This week we’re talking with Debra Fileta about her new book, “Love in Every Season: Understanding the Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship”. 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.

We're talking about:

• Relationships have a natural “four-season” cycle that happens again and again.
• Healthy relationships start with healthy singles, so her book is meant for everyone, married, dating, or single.
• In the beginning or “Springtime” of a relationship, you can easily see if there’s a give and take or if you’re just giving, giving, giving.
• Summer is the season of intimacy and when we show a little bit more of ourselves.
• Fall is the season when your true colors start to show through. There can be conflict or compatibility issues, but the conflict is an invitation to a deeper connection.
• Winter is the season where things start to cool and become normal and comfortably mundane. However, that comfort can turn into apathy.
• Take Debra’s free quiz on her website to see what season your relationship might be in.
• Two seeds that need to be planted during Spring and Winter are the seeds of Friendship and Faith.
• Don’t be afraid of conflict! Use it as an opportunity to draw closer to your family.

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