Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.

You know, today I wanted to talk to you about six subtle ways that you're being

disrespected right now. And this is such an important topic because I'm sure you felt it.

There's tension in the air, right?

Everywhere you go.

I don't know if it's the headlines or the fact that everybody is so stressed out or the news is so negative, but the impatience of people when they're waiting in lines, the folks that you see like getting frustrated with waiters and folks working in customer service

or the nurse trying to take care of a family member, it's like this negativity is vibrating

everywhere.

And I want you to know you're not crazy.

The disrespect that you're starting to feel, the immaturity that you're encountering,

it is higher than it's been in the past couple

months. It does seem like gossip is ticking up. People are talking over you at work and at the

dinner table. And the reason is simple. People are less patient. They're stressed out. They're

angrier. They're overwhelmed. And stress seems to be the baseline now for all

communication. Do you know what that means? It means that people's fighter flight responses are

revved up. And that's why it seems like everybody's on edge. And I'm not trying to blame stress

or excuse away bad behavior.

In fact, I want to do the opposite today. I want to validate what you're feeling. And I want to

empower you by highlighting six subtle ways that you're being disrespected at work, at home,

in your relationship. And more importantly, we're not only going to highlight these six

subtle ways, I'm going to give you the research pack methods and tools to call it out, to diffuse it,

to protect your time, to protect your energy. Because while you may be feeling it, you don't have

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