me.
Mel, it’s your 🩵words of wisdom which mean more than so called fancy words. UR 💯! Blessings to & 4 U & loved ones💜🌞🌙✨💐🪷🌻🪻🧘🏾♂️🕯️🌹
Thanks Mel❤
Let’s walk and talk Mel. I need this podcast right now!!
I’m sitting with my coffee. Let’s go! Btw, your messy bun is fabulous!
Mel, do a podcast on minimalism… simplifying your life!!
I am hooked on the first question. #storyofmylife Excited to hear your response. Thank you for bringing up the topic Mel! ❤
Love this - thank you Mel; badly needed to hear this as it's been a few weeks of total overwhelm. So sorry for the loss of your friend xx
Thank you Mel❤🙏 I love you too❤❤❤
So sorry for your loss ! Thank u for your inspirations
Yes 🙌 and love your tshirt (squirrel)
Good-bye Mel thanks for all your help and further understanding in my decision making things surely will change for the better for me whether they like it or not gladly I'll no longer have to suffer and they'll no longer have to not like me purposely with hateful intentions. 🖖
Mel, my girl!!! ... THANK YOU.
Huge hug and big high five from the Netherlands 😊
THE BEST!!! Thank you ❤❤❤
Brilliant… as always 🤩
Thank you very much, listening to you is great ..
Love the t shirt 😂
Totally found u today thank God!! Thanks Mel im overwhelmed too but i know this was already posted dmso u r better now lol im sure
Mel, this story about the picture wall is hitting so true...I see you! Lol.
Love this ❤
😂I'm absolutely loving this..
Need to prioritize 🎉😂😊 rule of three is fabulous
Why do my brain dumps lead to panic attacks?
Paralyzing fear. Can’t breathe. Full shut down panic.
Please help me!
This is me. I am all over the place and don’t get anything done.
Oh yeah, know the feeling, dopamine overload for me is so common 😅 thanks for the tips 😊
Love the t-shirt....I'm a psychotherapist, think I should wear it when I see clients?
What would I do without mel
Thankyou❤
I am overwhelmed because I am going through a split up with 2year old and 7month old. Busy moving and have 2 jobs that need my full attention at all times. I exhausted. Never get my work done. Trying to get my stuff sold because I have to move in with my parents and struggling with a ex that overwhelms me with emotions trying to get more out of me and fighting for our relationship. I can escape. I feel lost.
I love that you show us your "hot mess" side, Mel! 😉❤ "Pick three things! The rest doesn't f'n matter!" Yeees!!
I need that shirt 😂u look great, u can’t look bad
I love you
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Time management is simply priority managment
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There are so many ads it’s hard to listen…
That is why I pay for youtube Premium for years. Is the best subscription
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I want Michelle to come with me on my walk with friends every week!😂
Was that move your body every 20 minutes?
I can’t figure out how my things got out of control, I mean totally a disaster. My husband has only been gone 4 months and our living space was not in piles that I can’t even walk through the room.
Oh he passed away after being sick with various complications of weird conditions. Even his Dr.s were shocked. Oh and we are retired.
Where can I find the phone number to ask my question?
I'm lifestyle overwhelmed🤤😪😣
Or you are just staying alive!! Literally!! Overwhelmed!!! Over thinking!! I get in my own way!!!
Finding a job is over welcomeing its racis iam black i try apply myself raseing 2 kids on ur own with different issues is hard I try
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I heard this once on a morning talk show: Saying no to them, means saying yes to you. This has been my mantra for years and been so helpful.
I have lifestyle overwhelm. I'm in my 50's, in a career where if I don't work I don't get paid, I'm single and everything is on me. I am usually an overachiever but the past 6 months I feel burnt out. I'm in freeze mode. I sit in my house and see How much I need to do, and don't do anything. Ugh! Thank you for the podcast. I needed to hear this
I can relate to you. I often freeze. I've been listening to Mel in the morning before I get out of bed.
so your already have your answer; youve CHOSEN to be an overachiever. ask yourself WHY? to prove yourself worthy? to who? WHY do u feel UNworthy in a normal (non overachiever) state? someone foisting you into that role? distance yourself from them, limit your contact with them, take time for YOURSELF....say NO to pple asking u for your time, your money, your effort, your energy...u DONT need to provide excuses beyond, thats not in my schedule, no time in my schedule. then if they complain, think/hint to them SCREW YOU!
I had to check the user name to make sure this wasn't my comment, bc it so perfectly described my life.
But then guess what, breast cancer gets thrown into the mix last Fall. Had the surgery this week. It changed my perspective a lot. I'm slowly peeling off the perfectionism and overachiever and taking on too much by myself. When I first got the call about the cancer, I thought, "If this is the last year of my life, is THIS how I want to spend those days?" I'm trying to keep that in mind as I refocus my priorities.
I wish you the best... ❤
Me too!
@arizonashopper5095
My heart goes out to you. You are my inspiration. I will be praying for you. I on the other hand have no excuse. I will be thinking of you.
I’ve spent the last 3/4 years in disaster/overwhelm- my Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimers and passed last year, left my 34 year relationship, moved house and am now caring for my elderly Dad plus working full time- it doesn’t feel temporary, it just feels hard. It’s also hard as things fall away to get out of that feeling that everything is out of control because you are so used to living in this hyped up way. Just leaving to demo my Dads bathroom as we need to make it accessible for him within 4 weeks. I need a holiday!
Bless you. I’ve been there. God, it was an all consuming bear! Hang in there. Life circumstances bring legitimate overwhelm. It will get better so you can breathe. Remember it is temporary. God bless.
I was just fired, 64 yrs old and financially strapped living in my sister's house. VERY OVERWHELMED!!
