The Mel Robbins Podcast

Are you the person everyone depends on?
Do you remember the appointments, make the plans, solve the problems, keep track of what everyone needs, and step in whenever something falls through the cracks?
If that sounds familiar, this conversation is for you.
In this deeply relatable and practical conversation, Mel sits down for another episode with world-renowned motivational speaker Dr. Eric Thomas, also known as “ET, The Hip Hop Preacher,” to talk about what happens when you become the person who holds everything together.
Dr. Thomas is a pastor, educator, New York Times bestselling author, and one of the most influential motivational speakers in the world.
In this conversation, he shares something extremely personal: what he learned from realizing how much his wife, Dede, had been carrying in their marriage and family while he was focused on building his career.
That realization changed the way he thought about strength, responsibility, trust, and it changed their marriage.
Dr. Thomas will tell you, “You’ve done everything for everybody else and you’ve not done the things that you need to do for yourself.”
He knows that you’re used to getting things done, and how hard it has become to put anything down. He will show you how to get that time back to focus on yourself.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
-How to recognize when you’ve become the person who does everything for everyone
-Why “I’ll just do it myself” can become a pattern that leaves you exhausted
-Why capable people often have the hardest time letting other people help
-What happens to your family when you become the person everyone waits on
-How to tell the difference between helping someone and constantly rescuing them
-How to stop grabbing responsibility back the second someone struggles
-What to do when you think, “If I don’t do it, it won’t get done”
-How to start sharing responsibility without feeling like everything is going to fall apart
-Why being needed can become part of your identity without you realizing it
-How to stop measuring your value by how much you do for other people
-What the people who love the “strong one” need to understand
Dr. Thomas says, “In opening myself up to be cared for, I found care.”
Today you are going to learn how to take the care you have been giving to everyone and turn it back on yourself, so you can focus on your dreams, your life and get your energy back.
If you are tired of being the one who always remembers, fixes, handles, and holds everything together, this conversation will help you understand why you keep doing it and how to finally start putting some of that weight down.
For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.
If you liked the episode, check out this one next: It’s Not Too Late: How to Transform Your Life at Any Moment

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If you’ve been feeling like this year got away from you, this episode will help you get back on track.
In this powerful and practical conversation, Mel sits down with world-renowned pastor, and motivational speaker, and New York Times Bestselling author Dr. Eric Thomas to talk about how to get yourself back on track when life has knocked you off course.
Dr. Thomas knows what it feels like to have your circumstances work against you.
He went from being homeless and dropping out of high school to earning his Ph.D. in education from Michigan State University and becoming one of the most influential motivational speakers in the world known as ET The Hip Hop Preacher.
But this conversation is not about pushing harder, grinding more, or trying to completely reinvent your life overnight.
In this episode, Dr. Thomas shows you how to stop focusing on everything that is going wrong, identify what is still within your control, and start building momentum again one day at a time.
He also shares his 52 day challenge that he created after watching himself and people around him lose hope during a difficult year, and will inspire you to take on this challenge as well.
You’ll learn:
-The story that inspired his 52-day challenge and why it completely changed the way he thinks about transformation
-How to figure out the one area of your life that needs your attention right now
-How to take the skills you already use successfully in one area of your life and apply them somewhere you feel stuck
-How to choose a daily action that is realistic enough to actually stick with
-How to recognize the excuses you keep making without beating yourself up
-Why you do not need to change your whole life in order to change the direction of it
-How to keep going when you are doing the work but still cannot see the result
-The question to ask yourself when you feel like giving up
-How to stop obsessing over how far you have to go and focus on what you can do today
-Why getting back to your best self may be more powerful than trying to become a completely different person
You do not have to solve your whole life before this year ends.
You do not have to wait for your circumstances to change before you start feeling better.
You just need to stop giving all of your attention to what you cannot control and start putting it toward what you can.
If this year has worn you down, this conversation will help you focus on yourself, make one decision that moves you forward, and use the next 52 days to get your hope, clarity, and momentum back.
For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.
If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Strong, Fit and Healthy: How to Get Your Best Body & Increase Your Energy in 3 Days

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What if you could sit down with your parents and finally tell them what they got wrong? Or ask your kids what they wish you'd done differently?
Today, Mel and her daughter Sawyer are having the kind of honest conversation most families never have.
And Sawyer isn't holding back.
She asks Mel lots of questions, including:
-What do you think you got wrong as my mom?
-What do you wish you did differently?
-What did raising three kids teach you?
Mel talks about her biggest regrets, the mistakes she's still making, and the ways her own childhood shaped the mother she became.
But what makes this conversation so special is that Sawyer shares her side, too.
You'll hear why Sawyer sometimes turns to her dad instead of Mel, what she wishes her mom understood about her, and how even the most loving families can fall into patterns that leave everyone feeling frustrated or misunderstood.
As Mel and Sawyer talk, you'll hear things you can do to make your relationships better, too.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What Mel wishes she'd done differently raising her three kids
- Why Mel regrets trying to help her kids and what you can do to avoid this mistake
- What adult children wish their parents understood
- How your childhood shapes the way you communicate, show love, and handle conflict
- Why mothers and daughters can have such complicated relationships
- One simple question that can change how you communicate with the people you love
- How to stop repeating the same arguments and frustrations in your family
- A practical way to stay calm when someone pushes your buttons
- Why you don't always need to agree to understand each other
- How to build a closer, more loving relationship with your family, no matter how old you are
Whether you're a mom looking back on raising your kids, an adult who wishes your parents understood you better, or someone who wants less tension and more connection with your family, this conversation will give you a new perspective.
You can't change everything that happened in your family, but you can change how you understand each other and what happens next.
For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.
If you liked the episode, check out this one next: You Learn This Too Late: This One Idea Might Change Your Entire Life

