The Mel Robbins Podcast - Don’t Learn This Too Late: Make An Authentic Life Now, By Getting Real About The End

By the time you finish listening, your perspective on death—and life—will be forever changed. Today, Mel sits down with death doula and best-selling author Alua Arthur for a transformative conversation about how embracing the shortness of life can unlock a profound sense of joy and purpose in your life right now. Alua shares three powerful questions you should ask yourself today and reveals an inspiring exercise to perform on your birthday to help you live with more intention and gratitude. With wisdom, warmth, and humor, Alua shows how getting real about death can unlock the authentic, fulfilling life you’re meant to live. Prepare for a mindset shift that will change how you look at life, death, and everything in between. For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this deeply profound episode, listen to this one next: #1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind Connect with Mel: Preorder Mel’s new book! Watch the episodes on YouTube Go deeper with Mel’s free video course, Make It Happen Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

Duration: 1h 19m
Broadcast on: 31 Oct 2024
Audio Format: other

By the time you finish listening, your perspective on death—and life—will be forever changed.

Today, Mel sits down with death doula and best-selling author Alua Arthur for a transformative conversation about how embracing the shortness of life can unlock a profound sense of joy and purpose in your life right now.

Alua shares three powerful questions you should ask yourself today and reveals an inspiring exercise to perform on your birthday to help you live with more intention and gratitude.

With wisdom, warmth, and humor, Alua shows how getting real about death can unlock the authentic, fulfilling life you’re meant to live.

Prepare for a mindset shift that will change how you look at life, death, and everything in between.

For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page.

If you liked this deeply profound episode, listen to this one next: #1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind

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Hey, it's your friend Mal, and welcome to the Mal Robbins podcast Have you ever thought about how you want to die yeah me either mostly I think about how I don't want to die What if I told you that thinking about your death Could be the key to living your most vibrant fulfilling life right now Today you and I are sitting down with someone who will transform the way you see not just death But life itself our guest is best-selling author and death doula a lua Arthur she says that there's a way to use your death is Something that's incredibly empowering She has three questions that she's gonna ask you today and an incredible exercise to share that she wants you to do every year On your birthday It's gonna help you unlock deeper joy purpose and happiness in ways you've never imagined This conversation will challenge you move you and my hope is that it inspires you and how you live the rest of your life starting today Sometimes the hardest part of starting something new is starting right and that's especially true with new exercise routines That's why ultra running shoes They're designed to make that first step more comfortable and the secret is in the ultra fit Which is more room for your toes because when your toes aren't squished you get comfort balance and strength all in one Shop now at ultra running calm slash Mel and use code mel 10 for 10% off at checkout That's a l t r a running calm slash Mel stay out there. The Mel Robbins podcast is brought to you by Expedia I love Expedia because I love traveling and here's the thing you may be holding off I'm booking a trip right now because you think you need the whole plan to come together But guess what you don't with Expedia's bundle and save the more you book the more you can save Get up to 30% off every time you add something and then you add more later Expedia the one place you go to go places sign in to save on select bookings The Mel Robbins podcast is proudly sponsored by amiga insurance our exclusive insurance partner You know when someone finishes your sentence because they already understood what you needed That's what working with amiga feels like they don't guess they don't assume they take the time to understand what you're trying to protect And why it matters most companies talk talk talk about putting customers first amiga really does it you feel it in the way They listen the way they follow through the way they treat you as a customer own company amiga puts your needs first Visit amiga comm and get a quote today Hey, it's now I am so excited that you're here. Welcome to the mel Robbins podcast It is always such an honor to spend time with you and to be together and if you're brand new welcome to the mel Robbins podcast family Thank you for choosing to listen to this podcast And you know what it tells me it tells me that you're the type of person that values your time and you're interested in learning ways that you can improve your life I love that me too. You know recently. I read something that just Stopped me in my tracks. It was written by a woman named a lua Arthur Here's what you wrote our deaths are practically begging us to live When I'm thinking about my death I can see very clearly who I want to be I've never thought about death that way that it's gonna help me clearly see who I want to be well That's exactly we're gonna talk about today a lua She's a best-selling author and a death doula And she's the founder of going with grace an organization that has trained thousands of people in end-of-life planning And she's flown here today from los angeles to be in our boston studios to speak to you and me She says that simply allowing yourself to think about your death how you want to feel Where you want to be Who do you want to be surrounded by? What kind of life do you want to live so that you're proud of yourself Just thinking about it unlocks a deeper joy purpose and happiness in your life in ways you can never imagine She also has three questions to ask you today and a powerful exercise for you to do every year on your birthday And if you answer these three questions with courage and honesty

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