Mel Robbins calls herself the 'villain' of her own story and shares lessons from 'rock bottom'

Mel Robbins has sold millions of books, built one of the world’s top podcasts, and promoted mantras for the goal-oriented and career-minded. But in an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, the popular motivational speaker flipped the script, casting herself not as the hero of her story, but as the villain. “I feel like I spent my whole life navigating every decision based on people’s moods or what was going to make somebody happy or somebody’s expectations,” Robbins told “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker. “I chronically worried about what other people were thinking.”