The Problem With Mel Robbins

An annoying, relentless performance of expertise

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There’s no good reason why Mel Robbins goes viral.

While she delivers bright, sticky slogans like “Let them” as if they were never used in the history of humanity, her recycled wisdom is nothing more than punchy advice flattened to fit our social media feeds.

Did you only learn in the last year that releasing control of other people brings you peace? Were you one of the 10 million or so readers who bought the book “The Let Them Theory” to find out why and how?

We live in a messy world. One made messier by people who exploit the capitalist consumption model by claiming to help you live better.

Mel Robbins isn’t the only one doing this but has become a loud and unfortunately respected voice in the modern self-help circle. Every sound bite is a relentless performance of “expertise” that feels more like marketing than anything remotely meaningful.

Unfortunately, I’ve written about the let them crap before and it still shows up occasionally on my social media. If you are curious about her books, save money by checking it out at your local library.

Anyway, Mel Robbins has several million followers on the apps so there’s no shortage of…