3 Requirements of a Good Relationship

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There are 3 powerful and fundamental truths that you need to accept about other people in order to live a better life. Most people will never learn these 3 things. Which is why today Mel is breaking them down, one by one, to give you a guide for better relationships. These truths are hard to accept, but when you accept them, your life will get so much easier. You are wasting so much time, energy, and attention trying to control other people. And once you hear these 3 things, you will have more emotional peace, an understanding of yourself, and a better relationship with the people in your life. This is an encore episode with new and exciting insights from Mel at the top of the episode that is packed with tools, tips, and scripts to create more meaningful relationships. For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, listen to this powerful and tactical episode next: The “Let Them Theory”: A Life-Changing Mindset Hack That 15 Million People Can’t Stop Talking About Connect with Mel: Watch the episodes on YouTube Go deeper with Mel’s free video course, Make It Happen Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:04.0	You ever had someone in your life that you really wish would they would get motivated and lose 20 pounds or 50 pounds
0:21.5	or stop at one glass of wine. My husband, for example, he wishes I wouldn't use so many
0:27.2	F-Boms after I've had a drink. Maybe you wish that the person that you love would get
0:32.0	motivated and find a new job a better job or you wish
0:35.3	that they just dressed a little nicer, you know took some pride in how they look.
0:40.0	Forget dying with dignity, let's just try to live with some dignity.
0:43.7	Or maybe you wish that they would pick up their clothes.
0:47.2	Why do the clothes need to be everywhere? Or maybe you wish that they would go to therapy and get help with depression.
0:58.7	You wish they wouldn't spend their weekends indoors playing video games or just scrolling away on social media.
1:04.6	I mean, you've tried everything.
1:06.7	You've tried being nice.
1:08.2	You've maybe even sent some of these podcast episodes to them.
1:11.9	Every week, you wake up on Monday and you're really really like
1:15.0	you're trying to be supportive. Tuesday you get a little bossy. Could you pick up
1:19.2	your clothes for crying out loud on Wednesday? you're complaining to your friends
1:22.8	because you don't want to talk to them about it on Thursday.
1:25.1	Now you're bringing in the self-help speech.
1:26.9	You're talking boundaries, owning your power.
1:29.5	That went nowhere.
1:30.3	On Friday, you broke down in tears over how worried you are, how frustrated you are, and the weekend as you watch this person eat pizza and drink a case of beer and lay on the couch in the same outfit. You just couldn't take it.
1:44.6	Silent treatment. Ice all weekend. And now here we are, just stuck in this dynamic. I've been there. My husband's been there with me and right now there is someone in your life you wish would change.
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