Connection regrets
Subject in Relationships
Connection regrets has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel PinkAmerican author who led a large study on regret
Pink argues that fear of awkwardness is an overblown barrier to reaching out to people.
“This is actually a big lesson for me personally about feelings of awkwardness as a barrier to doing things. Awkwardness is the most papery of paper tigers”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 31:10
Pink states that connection regrets were the most common category found worldwide and that such relationships usually dissolve without drama.
“The most common regret was a regret of connection. All right. And so typically the story was this”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 25:16
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins says attending funerals led her to adopt a habit of texting a friend every day.
“it was attending a number of funerals that made me start this habit where I just have a habit of texting a friend every day, just randomly”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 59:51
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 25, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins and author Daniel Pink discuss the World Regret Survey, the four core types of regret, and a three-step method for learning from regret.