What Vanessa Van Edwards has said about Emotional contagion

1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 26, 2026

Vanessa Van Edwards, Behavioral researcher, bestselling author, and founder of Science of People, has been quoted on Emotional contagion once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on September 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Van Edwards cites research finding that sitting within 25 feet of a high performer improves one's own performance by 15%.
“What they found was that if you sit within 25 feet of a high performer, you improve your own performance by 15%”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 56:51

Episodes

Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 23 min
Mel Robbins and behavioral researcher Vanessa Van Edwards discuss body language, energy management, likability, conversation starters, networking positioning, and the ABCD productivity exercise.

Vanessa Van Edwards on other topics

Body language · 6 quotes
Small talk · 4 quotes
Energy management and burnout · 3 quotes
Online dating · 2 quotes
Three levels of conversation · 2 quotes
Loneliness · 2 quotes
Goal setting · 2 quotes
Conversation starters · 2 quotes