The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2025-08-11 · 85 min · 15,542 words

What I Wish I Knew in My 20s

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Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so excited about the extraordinary expert that you and I are going to learn from today. Dr. Meg Jay is here in our Boston studios. Now, Dr.

Jay wrote the seminal book on what is the hardest decade of everyone's life, which is your 20s. And today you're going to get the most important advice about your 20s that no one has ever told you. So if you're in your 20s and you're listening right now, I am so thrilled that you're here because this is exactly what you need to hear right now. It's going to help so much.

You probably thought your 20s were going to be amazing. So did I. But instead, you can't find a job you like. You're scared that you're not going to be able to pay for the things that you want or to meet somebody. And in between crying alone in your bedroom or being ghosted by people or never seeing your friends, you just feel lost.

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