Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

The topic of mental health and the Olympics really made it's way to the surface recently, as Simone Biles took the media spotlight after she opted out of her Olympic events due to mental health reasons. The word was divided on whether or not she was a hero, and what it really means to struggle with mental health issues. I wanted to dive deeper into this topic, and I invited an incredible guy named Trenten Merrell to join me, and my friend and sports chaplain Chad Johnson, for a conversation about the true mind battle that comes with being an Olympian. Trenten is a Paralympian, who is currently in Tokyo getting ready for his big events. And he knows what it means to have to work through hard things in life and in the world of the Olympics. He took time out of his training to come talk to us, because that's how much this conversation about Mental Health and The Olympics matters. We talked about how mental health either helps or stunts physical performance. We talked about Trenten's experience with losing a leg, the trauma he went through, and how he was able to work through it and come out the other side even stronger. We talked about the fine-tuning that happens physically and mentally as you get ready to perform. We talked about how physical health impacts your actual mental health chemistry. We made so many parallels to the world of training physically and how it relates to training emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. We got an inside peak into what the final weeks of training look like for an Olympian. And so much more! The truths that came out of this conversation were so impactful for me in my personal life - and you'll see what I mean as you listen. You'll be able to apply so much of these lessons to your life whether you're an athlete or not. It is so powerful, and so, so good. Tune in this episode of the Love & Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Faithful Counseling Are you ready to get healthy from the inside out? Check out my Bestselling book, Are You Really OK? And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if I told you that your identity is one of the number one things that impacts the quality of your relationships? We're highlighting the top 5 most downloaded podcasts of the past 12 months, and this episode came in at #1! Because what you believe about yourself determines the kind of relationship you believe you deserve. But so many things can get in the way of what we believe about ourselves. Christine Caine knows that first hand. In today's episode, Christine and I talk about the importance of taking inventory of our identity, and what that looks like practically. Identity Matters In today's episode we discuss: How trauma and past experiences can impact our identity. The labels we carry through life that impact our identity. Her personal story of adoption and abuse and how it impacted what she believed about herself. The psychology and theology behind identity and what shapes it. What it looks like to replace the lies about who we are with God's truth. Understanding your identity in Christ. Verses that will shape your identity with truth (see below in the resources) And so much more!! If you've EVER struggled with identity issues, or maybe you're struggling today - I can't express to you how important this episode is. Tune in this episode of the Love & Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Modern Fertility Books by Debra: And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Am I too picky? Today's caller is wondering if she's too picky, or if she just has high standards? How can you tell the difference, especially when people are making comments that....maybe....you're too picky. We're highlighting the top 5 most downloaded podcasts of the past 12 months, and this question came in at #2! I invited my friend, Pastor Ben Stuart author of Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, to join me as a co-host for today's episode as we talk through the difference between having high standards, and being too picky. Am I Too Picky? In today's episode we cover: How do I know if I'm being too picky? What non-negotiables should I have on my list? What are the difference between needs and preferences? Majors and minors? What, if anything, does scripture tell us is criteria for a relationship? Are dating apps messing with our heads when it comes to choosing a relationship? Where does attraction fall into this? And so much more! Tune in this episode of the Love & Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Books by Debra: And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a godly man want in a woman? We're highlighting the top 5 most downloaded podcasts of the past 12 months, and this question came in at #3! My friend Chad and I did a Q&A together, and we answer some of your questions on this episode - and one woman wants to know, what is up with the godly man saying he wants a woman of character, and then chasing after the supermodel woman?? It's a loaded question, friends...but at the same time, it's worth answering. You're not going to want to miss this episode!!! It's loaded with so much. And you don't want to miss Chad's male perspective on this, either. There's a reason this one came in as #3 most downloaded, and that Chad's episodes are 2 out of the top 5 most downloaded. They're so good!!! (In fact, we're bringing him back soon, so stay tuned.) Tune in this episode of the Love & Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Books by Debra: And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to dating, should a woman initiate? We're highlighting the top 5 most downloaded podcasts of the past 12 months, and this question came in at #4! You guys know what I think about this topic (it's a non-issue, and it doesn't matter who initiates as long as the relationship is made of give-and-take thereafter), but I decided to ask my friend, Chad Johnson, to give me his male-perspective on the issue in our conversation. Should a Woman Initiate? Let me just warn you, things go down in this podcast - because Chad and I certainly don't agree on everything, and I even call him out on some of his perspectives. We talk about should a woman initiate, what to do about getting ghosted, and so may other great topics. Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Books by Debra: And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible to enjoy singleness, all while really wanting marriage? We're highlighting the top 5 most downloaded podcasts of the past 12 months, and this question came in at #5! Today's caller wants to know the answer to that question. How can you strike a balance between enjoying what you're experiencing today in singleness, yet still hold on to the desire for marriage without letting in control your life? Is it possible to enjoy singleness AND want marriage simultaneously? Enjoying Singleness We're talking through this important topic today....so if you feel like you're having a hard time striking a balance between these two different places, this episode is for you!!!! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO More from Debra: And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season, and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've been following along, you've heard us have some open and honest conversations about anxiety. But today is a little bit different. Today I'm talking to John Delony from Ramsey Solutions. Dr. Delony is a high-performance, high-achieving man - who found himself in a pit of anxiety that he didn't see coming. Sometimes, people don't recognize anxiety because on the outside they are successful and seem like they have it all together. But underneath the high performance, high functioning life - is a layer of pressure just waiting to come up to the surface. In Are You Really OK? I talk about the emotional pressure like a volcano, and how it's important to get to the pressure before it gets to you. If you're the type of person who is always on the go, trying to achieve, maximize your time, and has a hard time saying no to all the opportunities to get ahead - then this episode is for you. The truth is, even high-performance, high-functioning humans can only handle a certain amount on their plate before it's too much. You have to learn when to recognize you're nearing empty - and do what you can to refuel and recharge as a regular part of your lifestyle. Listen to this conversation with Dr. Delony, today on the podcast! It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raise your hand if you're stressed! Okay, so pretty much everyone. Now how do we deal with stress? We've heard a lot about stress the past year because 2020 was a doozy and we're still reeling from it. But we've got to learn to unpack and face our stress in healthy ways. In today's episode I'm talking you through dealing with stress. I'm sharing three steps to make sure you're handling your stress in a healthy way. If you need to get a good gauge of your stress levels, check out the Holmes-Rahe Scale in my new book, Are You Really OK? and get started on the journey of unpacking your underlying stress. So check out this episode, and let's start dealing with your stress. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You'd never guess overcoming severe depression is part of his story. Because I don't know many young men who are full of life and pep and joy like Ben Courson. But this joy has been hard fought for. So hard, that he almost lost the fight. Life has thrown a lot of hardships his way, causing him to struggle with complex post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression. I'm overjoyed to have Ben on the podcast today, the founder and creator of Hope Generation, and a man who has truly used his history and story of overcoming severe depression to breathe hope and life into this generation. In this episode we talk about everything from brain chemistry, to meds, to therapy, to the literal power of prayer neurologically and how Ben used all of these things to bring him back to baseline. Take a moment to listen to his story, and be inspired by his journey of healing. If life has ever thrown some seemingly impossible obstacles and pain your way...this episode is for you. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comparison is the enemy of contentment...the problem is, with social media, Instagram filters, and TikTok stories - there's nothing easier in 2021 than comparing yourself to others. It's literally a trap that's right at your fingertips. Today I'm answering a listener question about dealing with the comparison trap, with my friend and today's co-host Jamie Ivey. Jamie is the host of the Happy Hour Podcast, and I'm thrilled to have her help me tag-team this question as we share our own journey with comparison, and practical steps we've taken to overcome that trap. When it comes to mental health, so much of it starts with what you allow yourself to think. Comparison is an important area to avoid. Find out how to do that in today's episode. If you've ever struggled with comparison...this episode is for you! It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Insomnia. Sleep struggles. Tossing and turning. Watching the clock go by hour by hour...How do you deal with a lack of sleep when it impacts your overall health emotionally and physically? Today's episode answers a caller who is struggling with his sleep. We'll offer some practical suggestions for what to do, as well as ways to check-in on your sleep hygiene! If you've ever struggled with a lack of sleep...this episode is for you! It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past few weeks, I've been having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in honor of my NEW book, Are You Really OK? challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Jonathan Pitts. Jonathan is the executive pastor at Church of the City in Franklin, TN. Today Jonathan opens up about the trauma of losing his 38-year-old wife suddenly and unexpectedly. He talks about his journey today, and the things he's learned along the way. