Mel Robbins

And you're like, I feel overwhelmed.

Yeah, totally.

Or I feel proud of myself.

I don't even know what I need because I'm so overwhelmed.

Like that's a different conversation than fine.

If somebody says what's wrong and you say, I feel kind of confused about.

how I'm feeling right now.

I like it because it's simple and we can all take those two sentences.

I feel, I need.

Yeah.

And you can do that with a work colleague too.

Yeah, that's really simple and powerful.

Dr. John, I have so many more questions that I want to ask you, but let's just pause for a second because this part of the conversation is one of those moments where I know as you're listening or watching, you're thinking, oh, wait, I do that.

I stay silent.

I smooth it over.

I tell myself it's not worth bringing up.

And I don't know about you, but I'm already starting to replay a lot of what she's saying and replaying a lot of things where I'm like, why didn't I just say something?

I mean, I thought it was being easygoing when really I'm just avoiding the truth.

And now I'm learning the weight that that creates for you.

And we don't have to live like that.