About this episode

This episode discusses a three-step plan for empowering the reticular activating system based on Mel Robbins' book.

Today's episode was inspired by my most recent favorite personal development book by Mel Robbins, The High Five Habit! Even though this episode doesn't focus specifically on the mirror high-five habit Robbins centers around in her book, it narrows in on the RAS (reticular activating system) that she describes in very relatable way starting in chapter 8 of the book. In chapter 9, she gives us a 3-step plan for rewiring our RAS to EMPOWER us rather than causing us harm and that's ...

People in this episode

Host: Morgan Welch

Topics covered

• personal development
• RAS
• empowerment
• self-improvement
• Mel Robbins

Keywords

• RAS
• empowerment
• Mel Robbins
• The High Five Habit
• personal development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The High Five Habit

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