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Jeremy Camp on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally and mentally. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past few weeks, I've been having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in honor of my NEW book, Are You Really OK? challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Jeremy Camp. Jeremy is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter. You've probably heard his songs on the radio, or even tuned into the movie he released last year called "I Still Believe" chronicling the heart wrenching journey of losing his first wife to cancer. Today Jeremy opens up to talk about the crippling anxiety he faced while on a ministry trip. His anxiety in the present was actually rooted in past experiences, and we process that today on-air. His story is powerful and painful, yet filled with hope and healing. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Jeremy Camp on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally and mentally. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few weeks I'm be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in honor of my NEW book, Are You Really OK? challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Levi Lusko. Levi is the pastor of Fresh Life Church in Montana, along with his wife Jennie. Levi opens up and shares about the dark time of grief, after tragically losing their 5 year old daughter. He talks about the power of grief, how it leads to depression and anxiety, and the way it ravages your heart, soul, mind and strength. He gives us a glimpse into this dark season, as well as others as he opens up about his personal journey with mental and emotional health. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Levi on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing emotionally and mentally. Are You Really OK? is available NOW!! It's time to ask yourself the hard questions and get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few weeks I'm be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in anticipation of my NEW book, Are You Really OK?, (TODAY IS BOOK RELEASE DAY!!!) challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Christine Caine. Christine is a Jesus-loving, passionate, international speaker and author. Along with her husband, she's the founder of A21, an anti-human trafficking campaign that's saving lives across the globe. Christine opens up and shares about a dark time of rejection and pain that lasted almost two years....so dark, she wasn't sure if she wanted to make it to the other side. Her story is going to open your eyes to the challenges so many people go through without our awareness. But it will give you hope in your own dark time. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Christine on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing. Are You Really OK? is available TODAY, and when you ORDER TODAY through May 22nd you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com It's time to get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book is HERE!! ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few weeks I'm be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in anticipation of my upcoming book, Are You Really OK?, challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Matt Chandler. Pastor Matt is the senior pastor of the Village Church, and his mental health came to a head recently as he faced an concerning emotional block in his life and feelings of burnout that started to impact everything. It took an intentional shift to face his childhood wounds to begin the process of healing. Pastor Matt Chandler shares is story with us today of facing his childhood wounds. I loved his honesty and no-filter demeanor in this conversation. It was truly one of my favorite conversations and I know it will inspire you as well. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Matt Chandler on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing. Are You Really OK? comes out May 18th, and when you PRE-ORDER TODAY you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com It's time to get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few weeks I'll be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in anticipation of my upcoming book, Are You Really OK?, challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session is with Kayla Stoecklein. Kayla's and her family went through a horrific season of darkness, when her husband Andrew - an incredible pastor and leader of a mega-church, died by suicide in 2018. Kayla talks us through Andrew's difficult journey with mental illness, as well as her own journey in the process. She has an important message to share, reminding us of the great need to understand mental health issues- because it's truly life or death. I know this on-air session with him will challenge you. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and take in this vulnerable conversation with Kayla Stoecklein on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing. Are You Really OK? comes out May 18th, and when you PRE-ORDER TODAY you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com It's time to get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next few weeks I'll be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in anticipation of my upcoming book, Are You Really OK?, challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. Today's session with Natalie Grant is SO hopeful. A top Christian female vocalist, she has been through her own journey with anxiety and panic in the most unexpected places. She hit her low point, and needed the people in her life to carry her through. Her story will remind you that you are not alone, that you don't have to be okay, and that there is room for Jesus, therapy AND medication in your life. All of the above. I know this on-air session will challenge you. