Walking Away From Toxic Relationships: With Gary Thomas

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

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Christianity, Talk Radio, Default, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 50 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! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Debra Fileta Counselors Network: Book a session with one of our trained Christian counselors and get started on your healing journey from the inside-out TODAY! BOOK A SESSION 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. 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. DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, bestselling author, relationship expert, and founder of the Debra Fileta Counselors Network. She's written six books including Choosing Marriage,True Love Dates, Love In Every Season,Are You Really OK?, Married Sex, and RESET. She's also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast answering listener questions about love, relationships, and mental and emotional health. 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 or someone from her team today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to the Love and Relationships podcast, a hotline style show where people
0:23.6	call in with questions about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage, and mental and emotional
0:29.3	health. I'm Deborah Faleta, and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid, unscripted
0:34.5	conversations where I answer your questions in short, bite-sized, practical answers.
0:41.1	For those of you who don't know me, I'm a licensed professional counselor, relationship expert,
0:46.4	an author of six books. I also run the popular relationship advice blog, True Love Dates.com,
0:52.2	reaching millions of people with the message that healthy people
0:55.9	make healthy relationships. If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show,
1:01.6	send it by voice memo to Deborah at truelovedates.com or submit it on my podcast page,
1:08.4	truelovedates.com slash love and relationships. And I'll do my best to get
1:13.1	it answered on one of the episodes. So let's get started. The Love and Relationships
1:20.4	podcast has gotten a whole lot of new listeners over the past couple years. So we're taking some time
1:26.5	to review and refresh some of your favorite episodes.
1:30.9	Whether this is your first time to listen or just a refresher, I want you to sit back and enjoy
1:37.9	some of these must listen to episodes from the Love and Relationships podcast.
1:47.8	Today, two episodes from the Love and Relationships podcast. Today's question comes from Maya from Los Angeles.
1:51.5	Hey, Deborah, when it comes to general relationships, how do you know when a relationship is
1:56.2	worth working on and how do you know when it's time to walk away?
2:05.6	Okay. working on and how do you know when it's time to walk away? Today on the podcast, I am joined by my friend, an incredible pastor and author, Gary Thomas.
2:15.5	You've probably heard Gary's name before because he is a prolific author.
2:19.6	Gary has published so many books, two of the most notable being the sacred marriage,
2:26.2	as well as sacred search. And in fact, Gary's work has really influenced me when I was still in graduate school, when I was a new
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