Physical Boundaries: We’re Saving Sex For 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

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to SEASON 5 of the Love + Relationships Podcast!! I’m so excited about this new look, and these brand new episodes! The past year of the podcast has brought listeners from all across the country and world, and our very first caller is Terry from Fiji! Terry and his girlfriend are committed to saving sex for marriage, and he wants to know some practical suggestions and tips for physical boundaries. Practical Physical Boundaries In today’s episode we’ll talk through: Practical ways you can set physical boundaries – some suggestions that actually work! Why acting “overly spiritual” can actually hinder your desire to save sex for marriage. The importance of communicating your boundaries before-hand. How to re-frame your perspective so that you see saving sex for marriage as an investment in the relationship vs. a barrier to the relationship. This is why you’re going to love Terry and the conversation we have about physical boundaries and saving sex in this very first episode of Season 5 of the Love + Relationships Podcast. 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 Meet our Sponsor: Want kids someday? Modern Fertility will give you insight into how many eggs you have, hormone levels, and any reproductive red flags. The results go in-depth into what every hormone means and you can also talk 1:1 with a fertility nurse to review your results and options for next steps. Get $20 off TODAY by going to: https://modernfertility.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

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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.
1:13.8	And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes.
1:16.8	So let's get started.
1:22.6	Today on the podcast, we have Terry from Fiji joining us. Terry, it's not every day that I get to talk to someone from Fiji.
1:32.3	Oh, it's so good to be here. You don't know how excited I am coming on the podcast. I'm great. I'm a big fan, big fan.
1:39.4	Thank you so much. So what do you've got on your mind, Terry?
1:47.0	I am in a long-d with a girl and we both agreed to save sex for marriage. I will visit her soon. And I want to know some practical
1:57.2	tips on physical boundaries, especially knowing the possibility of being overwhelmed
2:02.3	by emotions of not seeing each other after more than a year apart.
2:07.6	Yeah.
2:08.6	Let's be honest, the buildup of sexual tension after a year is not the easiest to navigate.
2:17.3	Yeah, especially regarding the current pandemic. Yeah, it's true.
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