I Went to Mel Robbins’s Let me say to speak with fans – then one of me invited me in

New Yorkrs Had Places to Be Last Friday. Many were Headed to Madison Square Garden to Watch the Knicks Knock the Boston Celtics Out of the NBA Playoffs, while others were going to yankee stadium for the witness the return of Juan Soto. There are some heading to broadway to see George Clooney and others to Catch Jake Gyllenhaal. THERE WERE THE PEOPLE HEADING TO THE BEACON Theater to See Self-Improvement Author and Motivational Speaker Mel Robbins. I was one of me – except I wasn’t.

Robbins, A Former Lawyer Who Hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast, was on Tour Promoting Her Uber Bestselling Book The let I say Theory, which came Out Last December. I showed up an hour and 45 minutes before the start of the show with the ticket or any understanding of how to practice the teachings myself. My plan was to talk to her biggest fans to undertand the fares Bebind Robbins’ Burgeoning Media Empire.

Meet the Fangirls

“It ‘Like Taylor Swift Basically,” A 27-Yaar-Old Long Islander Named Kaitlin Told Me. She bough two tickets at facey value back in Januy when they were first released as a gift for her mom, Karen, 56, for Mother’s Day. “We listen to her together and we share episodes back and forth,” Kaitlin added before the mother-dayncing duo flashed the Matching Friendship bracelets that spell out “Let me” in beads.

They’re Toward the Front of a Crowd Stretching Three-Quarters of a City Block. Waiting on Line, They Made Friends With Lisa Rosenblatt, A 70-YEAR-Old from Mineola, NY, WHO I ALSO SPOKE WITH. “I SAW MEL ROBBINS WANT HAD HER CBS TV SHOW EIGHT YEARS AGO. You felt like you in her living room,“ Rosenblatt Said of Robbins’s Appeal. “I Read All Her Books, Listen to the Podcast Daily and I Feel Like She’s My Friend.” Shen Pulled Out Her Copy of The let I say Theory with over a dosen post flaggs hanging out from the pages she’s marked up.

Kayla, A 24-YEAR-Old from Lehigh Valley, Pa., Also Feels that personal Connection to Robbins. “Mel Has Gotten with Through a Lot of Hard Days,” Kayla Admits. “She’s really helped with Value Myself as a more person.” HER 23-YEAR-OLD LONG ISLAND BESTIE HANNAH AGREES: “She Puts Everything Into Perspective.” Like Karen and Kaitlin, The Mother-Daughter Duo, They Also Share Episodes Back and Forth. “Mel Robbins is Our Love Language,” Said Hannah.

Another Group of Friends in their 60s hop into the back of the line at it Longest. Their excitement to keep with it as people start entering the venue we’re walking and talking.

“There’s a lot of talking heads but when meli speaks, it”s plainspoken and I find it Accessible and Her delivery just make sense. The ‘let’s say’ Theory Sounds Simple and Yet, in Our Age Group, Damn We Should have Thoughts 30 Years Ago. Another aggrees that robbins MAKES A LISTENER “Feel Very Comfortable,” Although She’s Only Been Looped ino The Podcaster’s Content by the Friend Beside Her. “She’s bringing with them Mel Robbins Becausee She Thinks I Need a Lot of Help.”

The “let’s say” theory is what inspired many members of the sold-out Crowd that night. The Phrase, Popularized by Robbins, is a cornerstone of the book bearing the Same name, which has sold 5 million copies in just five months. The two words have be Become a declaration of the busting setting that reminds individuals to prioritize their dreams, Happess and goals over of the People Around. The Theory, She Wrote, “Will Set You FREE From the Exhausting Cycle of Trying to Manage EveryThing and Everyone Around you.”

She’s Written Two Other Books – The 5 Second Rule and The High 5 Habit -WHICH HAVE INSPORTED HER FOLLOWERS TO RELY ON A 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 COUNTDOWN TO MAKE A LIFE-ALTERING DECISION OR GIVE A HIGH-FIVE IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING TO KEEPELVES Going. She also has The Mel Robbins Podcast, which, Acciting to Siriusxmhas more than 188 million streams and downloads globally and sites at the top of the Charts Week AFTER.

Becoming Part of the Pack

I am not one of Robbins’s Rabid Fans. I’ve come across her video on tiktok but have only listened to her as a guest on one podcast. My plan for the evening was to speak with their atttoes before they filmed in Because Actually getting in the Theater was out of my Budget: resale on ticketmaster was up to $ 1,058, prices i’ve for the likes of Taylor swift and beyoncé’s Current Carter Tour.

But that all changed will I met peggy carroll, a 63 -ear-op from North Carolina. She approached with and asked if i needed a ticket, explaining that she has haad an extra she was trying to give away. “I paid over $ 400 for it and it’d be a shame to go to be,” she said.

