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The Rachel Hollis Podcast

941 | Stop Wasting Your Life: How to Leave When You Know It’s Not Right (Sunk Cost Explained)

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Personal Growth, Personal Development, How To, Health And Wellness

4.416.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Is there something in your life you already know isn’t working—but you keep trying to make it work anyway? In this episode, Rachel dives into the psychology behind why we stay stuck in relationships, careers, and situations long after we know they’re wrong. It’s called the sunk cost fallacy, the belief that we should keep investing in something simply because of how much we’ve already put into it. If you’ve ever struggled to walk away from something that no longer serves you, this honest, tough-love conversation will help you rethink what it really means to let go and why your future might depend on it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

anyone in any relationship right now friendship, friendship, romantic, anything, I need you to think of

0:08.1

who they are on their worst day and ask yourself if who they are on their worst day is someone

0:17.2

you should be with. If you are judging who they are on their best day,

0:24.3

if that's, yeah, you know, three times a year,

0:28.0

he shows up as the best version of himself

0:30.3

when we're on vacation and everything's going great,

0:33.2

and then I feel like I'm in love with him again.

0:35.6

That's not legit.

0:41.3

Who are they on their worst day?

0:45.0

That's what you need to be honest with yourself about.

0:56.9

Hey guys, I'm Rachel Hollis, and this is the show where we talk about life, real life.

1:03.7

Around here, we cover everything, from habits and motivation to relationships, parenting,

1:07.8

and what it looks like to build a life that you love. If you're trying to grow, heal, or just feel a little bit more like yourself,

1:13.5

you're in the right place.

1:19.1

Okay, guys, I want to ask you something, and I want you to sit with this for a minute before

1:24.8

you just kind of rush by it. Is there something in your life right now,

1:29.8

whether it's a relationship or a job or a business that you started, just any kind of path

1:37.6

that you're currently on that you know isn't working? Now, I'm not talking about like a hunch or a bad feeling that

1:47.8

you had or, you know, you're just having a bad week. I am talking about that deep knowing

1:55.4

that you have had for a while, that you keep talking yourself out of and that you have explained away

2:03.0

so many times you've lost count.

2:06.2

Okay, so now here's the deal.

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