Transcript of How to finally shut off your brain at night (for real) | Mel Robbins #Shorts

I think one of my biggest problems is at the end of the day, my brain has been so busy working or just running or thinking that if you really stop and think about it, how do you shut your brain down? Well, if you're a normal person, you probably either start watching TV or you pick up and you doomscroll with your phone, or next thing you know, you might be pouring a drink to try to turn your brain off. I've certainly done that in the past. But what if there was a different option? What if you could just use something like the let them theory and understand that your thoughts come and go, they rise and they fall, and not grip onto them. Really just observing your thoughts without attaching yourself to them. Oh, interesting. I'm still thinking about work. Oh, interesting. That news headline just popped in my mind. You just let the thoughts rise without giving them any weight. One of my favorite meditations, I don't know who told me this, so I don't know who to credit. Thinking about your thoughts as they rise up, especially negative ones, as if you are casting them on a piece of paper into a raging river and you just watch them float downstream.

Really just observing your thoughts without attaching yourself to them.