Walking Away From Toxic Relationships: 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

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking toxic relationships both in dating and in marriage. Q: When it comes to general relationships, how do you know when a relationship is worth working on, and how do you know when it’s time to walk away? A: When it is time to walk away from an unhealthy relationship? That’s a question we’re diving in to today. Christians tend to really struggle with the idea of walking away from relationships, even when they get to a place where they’re harmful or even dangerous. I’m joined by my friend and bestselling author, Gary Thomas, to tag-team this question today because he just finished writing all about toxic relationships, and it’s a conversation we need to bring to the surface. Toxic Relationships In today’s episode we’re covering: Why is it actually biblical for us to walk away from toxic relationships? What are some key motivators to remember when it comes to making the choice to walk away from a toxic relationship? How do we recognize a relationship that’s hurting us? How to handle toxic relationships in dating as well as in marriage. And so much more! Click the buttons below to subscribe and check out Episode 45 of the Love + Relationships Podcast! Want to be on the Love + Relationships Podcast? Go to truelovedates.com/loveandrelationships/ to submit your question and learn more. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY – iHEART RADIO Love + Relationships Podcast Extras: For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Top 10 Relationship Killers. Small Things That Cause Big Problems. Is There Such A Thing As “The One”? And Why My Husband And I Disagree. OTHER 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. (Debra’s New Book: Love In Every Season Coming January 2020, Pre-Order Today!) 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 a 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. Today's question comes from Maya from Los Angeles. Hey, Deborah, when it comes to general relationships, how do you know when a relationship is worth working on?
1:32.8	And how do you know when it's time to walk away?
1:41.1	Today on the podcast, I am joined by my friend, an incredible pastor and author, Gary Thomas.
1:50.4	You've probably heard Gary's name before because he is a prolific author. Gary has published
1:55.9	so many books, two of the most notable being the sacred marriage as well as sacred search. And in fact,
2:05.7	Gary's work has really influenced me when I was still in graduate school, when I was a new
2:11.9	counselor, I read so many of his books. So it's exciting for me now to be able to call him a colleague and a friend. And I'm so
2:19.9	excited to have Gary joining me to tag team this really important question.
2:30.8	Hey, Gary, it's so good to have you on the podcast today. Thanks for taking the time to help me tag team this question.
2:37.8	Thanks, Debra. I'm glad to be here. So, you know, when I was reading through this question, I just thought to myself, okay, how do you know when to walk away?
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