If You’re Feeling Stuck in Life, Listen to This
episodePreviously titled “3 Ways to Quickly Get Out of a Rut” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 3, 2026
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What are the signs that indicate you are feeling stuck?
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. You know, lately I have been hearing from so many listeners around the world who have been writing in and saying, I feel stuck, I feel lost. Or even while I've been out on tour, I've been out on tour doing a live show in Australia and New Zealand and now in the United States, and as I'm meeting you in person, I'm So many of you keep saying, I'm just in this rut and I can't seem to get out of it. So that's what we're going to talk about today. We're going to talk about being stuck. And I need you to hear this. Feeling stuck is one of the single most misunderstood experiences in life. When you feel stuck, it doesn't mean you're broken.
It means you're built for something more. And stuckness is this tension between the life that you currently have and the life you have yet to create. That's what stuck is. It's a signal. And today, I'm gonna teach you something really life-changing. There are three traps that are keeping you stuck. And if you don't know which one of the traps is in your way, it's impossible to move forward. It's almost like you're trying to solve the wrong problem. I want you to think about it like you got a problem with your car and you think you can fix it by filling the gas tank, but the real issue is the battery's dead. No matter how much gas you pour into that sucker, it's not going to go anywhere because you're focused on the wrong problem.
And when you feel stuck, it's easy to focus on the wrong problem. And that's why our conversation today is gonna be very different. I am going to not only teach you these three traps that make you feel stuck and how to get unstuck, but I'm also going to play questions from your fellow listeners around the world. And together, you and I are gonna work together to figure out which one of the three traps is your fellow listener in. So by the end of this conversation, You're not going to only be able to spot these traps in yourself and the people that you love. You're going to know exactly what to do, depending upon which trap you're dealing with, to get unstuck and finally start moving forward and feeling great again.
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so glad that you're here. It is always an honor to spend this time together. And if you're new or if somebody shared this episode with you, I just want to take a moment and personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. Today, you and I are talking about the three traps that keep you stuck and how to finally get unstuck. And I just want to normalize the fact that I think everybody right now has something that's keeping them feeling a little lost or stuck, whether it's your career path or it's finances or it's something going on in your relationship. And I want you to stop and think about this right now for yourself because I want you to get something out of this.
Where in your life do you feel a little stuck or a little lost or like you're spinning your wheels? Is it in your relationship? Is it at work? You're not quite sure where your career is going or maybe you got laid off or you don't like what you do anymore and you're not sure what to do next. Is it with school? You're not that interested in what your major is or what you're studying. You're wondering if all the student debt is worth it. Is it some project at home that's been nagging you forever? Is it thinking about that next chapter of your life? So now that you've kind of thought a little bit about where is that area of your life where you feel a little friction? Is it your health? You feel a little stuck with that.
Is it some other area of your life? Now let's talk about the three traps that can make you feel stuck. Because until we identify which trap you're in, you will never, ever, ever move forward. You're just gonna keep on spinning your wheels. The first trap that keeps you stuck is you're not ready to change. It's that simple. It sounds so obvious, it's almost dumb, right? But one of the reasons why it's so easy to get stuck is you're simply not ready to change.
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