Stop Wasting Your Energy: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do Instead
The Mel Robbins Podcast

Stop Wasting Your Energy: How to Deal With People Who Won’t Change & What to Do Instead

B1IntermediateAugust 27, 20261h 9m

There’s someone in your life you wish would change. You’ve pushed, reminded, and given advice. You’ve had the same conversation over and over. And somehow, you’re still stuck in the same frustrating cycle of fighting, nagging, lecturing, and hoping they’ll finally do something differently. There is a better way. In today’s conversation, Mel sits down with renowned behavioral scientist and award-winning NYU professor Dr. Dolly Chugh to unpack the surprising science of why people resist change and what really works. You’re going to walk away with so...

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Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Oh, you're going to love the episode today because today you and I are going to learn how to deal with the people in your life who won't change. I mean, we love these people, but they're so frustrating, right?

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I know you're sick of it. I'm sick of it. Aren't you sick of wasting your time and energy trying to push other people to be Of course you are.

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Today you're going to learn a different approach. You're going to learn how to use the research to pull the people you love toward the changes that you want to see, and they're not even going to know you're doing it. Dr. Dolly Chugg is here in our Boston studios.

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