Take Control of Your Life

How to Silence Fear and Win the Mental Game

By: Mel Robbins

Narrated by: Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins is back! The international bestselling phenomenon and creator of The Five Second Rule and Kick Ass with Mel Robbins returns to help you tackle the single biggest obstacle you face: fear. This life-changing Audible Original features a powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with vital take-aways that you can start using immediately.

With humor and wisdom, Mel Robbins expertly tackles the fear of change, rejection, and being alone, as well as imposter syndrome and feeling trapped in the wrong career. Each session is a goldmine of discovery as Mel guides you to find your purpose, improve your relationships, and ultimately take control of your life. In these times of high anxiety, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed - that changes right now. If you want the tools to break free from fear and live to your fullest potential, this is a must-listen.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Mel Robbins (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

Ok,read

Not, bad but it deals with stories of other people and their problems with coaching Mel talks them through their issues. Not bad not not very helpful unless you are going through the same issues.

Mel's embrace of POC and the LGBT+ Community

I want to first disclose that I now know Mel and have been engaged with her work for the past 12 months after first picking up The 5 Second Rule audiobook. There will be many reviews that will explain why Mel is in a league of her own in the self help category (and there should be) because instead of yet another self-help person telling you to "think positive", Mel shows you HOW. And this has been life-changing for me in overcoming an abusive relationship.

What I want to offer up here in the reviews is Mel's embrace of races (other than her own) and the LGBTQIA+ community. This has been essential for me, a gay woman of colour, to initially buy into her work and then stick around to do the work.

In previous works, Mel has used examples of people of colour to emphasise a point of using courage - Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr in The 5 Second Rule, she coached two gay men in the audible original, Kick Ass with Mel Robbins. In her online coaching she and her team embraced the inclusion of people who identified as gay, trans non binary, and people of colour. Her social media frequently acknowledges diversity, and she's beyond just celebrating diversity and being about "love", she's deliberately taking action in being anti-racist.

In Take Control of Your Life, four minutes in, Mel is square on about how the society we live in can impact our lives on a daily basis:

"There are very real forces that can make your life difficult. There is bias. There are pay-gaps and there is systemic racism and homophobia. You may have faced trauma, tragedy or abuse in your past. These are raw and they are real and they present obstacles to achieving your goals. And there are always going to be outside forces that impact what's happened to you and what is currently happening around you. There will be outside forces like bias that impact other people's initial opinion of you. Now you can do what you can to change those outside forces, and you should, but you're going to be in a much better place to do that when you change and empower your personal mental game."

Why am I emphasising this point in this review? Because aside from Marianne Williamson (a Jewish woman, who is much more of a spiritual leader, now turning to politics) Mel is the first white person and white woman in the self development space (that I know of) to deeply internalise this reality, and not be dismissive of this reality. This isn't congratulatory of Mel, it is simply an observation of her meeting the need of the time. And in my opinion, if you are a person of colour or identify on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, you can feel safe here, and most importantly, you will feel like you're seen.

Effective tools I can use to be the best me

I appreciate each person who sat with Mel during the coaching sessions. I felt connected to each one and learned something about myself from each story. Thank you Mel and staff for all you do to make the world a better place.

life changing book

I loved it. It's a must have! The last chapter and the free workbook were the the icing of the cake.

Amazing just amazing

I learned so much about myself, this book is worth every cents thank you Mel Robin's