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Our Take on “Let Them” There’s a reason ideas like “let them” land so quickly for so many people. A lot of us are exhausted from trying to manage things that were never fully ours to manage in the first place - other people’s reactions, decisions, emotions, or expectations. Being told to stop gripping so tightly can feel like relief. Like permission to finally exhale. That relief is real. But relief isn’t the same as resolution. The problem isn’t the idea of letting go. It’s

In recent years, a simple phrase has gained outsized influence in personal development spaces: “Let them.” Popularized by Mel Robbins, it’s often presented as a kind of breakthrough - an elegant solution to overthinking, people-pleasing, and emotional entanglement.

Most of the beliefs shaping our decisions today were formed long before we had the ability to evaluate them. They weren’t chosen. They weren’t examined. And at the time, they often worked. As children, we develop beliefs to help us make sense of the world we’re born into: how to stay safe, how to belong, how to avoid rejection, how to be valued. These beliefs are not abstract ideas. They function more like internal rules, guiding behavior automatically and efficiently. This i