Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Red alert.

And so how do you decrease that stickiness of negative experiences in your brain when you're feeling a sense of stress?

By practicing gratitude.

So the negative experiences may happen, but it slides off.

How does it happen?

Through gratitude.

So you write down those things every single day.

And studies have demonstrated that 30, 60, and 90 days, there's improved mood, decreased stress and burnout, better sleep.

There are so many benefits to what everyday gratitude practice.

It also silences your inner critic because it dials down the volume of the amygdala in the background.

I mean, to get a chance to be on the Mel Robbins podcast once is incredible and being here again today. It's beyond my wildest dreams, hopes, expectations, and aspirations.

I mean, to get a chance to be on the Mel Robbins podcast once is incredible and being here again today. It's beyond my wildest dreams, hopes, expectations, and aspirations.

I mean, to get a chance to be on the Mel Robbins podcast once is incredible and being here again today. It's beyond my wildest dreams, hopes, expectations, and aspirations.

I mean, couldn't have said it better myself. Truly, that's exactly right. And a recent study found that, yes, like you said, 70% of people are struggling with stress in the US. A study in the UK found that over 90% of people are experiencing burnout. So just think about that. If you are feeling a sense of stress or burnout, you are not alone. It is not your fault. Just look at the data.

I mean, couldn't have said it better myself. Truly, that's exactly right. And a recent study found that, yes, like you said, 70% of people are struggling with stress in the US. A study in the UK found that over 90% of people are experiencing burnout. So just think about that. If you are feeling a sense of stress or burnout, you are not alone. It is not your fault. Just look at the data.

I mean, couldn't have said it better myself. Truly, that's exactly right. And a recent study found that, yes, like you said, 70% of people are struggling with stress in the US. A study in the UK found that over 90% of people are experiencing burnout. So just think about that. If you are feeling a sense of stress or burnout, you are not alone. It is not your fault. Just look at the data.

Anywhere you are, when you are in a room of 30 people and you think, oh, I'm probably the only one who's feeling this way, the data says otherwise.

Anywhere you are, when you are in a room of 30 people and you think, oh, I'm probably the only one who's feeling this way, the data says otherwise.

Anywhere you are, when you are in a room of 30 people and you think, oh, I'm probably the only one who's feeling this way, the data says otherwise.

So the first thing that we're going to talk about is this idea of horizonlessness. It is a term coined by journalist Kayana Mogadam. I first heard about it during the pandemic when writer Nina St. Pierre interviewed me for an Elle magazine feature on horizonlessness and this uptick of people who are feeling like they don't really have many options and they're not very excited for the future.