Conversation starters
Subject in Self-Improvement
Conversation starters has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Vanessa Van EdwardsBehavioral researcher, bestselling author, and founder of Science of People
Van Edwards reports that in her speed networking experiment 'What's your story?' was polarizing, loved by extroverts and hated by introverts.
“So introverts and ambiverts hate this question”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 55:06
Van Edwards recommends replacing 'What do you do?' with questions like 'Working on anything exciting recently?' because the former boxes people in.
“That question is problematic for me because I think that what you're really asking is what are you worth? You're trying to put someone in a box”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 52:41
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into ConfidenceThe 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.