The Conversation You’re Avoiding with Mel Robbins

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Violet Benson

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4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

You’re not crazy. You’re anxious.

This week on Almost Adulting, Violet sits down with Mel Robbins to unpack high-functioning anxiety in love — why women attach fast, date potential, ignore red flags, and stay in relationships where they can’t ask for what they need. Mel breaks down the 5 Second Rule, how to stop spiraling, time blindness, and the worst thing you can do when anxiety hits.

They talk separation anxiety, loving someone who’s wrong for you, being right vs. being connected, and the obvious signs he just doesn’t like you.

If you’re successful but secretly overthinking everything in dating — this one will hit.

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0:00.0	It is torture and it is a waste of fucking time to stay in a relationship where you do not have the courage to ask plainly for what you want.
0:11.6	That is a gigantic red flag over a car dealership waving in the wind that you are not feeling like yourself around this person because you cannot
0:23.4	have a simple conversation about something.
0:26.0	It's Bila Benson, your favorite meme queen and the big sit you didn't ask for, but
0:30.2	be it. Welcome to almost adulting.
0:34.1	Are you ready?
0:39.8	It's very clear that you know who you're serving and who you're talking to and the difference
0:49.0	you want to make.
0:50.5	The questions are very intentional.
0:53.2	And it's very striking the difference between the way that you prepare for your interviews versus the way a lot of people do.
1:04.7	I feel so.
1:05.7	Thank you so much.
1:06.6	That's really nice.
1:07.3	I appreciate that.
1:08.1	Thank you for saying that.
1:09.5	Good job accepting the compliment. When Jay was on my podcast, he said something very similar. And it's so flattering. Like, it's so important for me to be able to provide good questions. Yeah. So my listeners can get as much as possible, but also I get a lot from this as well. Yes, I can see that. I can see that. I'm excited to talk to you. Smart cookie.
1:28.4	Thank you.
1:29.0	Why you're successful?
1:30.0	Because you put in the work. Thank you so much. You're welcome. It's, I'm really flattered. I don't know how to, it's really hard for me to take off. You know what you say? Okay. Can I pass along advice that somebody gave me? This comes from Kara Swisher, who is the co-host of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway.
1:49.0	Very, very, very popular news podcast.
1:52.9	And she passed on this advice to me that when somebody gives her a compliment, the way she responds is she said, thank you.
2:01.9	I agree.
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