Brand New Research: 8 Simple & Surprising Changes That Improve Your Life

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Dec 29, 2022

Discover surprising ways to enhance your life with new studies! Learn how bird sounds can boost your mood for hours. Find out how simple micro-movements can yield big fitness gains—with just three seconds of effort. Explore the mind's power over anxiety, matching the effects of medication with mindfulness practices. Plus, uncover the transforming impact of kindness in everyday interactions. Packed with actionable insights, this discussion is a treasure trove for anyone looking to improve their well-being.

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ADVICE

Random Acts of Kindness

Practice random acts of kindness, no matter how small.
These acts have a surprisingly large positive impact on recipients and boost your own happiness.

ANECDOTE

Life-Changing Kindness

A listener shared how a teacher's simple act of kindness, offering lunch and words of encouragement, changed their life.
This act broke cycles of abuse and poverty, impacting generations.

ADVICE

Passive Exercise

Build strength with eccentric muscle contractions (the second half of an exercise).
Slowly lowering into a chair for 3 seconds daily can increase muscle strength.

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In this episode, I am sharing 8 brand new studies and exciting new research about simple changes supported by science that can help you improve your day to day life, like…

How to cut your gym time IN HALF and still get the same benefits.

The surprising sound researchers say will boost your mood for EIGHT hours.

The research on how mindfulness reduces your anxiety by 30% - the same as Lexapro.

And so much more

I’m also joined by Tracey, who leads our research and has helped me produce five #1 Audible Originals and all the science behind it.

She’s found the studies; we are breaking them down together, and having a ball as we do.

This episode is going to make you smarter and is packed with the tactical, simple, and science-backed tools that I know you love learning on this podcast.

Pull up a seat and let’s go.

Oh! And one more thing. As always, all of the research - and there’s a lot of it - is linked in the show notes at melrobbins.com/podcast. And if you want to watch a longer, unabridged version of this episode, visit my YouTube channel.

Xo Mel

In this episode, you’ll learn:

0:13: Why the research studies and science you will learn today matter

4:35: Why you can trust the tools you learn on this podcast

5:56: Research study #1: A simple action that goes a long way

12:32: Research study #2: The way to build strength in just 3 seconds a day

19:25: Research study #3: The one sound that boosts your mood for hours

26:43: Research study #4: A powerful tool for anxiety

31:35: Research study #5: What a study with 20,000 high schoolers tells us about success

36:56: Research study #6: One thing you can do to create lifelong positive memories

44:43: Research study #7: How tiny guilty pleasures can strengthen your relationship with your partner

52:01: Research study #8: The habit with the largest impact on your quality of life

For full show notes, including a links to every single study and citation mentioned on today’s episode, go to melrobbins.com/podcast