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🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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When you’re deep in a relationship, it can be hard to tell if you’re fighting for something worth saving—or holding on to something that’s slowly breaking you down.
In this episode, Matthew shares 3 powerful questions that will help you see your relationship more clearly and know whether it’s time to stay or walk away. You’ll also learn the “dark pairing” traits that quietly erode your confidence and happiness over time—and how to spot them before it’s too late.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in the fog of confusion, this episode will give you the clarity and confidence to make the right choice for your peace of mind and self-respect.
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| 0:00.0 | There are three questions. |
| 0:07.0 | I want you to ask yourself to help determine whether you should stay or go in the situation |
| 0:17.0 | you're in. |
| 0:18.0 | And you might be in a situation where that means, should I keep dating someone? |
| 0:23.1 | It's in the early phases and I don't know whether to continue knowing what I know about this person and their behavior. |
| 0:29.6 | Or you might be in the position of finding it very difficult to let someone go and fully make a break from someone that you've been in a relationship |
| 0:39.5 | with and you're trying to use this video to decide whether to go back or not. Number one, |
| 0:45.8 | is their big flaw offset by a truly redeemable quality. |
| 0:54.9 | Something negative we may bring to the table can be offset by a beautiful quality or trait. |
| 1:03.0 | So, for example, there are some universal redeemable traits. |
| 1:07.3 | Humility is a really important one. |
| 1:10.0 | If someone has self-awareness, |
| 1:11.6 | then they are aware of the thing that needs to be worked on. |
| 1:16.6 | If someone has real empathy, then they're able to see |
| 1:19.6 | how this part of them affects you negatively |
| 1:23.6 | and feel that and use that as inspiration and motivation to change. |
| 1:28.3 | If someone values teamwork, then they have the desire to be a great partner to you |
| 1:35.3 | and see healing themselves as part of being a great partner. |
| 1:40.3 | If they're growth-minded, it means they have the fuel, the impetus to actually do the work that's necessary to heal this part of themselves. |
| 1:51.0 | And there are more, of course, kindness, compassion. |
| 1:54.0 | These are traits that can do an awful lot to offset the negative effects of that floor. |
| 2:04.3 | If somebody doesn't have the neutralizing counterbalance to that negative quality, or that |
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