What Mel Robbins has said about Supporting people in crisis

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 17, 2026

Mel Robbins, American author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast, has been quoted on Supporting people in crisis once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on October 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Robbins, relaying KC Davis, advises not asking struggling people what they need and instead providing practical help like paper plates.
“When somebody that you love is struggling, do not ask them what they need”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: This One Skill Makes Every Relationship Better (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 28:12

Episodes

This One Skill Makes Every Relationship Better
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 17, 2026 · 48 min
Mel Robbins teaches four research-backed ways to practice empathy, featuring clips of Adam Grant on 'pebbling' and the late Judge Frank Caprio.

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