Moving Forward After Purity Culture

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

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Q: How can singles restore a healthy view of sex when they’ve been hurt by purity culture? Friends – we’re talking about sex! And the sex series continues with this important question!!! Over the course of the next few weeks, in honor of our new book Married Sex: A Christian Couple’s Guide To Reimagining Your Love Life (CLICK TO PRE-ORDER TODAY!!!!), we’re taking all your questions about sex! Gary Thomas, my co-author, is joining me as co-host for this final episode of this series: The Love & Relationships Podcast Series: All About SEX! Today’s question comes from a couple a man who wants to know how to restore a healthy view of sex, after he’s been hurt by some of the messages from the purity culture. So how do you strike a balance between taking the good — and leaving the harmful when it comes to some of the messages of the purity culture? Gary and I tag-team this question on today’s episode of the Sex Series! So tune in this episode of the Love & Relationships Podcast and follow the show by clicking on the button below! THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: Everlywell & Abide FOLLOW MY PODCAST AND LISTEN ON Apple PODCASTS BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Are you ready to take your sex life to the next level! Order Married Sex Today!! ATTN MARRIED COUPLES: check out the upcoming Married Sex Online Conference! 25+ seminars about sex, 12 months to stream, plus a FREE copy of our book Married Sex! Register Today!! 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?, and Married Sex. 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 everyone, welcome back to the Love and Relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felata.
0:24.4	For those of you who don't know me, I'm a licensed professional counselor and author of five books.
0:30.5	My podcast is typically a hotline style show where I tackle all your questions in candid, practical, bite-sized answers. But for the next few weeks,
0:39.9	we're shifting gears a little bit. We're going to be talking all about sex. I'll be taking all
0:46.5	your questions about sex and intimacy and answering as many of them as I can. My newest book is
0:53.0	called Married Sex. It's loaded with practical steps,
0:57.1	candid conversations, and start today methods that are going to help you take your sex life
1:02.7	to the next level. It's a book I co-authored with pastor and bestselling marriage author, Gary
1:09.0	Thomas. We decided to tag team this message to bring you a male,
1:14.1	female, pastoral counselor perspective. Gary will be joining me as co-host for this podcast series,
1:22.3	and there's no question we're afraid to tackle, so send them all in. This is such an important conversation,
1:29.9	such an important book, and such an important series, because there's not enough good content
1:34.9	and conversation out there about sex. And we want to change that. Our new book, Married Sex,
1:41.3	a Christian couple's guide to reimagining your love life, is available anywhere
1:45.3	books are sold. So go grab your copy today at Marriedsex.us. We can't wait to get this content
1:54.0	into your hands. Let's take a listen to today's question. Hey, Deborah and Gary, my name is Joshua.
2:02.7	And my question is, how can singles restore a healthy view of sex when they've been hurt by purity culture within the church?
2:08.4	Thank you all for all you do.
2:11.5	Today's question is so good and so important.
2:16.1	You know, when we talk about purity culture, I know it stirs up a lot of
2:19.8	different feelings in different people. I would say I grew up in purity culture. So I definitely
2:25.5	understand some of the different beliefs that you can pick up along the way, even unintentionally.
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