Can I Stop My Wife From Leaving Me?

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0	My wife has asked for a separation.
0:07.0	I've screwed up. I've made a lot of mistakes, but I've leaned in over the last couple of years
0:13.0	I've been doing the work to change and don't feel like my wife is doing the same.
0:18.0	Okay, the only way this works is if you and I can be fully honest with each other.
0:23.2	Yeah.
0:27.6	Hey, what's going on?
0:31.3	This is John, with the Dr. John Deloney's show, coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee,
0:35.9	taking real calls from real people. People I've never met, but who want to pull up Nashville, Tennessee, taking real calls from real people.
0:38.4	People I've never met, but who want to pull up a chair and figure out what's the next right move in their marriages with their kids,
0:46.7	dealing with their own mental and emotional health, whatever you got going on.
0:50.6	That's what this show's about.
0:52.0	Let's go out to Denver, Colorado and talk to Austin.
0:54.8	Hey, brother, Austin. What's up, man?
0:57.2	Hey, Dr. John. Thanks so much for taking my call. It's an honor to talk to you.
1:01.3	It's an honor to talk to you, brother. Thanks for hanging with us, man.
1:04.4	For sure. Well, I wanted to call in and ask your guidance.
1:11.6	How do I navigate my situation where my wife has asked for a separation and asked for me to leave?
1:20.6	But I don't want separation and I'm afraid it will just be the beginning of the end.
1:26.6	And kind of broadening that slightly,
1:29.9	how do I navigate a marriage where I've screwed up?
1:33.4	I've made a lot of mistakes.
1:35.7	I've hurt my wife and my family,
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