Carroll Flew Into New York That Day and Was Leaving the Next Morning. “This was the closest show,” she Said of Robbins’s tourWHICH ALSO Appeared in Boston, Chicago and Toronto. “My son was coming with it butn that it could be stuffed,” so dream up the Trip Alone. But, she was was really Alone Becouse she found me. “You were were supposed to be here with me, ”she said, like it was meant to be.

As we entered the venue, we were Handed Bright Green Tote Bags with Robbins’s Tour Logo on and a Book Inside. I URGED CARROLL TO TAKE MINE TO BRING TO HER 31-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WAS “BUMMED” TO MISTICE EVENT. “No, No. You’re Going to Need it,” she instructed. I LOOKED IN AND SAW A Notebook that i thought i’d use only for my reporting notes once we were in our fifth-row seats.

Carroll Paid $ 499 for ticket on the day they were releassed but would have paid almost anyding. She’s disappointed to have skipped out on buying merchandise on the site-like $ 45 t-shirts and $ 100 sweatshirts-Because the line was was was the entity of theater’s Main Floor. Nor i Headed into the Women’s Bathroom, i saw that another atheher had already changed into her “let me” shirt. Carroll Wold Order Something Online Later.

We spent nearly an hour chatting in our seats before the show be began (Robbins appeared at 8 pm). Carroll Told with About Converting HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS INTO FANS OF ROBBINS AND SHOWED ME Her Instagram Explore Page, which Exclusively Suggested Robbins. She Shared Photos of Her Daughter’s Wedding One Year Ago and Her Granddaughter’s Second Birthday Party Happening that Same Day. She asked with About My Life, My Career and My Relationship, Exuding Joy Over It All As if She Were an Aunt Relishing in My Success and Happiness.

The Energy in the Room Around US Began to swall as the 2,894 seats of the venue filmed up, and only intensified as an opening video played. I was ready to experience the magic of millet robbins – or so i thought. Nothing COULD HAVE Prepared with the Screams of Thousands of Women, From 20-Somethings to 70-Somethings, WHO WERE ALL Up ON ROET FOR ROBBINS’S ENTRANCE, WHICH INCLUDED Bright Lights, Loud Music and tear of Jumping From Robbins Onstage. Over the next hour and 50-something minutes, she was meant to change my life.

Through a Newbie’s Eyes

Robbins put on one hell of a show. She starts by telling the Crowd a bit about her upbringing, her marriage and starting a family – all context that we necessary for but seamed to be known by oters. She shared her rock-bittom moments and how they were Became the Spark for the practices that have ultimately made her family-the 5 Second Rule And, of Course, The “Let me” Theory – Humor and Humility Throughout. HER 26-YEAR-Old Daughter Sawyer was Brought onstage to discuss her own journey to becoming her Mother’s Coauthor for the latest and most notable book. They reenacted the ways that the “let” theory their Relationship in an efort to assure that it works in practice.

Her Other Daughter, Kendrapopped in toward the end to share her own experience with imposter syndrome and comparison, before singing an original song (a performance of wasn’t expecting but love). The Grand Final was something out of America’s Got Talent, Mimicking the golden buzzer with a great splash of gold conflicti as robbins delivered her final line. “Believe in your ability to create a better life. Now, go do it!”

Before the confetti settled onto the Ground, A Line of Vip Tickets Holders appeared in the aisle besid us, waiting for their chance to take a photo with robbins. Carroll joked that she was sorry she didn’t pay for the vip perks and i would have the chance to meet robbins that evening. But truthyphally, i didn’t care too too about that – i felt like i had already met People that impacted with mes night.

The Women i Met in Line Who Welcomed An Outsider with Open Arms, The Best Friends Sitting Beside with Tearing Up and Supporting One ANOTHER THRAGH The Show, the person who threw up their hand to show off a “let’s say” tattoo, and the husband what he was just in front of me. Experience what was sura to be her bucket list of moment. And, of Cours, Carroll.

We walked out onto the upper west side streets together with ours a green bags in hand – mine carrying a notebook that just two pages filled, one with notes for this story and another with th nauses inspects by robbins. Before reflecting on the true Magic of the Night, which was encountering Each Other.

“Kerry, it was great to meet you and i know it was meant to be! Thank you for jaining with and for MAKING THE NIGHT!” Carroll texted with late that evening. “A gift to have you tonight !! and remember ….. ‘let’s say.’”

LATE LATER AND I HAVE TO TUNE IN TO ROBBINS’S PODCAST, I HAVEN’T RUN TO PURCHASE HER BOOK (Although I’m Interesting in Reading It) and I don’t think I’ve shared much of the show with friends. What i have talked about is the Woman who approached me, took with under her wing and shared something so personal to her with a Complete Stranger. And Maybe that was the which point of the Evening – to let Things unfold, let people surprise with and maybe let me be Change with too. I was going to pay over $ 1,000 for the ticket mySelf, but my “let” experience wasxpectly prileress.