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and enjoy this vulnerable conversation with Natalie Grant on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing. Are You Really OK? comes out May 18th, and when you PRE-ORDER TODAY you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com It's time to get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the next 8 weeks I'll be having raw, open, and honest conversations with some of the top Christian leaders and teachers, asking them: are YOU really ok? This series comes in anticipation of my upcoming book, Are You Really OK?, challenging each and every one of us to get real about how we're really doing. It takes courageous people to openly and publicly talk about their journey with mental and emotional health, but these are the exact conversations that begin taking down the stigma, paving the way for us to truly get real about how we're doing as Christians. We're opening this series with one of my favorite leaders....Pastor JP Pokluda. One thing that really sticks out to me about JP is his blunt and point-blank approach to life. For him, nothing is off limits to talk about. And nothing to dark for Jesus to shine his light. And this conversation is no different. I know this on-air session with him will challenge you. Be sure to listen to the end where I give a summary of our talk, as well as ways you can apply it to your own journey of getting healthy from the inside out and asking - Are YOU really OK? So sit back, and enjoy this vulnerable conversation with Pastor "JP" on the Are You Really OK? Podcast Series a part of the Love + Relationships Podcast with Debra Fileta. Now it's your turn. It's time for YOU to get real about how you're doing. Are You Really OK? comes out May 18th, and when you PRE-ORDER TODAY you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com It's time to get real about how you're really doing. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're excited to release the Introduction of the Audiobook Version of Are You Really OK? right here, right now, on the podcast!!! My new book comes out May 18th, and if you PRE-ORDER TODAY you also get a FREE Journal as well as the ENTIRE FREE AUDIOBOOK!! This incredible deal only lasts through launch week, and we have a limited supply of journals which we WILL SELL OUT, so be sure to claim your bonuses today! Click below to pre-order, then claim your bonuses at: AreYouReallyOK.com Then sit back, and enjoy the audiobook of Are You Really OK? in this Season 6 opener of the Love + Relationships Podcast! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is the BEST age to get married? Is it getting married younger or older? I get that question a lot. And if you know me, you know that my answer is this: It's not about your age, it's about your health. But nonetheless, there are pros and cons to getting married young and there are pros and cons to getting married older. So, we'll be talking to two sets of couples who got married at different stages, and hearing both the pros and the cons from their experience. Today I want to introduce you to Dave and Ashley Willis, who met and married in their early 20s. I loved my conversation with them, and I know you will too!! Getting Married Young Don't miss a new episode of the podcast!! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is the BEST age to get married? Is it getting married older or younger? I get that question a lot. And if you know me, you know that my answer is this: It's not about your age, it's about your health. But nonetheless, there are pros and cons to getting married young and there are pros and cons to getting married older. So for the next two weeks, we'll be talking to two sets of couples who got married at different stages, and hearing both the pros and the cons from their experience. Today I want to introduce you to Sabrina and Levi, a couple who I connected with on Instagram, and who met and married in their mid 30s. I loved my conversation with them, and I know you will too!! Getting Married Older Don't miss a new episode of the podcast!! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you get over someone you were never with? Isn't it crazy you can get so stuck on someone you were never in a serious relationship with? But it's for real, and it can happen. Our minds and hearts are powerful, and we can create connections with people we were never really connected to, to begin with! Today's caller wants to know how she can get over someone she was never really with. What's the mental work that it takes to get to a healthier place? Are there practical steps? The answer is YES. And we're talking about it on today's episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you handle the feedback you get from an ex after a breakup? What do you do with the information they tell you about "why" they broke up with you? How seriously are you supposed to take it? Especially from someone you won't end up marrying? That's exactly what's on Kenneth's mind today when he called into the Love + Relationships hotline. The Breakup Today's episode, we're talking through what to do with that feedback after a breakup - and how to handle it with balance. It's such a good conversation, especially if you've ever gotten feedback after a breakup and are wondering how much weight it should carry in your