How to Survive Your Long Distance Relationship

Love Life With Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, 971900

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Long distance relationships can feel intoxicating. The late-night calls. The fantasy. The sense that if it weren’t for geography, this could really be something. But when does distance deepen connection—and when does it quietly keep us stuck in something that can’t truly grow?

In this episode of the Love Life Podcast, we go deeper than ever on long distance love. We talk about why these connections can feel so powerful, how fantasy can sneak in and blur reality, and the often-overlooked skill of restraint (knowing when not to let yourself fall, even when attraction is there).

This episode is about discernment, self-respect, and learning how to protect your heart without closing it off . . . whether the person you’re talking to lives across the world or just across town.

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0:00.0	What's up guys? Welcome back to the podcast. Today we do an extended episode on long distance
0:10.2	relationships. We did one of these recently. You guys loved it. You asked for more. So now we are
0:15.3	digging deeper into the nuances of what kinds of longistance relationships you should be invested in and what
0:22.7	types you shouldn't. We also talk about a very big thing that's just happened in my life.
0:29.1	We'll get to that. And we answer a love lifeline question from somebody who is struggling with
0:34.7	the hurt from a relationship she just had and wondering how she can get
0:39.2	back out there and date without being guarded. All of this coming up and more, enjoy this brand spanking
0:47.1	new episode of the Love Life podcast.
0:55.4	Well, hello.
0:56.3	Hello, brother.
0:59.5	We're back after an eventful few weeks,
1:04.1	possibly the most eventful few weeks of my life, I think.
1:06.4	You're a changed man, may I say.
1:07.3	You are glowing.
1:09.2	And why are you glowing? It's funny you say that, Stephen,
1:10.5	because the last conversation, I have a, I have an intimate
1:14.1	group of a coaching group, as you know, called Club 320. And after two weeks of being off,
1:22.4	I came back and the first comment that was made by one of them was, you look tired. So the glow,
1:29.9	your glowing reference is not, that's not shared by everybody, I have to say. An internal glow.
1:36.0	For that's true. And for new listeners, why might you be glowing? What, what happened in the last two
1:41.3	weeks? Well, for the last nine months, Audrey has been making a baby.
1:48.7	And that baby arrived a couple of weeks ago.
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