Relationship Goals: Episode 779
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Setting relational goals in the new year, plus Jeanine Amapola’s breakup recovery tips, and how to politely say “no” to a second date.
Featured musical artist: Love and the Outcome
Roundtable: Goals for Your Relationships
Since a new year usually prompts conversations around goals and resolutions, we thought it would be fun to discuss our relational goals for the next 12 months. Whether in dating, friendship, family, or just general communication and interpersonal prowess, our guests take a look back at their relationships in 2022, the areas they hope to grow in this year, and how to have hope for your relational future in singleness, dating and more.
Culture: Jeanine Amapola on Recovering From a Breakup
Let’s face it: Breakups are hard. If you’ve recently or not-so-recently walked through a relationship implosion, you know it’s not something you just “get over.” And it’s doubly tough when your friends are in a season of romantic bliss (or so it seems). Jeanine Amapola, host of the “Happy and Healthy Podcast,” has seen her share of heartache. She’ll talk through a couple of her breakups, honestly dissecting what she did both wrong and right. Her insights will give us encouragement as we navigate our own stories of relational loss.
Inbox: What If I Don’t Want a Second Date?
She was recently asked out by a guy but isn’t excited about it. She’s willing to give him a chance, but is already questioning how to turn down a second date if he asks for it. Is she overthinking this, or is there a way she can prepare for the conversation? Counselor Jenny Coffey weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
| 0:19.8 | And we are in our year-end giving campaign here |
| 0:22.9 | at Focus on the Family and Boundless, and your gift this year is going to be doubled in order |
| 0:28.9 | to further the work of Boundless as we minister to young adults. |
| 0:33.2 | How do you give? |
| 0:34.0 | Go to Boundless.org slash donate. |
| 0:36.6 | You can give today, and your gift will be matched |
| 0:39.6 | by a generous donor who has offered to put up that financial resource in order to stretch |
| 0:45.1 | gifts even further. So boundless.org slash donate, you have the opportunity to take us into the new |
| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
| 0:55.9 | for you and everyone you love. Thanks so much in advance. Well, hey everyone. Welcome to this, our first episode of The Boundless Show in |
| 1:14.9 | 23. This is Lisa Anderson, and as I always do, and we'll do here, here is what's coming |
| 1:21.8 | up on the show. Later on for our inbox, we have a listener who has been asked out by a guy, but she doesn't |
| 1:28.8 | really like him. |
| 1:30.5 | And so is planning to give him a chance, but is already wondering, how do I politely tell him |
| 1:34.9 | no if he asks me out again? |
| 1:36.6 | And so she needs to figure that out. |
| 1:38.9 | One of our counselors will weigh in on that. |
| 1:41.2 | And then for our culture segment, podcast host Janine Am Amapola, joins us. She's going to talk |
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