The One Tool to Transform Your Relationships: The Let Them Theory

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

If there’s someone in your life you wish you were closer to, but it sometimes feels like there’s an unspoken tension between you, this episode is for you. Today, Mel sits down with her oldest daughter, Sawyer, for a raw and transformative conversation about repairing relationships and closing the invisible distance that so many of us feel with the people we love most. Together, they share the story of how writing The Let Them Theory healed their relationship and reveal three powerful tools that can help you do the same. Whether it’s with a sibling, a parent, an adult child, or your partner, this conversation is a gift—one that will help you let go of resentment, show up differently, and create the deeper connection you’ve been longing for. Get ready to finally have the relationship you’ve always wanted. Get the book: “The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About” For more resources, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this personal episode, you’ll love this one, in which Mel and her husband Chris have a very candid conversation about their marriage of 28 years: How To Create Better Relationships: 6 Surprising Lessons From 28 Years Of Marriage Connect with Mel: Get Mel’s new book, The Let Them Theory Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts to listen to ad-free new episodes Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:08.2	I am so glad that you press play and that you're listening to this conversation right now
0:13.6	because you and I are going to talk about something incredibly important, and that is that there's a
0:20.2	relationship in your life right now where there's
0:22.9	just this unspoken tension with another person. You want to be closer, you want to have more fun,
0:29.9	but you're just not sure what to do. Well, that was me and my oldest daughter, Sawyer, for a long time.
0:37.1	And today, Sawyer and I are going to sit down
0:39.6	with you and we're going to unpack the issues that we had in our relationship with you and talk
0:45.0	about this invisible distance that both of us felt. I mean, even when we were having fun, and we
0:53.5	really love each other and we have a lot of fun
0:55.5	together, but there was just something in the way, you know, and we both wanted to be closer and not
1:03.8	offend each other or upset each other or say things that we didn't mean to say.
1:09.5	And it's like neither one of us knew how to bridge the gap
1:13.2	or create a closer connection.
1:14.8	And we didn't even quite understand what was off.
1:18.6	And as you listen to my daughter and I
1:21.1	unpack the things that we realized about our relationship
1:24.3	and more importantly, we shared two things
1:26.6	that happened this year that we
1:27.7	discovered that brought us closer than ever. I want you to be thinking about the relationships
1:34.1	in your life because there is somebody in your life right now that you wish you were closer to.
1:39.3	But there's just this unspoken tension or you show up and you have the best of expectations and you really want to
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