The Mel Robbins Podcast

In this episode, you’re getting the best of the best of The Mel Robbins Podcast. 

These are the 9 moments people couldn’t stop talking about this year. 

In 2025, Mel released 106 episodes of the podcast and featured 75 experts who shared their transformative insights on health, relationships, mindset, and more. 

Together, this adds up to thousands of takeaways. 

Because your time is valuable, Mel is giving you a gift today: 

She and her...

If the holidays stir up feelings about your family - stress, guilt, grief - this episode is for you. 

Whether you love spending time with them, can only handle them in small doses, or stay away for your own sanity, being around family has a way of pushing every button you’ve got. 

That’s why Mel invited Dr. Mariel Buqué, a Columbia-trained psychologist and leading expert on family dynamics and generational patterns, to share the real...

Today, you are going to learn scientifically proven ways you can use your mind to upgrade your life, starting with your body, your energy, and your confidence. 

In this episode, Stanford professor and leading psychology and mindset researcher Dr. Alia Crum reveals the science behind how your thoughts shape your body, your energy, and your health. 

She’s proven over and over again that your thoughts about exercise, stress, and food ar...

In today’s episode, you’re going to learn what nobody tells you about grief and loss. 

Whether you’ve lost someone recently, years ago, or are anticipating a loss, this conversation will give you clarity, relief, and a way forward. 

Or if someone you love is grieving and you feel helpless and want to know how to support them, after this conversation you will know exactly what to say and do.  

Joining Mel today is David Kessler, one of...

Do you want to make 2026 your best year yet? 

An amazing year doesn’t happen by chance. It happens by choice. And there are only 6 questions to ask yourself for instant clarity and insight. Your answers will show you what the very next steps are in your life. 

The brand new companion workbook to this episode can be found at melrobbins.com/bestyear. 

In this episode, Mel walks you through her empowering, research-backed, year-end ritua...

This episode is a MUST listen. 

If you feel stuck right now - whether it’s with your health, your job, your habits, your relationships - this conversation is for you. 

Today, you’re getting a new framework that helps you create an instant shift, and it comes from one of Mel’s favorite thinkers on the planet: Mark Rober. 

Mark is a NASA engineer who turned his love of science and education into the #1 science education platform in the ...

If you’ve been feeling the itch for something more in life: a new chapter, a new dream, a new version of yourself – this episode is your green light. 

It is a guide to how you can transform your life at any moment. 

Today, Mel sits down with her friend Hoda Kotb. Hoda, more than anyone else, will prove to you that reinvention is something you CAN do. 

In her twenties and thirties, she climbed the ranks in newsrooms across the country ...

This is one of the most motivating episodes of all time on The Mel Robbins Podcast. 

If you’ve ever felt stuck, unmotivated, or like it’s too late to reach your potential, you need to hear this conversation. 

Today’s episode is a wake-up call. 

You can break free of regret, shame, and fear. 

You can become the person you know you’re meant to be. 

It’s not too late to change. 

And this conversation will show you how. 

Today, you’re going t...

If you are tired of your own excuses… 

If you are tired of starting out strong, only to end up in the exact same place… 

If you feel like you can’t get your life together… 

If you feel unmotivated and exhausted… 

That makes complete sense. The end of the year is almost here and you need a little PUSH to get over the finish line. 

So Mel is giving you the simple reset you need to finish the year with energy and focus. 

Today, Mel is joine...

In today’s episode, you’ll learn a simple tool you can use to feel happier and more connected to your loved ones. 

Mel is teaching you a few simple gratitude practices, ones you can do with your family, your partner, or even in a group text, that are proven to lower stress and make any relationship better. 

Mel used to cringe at the word gratitude. 
 

The fake smiles. The toxic positivity. The pressure to be “thankful” while your life ...

In today’s episode, you’re going to learn the root cause of why you feel stuck. 

Whether you feel trapped in self-doubt, overwhelmed by anxiety, or find yourself in a dynamic that keeps repeating, this conversation will show you how to break free. 

Joining Mel today is Lori Gottlieb: world-renowned therapist, writer of the “Ask the Therapist” column for The New York Times, author of “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” which has sold ...

What if you could meet with your older, wiser self for a few minutes and get all the answers you need to live a life you’re proud of? 

A life with more joy and fewer regrets. 

A life of purpose and passion. 

That’s exactly what this episode feels like. 

In this powerful conversation, Mel sits down with Dr. Karl Pillemer, director of Cornell University’s Legacy Project. 

Dr. Pillemer has spent years researching the lessons and regrets of...

Today, you are getting research-backed strategies for handling difficult people. 

If you’re done being dismissed, talked over, or made to feel small, this episode will help you show up with power - and walk away with peace.

Whether it’s family, coworkers, friends, or anyone who knows how to trigger you, today you’re getting tools for dealing with difficult people.

In this solo episode, Mel dives deep into how to respond to disrespect,...

Some days, the world feels like too much. 

The news, the stress, the noise. 

You start to wonder if you’ll ever feel right again. 

Then, out of nowhere, something lands in your lap that reminds you of what really matters. 

That’s what today’s conversation delivers: the exact words you need to hear if you’re feeling stuck in that negative place. 

In this deeply personal and moving episode, Mel sits down with one of the most extraordinary...

This episode is a MUST listen. 

If you’ve ever felt stuck, small, or tired of letting fear dictate your life, you need to hit play. 

This is the most eye-opening, empowering conversation you’ll hear this year. 

It’s time to stop playing small. 

There’s a bigger possibility for your life, you are more capable than you know, and you can manifest the future you want. 

Today’s episode will show you how. 

In it, Mel is joined by Shonda Rhimes...

What if the most powerful tool for saving time, making money, and transforming your life was already right in front of you? 

And yet you’re most likely using it incorrectly or not using it at all. 

That tool is AI – artificial intelligence. 

Have you noticed: it seems like everybody is talking about AI everywhere you turn? 

You’re already living with it every single day, whether you notice it or not. So, you might as well be the one in...

If you’ve ever had that quiet thought – “There’s more I’m meant to do” – this episode is your sign to pay attention. 

What if the life you want isn’t as far away as it feels? 

What if you could start seeing new possibilities right now? 

In this episode, Mel shares 3 powerful questions you need to ask yourself this week. 

Developed by Stanford University professors, these questions have helped millions of people design lives they love. 

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This episode will completely change the way you think about communication. 

What you learn will boost your influence and make you more confident.

If you… 

Overthink what you said hours after a meeting, 

Freeze up when it’s your turn to talk, 

Or want to sound more confident without faking it… 

This is your blueprint for better conversations at work, in relationships, and in life. 

Today, Mel sits down with Dr. Alison Wood Brooks: Harvard ...

If you’re feeling tired, unfocused, and like your mind is being hijacked, today’s episode is for you. 

The world today is designed to steal your focus. 

In today’s episode, cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Amishi Jha joins Mel to deliver a wake-up call: 

Every scroll, every ping, every mindless click – these aren’t just distractions. They are rewiring your brain and reshaping your priorities. 

If you can’t control your attention, you can’t...