Try it For 1 Week: Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting Again

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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

4.6 • 15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Summer is all about having fun: long days, warm nights, and getting together with the people you love. Today’s episode is your playbook for making that time you spend with people more exciting and meaningful. Mel is joined by Priya Parker, one of the world’s leading experts on human connection. Her book “The Art of Gathering” is the most renowned work on how to bring people together and create moments that feel joyful and unforgettable. In this episode, she will teach you simple ways to create real connections and make the time you spend with others memorable and fun. Whether you’re planning a gathering, a wedding, a shower, a party, a family dinner, a work meeting, or you just want to make new friends and feel less alone, this episode will change the way you connect with other people. You’ll learn: -The #1 conversation starter that makes people feel instantly connected to you -How to become the person everyone wants to be around - 7 ways to bring people together and create real connection -How to make any dinner, party, meeting, or family visit more meaningful -How to make family time less tense and more fun -How to build connections when you’ve moved somewhere new -Why “keeping the peace” can quietly damage relationships -How healthy conflict can bring you closer to the people you care about After today you will have the tools and simple steps to create better conversations, stronger friendships, and deeper family connections and have a whole lot more fun, starting today. For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked the episode, check out this one next: Do THIS Today to Reset Your Life, Energy, & Happiness Connect with Mel: Order Mel’s new product, Pure Genius Protein Get Mel’s newsletter, packed with tools, coaching, and inspiration. Get Mel’s #1 bestselling book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes ad-free Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.8	Okay, I have a question for you.
0:10.9	Why don't we have more fun?
0:13.2	I mean, remember the good old days?
0:14.8	Now I'm sounding like a grandparent, but you know what I mean.
0:18.2	Barbecues, weekend plans, movie nights with friends. Why are we not doing more of that?
0:23.2	I really miss it, don't you? So here's what I did. I called in the expert on how to create real
0:31.0	meaningful connections with your friends and with your family to help you and me out. Her name,
0:36.2	Priya Parker. Priya is going to teach you how to deepen
0:40.3	your relationships with the people that you care about most, even if you don't get along with them.
0:45.0	And she's going to start the conversation by asking you a very specific question.
0:50.6	And this is a question that you're going to need to ask yourself anytime you're going to see
0:55.6	your family, your friends, you need to ask yourself this question before you even start a Zoom
1:00.3	call. You're going to love this because the truth is, time is ticking. If you're lucky for your
1:06.9	parents or your siblings to be alive, you may only see them a handful of times every year,
1:13.1	like I do, because we don't live near each other. And when you do get together with family,
1:18.1	there's so often this tension that you just wish wasn't there. And guess what? They wish it wasn't
1:24.7	there either. That's why this episode matters. It's going to help you
1:29.8	make every moment you have with other people so much better, whether it work, whether around
1:36.1	the dining room table, whether you're talking about your friends or your neighbors, and don't we all
1:40.4	deserve to have meaningful conversations, better connections, and a whole lot more fun?
1:45.1	Of course we do. And that's exactly what we're going to know how to do after our episode today.
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