You Don’t Have To Like Being Single: 10 Ways To Survive Singleness

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

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Talk Radio, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Default

4.8 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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You don't have to like being single. Yes, even you, Christian person. It's okay to struggle with being single! It really is. I'm giving you - reading this post - permission to go ahead and feel those feelings. And in this episode, I'm going to tell you exactly why. On this episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast, I'm talking to a young woman who is struggling with singleness. She's just not feeling content. How can you survive singleness in a world that seems to revolve around marriage? How can you keep from getting discouraged when you're not in a relationship but want to be? What do you do when you find yourself living in a season of waiting...and waiting...and waiting? What do you do when it seems like the people who AREN'T doing it God's way are being "blessed", and you feel like you're trying to follow God's leading and you're feeling like life just isn't working out for you? What can you do while you're waiting? Let's have this conversation, friends. Being Single Doesn't Have To Be Time To Kill After our chat, I'm going to talk you through some of the TOP 10 ways to use this time of singleness in your life as a time of preparation, rather than just a time you're wishing away. Being single doesn't have to ruin your life...in fact, it shouldn't. So we're going to discuss the things my married friends WISHED they would have done during their time of singleness, and I think it's important to talk through some of this stuff. Because it's so easy to look at what God is NOT doing, instead of what He IS doing (CLICK TO TWEET IT!). We've got to learn to adjust our perspective on being single. You don't have to like being single - but you do have to learn how to NOT LET SINGLENESS hold you back!! Singleness might be a struggle for you, but don't let it be a stronghold that paralyzes you from living! We're talking through this delicate topic today, and I hope you'll stick around and join us, because you're going to love this candid conversation so get ready to for Episode 013 of the Love + Relationships Podcast. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER Want to be on the Love + Relationships Podcast? Go to truelovedates.com/loveandrelationships/ to submit your question and learn more. Enjoyed this episode of the podcast? Check out this episode about Sex Drive and The Single Life: Controlling Your Desires Before They Control You Resources Mentioned on the Love + Relationships Podcast and Additional Show Notes: Check out these articles: 7 LIES THAT ARE KEEPING YOU SINGLE or 3 THINGS MARRIED PEOPLE SHOULD STOP SAYING TO SINGLES Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out 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, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah
0:23.8	Feleda, and it's so great to be together again and chat about all things love, sex, dating,
0:29.6	marriage, and singleness. For those of you who don't know me, I'm a licensed professional counselor
0:34.6	and author specializing in relationship issues. And I'm here to take your
0:39.0	relationship questions, as well as to tackle some challenging topics in a really candid and
0:44.5	practical way. I've written hundreds of relationship articles across the internet, and my
0:49.3	relationship advice blog, true love dates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships.
0:56.7	And that's really what I'm passionate about. Today we're going to be talking about the struggle
1:02.1	that comes with being single. What do you do when you've got no prospects of love anywhere in
1:10.3	sight? How can you hold on to hope? It can feel discouraging
1:14.4	and daunting at times when you're trying to do all the right things and it seems like nothing
1:19.4	is working. I've heard that struggle from so many of you and that's why I want to address that
1:26.0	today. So what does it mean to wait on God
1:28.8	during this stage of your life? Is it wrong to struggle so much with singleness? Do you just sit
1:36.9	around and twiddle your thumbs during this stage of life? How can you keep from becoming bitter and jaded? And what are some ways that you can
1:47.7	live your life well, even while you're waiting? We're going to cover all this today and so much more,
1:54.7	but before we do, let me introduce you to our first guest asking some of these very questions herself.
2:07.6	Today we're excited to have Chris from Nashville, Tennessee, joining us on the show. Hey, Chris.
2:15.0	Hey there. It's good to have you.
2:18.7	Thank you so much.
2:20.2	Excited to be apart.
2:20.8	Yeah.
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