The Best Advice a Therapist Told me | Mel Robbins #Shorts

The best thing a therapist ever told me

is you're not lazy.

You only have a certain amount of energy

right now and you're using it all to

survive. I think it's a mentally healthy

response to the moment we're living in

right now to feel overwhelmed, to feel

like it takes everything in you to just

get through the day. I know I feel like

that more days than not. Holy cow. Let's

just take a moment and be honest about

what it's like today right now. And when

you're exhausted,

does your brain say to you, "Oh,

honey, you're doing such a good job. You

are just doing everything. The emails

and the video calls and the housework

and the cooking and the caring for

people and the texting people back. And

my god, you got out of bed and you got

dressed and you took care of the pets

and you are just a rock star who is

making it through a really overwhelming

moment in history. You must be so worn

out. How about you rest a little? How

about you put your feet up? How about

you take it easy because boy oh boy are

you doing so much and I just think it'd

be really great if you took a break.

Does your brain say that? No.

What is wrong with our brains? At least

there's something wrong with mine. Maybe

your brain is saying the same thing mine

is saying. It's like, oh my god, you're

behind. You got to get to that text. You

didn't do enough. Why are you sitting

down now? You're scrolling and doom

scrolling. Now you you should be doing

more. You should have gotten to this.

You should be doing that. You forgot

this thing. You didn't get to that

thing. This person's going to be

disappointed. What is up with our

brains? This is from Jim Quick, who is a

brain coach and a New York Times

bestselling author. I once heard him

say, "If you only have 40% to give

today, and you give all 40%,

you just gave 100% of what you have to

give.