Mel Robbins (on the Let Them Theory)

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Mel Robbins (The Let Them Theory, The High 5 Habit, The 5 Second Rule) is a podcast host, entrepreneur, and best-selling author. Mel joins the Armchair Expert to discuss feeling every day in college like the only one who couldn’t make it work, how the human brain is wired to avoid what’s hard, and all the attributions kids make growing up in an unsafe environment. Mel and Dax talk about the reason getting out of bed when you don’t feel like it is a skill, why we are one decision away from a different life, and the fact that there’s always an excuse not to do something. Mel explains when she began course correcting her life one five-second interval at a time, the reality that there’s no amount of talking yourself out of what’s meant for you, and The Let Them Theory.

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0:14.1	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert.
0:17.5	I'm Dan Buck Roger Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman, Donkey Mule, Padman.
0:25.2	Oh, wow.
0:28.3	People are going to be thrilled about today's guests.
0:31.1	They sure are.
0:31.8	She's so popular and for good reason.
0:35.8	That's right.
0:36.1	Mel Robbins.
0:39.7	Mel Robbins is a creator, an entrepreneur, a best selling author, and podcast host. Her books include The Let Them Theory. Biggest book of the year.
0:46.7	Huge. All genres. Wow. Over six million copies sold. Whoa. Yeah, it's like, uh,
0:53.0	the Bibles. Oh, like Sapiens. I think the Bible's got her by a few. The high five
0:58.7	habit and the five second rule and of course the Mel Robbins podcast where she talks to, to be
1:06.3	honest, many of the same people we do. Some crossover. Yeah, she has a lot of great experts on.
1:11.2	And she has a great understanding and ability to communicate some pretty hard topics scientifically.
1:16.9	She's a great layperson intermediary.
1:20.3	That's right.
1:20.9	Yes, she's a badass.
1:22.1	I love her.
1:22.6	She's from Michigan.
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