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You’re Out, Now What? Healing After a Toxic Relationship · Girl, Date the Good Guy ™ | Healing After Heartbreak & A Toxic Relationship

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  Sis, you finally left. You prayed for the strength. You cried the tears.
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  You walked away from something you thought would last forever.
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  And now you're sitting there thinking, okay, now what?
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  Hey sis, welcome to Girl Date the Good Guy, the Christian relationship podcast
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  for women who are healing from heartbreak, learning to trust again,
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  and desiring something real, healthy, and God-led.
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  I'm your host, Emily Jordan, Christian mentor and relationship coach.
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  And if you're in a season of healing, confusion, or starting over,
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  you are not alone. I've been there too.
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  This is a safe space to rebuild your heart, rediscover who you are,
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  and prepare for the love God has for you when the time is right.
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  So grab your crown, your heart, and your journal.
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  Your royal training begins now.
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  Hey says, welcome back to another episode of Girl Date the Good Guy.
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  If you're just joining me or if this is your first episode, I want you to know something right away.
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  You're in the right place.
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  Yes, you are. This week, we're kicking off a brand new series designed just for you.
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  Women who are ready to reclaim themselves after heartbreak, break free from
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  toxic relationship cycles, and step into God-led love the right way.
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  We're starting at the very beginning, where it all starts after the breakup.
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  Because the truth is, healing isn't optional. It's your foundation.
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  It's how you rebuild your identity, protect your heart, and prepare for the
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  love God has already been writing for you.
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  So in this series, we're going to walk together through parts of the royal transformation path.
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  From reclaiming your crown, to inspecting your court, to pruning and protecting
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  your heart, and so much more.
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  This is your royal ground, sis. And whether you're still processing the heartbreak.
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  Feeling the betrayal, or just trying to find yourself again, you are not alone.
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  I've been there. I've walked that path. And now I'm going to walk it with you.
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  So grab your crown, your journal, and your heart because your royal return starts right here, right now.
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  If you're in that place right now, the after, after the breakup,
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  after the chaos, after the leaving, this episode is for you.
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  Because nobody really talks about that part. They tell you to leave.
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  They tell you to be strong.
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  They tell you you deserve better. But what they don't tell you is what happens after.
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  The quiet. The grief. The confusion. The rebuilding.
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  Sis, this is what we call the wilderness season. The messy middle.
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  The part that no one enjoys.
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  Because it's hard. and you have to do really hard things after already doing really hard things.
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  But it is absolutely possible because I have been here and I have done this work.
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  And right here, right now, today, we start reclaiming your crown.
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  Yes, we do, sister. This is your time.
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  I remember when everything in my life started falling apart.
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  The relationship ended. my finances were
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  unstable I didn't even know where I was
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  going to live and I thought leaving was
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  going to feel like freedom but instead at
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  first it felt like loss loss of what I knew loss of my routine loss of the life
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  I thought I was rebuilding and if I'm being honest there were moments I questioned
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  everything did I make the right decision was it really that bad what if I never recover from this?
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  Sis, if you've had those thoughts, you are not crazy. You are human.
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  Let me say this clearly. Just because it was toxic doesn't mean it didn't hurt to leave.
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  You can grieve something that wasn't good for you. You can miss someone who hurt you.
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  You can feel both freedom and heartbreak.
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  The same time. So I am going to give you five healing truths.
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  Number one, you are detoxing from chaos.
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  When you leave a toxic relationship, your mind, body, and spirit are coming out of survival mode.
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  You've been used to emotional highs and lows, anxiety, walking on eggshells,
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  overthinking everything. And now it's quiet. And that quiet can feel uncomfortable.
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  But sis, peace can feel unfamiliar when you've been used to chaos.
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  Number two, you may feel like you lost yourself.
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  All right? Because toxic relationships slowly strip your confidence,
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  your voice, your identity.
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  So now you're not just healing from the relationship.
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  You're completely rediscovering yourself.
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  Number three, your emotions will be all over the place.
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  One day you will feel strong. The next day you're crying. One moment you feel
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  peace. The next moment you miss him.
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  Sis, this is normal. Healing is not linear.
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  Recovering from emotional, mental, and physical trauma is messy.
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  It's a winding journey rather than a steady upward straight line.
