Talk:Mel Robbins

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Cleanup

I am working on a clean up of this article. Ideally, very little of it will be sourced from the subject's personal website or by agencies for which she has worked, and more from independent, secondary sources. Add them as you find them! --DiamondRemley39 (talk) 23:57, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

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Overly Promotional

This article is especially overly promotional about Robbins' business and branding, rather than being encyclopaedic in tone. I feel it needs an extensive clean-up. MrEarlGray (talk) 13:42, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

I agree. I have noticed some probable WP:COI editing in the past, or perhaps just fans, but in any event, a cleanup is overdue. Marquardtika (talk) 13:51, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. One particularly promotional point of note is the subject being "...best known for a TEDx talk". Anyone can purchase a TEDx talk licence if they have $5000 spare and it doesn't seem right for the subject to be considered 'famous' if they simply bought a promotional platform. MrEarlGray (talk) 07:34, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Although I agree that this article is overly promotional, I'm not sure I agree with this specific point. For example, PewDiePie is "best known for his gaming videos"; can't anyone make a gaming video and post it on YouTube for basically free? Also anyone can purchase a TEDx licence but most would agree that her talk is quite famous (with like 30+ million YT views). Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 00:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Let Them controversies

Surprised to see very little about The Let Them Theory in this article. Besides the usual critiques of mass-market self-help books, Robbins is being accused of lifting the core concept of the book from a 2022 poem by Cassie Phillips. Example source: https://www.vox.com/culture/402666/mel-robbins-let-them-theory-self-help-guru-tik-tok White 720 (talk) 15:35, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Agree. This article has historically been prone to promotionalism and likely WP:COI editing. It could use some work. Marquardtika (talk) 03:09, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

I’ve edited the article and added a section on the let them theory! Just a brief summary of praise and criticism I’ve found. Keep in mind I’m fairly new, although I have browsed Wikipedia policy and lurked on talk pages before Zulresso (talk) 05:10, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

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Request for removal of "third party" template

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Dear editors,

I've recently overhauled this article's sourcing to address the issues raised by the template from December 2024. The primary concern was an over-reliance on sources too close to the subject (e.g., melrobbins.com, Instagram).

The following specific improvements have been made:

• **Early Career:** Replaced a citation to melrobbins.com with a Vox article to verify her work as a public defender.
• **Personal Life:** Replaced a citation to her own podcast page with a TIME Magazine interview to verify personal health information, per WP:BLP guidelines.
• **Bestseller Status:** Replaced an unstable link to an Amazon bestseller page with a permanent link to the USA Today bestseller list.
• **The Let Them Tour:** Corrected factually inaccurate tour dates and replaced an Instagram citation with a reliable news article from Icon Vs. Icon.
• **Podcast Host Claim:** Replaced a primary source in the introduction with a citation from The Hollywood Reporter.
• **Explanation of "The Let Them Theory":** Expanded the section to provide a neutral, encyclopedic explanation of the concept, citing Wondermind and The Midst.

Given that all major claims previously reliant on primary sources are now supported by high-quality, independent, third-party sources, I believe the article is now in compliance with Wikipedia's sourcing guidelines. I would like to request that another editor review these changes and, if they agree, remove the maintenance template.

Thank you. Niranjan Ramamurthy (talk) 11:42, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Needs image

Needs an image of Robbins at the beginning of the article Sillyarchitect123 (talk) 04:35, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Clean Up 2

I made some big changes to this page, (hopefully for the better!) but I wanted to explain.

In trying to resolve issue 1: "This biographical article is written like a resume" I tried to flesh out and reorganize the career section. I didn't want to remove too much without discussing so I just added, but I'm not sure if it's too in depth now for a somewhat minor figure.

In trying to resolve issue 2: "this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject" I removed the dead links and social media links, some other links were removed during my reorg (issue 1) but I reviewed them and the relevant ones were added back. I added multiple news articles from established sources.

Feel free to revert many/most/all of my changes if any are objectionable, let me know any additions that would be helpful! Macrokitten (talk) 02:17, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Agreed. It also never uses the terms Self help nor Self help book. Veej (talk) 14:00, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

There's a lot of information about some of the dishonest things she's done here:

https://youtube.com/O8mUHq-C-VY?is=2xuE_ObBpk6Z1wTQ Veej (talk) 15:24, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O8mUHq-C-VY&t=2485s&pp=ygUObWF0dCBiZXJuc3RlaW7SBwkJQQsBhyohjO8%3D Veej (talk) 15:26, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

YouTube videos are not credible sources and would be rejected if you used them for edits. MrEarlGray (talk) 23:26, 26 June 2026 (UTC)