The On Again Off Again Relationship

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

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when you find yourself in an on again off again relationship? Do you end it, or do you continue on the roller coaster ride of trying to make things work? Is it worth it to try and take a break in a relationship, and what does it say about the outcome of a relationship if you have to take a break? In today’s podcast episode, I’m talking you through what I think about this kind of up and down relationship, and how to navigate through it. If you find yourself in a relationship with someone where you are needing to “take a break” to sort through things and figure things out – than this episode is for you! Taking a Break When it comes to taking a break in a relationship, you have to remember why it is you’re taking a break as well as have a plan of what you’re trying to resolve. Tune in to today’s episode and find out what to do in the on again off again relationship. So check out episode 63 of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the podcast below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: MEET OUR SPONSOR: Check out Abide, the #1 Christian meditation app, by going to: abide.co/love and get 25% off your premium subscription! 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! 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 Get counseling from the comfort of your own home this year!!! Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! 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
1:13.0	relationships. And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes. So let's get
1:17.6	started. My name is Daniel Newman. I am from a small town in Southern Illinois. And my question is, would you recommend going back into a relationship with the guy that you have previously dated?
1:44.0	I was talking to a young man recently who'd been in an on-again, off-again relationship.
1:50.2	We're taking a break in our relationship right now, he told me, and he said they were trying
1:55.3	to see if that break would help them figure things out. He was really confused and just kind of struggling,
2:03.1	you know, this relationship that he'd been in had been hanging on for quite some time now.
2:08.1	And it was starting to affect every part of his life, you know? Like when you've been in a
2:12.4	relationship for a while, it really starts to impact and rub up against every other part of your life. So the thought of
2:20.3	ending it and starting all over again made him panic, you know? So he wasn't sure if they should
2:28.5	keep trying to make things work or if it was just fear that was keeping him holding on to this relationship.
2:37.7	So instead of making a choice of moving forward or taking a step back and being done with
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