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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2026 · 6 MIN

Why 'Me Over Us' Is Destroying Your Relationship | Dr. John Delony

from The Daily Motivation · host Lewis Howes, Dr. John Delony

Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1647DM You can't sweep up the dust and steel and rebuild the towers the way they stood before. That's the image Dr. John Delony uses to explain why couples get stuck after betrayal. They want the old thing back. It's gone. Delony says you get two choices. Walk away and let it go. Or hire the right help, grieve what fell, and build something new that's actually stronger. He also names the quiet poison underneath most relationship pain: me over us. How I feel right now. How you made me feel. Not what my own body is doing and why. Lewis gets honest too. Ten years ago he needed to win every conversation, be right, look good. He calls it defense mode. What changed it was choosing service over self, collaboration over competition. This one will change how you see your next hard conversation. Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Dr. John Delony tells Lewis Howes the real reason relationships fall apart isn't the fight itself, it's choosing "me" over "us" every single time. Using a gutting 9/11 towers analogy from Esther Perel, Delony explains why trying to rebuild your relationship exactly as it was is a losing game, and what to do instead.

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