life!! Don't miss this new episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's question comes from a young man who has too many women in his life - what?! Talk about a problem. He's got more female friends than male friends....maybe some of you can relate? Maybe you have more opposite sex friendships vs. same sex friendships. He's wondering if the amount of ladies he's friends with might end up causing a problem in the end, because none of them seem to fit the pattern of the type of woman he wants to marry. We also take some time to explore family of origin issues, and how that might be at play with your comfort level or lack there of with the opposite sex - so this conversation is an interesting one! Opposite Sex Friendships If you've ever wondered if maybe your comfort or LACK of comfort with opposite sex friendships is rooted in something deeper - than this episode is for you! Don't miss this new episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Q: Loving after hurt...is it even possible? How do you love again after you've been really hurt? Today's caller wants to know how he can open his heart to love again after he's been hurt in a past relationship. You may be wondering the same thing. Maybe you're dealing with some residual wounds from a past relationship that let you down, blind-sided you, or broke your heart. How do you open your heart to love again? We're going to give you some practical steps on loving after hurt. Today, my friend- pastor Adam Weber - joins me to discuss what it means to love and trust again after you've been jaded and disappointed in a friendship or in a relationship. Loving After Hurt Don't miss this new episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to sharing about your past relationships...how much is too much? Today's question comes from Kristen from Indiana, who wants to know: what is important, or even healthy to share, with a boyfriend/girlfriend or fiancé about your past relationship? I start off by putting the answer to sharing about your past into two different categories, because I think what you share with a boyfriend or girlfriend is going to look different than a fiancé. "The level of sharing in a relationship has to coincide with the level of trust." Don't miss this new episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with our sponsor: https://curtsyapp.com/ BOOKS BY DEBRA Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sexting, Sex Appeal, and The hook up culture. In a culture where women are praised for flaunting their bodies - as women (and men!), how do we balance caring about our appearance, but not catering to a culture that focuses SO much on physical looks and sex appeal? Today's question comes from Maggie from Pennsylvania...and it sparks an entire conversation about sex appeal, sexting, the hook up culture, and so much more. How to handle sexting? What do you do when he/she starts sexting or asking for/sending sexy pictures? What do you say when the conversation starts to get more heated than you're comfortable with? What happens when your physical boundaries start getting crossed in a relationship? Today we're covering sexting, sex appeal, and ALL things hook up culture and I'm thrilled to be tag-teaming this question with Kristen Clark from Girl Defined! Don't miss this new episode! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with our sponsor: shesbirdie.com/love BOOKS BY DEBRA Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you avoid Valentines Day Disappointment? You know, that terrible let down feeling when the day just doesn't go how you hoped it would to go? It doesn't matter if you're single, dating, or married - because we're all susceptible to disappointment when that day rolls around. People approach Valentines Day with a range of love/hate feelings for this occasion to celebrate love. How To Avoid Valentines Day Disappointment (Don't Do What I DID!!) In today's episode, I want to talk to you about three ways you can avoid Valentines Day disappointment whether you're single, dating, or married. I promise you, these tips are going to help and encourage you to make the absolute most of this week! I'm starting the episode with telling you about my WORST Valentines Day ever, and how I did the exact opposite of the advice I'm about to give you today about Valentines Day disappointment. You live and learn! I can't wait to share this episode with you, and I hope it encourages and instills you with new perspective as you approach Valentines Day this week. PS. ATTENTION ALL SINGLES OUT THERE...I want to invite you to join us February 26th for Singles Night Out!!! Click here or the photo below for details...we only have a few tickets left, so register today! A practical way to avoid Valentines Day disappointment! Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts, and then tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationship Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with our sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's caller is asking a question about long distance relationships. She's trying to get to know her boyfriend, who lives across the country, and she's wondering how much is too much when it comes to getting to know one another, specifically - spending time on the phone talking. Her boyfriend's roommates seem to think they talk "too much" - and she's not so sure. So who is right in this situation? And how do you gauge it? Long Distance Relationships Check out today's conversation about long distance relationships and how much is too much when it comes to spending time talking and getting to know one another! Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you recognize a toxic relationship? What do you do if you find yourself in one? What does it look like if you're dating someone toxic? What about if you're married to someone toxic? Today, I talk with Chrystal Hurst Evans about how to identify a toxic relationship, as well as steps to take to move yourself away from them. Whether single, married, dating, or somewhere in between - there's a lesson for you in this episode! Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Debra's New Book COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you turn someone down in a respectful way? Today's listener wants to know how to say "no thanks, I'm not interested" - in a way that speaks kindness and respect. We're talking through some healthy and appropriate ways to turn someone down - as well as some things NOT TO DO or say in today's episode of the podcast. Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life, Are You Really OK?: Getting Real About Who You Are, How You're Doing, and Why It Matters (2021). COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long distance relationships can be hard to navigate because you don't always get an up close look at the relationship. So, what are some long distance red flags to look for when you're in a long distance relationship? We're digging into this listener's question today on the podcast! Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life, Are You Really OK?: Getting Real About Who You Are, How You're Doing, and Why It Matters (2021). COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiritual intimacy in a dating relationship is something that often gets overlooked. We set boundaries with regard to our physical connection - but what about our spiritual connection? Today's caller wants to know what it looks like to have healthy boundaries in spiritual intimacy with regard to praying, doing devotions, and having spiritual conversations. Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life, Are You Really OK?: Getting Real About Who You Are, How You're Doing, and Why It Matters (2021). COMING MAY 2021!! PRE-ORDER TODAY!! And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healthy people = healthy relationships. And getting healthy is what today's episode is all about. If you've been following TrueLoveDates.com, my Instagram or Facebook page, or my podcast for any amount of time, you've likely heard this coin phrase time and time again. If you want healthy relationships this year, you've got to start by becoming healthy standing alone. Today on the podcast, I've got my new friend, Destiny's Child's very own Michelle Williams, sharing her deeply authentic story of her personal struggle with mental health, finally hitting bottom and checking herself into a hospital- and her journey to becoming healthy from the inside out. Getting Healthy This episode will challenge you to really take inventory of how healthy you are, and how it's reflected in your closest relationships. We'll also talk about practical steps to get healthy. Speaking of getting healthy, this is the perfect episode to introduce you to my upcoming brand new book, "Are You Really OK?". I mention it in today's episode, and I wanted to give you a chance to pre-order your copy today!!! My heart for this book is to guide YOU on your own journey of getting healthy - emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically. I can't wait until it's officially released!! Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start the New Year by getting healthy!!! Get matched with a licensed counselor who is also a believer in 24 hours, and start your online counseling experience today: https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some singles are just going for it. They're living their life. They're not waiting around to get married before they start doing the things God has put on their hearts... Bethany is one of those singles who is living her life. Her life and story are not only encouraging, but inspiring. She's adopted 3 children, and is currently fostering a little infant...and her life tells a story of trusting God with her desires for marriage, and living her life in the meantime. I loved my conversation with her, and I know you will too!! Don't let singleness stop you from living your life. Tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PODCASTS - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: WHAT IF 21 DAYS COULD CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP STATUS? REGISTER FOR 21 DAYS TO JUMPSTART YOUR LOVE LIFE (USE CODE LOVE TO RECEIVE YOUR 20% DISCOUNT!) Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Q: What do you do when you he breaks up with you by text? A: Friends, we are about to dive deep into the break up text. Today's caller got dumped by text, and I have a whole lot to say about it. The social media culture is changing a lot about how we do relationships, but some things just shouldn't be okay. And this is one of them, in my book. If you've ever been on the receiving end of a break up text, or maybe you were the one to send the break up text...here's what you need to know. How Do You Respond To the Break Up Text? You don't want to miss this one...tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Begin the journey of healing today, by getting matched up to a professional counselor http://getfaithful.com/debra (use this link for 20% off your first month!) Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wondered how porn impacts relationships? Porn has become a widespread epidemic in our culture today. And it's reaping havoc on relationships. It messes with your heart, alters your brain brain, and changes how you see the world around you. But it doesn't have to be this way. Today, I can't even tell you how thrilled I am to have Jonathan Pokluda join me to discuss his personal journey: from PORN ADDICT to PASTOR....from being enslaved to a sex and porn addiction, to walking in freedom. Today's episode is a deep-dive into pornography use, sexual addictions, and why there's so much hope for gaining freedom in this area of your life. Porn impacts relationships in a remarkable way, but it doesn't have to be this way. Porn Impacts Relationships In today's episode, we'll cover: The details of JP's story, how deeply immersed he was in porn, and why becoming a Christian didn't fix his addiction. How porn impacts relationships. What porn does to your brain and how you view others. Why you've probably tried and failed to break free. Steps to breaking free from porn for good. And so much more! I loved this episode so much, I pushed it to the very top of our release schedule! You don't want to miss this one...tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Begin the journey of healing today, by getting matched up to a professional counselor http://getfaithful.com/debra (use this link for 20% off your first month!) Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2020 has brought a lot of hard things...it's increased pressure and conflict in relationships. Today's caller wants to know what do you do when you find yourself plunged into the season of FALL in a relationship? Fall is the season of conflict and communication - and it seems a lot of people are jumping right into it with all the stress and pressure this year has brought. Conflict in Relationships In this episode we cover: What happens when you feel like you're all of a sudden navigating conflict in a relationship that wasn't there before? How to see conflict as a positive part of the relationship. What are the signs that you're in FALL in a relationship? What does it look like to "do the work" of the season of fall? Recognizing passivity in my conflict style. Recognizing past triggers vs. present problems. And so much more! So tune in to this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below, and leave us your rating and review! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: ISSUU.com/podcast Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're answering all your relationship questions in Part 2 of Q&A with Debra Fileta and Chad Johnson! A few weeks ago on my Instagram Page @TrueLoveDates (let's be IG friends!!!), I asked you to submit any relationship questions you had for us to tackle in a rapid-response Q&A session. SO MANY GOOD QUESTIONS came in! My friend, and one of your favorite co-hosts, Chad Johnson is joining me for Part 2 to answer more of your AMAZING relationship questions from a his/her perspective! So tune in for Part 2 of the Q&A episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! You might even hear YOUR question answered!!! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Start praying for your future husband. Visit https://www.smaywilsonshop.com/ to get your copy of the Every Single Moment journal, and use code TRUELOVEDATES for 20% off your order. Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're answering all your relationship questions! A few weeks ago on my Instagram Page @TrueLoveDates (let's be IG friends!!!), I asked you to submit any relationship questions you had for us to tackle in a rapid-response Q&A session. My friend, and one of your favorite co-hosts, Chad Johnson is joining me today to answer your relationship questions from a his/her perspective! So tune in for Part 1 of the Rapid Response Q&A episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! You might even hear YOUR question answered!!! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: Get started on your journey of healing with a licensed counselor, who is also a believer in Christ!! Online counseling from the comfort of your home! Get matched with a counselor by clicking https://getfaithful.com/debra Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's caller is waiting for sex and proud of it. The only problem: she wants to know WHEN to share that fact that she's waiting for sex with the person she's dating. Especially with today's trend of online dating. Do you come out and tell them you're waiting for sex on the very first date, or do you ease into it? And that's exactly what we're covering on the podcast today! So let's just cut to the chase and talk through this. Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: ISSUU.com/podcast Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Am I too picky? Today's caller is wondering if she's too picky, or if she just has high standards? How can you tell the difference, especially when people are making comments that....maybe....you're too picky. I invited my friend, Pastor Ben Stuart author of Single, Dating, Engaged, Married, to join me as a co-host for today's episode as we talk through the difference between having high standards, and being too picky. Am I Too Picky? In today's episode we cover: How do I know if I'm being too picky? What non-negotiables should I have on my list? What are the difference between needs and preferences? Majors and minors? What, if anything, does scripture tell us is criteria for a relationship? Are dating apps messing with our heads when it comes to choosing a relationship? Where does attraction fall into this? And so much more! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: upperroom.org/welcome Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When should you say I love you? Today's caller was curious when is an appropriate time to tell someone you love them when you've been in a dating relationship. I know a lot of you have wondered the same thing, and questions in my inbox to prove it! So today we're tackling this important question!!! We're talking through some of the parameters behind When You Should Say I Love You, in today's episode! