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.

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.

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.

Mel Robbins announced her 2025 'Let Them The Tour' after releasing her book with the same name. The author and podcaster comes to New York City's Beacon Theatre on May 16.

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.