A Toolkit for Families: Practical Wisdom That Makes You Closer to the People You Love

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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

4.6 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

I’ve got a very special invitation for you today. Grab a spot on the couch next to me and my family here in Southern Vermont. Join our family as our three kids discuss all the parenting mistakes Chris and I made – and the things we did that built trust and brought us all closer. I’m really excited and proud to share this with you, even though there are moments where my kids absolutely school me. They also share wisdom and insights that are so profound, you’ll hear Chris break down and cry. This really isn’t a conversation about parenting at all. It’s about how you create a close and meaningful connection with anyone. So whether you’re wondering how to get closer to your family or your friends, everything we discuss applies to all relationships. This episode goes deep – we cover drinking, drugs, addiction, and what to do when teenagers stop talking to you or someone you love is dating someone that you don’t like. And, since so many of you have written in asking about my approach to parenting after hearing our kids on various episodes of this podcast, I’m also sharing our parenting philosophy. My family is getting real and raw in this discussion, and we’re inviting you to be a part. So join us. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this episode, and one thing you might want to consider is listening to it with your family. I guarantee you, it will spark very interesting discussions. Xo Mel In this episode, you’ll learn: 0:32: Why I recorded today’s episode 3:25: Meet the Robbins family 6:02: You keep asking: How are my kids so open with me? 7:30: A frank discussion on drinking 12:33: Why people don’t listen to you 14:10: What Chris and I think the whole point of parenting really is 18:27: Let’s talk about addiction, including groundbreaking new research from Mt. Sinai 25:15: Our #1 piece of advice that will keep people honest with you 30:55: What we mean when we say people in your life are “lie detectors” 33:07: Why showing your feelings to loved ones is so powerful 36:58: How to build connection with anyone 40:52: When you keep repeating patterns you wish you could break 44:44: Why you need to let kids be themselves 50:52: Why you shouldn’t let people bounce from uncomfortable situations 52:39: “I don’t like who my kid is dating” – advice that applies for any relationship 1:01:52: Our #1 piece of advice for you For full show notes, go to melrobbins.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to a very open and intimate episode of the Mel Robbins
0:10.3	podcast.
0:16.8	I have been so looking forward to this conversation today because I know that I am going to learn
0:23.2	something today.
0:24.9	What are we talking about? We're talking about relationships and how to create open,
0:29.9	trusting relationships.
0:32.0	And I wanted to do this show because so many of you have been writing in and asking
0:37.6	questions in particular about how it is that I have such an open relationship with our
0:44.3	three adult kids.
0:46.2	And look, I just want to start by saying, I am not a perfect parent.
0:51.3	You and I have screwed a tremendous amount of things up as it relates to raising three
0:57.3	kids.
0:58.8	But one of the things that I'm really proud of is we do have a very open relationship
1:04.6	with our two daughters and our son.
1:07.5	And I love that.
1:09.2	And it's taken a lot of work.
1:11.0	And a lot of you have noticed that, whether you were listening to the episode that I did
1:15.1	with our 17 year old son, Oakley, about self hatred and self acceptance, or you heard
1:21.2	the episode with our daughter, Kendall, who's 22.
1:24.9	That was the episode where you got to listen in on a conversation that happened live where
1:30.8	she had just literally found out that somebody that she had been hooking up with was now interested
1:36.2	in someone else.
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