The Mel Robbins Podcast

Trust Your Gut: How to Make a Hard Decision

Apr 28, 2025

Dive into the masterclass on decision-making where intuition and science collide. Discover how to trust your gut while balancing instinct with thoughtful planning. Learn to confront doubts and navigate tough choices—like calling off a wedding or changing careers—without second-guessing. Understand the emotional toll of difficult decisions and how to manage feelings of guilt. This insightful discussion empowers you to make confident choices, reminding you that one decision could lead to a transformative life.

51:14

Creator website

AI Summary

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Trusting your intuition is essential for effective decision-making, rooted in psychological and biological foundations of personal values.

Differentiating between when to act on gut feelings versus when to contemplate options is crucial for navigating complex decisions.

Understanding the emotional consequences of decisions empowers individuals to prioritize personal integrity while addressing potential impacts on others.

Deep dives

The Importance of Decision-Making

Making decisions has a profound impact on one’s life, and recognizing this power can lead to positive change. Engaging in overthinking and self-doubt often prevents individuals from trusting their instincts and making important choices. Acknowledging the ability to make a decision, big or small, can be the catalyst for personal growth and fulfillment. Learning how to navigate decision-making can empower individuals to break free from indecisiveness and take charge of their lives.

Trusting Your Inner Compass for Decision Making

02:48

Intro

2min

Empowering Self-Trust in Decision-Making

2min

Trusting Your Intuition in Decision-Making

17min

Trusting Your Inner Compass for Decision Making

3min

Trusting Your Intuition

12min

Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Hard Decisions

3min

Navigating Decision-Making: Balancing Intuition and Logic

14min

Empowering Decisions and Trusting Intuition

3min

In today’s episode, Mel will help you make any decision that you’re facing.

Today, she is giving you a masterclass in decision making—the psychology, the science, and the step-by-step framework she personally uses to stop spinning, start moving, and trust your gut.

If you're stuck in indecision, overthinking, or afraid of making the wrong choice—this episode is for you.

You’ll learn how to:

-Trust your intuition (yes, it’s real—and it’s backed by science)

-Stop second-guessing yourself

-Know when to go with your gut vs. when to slow down and make a plan

-Navigate difficult decisions that affect other people (like calling off a wedding or leaving a job)

-Handle the emotional aftermath of hard choices

-Build the confidence to make any decision—even the scary ones

This episode is packed with the tools, insights, and clarity you need to stop avoiding your choices and start creating the life you actually want.

You are one decision away from a different life. And chances are you already know exactly what to do, you’re just too afraid to do it.

This episode will teach you how to trust your gut and give you the courage to make the hard decision you know deep down you have to make.

For more resources, click here for the podcast episode.

If you liked this episode, and you’ll love listening to this one next: How To Handle Difficult People & Take Back Your Peace and Power

Connect with Mel:

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.

Game Changer

Gpeeps78

App Store

I cannot recommend this app enough. It belongs in my top three AI apps. It’s that good!

🤯 How amazing is this app?!

Sophie

App Store

Snipd helps me keep track of everything I resonated with from a show. I can always find my snips, listen to them again, share them. And there are so many great product updates regularly! Like the feature to chat with the episode: I can retrieve even more knowledge from an episode 🥹 I’m in love with this app 🤍

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Trust Your Gut: How to Make a Hard Decision

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Importance of Decision-Making

Understanding Intuition

Differentiating Decision Types

Navigating Conflict in Decisions

Accepting the Outcomes of Decisions

Trusting Your Inner Compass for Decision Making

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts