S17 Ep291: Why You Keep Attracting Emotionally Unavailable People with Stefanie and Caleb Rouse

Heart of Dating

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Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today we’re unpacking the signs of emotional unavailability with relationship coaches Caleb and Stefanie Rouse as they share their personal stories, expert insights, and practical tips for breaking toxic dating cycles! Need 1:1 support for your specific dating situation? Book a coaching call today! https://www.heartofdating.com/coaching Find out your Dating Personality Type for free by taking our QUIZ here! https://www.heartofdating.com/quiz Join Basics of Dating! The 6-Week Program for the Christian single feeling stuck, anxious, or healing from heartbreak. https://www.heartofdating.com/basics-of-dating Love Heart of Dating Podcast? Want to support us AND be a part of the fam? Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/heartofdating Subscribe to our YouTube channel here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1PswEXEyeSddMmOSiRKGw Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Singles? Join our huge HOD Family on FB! https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdatingpodcast Come hang with us on the gram: http://instagram.com/heartofdating http://instagram.com/kaitness https://www.instagram.com/jjtomlin/?hl=en Interested in advertising on this show? Learn more here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16V_c91F1iIYNZOVvrEinrB9h2dsZq-kZFqYYEDQ4A60/viewform?edit_requested=true . . . . . Check out this week's sponsors: Better Help: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/HOD and get on your way to being your best self. . . . . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:01.5	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
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0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are truly behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:22.6	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.6	Young Sherlock, new original series, watch now only on Prime Video.
0:29.6	So many times, like, it's the past pain and the fear that then drives the insecurity
0:35.6	that then comes out and being emotionally unavailable and then
0:38.8	putting up with emotional unavailability.
0:41.6	Someone is emotionally unavailable.
0:43.5	Like another way to say it is they're just not good at relationship.
0:47.2	They are unwilling to choose, commit, be responsible and mature in a relationship.
0:55.7	The emotional, unavailable people is like they have those rooms like he's saying in the
1:00.0	house. They're closed off. And until they let Jesus in, they're not going to let anyone else
1:05.9	in. Like they might even emotionally be vulnerable. But then when you're like, okay, cool,
1:10.7	are we going to the next stage? They're like, okay, cool, are we going to the next
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