As Mel Robbins tells it, the concept for her new self-help book, “The Let Them Theory,” came to her on the night of her son Oakley’s junior prom.

For Robbins, clarity over control is at the heart of power. “When your thoughts, emotions, and actions are aligned with your values,” she says, “that’s when you feel strongest.

I was one of them — except I wasn’t. Robbins, a former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast, was on tour promoting her uber bestselling book The Let Them Theory, which came out last December.

Although Mel Robbins has lived in New England for several decades, she's actually from Michigan. She grew up in North Muskegon, Michigan, she said in a 2017 Facebook post.

Self-help author Mel Robbins greeted fans as she made her way to the stage at Big Night Live in Boston, where 1,300 people gathered for a book club event hosted by Kiss 108's Lisa Donovan.