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsors: upperroom.org/welcome and ISSUU.com/podcast Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do you do when your partner's sexual history is more extensive than yours? In this episode, I talk to a man who is struggling with his girlfriend's sexual history, and the things she experienced before they met. I was so proud of him for his transparency, because it's something a lot of couples are facing but not many people are discussing. My Partner's Sexual History In this episode we talk though: Some concerns that come up when one person has a more extensive sexual history. Understanding and dealing with the root of these hard emotions. How to deal with the past in a healthy way. Whether or your partner's sexual history is a deal-breaker and how to know. And much more! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsors: upperroom.org/welcome and ISSUU.com/podcast Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to relationships, one thing we don't talk about enough is healing after divorce. It's a subject people tend to shy away from, and understandably so because there are no cookie-cutter answers. Every story and situation of divorce is so different and unique. But at the end of the day, just like any loss, divorce always includes heartbreak and the need for healing. There are principles and concepts that can be extracted and applied no matter what your specific situation. Healing After Divorce When this question about healing after divorce came into the hotline, I knew I wanted Eryn Eddy to be my co-host for this episode. She's a woman who knows the deep pain of divorce, but more so, she knows what it looks like to pursue healing after deep heartbreak. I'm so impressed by how she has used her pain, and I know this conversation will BLESS YOU SO MUCH if you've been through the pain of divorce. In this episode we cover: Identity and how divorce can impact what we believe and what we DO. Dealing with pain, confusion, and insecurity after divorce. Self-sabotage that can happen after divorce. Working through the stigma and shame that comes in Christian culture. Pursuing healing after divorce. And so much more.... If you are looking for healing after divorce, or know someone who is...Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: upperroom.org/welcome Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: Eryn is the founder and CEO of So Worth Loving, a lifestyle clothing brand. Since starting in 2011, she's grown her company to include customers in all fifty states and in thirty countries, and the company is still going strong. She and her work have been featured on CNN and MSNBC, as well as Southern Living and Atlanta Magazine. Eryn is also an author and co-host of a podcast called God Hears Her, and she calls Atlanta home. Connect with her on Instagram. For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Am I toxic? What if I'm the toxic one in the relationship? Because I think the problem is me. That was the unique question that came into the podcast hotline, and I knew I had to answer it right away. Am I toxic? That's a question people don't often ask. It's not common for someone to identify themselves as the person in need of change in the relationship, and I was so grateful for this man's insight and willingness to listen to advice and consider next steps for change. Am I toxic? As you listen to this insightful conversation, I want you to ask yourself this: Am I toxic in any way, shape, or form? Or what about this: Could you be the one in the relationship in need of change? It's so easy to look at what others need to fix and change, without really looking inward at our own problems, past baggage, unhealthy behaviors, and bad habits. But I want you to ask yourself: could I be the toxic one? Is there anything I need to change in my life? Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: upperroom.org/welcome Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is it possible to enjoy singleness, all while really wanting marriage? Today's caller wants to know the answer to that question. How can you strike a balance between enjoying what you're experiencing today in singleness, yet still hold on to the desire for marriage without letting in control your life? Is it possible to enjoy singleness AND want marriage simultaneously? Enjoying Singleness We're talking through this important topic today....so if you feel like you're having a hard time striking a balance between these two different places, this episode is for you!!!! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: upperroom.org/welcome Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a lot of controversy these days. From wearing masks, to Covid, to politics, and everything in between. And when there's a lot of controversial topics in life, there tend to be a lot of controversial topics that come up in conversations! What do you do if these topics come up in dating? Should you bring them up, or not? Today's caller wants to know how to handle these conversations and controversial topics in dating. Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsor: PerfectlyImperfect.org Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you seriously dating someone or even got engaged during Covid? Life looks a little different than we expected right now, with wedding ceremonies, showers, and celebrations and parties cancelled or drastically altered to fit social distancing norms. Today, I talk to my friend Emma Mae, who just got engaged during this crazy season. We talk: Wedding Prep During Covid How she knew he was the one to say YES to What it's like to be engaged during Covid Things they're doing to get their hearts ready for marriage. And so much more! This was such a fun conversation! Tune in this brand new episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER - SPOTIFY - GOOGLE PLAY - iHEART RADIO Connect with today's sponsors: ModernFertility.com and PerfectlyImperfect.org Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra's Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices