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| name = Mel Robbins
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| birth_name = Melanie Lee Schneeberger
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|6}}
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| nationality = American
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| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] <small>1990</small>
[[Boston College Law School]] <small>1994</small>
| occupation = Motivational speaker <br> CNN Commentator
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| notable_works =
| mother = Marcia Schneeberger <ref>"Why moms should quit" The New York Times https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/why-moms-should-quit/</ref>
| spouse = Christopher Robbins
| children =
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'''Melanie''' "'''Mel'''" '''Robbins''' (born '''Schneeberger'''<ref name=brady>{{cite news| author =Lois Smith Brady| title =Mel Schneeberger and Christopher Robbins| quote =| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =March 12, 2006| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/fashion/weddings/12unio.html| accessdate = June 2, 2015}}</ref> on October 6, 1968) is an American on-air [[CNN]] commentator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/profiles/mel-robbins-profile|title=CNN Profiles - Mel Robbins|last=|first=|date=|website=CNN|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref> [[Television presenter|television host]], [[author]], and [[motivational speaker]]. Robbins is widely known for covering the [[George Zimmerman]] trial<ref>{{cite web|last=Robbins|first=Mel|title=Mel Robbins on day five in the Zimmerman trial: "It's kind of shocking, what the prosecution let the defense get away"|url=http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/28/mel-robbins-on-day-five-in-the-zimmerman-trial-its-kind-of-shocking-what-the-prosecution-let-the-defense-get-away|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2015-02-28}}</ref>; her [[TEDx talk|TED X talk]], ''How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over'', with over 15 million views on [[YouTube]] alone; and her book, ''The 5 Second Rule''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mashable.com/2017/12/12/amazon-charts-2017-top-books-data/#7EjVvg_zWsqw|title=Amazon's top books of 2017 reflect the crazy-ass year we just lived through|last=Franklin|first=MJ|work=Mashable|access-date=2018-01-30|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Robbins grew up in [[North Muskegon, Michigan]].<ref name=baker>{{cite news| author =Rachel Baker| title =Mel Robbins Is Not the Bashful Type| quote =| newspaper =[[Boston Magazine]]| date = November 2007| url =http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/10/mel-robbins-is-not-the-bashful-type/| accessdate = June 2, 2015}}</ref> She attended [[Dartmouth College]] from 1986 to 1990, where she studied history, film, and women studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins/|title=Mel Robbins, LinkedIn|last=|first=|date=2018-01-30|website=LinkedIn|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> She received a law degree from [[Boston College Law School]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stop Saying You Are Fine Bio |url=http://stopsayingyouarefine.com/about / |publisher=Stopsayingyouarefine.com |accessdate=2015-02-28}}</ref>
==Career==
Prior to joining [[CNN]], Robbins worked as a criminal defense attorney, launched and sold a retail and internet technology company according to her official website<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://melrobbins.com/about/|title=About - Mel Robbins|newspaper=Mel Robbins|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> and hosted Cox Media Group's ''The Mel Robbins Show'', A&E's ''Monster In-Laws'', and FOX's ''Someone's Gotta Go''.
In 2011, Robbins published her first book: ''Stop Saying You're Fine''. She was asked to give a talk at TED X San Francisco where she first gave the basis for the 5 Second Rule. Her talk, viewed more than 15 million times on Youtube to this day, launched her public speaking career.
On February 28, 2017, Robbins released her second book ''The Five Second Rule''.
''The 5 Second Rule'' was the top book on Audible and 6th most read book on Amazon in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/article/this-year-in-books?ref=SIN_TY17_SS_CP|title=This Year in Books by Amazon Charts|website=Amazon.com|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> She then collaborated with Audible again to launch her talk show ''Kick Ass with Mel Robbins'' in June 2018.
===Honors and awards===
In 2014, Robbins received the [[Gracie Awards|Gracie Award]] for Outstanding Host - News/Non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Gracie Awards Winners |url=http://allwomeninmedia.org/node/581 |publisher=Allwomenmedia.org |accessdate=2015-02-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226121437/http://allwomeninmedia.org/node/581 |archivedate=February 26, 2015 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1996, she married Christopher Robbins (an entrepreneur, restaurant owner and yoga teacher). She has three children, Sawyer, Kendall and Oakley.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.melrobbins.com Official website]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:American television hosts]]
[[Category:American talk radio hosts]]
[[Category:CNN people]]
[[Category:American motivational speakers]]
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:Dartmouth College alumni]]
[[Category:Boston College alumni]]
[[Category:People from Sherborn, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People from Muskegon County, Michigan]]
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| name = Mel Robbins
| image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Melanie Lee Schneeberger
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|6}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|death date†|birth date†}} -->
| death_place =
| residence =
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] <small>1990</small>
[[Boston College Law School]] <small>1994</small>
| occupation = Motivational speaker <br> CNN Commentator
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| mother = Marcia Schneeberger <ref>"Why moms should quit" The New York Times https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/why-moms-should-quit/</ref>
| spouse = Christopher Robbins
| children =
}}
'''Melanie''' "'''Mel'''" '''Robbins''' (born '''Schneeberger'''<ref name=brady>{{cite news| author =Lois Smith Brady| title =Mel Schneeberger and Christopher Robbins| quote =| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| date =March 12, 2006| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/fashion/weddings/12unio.html| accessdate = June 2, 2015}}</ref> on October 6, 1968) is an American on-air [[CNN]] commentator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/profiles/mel-robbins-profile|title=CNN Profiles - Mel Robbins|last=|first=|date=|website=CNN|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-25}}</ref> [[Television presenter|television host]], [[author]], and [[motivational speaker]]. Robbins is widely known for covering the [[George Zimmerman]] trial<ref>{{cite web|last=Robbins|first=Mel|title=Mel Robbins on day five in the Zimmerman trial: "It's kind of shocking, what the prosecution let the defense get away"|url=http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/28/mel-robbins-on-day-five-in-the-zimmerman-trial-its-kind-of-shocking-what-the-prosecution-let-the-defense-get-away|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2015-02-28}}</ref>; her [[TEDx talk|TED X talk]], ''How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over'', with over 15 million views on [[YouTube]] alone; and her book, ''The 5 Second Rule''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mashable.com/2017/12/12/amazon-charts-2017-top-books-data/#7EjVvg_zWsqw|title=Amazon's top books of 2017 reflect the crazy-ass year we just lived through|last=Franklin|first=MJ|work=Mashable|access-date=2018-01-30|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Robbins grew up in [[North Muskegon, Michigan]].<ref name=baker>{{cite news| author =Rachel Baker| title =Mel Robbins Is Not the Bashful Type| quote =| newspaper =[[Boston Magazine]]| date = November 2007| url =http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2007/10/mel-robbins-is-not-the-bashful-type/| accessdate = June 2, 2015}}</ref> She attended [[Dartmouth College]] from 1986 to 1990, where she studied history, film, and women studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins/|title=Mel Robbins, LinkedIn|last=|first=|date=2018-01-30|website=LinkedIn|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> She received a law degree from [[Boston College Law School]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stop Saying You Are Fine Bio |url=http://stopsayingyouarefine.com/about / |publisher=Stopsayingyouarefine.com |accessdate=2015-02-28}}</ref>
==Career==
Prior to joining [[CNN]], Robbins worked as a criminal defense attorney, launched and sold a retail and internet technology company according to her official website<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://melrobbins.com/about/|title=About - Mel Robbins|newspaper=Mel Robbins|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref> and hosted Cox Media Group's ''The Mel Robbins Show'', A&E's ''Monster In-Laws'', and FOX's ''Someone's Gotta Go''.
In 2011, Robbins published her first book: ''Stop Saying You're Fine''. She was asked to give a talk at TED X San Francisco where she first gave the basis for the 5 Second Rule. Her talk, viewed more than 15 million times on Youtube to this day, launched her public speaking career.
On February 28, 2017, Robbins released her second book ''The Five Second Rule''.
''The 5 Second Rule'' was the top book on Audible and 6th most read book on Amazon in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/article/this-year-in-books?ref=SIN_TY17_SS_CP|title=This Year in Books by Amazon Charts|website=Amazon.com|access-date=2018-01-30}}</ref> She then collaborated with Audible again to launch her talk show ''Kick Ass with Mel Robbins'' in June 2018.
===Honors and awards===
In 2014, Robbins received the [[Gracie Awards|Gracie Award]] for Outstanding Host - News/Non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Gracie Awards Winners |url=http://allwomeninmedia.org/node/581 |publisher=Allwomenmedia.org |accessdate=2015-02-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226121437/http://allwomeninmedia.org/node/581 |archivedate=February 26, 2015 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1996, she married Christopher Robbins (an entrepreneur, restaurant owner and yoga teacher). She has three children, Sawyer, Kendall and Oakley.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.melrobbins.com Official website]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robbins, Mel}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:American television hosts]]
[[Category:American talk radio hosts]]
[[Category:CNN people]]
[[Category:American motivational speakers]]
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:Dartmouth College alumni]]
[[Category:Boston College alumni]]
[[Category:People from Sherborn, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People from Muskegon County, Michigan]]
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