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Answering Your Questions on Friendship, Therapy, Boundaries, And More | The Mel Robbins Podcast

2023-09-25 People & Blogs
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Order your copy of The Let Them Theory 👉 https://melrob.co/let-them-theory 👈 The #1 Best Selling Book of 2025 🔥 Discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words. Let Them. — In today’s episode, we are trying something new, and absolutely anything goes. You’ve been flooding my inbox with questions, problems, sticky situations, and big, big dreams and goals. So today, because you asked, I am going to show up and deliver the hard truth, the surprising advice, the tricks to get you out of any pickle, and the inspiration that you need to take that next step. Nothing is off the table. So don’t f***ing blame me when I tell you how it is. I’ve got a pile of hundreds and thousands of YOUR questions, and I’m giving you the coaching you need. This might be my favorite episode I ever recorded. We are going to cover: - When it’s time to walk away from a friendship (hint: when these 2 things disappear) - How it’s about damn time you stop dating for potential - How to use the ‘Let Them Theory’ to protect your energy - ONE tool you need to make decisions without overthinking - What’s keeping you from getting a raise or promotion, and more importantly, what should you do to get it - How to get someone you love to go to therapy (and when it’s time to walk away) - Why a mid-life crisis is actually your greatest opportunity Oh, and we will cover my favorite swear word for the season (I can’t write it here, so you’ll have to listen). You will laugh with me in this episode, and you will also get advice you need to hear. But don’t blame me if it is TMI—you asked for it! Xo, Mel In this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:10 How do you know when to walk away from a friendship? 09:52 How do you make decisions without overthinking? 11:28 How do women negotiate a fair salary with a boss? 12:43 Mel, what were your dreams when you were a girl? 15:05 How do you get someone to go to therapy when they need it? 24:41 How can you be vulnerable with word vomiting everything? 25:55 Mel, what’s your favorite swear word? 27:36 You need to hear the advice I give about the BS of a ‘mid-life crisis’. 30:07 Betsy’s husband is missing out on life, and she needs help. #askmeanything #qanda #boundaries #relationshipadvice #friendship — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@melrobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com​ — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins​?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah

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@KendraDawn_babf 2023-09-25

The friendship question: I walked away from two 20+ year “friendships” a couple of years ago. Once I quit drinking and started using cannabis they started to exclude me from gatherings. The final straw was when they took a trip to another state to celebrate their 50th birthdays. A trip we had talked about taking together. I realized that we simply don’t enjoy each others company and have nothing in common. So I unfriended them on social media and stopped texting. They never once reached out. 🤷‍♀️ so I know I made the right decision

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@txspacemom765 2023-09-25

I now categorize people in my life. "Friendships" are a very small group of people in my life. The rest are acquaintances and I'm not mad at them, they just are not at my immediate table. It is not my responsibility to heal anyone. At this point in my life, if they don't want to heal themselves, in whatever form they need, I will walk away.

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@SkyWalker820 2023-09-25

I agree with the friendship comments. When I became sick and unable to work, “friends” dropped the shit out of me. I definitely realized they weren’t friends. I kept the ball rolling before and after the sickness- it was kinda fked up

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@nancyP7448 2023-09-25

Needed the "friendship" talk...

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@lynnpalfreyman 2023-09-25

Friendship over? it happened and the lesson stuck when at 18 my mother said I’d become a caretaker to my ‘friend’ ? I stopped, being a caretaker and I lost that ‘friend’ it was a life lesson I’m forever grateful for at 54!

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@robinklammer3755 2023-09-25

You rock Mel! You are the real deal. Thank you for being YOU! ❤️

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@angelablaylock-paisley1231 2023-09-26

After 40 it’s a mid life awakening!!

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@merciditaTALANAY 2026-03-01

A lot of surprises after 40’s

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@d.o.y.vcaninebehaviour.hea1558 2026-01-26

The point of meditation isn’t to leave you stuck in your thoughts. It’s a practice watching your thoughts, which creates a distance between you and your thoughts. It’s in fact about sitting beside all of your emotions. In doing so, you learn you are not your thoughts, not your emotions. You are the observer. Watching these things come and go. ❤❤❤

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@declandoy1145 2023-10-06

A life long friend shared this with me. I'm grateful for him and for your Podcast. Thank you🙌😁

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