This episode is for you: the person holding everything together.

If your days are packed with work, caregiving, and nonstop demands, this is what you need to hear right now.

Today, Mel sits down with one of the world’s leading experts on time management, Laura Vanderkam. She’s a New York Times bestselling author, a researcher who’s studied thousands of real schedules, a mom of five, and a total realist about how busy life can get.

Laura Vanderkam’s approach isn’t “do more.” Laura’s not selling hacks. She gives you a clearer map of your days and a few small changes that reduce the chaos and help you feel more in control.

When you’re maxed out, Laura says you don’t need “more time,” you need to stop spending your limited time on default.

Laura helps you see the small, real openings in your week and she shows you exactly what to do with them so you feel less trapped and a little more in control.

This is not a lecture about hustling harder or optimizing your life. It’s a practical reset that will help you feel less behind and it will lighten your load fast.

You will:

-Find hidden pockets of time already in your schedule

-Choose what matters most (without guilt)

-Use one habit that creates more breathing room

-Make space for what you keep putting off (even with a full-time job)

-End your day with more energy instead of more exhaustion

If you’ve ever thought, “I have no free time,” “I’m always behind,” or “I don’t even know where to start,” this episode will change the way you look at your week and help you take back a little more control.

Because when your time feels calmer, everything feels a little more doable.

And when you learn to take control of your time, you start taking control of your life.

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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed, You Need to Hear This

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Today, Mel has one of the most powerful conversations you’ll ever hear on this podcast.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, exhausted, or numb by what you’re seeing in the news, today’s episode is for you.

When life feels uncertain, it’s easy to start pulling back, numbing out, and bracing for the next thing.

You’re not alone.

That’s why you need to hear from Mel’s guest today, Bryan Stevenson.

He is one of Mel’s personal heroes, and he is the kind of human being who restores your faith in what’s possible.

Bryan is a world-renowned civil rights lawyer and author of Just Mercy, one of the most powerful books of our time, which was turned into a movie in which Michael B. Jordan played Bryan.

He is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and has argued and won cases before the United States Supreme Court.

He has saved over 140 people from death row, many of whom were wrongly convicted, and his work has fundamentally transformed the conversation about justice, mercy, and human dignity.

This is one of the most honest, compassionate, and uplifting conversations Mel has ever had with a guest, which is why today, Mel wanted to share again the conversation she had with him.

You’ll learn:

-How to stay hopeful without denying reality

-Why compassion is a form of courage

-What resilience looks like when life is hard

-How to find purpose and meaning by helping others

-How to stop numbing out and start showing up again

-How small actions create real change

-Exactly what you can do in your community to make a difference

Bryan is here to show you how to look deeper within yourself and to stand up even when the world is telling you to sit down.

And in doing that, he’ll remind you that hope might just be the most powerful gift you can give to the world, to other people, and to yourself.

For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page.

If you liked this episode, you’ll love listening to this one next: Renew Your Spirit: 5 Ways I’m Finding Hope & Strength Right Now

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