3 Factors To Consider Before Breaking Up | Matt Monday
Love Life With Matthew Hussey
Matthew Hussey
4.7 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever wondered if you ended a relationship too soon?
In this week’s episode, I share the story of a woman who found herself trapped in a cycle that many of us know all too well. After a breakup, she couldn't shake the feeling that she might be walking away from something good. So when the door cracked open again, she stepped right back through it.
What happened next revealed a pattern I’ve seen repeatedly over two decades of coaching: a subtle dynamic that keeps people stuck in relationships long after they’ve stopped feeling truly fulfilled.
The challenge is that these situations rarely involve obvious villains. There’s often no betrayal, no dramatic conflict, but just a quiet tension that leaves you questioning yourself and wondering what the right decision really is.
In the episode, I break down the hidden mistake that causes so many people to stay stuck and share a simple framework to think about your own situation with greater clarity.
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| 0:00.0 | I wish this story ended differently. |
| 0:07.0 | It didn't. |
| 0:09.0 | And it might be a story you are very familiar with. |
| 0:12.0 | A few years ago, I knew a woman named Erica who had just gone through a breakup with her boyfriend for the second time. |
| 0:19.0 | It ended for the exact same reason it did the first time, |
| 0:22.8 | which I will tell you about in a second. But somehow, even though she had tried and failed |
| 0:27.6 | to work through the issues with him, she still couldn't face the idea of truly letting him go. |
| 0:33.2 | Have you ever had someone you couldn't say goodbye to, even though what they were offering you |
| 0:38.2 | didn't make you happy or meet your needs? |
| 0:41.0 | As a coach for nearly 20 years, I have seen this story play out over and over again. |
| 0:46.5 | People question if it was right to walk away or if they're letting go of something good |
| 0:50.5 | too soon. |
| 0:51.8 | It's even harder when the relationship doesn't have the bad parts |
| 0:55.0 | that we so often hear about, cheating, lying, abuse, just two people who seemingly were |
| 1:02.0 | right for each other until they weren't. If any of this describes you and you have a situation |
| 1:08.0 | where you don't feel good right now, you're not completely happy with the |
| 1:12.7 | way it's going. |
| 1:14.1 | I want you to treat the next 10 to 15 minutes like you just joined a coaching session with me |
| 1:20.3 | one on one. |
| 1:21.4 | Because I'm going to take you through a little process that I've taken thousands of people |
| 1:25.9 | through for figuring out what needs to be the next step in their relationship. |
| 1:32.1 | And this is designed to bring clarity to whether ending things is the right thing for you |
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