My Husband Refuses to Let Things Go

The Dr. John Delony Show

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

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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0:00.0	So I guess it sounds like a hoarder saying, man, but we're not letting go of something fully seems hard for him.
0:11.0	He's got memories attached to things. He sees some sort of utility or possible. He's trying to solve a future problem with a current thing, right?
0:20.0	Mm-hmm. What does declutter mean to you?
0:29.3	What's up?
0:30.3	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:33.5	Coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee, taking your calls on everything, whatever's going on in your life.
0:41.4	Your mental and emotional health, your marriages, your kids, the traumas you got in your life, the challenges you got, whatever you're wrestling with, here's my promise.
0:48.8	I'll sit with you and together we can try to light the way to the next right step.
0:54.9	I got two PhDs.
0:55.9	I've been sitting with hurting people for more than two decades is what I do.
0:59.7	And I'm so honored by the bravery and the courage of the callers on this show.
1:04.4	And if you want to be one of those folks, go to john doloney.com slash ask ASK.
1:09.8	And yes, we take calls from all over the world, always getting calls from all, I'm getting
1:14.9	direct messages and notes from people from all over the planet.
1:18.1	Yes, we'd love to take your call and we will figure out a way to get you on.
1:22.0	Let's go to Detroit Rock City and talk to Kimberly.
1:25.3	What's up, Kimberly?
1:27.4	Hi, Dr. John.
1:28.9	How are you?
1:30.5	I'm doing great.
1:31.8	It's 46 degrees of Michigan, and I'm a mail carrier, so I can't complain.
1:35.9	How do we declutter our home together when we don't see eye-to-eye on it?
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