#5 Most Downloaded: How Far is Too Far? Physical Touch Before Marriage

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Debra Fileta, M.A., LPC and Creator of TrueLoveDates.com

Self-improvement, Relationships, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

We’re taking the next 5 weeks here at the Love + Relationships Podcast to highlight the TOP 5 MOST DOWNLOADED EPISODES! Whether you need to relisten to this episode, or you’ve never heard it before, I know it will challenge and encourage you as it has for so many others! Coming in at #5….. How far is too far when it comes to physical touch before marriage? I’m sure you’re not shocked to hear that it’s one of the most frequently asked questions I receive at my relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com. How far is too far? On today’s mini-episode (18 minutes!) I’m answering just that! In this quick episode, I’m offering some practical, bite-sized advice for anyone who has ever wondered where to draw the line with physical touch before marriage. I’m going to talk you through the 12 stages of physical touch and explain to you when I believe physical touch goes from the green zone, to the yellow zone, to the red zone. If you’ve ever wondered how far is too far to go physically in a dating relationship, you’re going to want to tune in to Episode 014 of the Love + Relationships Podcast, where we talk candidly about all things love, sex, dating, singleness and marriage. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Friends! Get counseling from the comfort of your own home this year! Online professional counseling + Believers in Christ. Get matched with a counselor within 24 hours!!!! Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! You’re going to be so glad you did! 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

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felita,
0:23.4	and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness,
0:29.5	and marriage. For those of you who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed
0:34.5	professional counselor and author specializing in relationship issues.
0:39.0	I also run the Relationship Advice blog True Love Dates.com, reaching millions of people with the message
0:44.9	that healthy people make healthy relationships.
0:48.5	If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people
0:53.5	call in or write in with their
0:55.1	relationship questions, and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized
1:00.1	answers. If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it via email
1:05.3	or voice memo to Deborah at true lovedates.com or check out my podcast page, true lovedates.com slash love and relationships.
1:13.5	And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes. So let's get started.
1:22.5	We're doing something a little different over the next few weeks. Now, we have gotten a lot of new listeners
1:30.4	and new friends to the Love and Relationships podcast. So I wanted to make sure to take time
1:36.7	this summer to go back and replay our top five most downloaded episodes. If you've already heard these episodes, they are worth the
1:48.6	re-listen. And if you haven't listened yet, you're going to enjoy these episodes so much.
1:54.9	Today's episode is coming in at number five.
2:03.3	How far? too far?
2:07.2	That's another question I got in my inbox recently and probably a question that I hear
2:13.8	everywhere I go from all kinds of people, all different ages and different genders and
2:23.0	races, because it's a question that's on a lot of people's mind when it comes to dating,
2:28.2	especially the question of how far is too far to go physically in a dating relationship. And I actually talk through
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