Mel Robbins

See, I think it is shocking. To just consider that there are people in the United States, you're only 65 years old. That's right. And when you were in elementary school, you're just 10 years older than me.

See, I think it is shocking. To just consider that there are people in the United States, you're only 65 years old. That's right. And when you were in elementary school, you're just 10 years older than me.

See, I think it is shocking. To just consider that there are people in the United States, you're only 65 years old. That's right. And when you were in elementary school, you're just 10 years older than me.

You were in an elementary school segregated for colored children.

You were in an elementary school segregated for colored children.

You were in an elementary school segregated for colored children.

I mean, that is, it is so... just shocking to me how we have forgotten the history that is even so recent and the ways it's playing out to this day.

I mean, that is, it is so... just shocking to me how we have forgotten the history that is even so recent and the ways it's playing out to this day.

I mean, that is, it is so... just shocking to me how we have forgotten the history that is even so recent and the ways it's playing out to this day.

It has been extraordinarily transformative for me to move through my life with this lens of understanding that judging somebody from one paragraph in the book of their life, there's no way you can get the whole story. And that it's easier to give people mercy and compassion and understanding and grace

It has been extraordinarily transformative for me to move through my life with this lens of understanding that judging somebody from one paragraph in the book of their life, there's no way you can get the whole story. And that it's easier to give people mercy and compassion and understanding and grace

It has been extraordinarily transformative for me to move through my life with this lens of understanding that judging somebody from one paragraph in the book of their life, there's no way you can get the whole story. And that it's easier to give people mercy and compassion and understanding and grace

when you put it in the context of everything that this person has had to endure or experience, does not justify what people do, but it certainly makes you a person that has more compassion and grace. And it brings me to something that you often say, which is each of us is more than the worst thing we've done. What does that mean to you?

when you put it in the context of everything that this person has had to endure or experience, does not justify what people do, but it certainly makes you a person that has more compassion and grace. And it brings me to something that you often say, which is each of us is more than the worst thing we've done. What does that mean to you?

when you put it in the context of everything that this person has had to endure or experience, does not justify what people do, but it certainly makes you a person that has more compassion and grace. And it brings me to something that you often say, which is each of us is more than the worst thing we've done. What does that mean to you?

You know, and the other thing that I think is really important, because I think about this a lot, which is it's not even that you're more than the worst thing you've ever done. I also believe you can become more than the worst thing you've ever done.

You know, and the other thing that I think is really important, because I think about this a lot, which is it's not even that you're more than the worst thing you've ever done. I also believe you can become more than the worst thing you've ever done.

You know, and the other thing that I think is really important, because I think about this a lot, which is it's not even that you're more than the worst thing you've ever done. I also believe you can become more than the worst thing you've ever done.

And I love the distinction because I've never really thought about it that way, that we are trying to put a crime in prison, that all we've focused on is the punishment and containment piece. We have not focused on the person piece and making someone whole so that if they are released after serving their sentence, they have been rehabilitated so they can step back in to life.

And I love the distinction because I've never really thought about it that way, that we are trying to put a crime in prison, that all we've focused on is the punishment and containment piece. We have not focused on the person piece and making someone whole so that if they are released after serving their sentence, they have been rehabilitated so they can step back in to life.