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Jay Shetty PodcastMatthew Hussey ON: How to Get Over Your Ex & Find True Love in Your Relationships
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Matthew Hussey on Relationship Skills, Timing, Letting Go and Finding Love
- Hussey says his view of love has shifted toward valuing real relationship skills and right timing over charisma, status and mindless attraction.
- Both men describe how they used to perform kindness to be loved, and how partners who weren't impressed by their special moves forced real growth.
- Hussey advises watching how a partner handles conflict, vulnerability and apology, and giving an amount of energy you are willing to lose in early dating.
- He argues that people cannot change others, and that staying in an unhappy relationship often reflects a deep fear of abandonment rather than the partner's potential.
- The episode closes with Hussey's 30-day confidence challenge and rapid-fire answers on love, purpose and advice.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasRelationship skills matter more than impressive traits
Hussey says a partner needs to be great at a relationship, not at the guitar or three languages, and he argues that people undervalue hard-won relationship skills while overvaluing attraction.
Right timing outweighs the right person
Hussey says he now weights timing more heavily, because deciding it's the right time brings intentionality, and he compares love to starting a business rather than winning the lottery.
Great early dates reveal little
Hussey says people often know about 5% of someone and construct the other 95% through fantasy, so he urges mindful dating and distinguishing the poet from the poetry, which is the long-term relationship.
Conflict shows who a partner really is
Hussey says to look at how someone reacts when you reveal something vulnerable, whether they argue to damage or rebuild, and whether they can come back and apologize. He frames a healthy relationship as one where the conversation can be had.
Give an amount of energy you're willing to lose
Hussey compares early dating to setting a casino budget, saying you should bring warmth to new people without fearing early rejection, but stop pouring energy into someone who gives none back.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesDon't get upset because you lost a poet. Poets are a dime a dozen. Poetry is rare.
— Matthew Hussey
How can you be nervous if you're valuing the right things? You can only be nervous if you're valuing the wrong things.
— Matthew Hussey
I'm gonna give an amount of energy I'm willing to lose.
— Matthew Hussey
Truly extending your compassion to your future self is doing something that gives him or her a shot at a happy and a peaceful life.
— Matthew Hussey
It's not the right person, it's the right time. When you have decided it's the right time for you to really meet someone, you go into love with a completely different intentionality.
— Matthew Hussey
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SPEAKERS
Matthew Hussey
guestDating and relationships expert, author, and speaker known for advice on confidence and modern dating.
Jay Shetty
hostHost of On Purpose, author of Think Like a Monk, and motivational speaker/podcaster.
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