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How do you know if the person you love is “the one”?
How do you know when it's time to walk away?
How do you resolve your differences without blowing up your relationship?
If you've been questioning your relationship, struggling to find love, feeling like you're losing yourself in your partner's life, or trying to get over a breakup, this conversation is for you.
In this incredibly personal, funny, and honest conversation, Mel sits down with her 27-year-old daughter, Sawyer Robbins, to answer some of the hardest questions about love, dating, and relationships.
Sawyer has a list of questions from her friends, her sister, the audience, and her own life, and Mel has no idea what she's going to ask.
After 30 years of marriage, Mel has learned a lot about what makes relationships work, what tears them apart, and the mistakes she wishes she could go back and change.
And today, she's sharing that advice with her own daughter and with you.
Mel opens up about the relationships she regrets, the years she spent avoiding her own problems by dating someone else, the sacrifices she's made in her marriage, and the things she wishes she'd understood when she was Sawyer's age.
In this episode, you'll learn:
-The 3 signs someone is an incredible person, but not the right person for you
-How to know when to stay in a relationship, when to leave, and when it's time to be single
-Why Mel regrets never being single in her 20s and what she wishes she'd done differently
-How to recognize the relationship patterns you keep repeating and what it takes to break them
-The difference between making compromises in a relationship and sacrificing the dreams and values that matter most to you
-What to do when your partner's career, ambition, or dreams seem more important than yours
-How to support someone you love when they're struggling without trying to fix their problems for them
-How to encourage your partner to grow without making them feel like they're not good enough
-The surprising reason why trying to change your partner often creates more problems
-How to handle disagreements when you and your partner want completely different things
-How to rebuild your confidence in dating when you feel like nobody is choosing you
-The most important advice for getting through a breakup when the future you imagined together suddenly disappears
-Why being right in an argument may be the very thing keeping you from feeling connected to your partner
Whether you're single, dating, married, or starting over after heartbreak, this conversation will change how you think about love and what you should be looking for in a relationship.
You deserve a relationship where you don't have to lose yourself to love someone else.
If you are in a relationship right now or you're still looking for it, this conversation will help you understand what you need to look for and how to find it.
For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.
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What if the best part of the year hasn’t happened yet?
If you’ve been feeling stuck, behind, and sick of your own bad habits, this conversation is for you.
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Mel sits down with bestselling author, entrepreneur, and one of favorite people Ed Mylett.
They talk about what it takes to stop living on autopilot and start building a great life, at any age.
Ed believes you are always one decision away from a different life.
But here’s where Ed’s advice is completely fresh and different:
Ed says building a great life isn’t about doing more, achieving more, or adding another goal. He knows:
The most powerful thing you can do is make room for the life you want by letting go of what is keeping you stuck.
After losing his father and facing serious health challenges of his own, Ed was forced to rethink the way he was living. He began questioning what success really means, how much of his life he had wasted worrying, and whether the things he was chasing still mattered to him.
What he found, and is sharing with you today, changed the way he thinks about time, confidence, purpose, relationships, and what makes a life meaningful.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
-How you can change the direction of your life with one decision
-The simple life audit Ed uses to figure out what he needs to let go of
-How to break the patterns that keep pulling you backward
-Ed’s simple tool to stop worry and take back control of your life
-To create a different future, even when your current circumstances make you feel stuck
-How to build confidence by creating small wins that prove you can trust yourself
-To trusting your intentions, even when you doubt your abilities
-How “one more day” helped save Ed’s father’s life, and became one of Ed’s most powerful ideas.
-Why you are most qualified to help the person you used to be, and how your greatest struggles can become a source of purpose
-How helping someone else can pull you out of helplessness and reconnect you with your own value
-The daily habit Ed is using to create more clarity, purpose, and meaning in his life
-Why waiting until “someday” to enjoy your life is one of the biggest mistakes you can make
Ed’s story is a reminder that your mistakes are not proof that you failed.
Your past is not proof that you’re stuck.
And the experiences you wish you could erase may become the very things that allow you to make a difference in someone else’s life.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign that it’s not too late to change your life, this is it.
You’re not done.
There is still time left on the clock.
And your next chapter can start today.
For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page.
If you liked the episode, check out this one next: The Science of Making & Breaking Habits: How to Change Your Life in 1 Month
Mel also wants to tell you:
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