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Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships: Christian Dating Advice for Healing & Godly Love · Girl, Date the Good Guy ™ | Healing After Heartbreak & A Toxic Relationship

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  Hey sis, welcome to Girl Date the Good Guy podcast, the space where we strip
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  away the noise and get real about toxic cycles, healing, and stepping into the love God has for us.
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  I'm your host, Emily Jordan, and I've been where you are, heartbroken,
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  confused, and chasing love that didn't.
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  Hey sis, welcome. I am so excited for you to be here for my first episode ever
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  of Girl Date the Good Guy.
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  I have so much I want to share with you.
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  This is crazy scary, but absolutely perfect timing in my life right now.
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  And we will get more into all of that as we go.
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  There is so much backstory to my journey.
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  And, you know, God doesn't call the qualified. He qualifies the called.
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  So here I am stepping out of faith to begin this new journey.
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  And I couldn't be happier to have you here.
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  I want to first say God can use our stories, the hard things, the things we overcome.
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  He can use those things for our good. And that's why I'm here.
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  That's why I started this podcast.
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  So sis, this podcast is for you. If you've ever settled for less than what you
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  deserved, if you've ever mistaken attention for real affection,
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  if you've ever held on when God was clearly asking you to let go,
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  this is for the ones trying to heal from the same kind of love that broke them.
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  And for the ones who keep finding themselves in the same painful cycle,
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  wondering why love always feels like survival.
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  And this is for my younger girls coming up. You don't have to do it wrong the first time.
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  You don't have to earn love through pain or prove your worth by being strong
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  for someone who doesn't want to grow with you.
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  I already made those mistakes. So guess what? You don't have to.
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  Think of it like this. It's like a pass to skip the heartbreak.
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  You get to learn the truth about love before it costs you your peace.
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  A little bit about me. For 17 years, I was caught in a cycle of toxic love,
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  a cycle of financial, emotional, and spiritual abuse that left me questioning
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  my worth, my discernment, and even God's plan for my heart.
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  But when I finally surrendered that version of love that I thought I wanted,
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  God began to rewrite my story.
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  From survival to healing, from heartbreak to discernment, from pain to lasting
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  love, real lasting love.
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  This is my testimony and my mission to help you break the cycle,
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  to help you see yourself the way God sees you, to help you discern healthy love and toxic love,
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  to help you stop chasing broken love and to start preparing for godly love,
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  to help you heal so you can receive the love that God has for you.
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  So whether you're in a toxic relationship, trying to heal from one,
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  or just learning how to guard your heart without hardening it,
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  you're in the right place.
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  Girl, Date the Good Guy isn't about perfection. It's about redemption.
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  It's about learning that good guy isn't just a man.
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  It's a fruit of a healed heart aligned with a good God.
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  So grab your coffee, your journal, and your faith, because we're about to talk
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  truth, healing, and finding godly love.
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  Welcome to Girl, Date the Good Guy. Let's begin.
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  Thank you for tuning in to Girl, Date the Good Guy. Until next time,
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  keep your heart soft, your standards high, and your faith even higher.