Get Unstuck! The Power of Emotional Fitness | The Tony Robbins Podcast

Welcome to another family edition of The Tony Robbins Podcast. In this intimate at-home conversation, Tony Robbins, his wife Sage Robbins and producer Mary B., delve into a critical topic that touches us all: Mental Health. It's a universal truth that no one escapes this life without experiencing periods of pain and loss. While we all face our own unique challenges, there are fundamental keys that we can use to unlock and maintain a state of mental well-being.Show more

Consider this: according to metastudies, only about 40% of people respond to treatments for anxiety and depression, and that 40% shows an average of 50% improvement in symptoms.

Knowing that, Stanford Genetics Lab conducted a controlled study at Tony Robbins’ Date with Destiny seminar to measure its effects. Of the participants that were clinically depressed before the seminar, 30 days after, 100% of study participants who were depressed were in remission, and their average improvement was 87.2%. No drugs, and in only 6 days of seminar participation. Entering the Stanford study, 17% of participants experienced suicidal thoughts. Thirty days after the seminar, none of the study participants reported having suicidal thoughts. Remarkably, one month after the Tony Robbins event, study participants still experienced a +50% increase in positive emotions (satisfaction, inner strength, well-being), while also reporting a -50% decrease in negative emotions (loneliness, anger, sadness, stress, anxiety). Additionally, they reported feeling happier and more satisfied in relationships. Study participants saw a -38% decrease in anxiety even 11 months after the seminar while the baseline population (non-Tony Robbins seminar participants) saw 28% increased anxiety.

In this episode, Tony, Sage, and Mary B., explore the critical ways to improve emotional fitness and navigate out of "stuck states”. They uncover specific tools for use in moments of overwhelm, stress, anger, or fear. The family explores the ultimate power move: assigning life events empowering meanings; and the fascinating connection between THE TRIAD of physiology, focus, and language.

SHOW NOTES:

00:40 Intro by Sage Robbins - What do you do when you feel stuck?

03:45 Emotional fitness vs. emotional intelligence

04:57 “Nobody escapes this world without extreme stress at times.” -Tony Robbins

05:56 How we deal with feeling stuck

07:27 Mary Q: UNLIMITED POWER and "internal representations”

08:47 Two people. Same event. Different experience.

10:24 How body physiology controls emotional state

12:18 Sage and Tony on their relationship's evolution

17:59 Tony shares the story of a break-up and its lessons

24:18 How Mary B. overcomes stress and anger

26:54 Tony’s dinner for GOATs at Bon Jovi’s

29:11 Sage on getting unstuck

31:43 Byron Katie’s Four Questions Worksheet

32:52 Tony on triggers -- out of pain comes drive

35:07 Global Solutions: What do you value more than your pain?

36:37 Suicide / Loneliness / Where to start if you’re feeling on edge

39:03 Tony: the collective vision is division; we need a compelling future

41:30 Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl

42:37 Sage on the intent of these family conversations

43:24 The Rabbit Listened, the power of presence

46:07 The atmosphere of this family and the place we call HOME

47:37 Tony signs off

49:48. SEGMENT 2: The power of a single thought

50:48 Richard Rohr’s MONKEY MIND

55:39 If IT’S ALL ENERGY, thoughts are energy, embrace their transience

57:04 Time flies when you’re having fun… until you’re not.

58:41 Mary B.: What is your favorite FLAVOR of suffering?

59:18 Sage on getting into NATURE/ out of SOCIAL MEDIA rabbit hole

1:00:47 Sage on stepping out of civility to feel the reality of life on earth

1:02:23 Mary on getting STUCK STUPID

1:04:49 Something is coming up to the surface to be healed, stay with it

1:05:52 There’s no right or wrong way, drop the JUDGEMENT

1:07:07 Compassion for the human experience, it’s not always easy

1:08:00 Mary shares a personal story

1:09:48 Sage: When pain brings us to our knees

1:12:26 Not my will but thine be done

1:16:33 Mary on your VALUES SYSTEM

1:17:34 "Let your problems bring you closer to God"

1:19:06 Sage looks back on painful past experiences

1:22:25 OUTTAKES and DELETED SCENES