I’m 56 and have two teenagers and feeling overwhelmed. Lost my job and have been looking and applying for 6 months. Life is a struggle, but listening to Mel does help!
We are not alone when we listen to your podcast. Incredible humility and openly vulnerable you come into our lives and give us hope. Thank you. Diana
This has been a challenging year for myself and my family. My sister in law's mother passed away in January after a battle with liver cancer, she lost her banking job, my brother and his wife are divorcing due to the wife's infidelity, my husband told me he no longer has feelings for me, found out that a close friend is sick. At the end of the day, we have to face these challenges and not let them pull us down.
Thank you so much. I have ADHD too and that adds another element to overwhelm. Definitely going to do a brain dump. Sometimes I feel like I'm running to and fro and if I have a few moments that no one needs something, I stand there thinking, Oh no, what I'm forgetting to do right now? You're so appreciated.
I am not capable of saying anything but I love you Mell and to your team who is supporting you.
I think overwhelming is the reason of procrastination rather than fear of failure. Thank you for your great advise 👍👍👍
As usual, thanks for being real Mel! 🙂
❤thank you so much Mel! This was exactly what I needed to hear. You have helped me so much in the last 4 years, you are the best!! And I love you too ❤❤
I love hearing these questions from callers. I have had to put time management skills in place and prioritize my days. After losing my husband, family members, my home, my dogs,. I have had to completely prioritize myself. I have put myself first, I have always put everyone else first. So I also have made my own choices of life. So it's weird how important some things are. I've put happiness in there. I went to movies.
Thank you, thank you. Just what I need today 🤩 Huge hug from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Thank you for all these podcasts Mel, so helpful . I have regular panic attacks for all the things I must do and the dump sheet of paper seems a great tool🙏🏻 i relate with stuff you describe and feel less lonely in my thoughts so thanks again and again 🎶✨🤍
I know right! That brain dump is one of the best tools!
Thanks Mel, make me feel less crazy.
Such an excellent podcast I listened to it 3x, to make sure I didn't miss anything! Listening to this cuz I'm struggling financially, so I do have a bit of trouble identifying with the new house in Vermont & the "peloton" specific big bucks treadmill, a nice bath wouldn't fit on the tiny balcony of my apartment... not a jealous hater, just honest, are the majority of your subscribers affluent?
Oh Mel, I so needed this after 4 weeks into my precious child’s mental health diagnosis and my full time caregiving and advocating, and trying to keep a career going. Now I’m getting a cold. I know this is an older video & please know that it, and you are still helping people! 💕🌞
Mels, you're changing my life bro. Bro in my mind is now non-gender. I am also ADHD. Discovered this later in life by accident. We're around the same age. I'm just crazy about you. Just thought I'd let you know.
This is gold! Needed this so much! Thank you Mel! Appreciate your raw honesty 🫶🏻🕊️☑️
Thank you so very much for all that you do for "US" You're inspiring me❤
I needed to hear you include divorce as a reason to go in a cave and take care of business. My own business and not everyone else’s. Thank you.
I have the opposite of procrastination, I drive myself too hard and I never stop working and tasking. I have to let soooo much go right now, and everyone (except my mom and my animals) need to take care of things themselves right now. I gotta put the oxygen mask on myself. ❤
I subscribed today ☺️
I am a caregiver for my 92 year old mom. Now my helper 😅 told me she needs to leave on time to go dancing. Now I need to ask my husband to get home early. I have zero time off. I want to go to the park with my grandkids. I have zero household help and prep meals on weekends. I just need a break. When I get home she’s up and ready to take a break. While my day is watching 3 kiddos, Then nights with my mom getting her ready for bed. I just need a break.
I soo love that quite literally the perfect message/podcast appears exactly when it’s needed. Mel your teachings are church! 🙌❤️
I feel so normal when I listen to you. Like u get me.
I put off things I wanted for myself as my mother's caregiver. Caring for her took everything I had. She's been gone almost 2 years and I have struggled to do anything I wanted to do because I am focused on survival and little else. I was forced to move in February and started a new job 2 days later. I was so exhausted after work I had neither the energy nor the desire to unpack boxes. I lost that job in April and still haven't made much progress unpacking. The drain at this point is more mental than physical. I have all kinds of good intentions, but I get little if any of it done in any given day. That backpack is crushing me and yet I continue carrying it. I would rather be walking on the beach and creating art again. My name is Jennifer and I am guilty of overthinking.
I guess by definition in this video, I have been living with overwhelm for the better part of 15 months. My work involves travel and while I can pack for 2 weeks into a 22" carryon in less than 30 minutes, I go weeks or months without unpacking. It's never a priority it seems. And this is TMI, there have been too many times when I start with an empty suitcase and have no clean clothes, so I've packed the dirty clothes with the intention of cleaning them at the destination, which I do. 😅 Pretty gross, but between health, work and other projects, I focus on the critical things and don't even care about the rest.
Mel, the reason I've unsubscribed is that I'm overwhelmed by the amount of content that's coming out me. 23 x 1 - 3hr videos, plus countless 15min clips and shorts, just this week alone.
I was speeding up the videos to get through them faster as you deliberately speak slowly and emphatically, but then I realised that it still takes you a long time to get to the point, and I couldn't condense the videos.
It's basically 20 - 30 mins max of content wrapped in 90+ minutes of words. I know this sounds critical, but really, people just don't have the time to listen to it all.
Produce less, with more meaning, and you'll still get the same advertising revenue. Why burn yourself out revisiting similar topics and just rehashing what any guest is saying to pad it out?
Less is more, truly. Diary of a CEO (on which you've appeared) is a good reference point. Succinct, lets the guest speak, keeps it to around an hour or slightly over, and limited number of posts. It attracts more attention, trust me.
Night treadmillers unite ! ✊🏽