This Teen Cracked the Code on Anxiety and Teaches You How He Did It | Mel Robbins Podcast

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Are you tired of feeling anxious?

Want to know a simple way to boost your #confidence?

Do you need better #boundaries with your family?

Buckling under the pressure of college applications, a job search, or other big life decisions?

Listeners from around the world have been writing in about these issues, asking specifically for both Mel’s advice and her 18-year-old son Oakley’s young adult perspective.

This is a fantastic conversation to listen to as a family. It will give you amazing insight into issues you may be facing as well as eye-opening honesty about how the young adults in your life are thinking about these topics.

In this conversation, Mel and Oakley discuss topics like:

- How to properly support someone you love with #anxiety

- When to know if it’s time to break up with someone

- If it’s possible to stay friends with an ex

- How to create boundaries with your family

- When you should be worried someone is spending too much time alone

- A really interesting take on gaming

- Handling the pressure of college applications, divorce, job search, or finding your purpose

- How to talk to your kid about alcohol: surprising boundaries you can use to protect the ones you love

- What to do to get someone talking when they are not talking to you

- Specific advice on building confidence as a young adult

- Mistakes divorcing parents make

- How to have a tough conversation with your parents

- Calming words for someone going through a hard time

- A short visualization exercise to calm anxiety

- A fun and free way to get closer to your #family

- A young adult perspective on hazing and bullying and why you should always get your parents involved

This podcast is presented for educational and entertainment purposes.

I’m just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll see you in the next episode.

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