By Em Norton
Publication Date: 2026-05-15 15:15:00
Mel Robbins, author of The Let Them Theory and podcast host, is known for her efforts to empower women, especially when it comes to money.
The “let them theory” — which Robbins coined in her 2024 book — is all about adjusting your mindset to give up control of other people’s emotions and actions. In other words, you need to let them do what they want, and just focus on yourself instead. Unfortunately, many of Robbins’ viewers aren’t keen on letting her get away with her recent financial advice.
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In an Instagram post (1) sponsored by Microsoft Copilot, Robbins encourages women to use the AI software for financial guidance, even advising them to share bank statements, debt statements, bills and income statements, as per one of the prompts (2) she pinned in the comments.
Robbins emphasizes the need for women to start using AI more by quoting a Harvard Business School study (3) which states that the share of women adopting AI tools was 10% to 40%…
