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Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Quarantine Ep. 4: “Social Distancing” from Toxic People with Gary Thomas

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

4.9757 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

There are toxic people everywhere. In churches, schools, at work, and sometimes right in the middle of your own household. And it’s important to understand that fact because relationships have the power to bring life, or death. They have the power to lift you up, or bring you down. Right now in our country, the word “social distancing” is being used very liberally to help set boundaries with our physical space, decreasing our chances of getting the Corona Virus. But what if we were to use this time to take inventory of all our relationships, and which ones we need to continue investing in, as well as which ones we need to set boundaries with? Because one day, the Corona Virus pandemic will slow down, and we will go back to life as usual. We’ve got to make choices about who we allow into our life and who we don’t. So let me remind you: some toxic people are worthy of social distancing, whether we’re in quarantine or not. Toxic People Today on the podcast, I’m joined by my friend and pastor/author Gary Thomas. In today’s episode we’re sharing: What defines a toxic person? What does the bible say about setting boundaries with toxic people? How did Jesus model walking away from toxic people? What are some practical ways we can set boundaries with toxic people? Tune in to Quarantine Episode #4 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 Get counseling from the comfort of your own home this year! Online professional counseling + Believers in Christ. Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: Do you want to commit to Praying For Your Love Life? If so, you’re going to love 21 Days to Pray For Your Love Life Devotional and Prayer Journal. It’s a 21 Day Course walking you through 21 days of SPECIFIC and MEANINGFUL prayers for love. Join thousands of other singles who have gone through this course and are committed to praying for love! Use code LOVE for 20% off any program.  Is your relationship Healthy? Find out! ORDER DEBRA’S NEW BOOK: Love In Every Season! 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,

0:23.8

and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage.

0:30.4

For those of you who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed professional

0:35.1

counselor and author specializing in relationship issues.

0:38.4

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

0:53.6

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 or

1:05.6

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.

1:22.8

Hey friends, welcome back to the love and relationship podcast quarantine week series.

1:29.8

Every day this week, I've been dropping a new podcast episode to help keep you motivated

1:36.0

and encouraged and filled with hope during this strange and unique time in history.

1:43.0

We're all kind of stuck indoors. We're focused on our physical

1:46.8

health. And I also want to make sure that we're focusing on our mental, emotional, and

1:51.5

relational health as well during this week. So you've been hearing the word social distancing a lot

1:57.5

over the past few weeks. And it's probably something we're going to hear for a little

2:02.8

while longer, and it's the idea that we need to be separate from one another and that there

2:08.6

needs to be space between us to make sure that this virus doesn't spread.

2:14.3

And this idea of social distancing got me thinking. The other day on Instagram, I jotted some

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