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CNBC
30-05-2025
- Health
- CNBC
Bestselling author shares her No. 1 tip for raising mentally resilient kids: It's 'the single best thing you could do'
Your child is throwing a tantrum, and it's stressing you out. Perhaps they're afraid of the dark, so you avoid an outburst by offering them a spot in your bed — but now it's a bad habit they can't seem to break. Or your child feels uncomfortable in social settings, so you let them stay home, and now they can't make friends at school. Giving into your kids to avoid your own feelings of stress and anxiety does more harm than good in the long run, says bestselling author and personal growth expert Mel Robbins. It's a big mistake she made when raising her daughter, the 56-year-old said on a May 6 episode of "The Oprah Podcast." "I really screwed this up as a mother," said Robbins. "As a mother, I take full responsibility for making my child's anxiety a hundred times worse. The single best thing you could do for your daughter is to get control of and heal your anxiety."Robbins herself was an anxious child, and her now-adult daughter expressed similar tendencies as a young kid, she said — sleeping on her mother's bedroom floor for almost a year due to separation anxiety, for example. Telling her "no" resulted in a fuss, triggering Robbins' own anxiety, so she allowed it to happen for longer than she should've, she added. "You want to know what I taught my daughter by doing that? I taught her that you're not capable of facing something that's difficult," Robbins said. "She got to the point that she didn't want to go to school ... I couldn't leave and go anywhere." Learning how to overcome your own anxiety is the first step to helping your kids do the same, said Robbins. And teaching them how to be mentally resilient gives them a better chance of becoming successful as adults, some psychologists say. People may use several common-sense strategies to ward off stress: talking to a therapist or loved one, eating healthier and sleeping more, working out, writing in a journal. Other tactics may be less obvious, like sleeping with your phone in another room, Robbins noted. "You're checking emails and messages [as soon as you wake up] and you wonder why you're stressed out and exhausted," said Robbins. "You're not even out of bed, and you have put all this other stuff in your brain." Martha Beck, a Harvard University-trained sociologist, uses a process called KIST, or "kind internal self talk," she wrote for CNBC Make It in January. Imagine your anxiety as a small, furry animal and tell it, "You're OK," or "Everything's fine." Then, when you feel even the smallest shift in your anxiety, "offer yourself kind wishes" — say something like, "May you feel peaceful," Beck wrote. Finally, imagine tucking your anxiety into a cozy box and carrying it gently in a small bag slung over your shoulder, wrote Beck. Once your emotions are in check, you can more effectively talk to your child. Robbins suggested some potential language to use: "I know this is scary, I know this feels uncomfortable and I'm going to be by your side. But you are capable of facing this, honey." The calmer you are in your delivery, the more they'll believe it, Robbins said. ,
Hindustan Times
29-05-2025
- Health
- Hindustan Times
Expert says on Oprah Winfrey's show ‘never sleep with your phone, keep it in bathroom'. Explains why it causes anxiety
Don't pick up your phone the first thing in the morning after you wake up! Your parents have told you this, and you may have also heard many wellness experts stress how important it is to have this particular habit. But have you ever wondered why? Also Read | Doctor shares foods that help burn body fat. Hint: It is also a good source of protein During her appearance on Oprah Winfrey's show, The Oprah Podcast, Mel Robbins, an author and expert on behavioural change, talked about the importance of not sleeping with your phone. She advised people to 'never, ever sleep with their phone', and instead put it in the bathroom. The reason? Let's find out. Mel told Oprah, 'I'm not even going to talk about all the studies about how the phone in the room next to you interrupts your sleep. I'm going to talk about something that happens when you wake up.' She explained why a scenario where the phone is next to you when you are sleeping is harmful to the mind and mental peace. 'So, the phone's next to you, right? You're lying in bed. The alarm goes off, and you pick up the phone. Here you are. You aren't even vertical yet, and you have just allowed the world news and a thousand strangers on Instagram to walk into your bedroom. You're checking emails and text messages, and you wonder why you're stressed out and exhausted. You're not even out of bed, and you have put all this other stuff in your brain, which means you are now the last thing on the list.' A post shared by Mel Robbins (@melrobbins) According to the expert, if you wake up and start scrolling, it activates your stress response. Additionally, it takes longer for you to get out of bed, and it causes anxiety. How does that happen? It triggers the stored trauma in your brain. Mel explained, 'Anxiety is higher for people in the morning. If you grew up in a traumatic household or experienced abuse, poverty, bigotry, or racism when you were little, you had a chaotic experience. If you're waking up in the morning and the first thing you experience is anxiety, it is a sign of stored trauma. That's why a lot of people have anxiety first thing in the morning. It's stored trauma.' Also Read | Nutritionist shares 3 essential eating hacks if your gut is always upset Note to readers: This article is for informational purposes only and not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always seek the advice of your doctor with any questions about a medical condition.
CNBC
02-05-2025
- Health
- CNBC
By age 25, make sure to learn this crucial soft skill, says Ivy League psychologist: 'It is urgent'
Teens who overuse social media and smartphones could deprive themselves of a life skill that's essential for success, according to social psychologist and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt. Those between the ages of 13 and 18 average eight hours and 39 minutes of screen time per day, according to a 2021 report from Common Sense Media. Moreover, the company's 2023 "Constant Companion" report found that teens receive almost 240 notifications every day, and check their phones over 100 times. The result: A generation of people who can't concentrate, according to Haidt. And focus is an essential skill for success in life and at work, the social psychologist pointed out on a recent episode of The Oprah Podcast, where he spoke to a 17-year-old self-proclaimed social media addict. "It is urgent that you restore your brain," said Haidt, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and wrote the New York Times best-selling book, "The Anxious Generation." The smart move is to make improvements now: "If you [are on your phone up to 10 hours a day] until you're 25, then the damage might be permanent," he said. "By 25, the frontal cortex is kind of done changing. … At that point, it's going to be much harder to get your attention back." Social media is "shattering" attention spans, he noted: "These things are designed to interrupt you." And an inability to concentrate can hinder you personally and professionally, according to Haidt. It becomes harder to maintain personal relationships, or even hold down a job, when you have trouble paying attention to anyone or anything beyond your phone. "Do you think any employer's going to find it useful to hire someone who can't focus on what they're supposed to focus on?" he asked. Haidt's book, which connects social media and smartphone addiction directly to poor mental health among young people, has generated controversy. Some readers believe it overlooks other, equally significant causes of anxiety and unhappiness in younger people — genetics, brain chemical imbalances and trauma, to name a few. However, research has shown that social development can suffer when kids and teens over-depend on devices rather than interacting in person. And in 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory warning about the mental health risks brought on by social media and smartphones, citing studies showing that can lead to higher rates of anxiety and depression. Haidt advised re-building your ability to focus by committing to using your phone less and suggested getting a small group of friends and family to join the challenge with you. "If you can find three other family members, three friends to do this with," you'll have a better chance at breaking the habit so you can build focus, Haidt said. "I would recommend going cold turkey [from social apps] for a month, if you can." When you get the urge to grab your phone, consider making a swap: Instead, start reading, writing in a journal, completing a movie you started or going outside. Then finish that activity before moving on to something else, Haidt recommended. Consider listening to music while you're trying to finish chores or get work done, too: Though it may sound counterintuitive, music can help you concentrate, according to Srini Pillay, a Harvard psychiatrist, brain researcher and chief medical officer. "There are many ways that music can impact the brain's ability to focus," he wrote for CNBC Make It in 2023. "One mechanism involves decreasing stress and cortisol, which allows the brain's attention center to operate without interruption." Just steer clear of songs that might make you sad, or are so catchy they make it more difficult for you to stay on task. "In the brain, the focus centers are directly connected to the regions that process emotion, so any music that makes you more emotionally volatile could disrupt your concentration," he wrote.
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Joy Behar booed over Arnold Schwarzenegger joke on 'The View'
Joy Behar booed over Arnold Schwarzenegger joke on 'The View' Show Caption Hide Caption Whoopi Goldberg defends Janet Jackson amid Kamala Harris debacle Whoopi Goldberg has defended her friend Janet Jackson after she faced backlash over remarks questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity. unbranded - Entertainment Joy Behar landed in hot water when a joke about a decades-old scandal fell flat. "The View" host took a comedic jab at former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during the April 29 episode, saying if you date a man with his physique, "he's going to leave you for the housekeeper anyway." The quip was met with almost immediate boos from the audience, to which Behar's "View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin responded: "Too soon! It's only been 30 years!" Behar's comments came in response to a segment that saw the co-hosts discussing their ideal physique for a male partner. Shrugging off the idea of a chiseled, six-pack clad mate, Behar said: "You have to be perfect if they're perfect. I prefer a man who's not perfect. I'm not perfect." "I like them to be legally blind even. That helps," she joked, adding, "I mean, if you get a guy like Arnold Schwarzenegger, he's going to leave you for the housekeeper anyway." Schwarzenegger famously had an affair in the mid-1990s with his then-housekeeper, Mildred Baena, which resulted in a child and the end of his marriage to Maria Shriver. Joseph Baena, Schwarzenegger and Baena's son, went on to compete on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2005. In her recent book, "I Am Maria," Shriver chronicled the emotional end to her marriage and how she moved toward healing. "As I sat on the hotel room floor in the dark, terrified and alone with tears streaming down my face, I thought to myself: Maria, this doesn't have to be the end of the you. It can't be the end of you. Make it a new beginning of you," she wrote. In an hourlong conversation on "The Oprah Podcast," following the book's release, Shriver also told Oprah Winfrey that recounting it was still "an emotional thing for me." "I wanted to know how that had happened to me. I wanted to know who I could be moving forward," she told Winfrey, "I think Arnold and I have a great relationship now, and I think there will always be a love there."
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Webby Awards nominees include Kendrick Lamar, 'The Oprah Podcast'
April 1 (UPI) -- The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the nominations for the 29th Annual Webby Awards, with nominees including Lady Gaga and Dax Shepard. The Webby Award winners will be announced April 22 in New York, with a May 12 ceremony to follow hosted by comedian Ilana Glazer. Podcasts up for awards this year include Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, The Oprah Podcast, SmartLess, The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Baby, This is Keke Palmer, Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, The Mel Robbins Podcast and The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya. Oprah Winfrey's "The Oprah Podcast" is among the nominees at the 29th Annual Webby Awards. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Music videos nominated for awards include Dua Lipa's "Illusion," Megan Thee Stallion's "Mamushi," Charli XCX's "Von Dutch," Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra" and Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." "The Webby Awards have always been a barometer for digital progress, and this year's nominees reflect the deep connection between creativity and innovation," said Jesse Feister, executive director of the Webby Media Group. "From visionary creators to the technologists building the tools and platforms behind them, these are the people and companies redefining how we connect, express, and experience life online."
