4 Habits for Energy, Productivity, & Happiness That Changed My Life (Science-Backed)

Today, you are getting Mel’s favorite science-backed hacks for more confidence, productivity, concentration, and peace.

In this episode, Mel is teaching you how you can boost your mood and transform your mind using the tool of music.

First, Mel will reveal the songs you need to listen to starting today that will instantly reset your mood, change your mindset, and leave you feeling in awe of life.

Then, she will also give you the specific types of sound and music you can use daily to instantly prime your brain for learning, unmatched productivity, and even healing.

This episode is fun, surprising, and packed with practical tips you can start using right away.

Mel’s Energetic Playlists:

• Mel’s Yacht Rock Playlist, listen here.
• Dance Your Face Off Playlist, listen here.
• U2 The Joshua Tree Album, listen here.
• Neil Diamond All-Time Greatest Hits Playlist, listen here.

Binaural Beats Playlists:

• Mel’s Spotify playlist with binaural beats for focus and concentration, click here.
• Mel’s Spotify playlist for better sleep and peace: click here.
• Listen to binaural beats for focus and concentration on YouTube: click here.
• Listen to binaural beats for better sleep on YouTube: click here.
• Apps for binaural beats
  • Calm
  • Aura Health
  • Binaural Beats Brainwaves

‍Solfeggio Frequency Music

• Mel’s favorite Meditation Playlist: listen here. ‍
• Malakai Bayoh on Britain’s Got Talent: watch here.‍
• Malakai’s Instagram‍
• Malakai on YouTube.
• Spotify Playlist: Solfeggio All 9 Frequencies
• Spotify Playlist: Positive Energy Frequency
• Spotify Playlist: Sleep Frequency

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• If you liked this episode, you’ll love listening to this episode next: How to Build the Life You Want: Timeless Wisdom for More Happiness & Purpose
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In this episode:

• 1:20: You won’t believe the 5 things music can help with, according to research.
• 3:25 Listen to THIS music to be in a better mood.
• 5:25: Try this exercise and you’ll be surprised about what you start thinking about.
• 7:00: PLEASE help Mel remember the title of this song from the 80’s.
• 10:00: Has this ever happened to you at a concert?
• 11:45: What the research says about why songs from your past boost your mood.
• 18:20: Remember your highschool graduation but not what you had for breakfast last weekend? This is why.
• 21:30: Bet you didn’t know this story about U2.
• 25:25: Mel’s music hack to get her family to help with the dishes.
• 26:15: Tips for making the best mood-boosting music playlist.
• 33:15: Need to get something important done? This 6-year study says to listen to THIS music before you get started.
• 37:05: Every best week of your life all started with this day, so quit complaining about it.
• 44:40: Want to sleep better? Use this music.
• 47:05: The science behind why you need to use headphones to get the most from this music.
• 48:58: What happens in your brain when you listen to binaural music.
• 51:30: Patients who listened to this music were more relaxed.
• 53:30: 5 simple hacks for your brain to get the most out of binaural beats.
• 56:25: What are solfeggio frequencies and what do they do to your brain?
• 60:50: Researchers are using this kind of frequency to create new bone cells.
• 1:04:50: The bloopers you’ve been waiting for. Nobody’s perfect!

Related Research and Links:

• The video Mel referenced about the best way to juice a lemon
• Malakai Bayoh on Britain’s Got Talent: watch here.
  • Malaki’s Instagram.
  • Malaki on YouTube.
• Science Daily: Why do we remember emotional events better?
• National Library of Medicine: The influences of emotion on learning and memory.
• Science Daily: How sound waves could help regrow bones.
• American Academy of Audiology: What exactly are binaural beats?
• Harvard Health: Why is music good for the brain?
• National Library of Medicine: Auditory beat stimulation and its effects on cognition and mood states.
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Music & Health, what you need to know.
• John Hopkins Medicine: Keep your brain young with music.
• Science Daily: Range of electrical frequencies that help heal chronic wounds
• Harvard Health: Can music improve your health and quality of life?
• NYU Tandon School of Engineering: Music and coffee can improve cognitive performance.
• Int Jrnl of Environmental Research and Public Health: The effect of binaural beat on operative pain and anxiety in cataract surgery.
• Frontiers in Neuroscience: A 6-Hz binaural beat on a 250 Hz carrier tone induces meditative state.
• Plos One: Binaural beats to entrain the brain? A systematic review.
• Digital Health: Using delta binaural beat for a better sleep.‍
• Science Daily: Music intervention and mindfulness reduces the effect of mental fatigue.