The Exact Words You Need to Hear Today If It Feels Like Nothing’s Working

Hey. It's your friend, Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Have you ever had one of those days where the world, it just feels like too much? Whether it's the news that's depressing, or there's just so much going on at work, or your life is so overwhelming, and you just are not sure how you're even gonna get through the day. But then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, you crack open a book and you read a passage, or you hear a song playing, or you see a quote online and it just, boom, drops into your day like an anchor, cuts right through all the noise of the world and the headlines, and it lands square in your heart. And suddenly, you can't explain it, but you just feel a little bit better. It's almost as if that passage that you read or that song that you heard was meant just for you at this moment. Your shoulders drop. You can breathe again. You feel a little better. Well, I believe that this episode is going to do exactly that for you, that it was meant to find you at this moment in your life, that it's gonna cut through the noise of the world and land deep in your heart. That's the magic of my guest today, Mark Nepo. He's the number one New York Times best selling author of the seminal work, The Book of Awakening, which has changed millions of people's lives, including mine and my husband, Chris. This book is so important to me. It sits on my bedside table. I read it several days a week, and Mark's writings are so important to me. They have shown up for me time and time again, exactly when I needed them most. So I am absolutely thrilled for him to be here for you and me. And wherever it is that you are at this exact moment, I promise you the sound of Mark's words, they are meant to find you. The rhythm, the poetry, there's something that you're about to hear that's gonna touch something deep inside you. It's like being moved by a song even if you don't know all the words yet. All you have to do is listen. And the priceless life wisdom that Mark Nepo is about to share, it'll do the rest. Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. It is such an honor to be together and to spend this time with you. And if you're a new listener or you're here because someone shared this episode with you, I just wanna personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins podcast family. You're about to meet a man whose words have lifted me up more times than I can count, and I guarantee he is going to do exactly the same thing for you today. Mark Nepo is the number one New York Times best selling author of The Book …