Mel Robbins is an American author, podcast host, and former attorney. She is known for her TEDxSF talk "How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over" and her books The Let Them Theory, The 5 Second Rule, and The High 5 Habit and in 2023 Forbes named Robbins to the "50 Over 50" Lifestyle Category. Since 2022, she has been the host of The Mel Robbins Podcast. She won the "People's Choice Award" from Webbys in 2022 for this podcast. Apple announced in November 2024 that the podcast was the 7th most shared program on Apple Podcasts in the US. Dutch translations of all her books have been released. Robbins has 6.5 million followers on Instagram as of October 2024; 2 million on TikTok; 2.5 million on Facebook and six audiobooks that have reached number 1 on Audible.