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The School of Greatness

Why Your Past Trauma Is Costing You Real Love | Pastor Michael Todd

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Most people chase love, success, and significance without realizing a childhood wound is running the whole operation. In this conversation with pastor and bestselling author Michael Todd, you'll discover how to stop letting past damage quietly destroy your closest relationships, your health, and your greatest potential.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back, everyone in the School of Greatness. Very excited about our guests. We have the inspiring Pastor Michael Todd in the house. Yes, sir. Very excited that you're here. Thank you. First off, congratulations to you, my brother. You are killing it and you and your beautiful Viance. Thank you, man. I don't know. I had to fly out here for this interview.

0:21.6

I'm excited, man.

0:22.6

Last time we did this, it was phenomenal. Yeah, man. And I'm just excited to be with you, bro. I'm excited, man. You are a rising spiritual leader in the world. You've got an incredible church and community in Oklahoma. Oklahoma, you have written a New York time bestselling book, multiple books,

0:39.7

number one New York time bestselling book of relationship goals, which we had you on here

0:42.9

for the last time.

0:43.6

And now you've got a new book, damaged but not destroyed, from trauma to triumph.

0:48.5

Yes, sir.

0:49.0

That I think is going to really inspire and impact a lot of people.

0:51.6

And I'm excited for people to dive into this because I think a lot of

0:55.6

people are driven by wanting to have love and success. Yes, sir. They want to feel empowered and powerful.

1:04.2

But a lot of us are driven to get into relationships or driven to be successful based on some

1:10.3

type of wound or trauma of not feeling

1:12.8

enough, not being lovable, having something that's holding us back, and we're trying to prove

1:18.2

ourselves. Yes, sir. I raised my hand from the past of me being in that situation in business,

1:24.8

sports, and relationships. And we were just talking about this before. That drive,

1:31.8

that wound can get us to incredible heights. Yeah. But it can also be the thing that kills us.

1:38.0

Yes, sir. And burns us out and go through breakup and hardship. Yeah. I want to start with relationships before we get

1:45.9

into success. Okay. Why do you think a lot of relationships aren't working out today? Yeah.

1:52.7

Specifically to our culture and society, is it because people are choosing wrong? Is it because

1:57.7

they're getting into a relationship at the wrong time? Is it because they're not

2:03.8

clear on the tools on how to have healthy relationships in intimacy? What do you think is wrong with

2:10.6

relationships today? So first off, I want to say that relationships are how we were, I believe,

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