Don’t Learn This Too Late: Make An Authentic Life Now, By Getting Real About The End

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

By the time you finish listening, your perspective on death—and life—will be forever changed. Today, Mel sits down with death doula and best-selling author Alua Arthur for a transformative conversation about how embracing the shortness of life can unlock a profound sense of joy and purpose in your life right now. Alua shares three powerful questions you should ask yourself today and reveals an inspiring exercise to perform on your birthday to help you live with more intention and gratitude. With wisdom, warmth, and humor, Alua shows how getting real about death can unlock the authentic, fulfilling life you’re meant to live. Prepare for a mindset shift that will change how you look at life, death, and everything in between. For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this deeply profound episode, listen to this one next: #1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind Connect with Mel: Preorder Mel’s new book! Watch the episodes on YouTube Go deeper with Mel’s free video course, Make It Happen Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:04.2	Have you ever thought about how you want to die?
0:11.2	Yeah, me either. Mostly I think about how I don't want to die. What if I told you that
0:17.3	thinking about your death could be the key to living your most vibrant
0:22.3	fulfilling life right now.
0:24.0	Today you and I are sitting down with someone who will transform the way you see not just death,
0:30.0	but life itself.
0:32.0	Our guest is best-selling author and death dula A. Louis Arthur.
0:36.7	She says that there's a way to use your death as something that's incredibly
0:41.8	empowering.
0:43.6	She has three questions that she's gonna ask you today
0:46.3	and an incredible exercise to share
0:48.2	that she wants you to do every year on your birthday.
0:51.6	It's gonna help you unlock deeper joy, purpose, and
0:54.7	happiness in ways you've never imagined. This conversation will challenge you,
1:00.1	move you, and my hope is that it inspires you and how you live the rest of your life
1:07.0	starting today. Hey it's Mel I am so excited that you're here welcome to the Mel Robbins
1:19.8	podcast is always such an honor to spend time with you and to be together and if you're brand new
1:24.1	welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast family.
1:27.4	Thank you for choosing to listen to this podcast and you know what it tells me?
1:30.9	It tells me that you're the type of person that values your time and you're
1:34.6	interested in learning ways that you can improve your life. I love that. Me too.
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