This is how you come back to you | Mel Robbins

When's the last time you felt like

yourself? Not mom, not the boss, not an

employee, not the spouse, [music]

not the helper,

just you. Because even though you're

running all over the place, you're still

in there. You're just buried under the

to-do list and the pressure and the

constant motion and all the fires you

got to put out and all the things you

need to do. Well, I want to tell you the

three simple things that I do that

always bring me back to myself at home,

on the road, wherever I am, no matter

how busy life can be. Number one, take

yourself for a walk. You don't have to

go for 10,000 steps. You don't have to

break a sweat and make this a workout.

This is just taking yourself for a walk

because that's what you do for you. And

that one walk, it's going to give you

more energy. It'll improve your mood.

It'll help your focus. and it will boost

your health over the long term. The

second habit that is on my list that

always instantly makes me feel like

myself again, fit [music] in friends.

Here's a trick you can steal from me.

Whenever I'm in the car and I'm driving,

I keep a list of people that I haven't

talked to in a while. And it's not the

same people every week. I rotate it.

Last week, I was running errands. I had

[music] exactly 8 minutes from the

grocery store to get back to my house.

And I thought, you know, I wonder what

Lisa's up to. And the old me would have

said, "Oh, no, no, no. You don't have

enough time." I thought, you know what?

Screw it. I've got eight minutes. I'm

just going to fire off the call. So, I

called Lisa. We caught up. I felt

connected. I felt like me. I fit in my

friend. That's how you do it. Make it

happen because it matters. And the third

habit that I have in the middle of a

busy life whenever I'm traveling that

makes me feel like me, tuck yourself

[music] in. You need something that

you're doing to signal, okay, day is

over. And for me, what does that look

like? How do I tuck myself in? Oh,

number one, a bath. I don't care if I'm

at home or a hotel room. I run hot

water. I slip into the tub and I just

breathe. You know what I love about it?

It immediately slows my thoughts, my

nervous system. It's like the pace of

life goes. Maybe for you, tucking

yourself in means, okay, I'm going to

stretch or I'm going to journal or I'm

going to turn on this beautiful quiet

angelic music before bed. Whatever it

is, protect it. When you rest, you're

not doing nothing. You're doing

something essential. You're taking care

of you. You don't need life to slow down

in order to feel grounded.

You just need a few habits that travel

with