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  And sis, let me be honest with you about something for a second.
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  This is the part nobody wants to say out loud, but I will.
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  You have to put your mask on first. Just like when you're on an airplane and
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  they tell you, put your oxygen mask on before assisting others.
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  At first, I know this can feel selfish, especially if you're a mom,
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  especially if you're used to taking care of everyone else.
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  But the truth is, you have to put your mask on first.
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  And I didn't fully understand this at the time in my life, but it is so true.
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  Because if you don't, you won't be able to handle everything else around you.
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  Even parenting my daughters was difficult in that season for me.
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  Not because I didn't love them, but because I was emotionally,
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  mentally, and spiritually drained.
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  I was trying to pour from an empty cup.
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  And sis, you cannot pour life into others when you are barely surviving yourself.
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  This healing season, it's not selfish. It is absolutely 100% necessary.
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  And God is not asking you to abandon your responsibilities.
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  He's just asking you to become whole so you can show up the way you were always meant to.
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  Number four, you might question your decision.
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  You'll remember the good moments. You'll minimize the bad ones.
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  But hear me god did not bring you
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  out of something just to confuse you there was a reason you left there was a
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  reason why he left there are reasons sister when someone does not stay let them
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  go god is doing you a favor honey seriously now number five.
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  This is where God begins to rebuild you. The wilderness is not punishment. It's preparation.
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  This is where your identity is restored. Your heart is healed.
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  Your standards are rebuilt.
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  Your discernment is sharpened. So you don't ever do this again, right?
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  Sis, God is doing a new thing in you. Isaiah 43, 19.
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  See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it?
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  If you're sitting in the quiet, if you're crying at night, if you're wondering
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  what your life is going to look like now, hear me.
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  You are not starting over. You are starting from experience.
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  In the next episode, next Wednesday, we're going to talk about how to actually
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  begin healing in this season.
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  Not just surviving it, but walking through it with intention.
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  Sis, you didn't come this far just to go back.
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  This is your wilderness, but it's also the beginning of your royal return.
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  And one day, you will look back and realize God was preparing you for something
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  better all along. Let's pray.
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  Heavenly Father, we come to you right now with open hearts.
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  God, you see every woman listening to this episode.
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  You see her pain, her confusion, her exhaustion, her questions.
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  You saw what she walked through. You saw what she endured. and you were with her the entire time.
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  Father, right now, I ask that you meet her in this very moment.
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  Wrap her in your peace, the kind of peace that doesn't make sense,
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  but reminds her that she is safe in your hands.
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  God, for the woman who just walked away, the one who feels lost,
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  the one sitting in the quiet wondering what comes next, Remind her that this
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  is not the end of her story.
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  This is the beginning of her healing.
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  Lord, help her to put her mask on first in this season.
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  Teach her that it's okay to rest. It's okay to pause. It's okay to tend to her own heart.
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  Remove any guilt, shame, or fear that tells her she has to be everything for
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  everyone right now. and instead show her how to receive you.
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  God, begin to restore what was broken, restore her identity,
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  restore her confidence, restore her joy, heal every place where she was hurt,
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  overlooked, or diminished.
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  And Father, where there is confusion, bring clarity.
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  Where there is heaviness, bring peace. Where there is fear, replace it with faith.
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  Remind her that you are a God who makes all things new, that she is not starting
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  over. She is being rebuilt.
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  And Lord, we trust you with the process, even when it's slow,
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  even when it's painful, even when we don't understand.
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  We know that you are working behind the scenes, preparing her for something
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  greater than she's ever experienced before.
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  Cover her mind, guard her heart, order her steps, and most of all,
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  let her feel your love in real, tangible ways today.
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  We thank you, we trust you, and we surrender this season into your hands.
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  In the mighty name of Jesus, amen.
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  I hope this blessed you today, sis. I'll see you in the next episode. Bye for now.
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  Sis, if this episode spoke to your heart, don't forget to subscribe,
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  leave a review on Apple Podcast and share it with another woman who's on her healing journey too.
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  The link is in the show notes.
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  This just isn't about finding love. It's about becoming the woman who can walk
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  in it, build it and sustain it with God at the center.
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  Until next time, keep your heart soft, your standards high, and your faith even higher.