Dr. Leslie K. John

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621 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4 May

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The Mel Robbins Podcast · How to Become More Confident, Influential, and Communicate Better with #1 Harvard Business Professor · 4 May 2026 podcast

And it helps to, because your partner can't read your mind, say what you need.

And so some examples may include, I need a hug.

I need you to just listen.

I don't want to fix.

I just need you to listen.

I need you to be on my side.

I need you to help me see if I'm thinking through this the right way.

I need you to help me figure out what I'm missing, right?

All I need, you can finish that in so many different ways.

I need multiple things.

Yeah.

So I think that surface-level connections, surface-level interactions give this illusion of connection because...

they have all the trappings of real connection, right?

Like they've got the smiling, even if it's a little forced, they've got the eye contact, the shared experience.

So they've got a lot of that trapping, but without the social risk, which is opening up a little bit,

And these types of superficial interactions, they end up making you feel, especially this introvert, socially full, but emotionally malnourished, right?

Stimulation, too much for me.

Right, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And so then the question becomes, well, how do you do it?

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