Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In this impromptu episode, the host, Teresa Reese, shares some honest reflections about relationships, healing, self-worth, and the power of paying attention to what our bodies are trying to tell us.

Sometimes we can sense when we’re in the presence of someone who drains us, and other times we’re blessed to encounter people who genuinely edify, encourage, and build us up.

The challenge is learning not to ignore those signals.

She will briefly discuss how life has a way of revealing lessons in its own time, even when we don’t understand what we’re going through in the moment.

As she looks back over the past year, she reflects on how much has changed.

She notices how the fifties come with a gift of its own.

The realization that peace is priceless, and some of the things and people she once thought she could not live without are the very things she has learned to release over time.

Teresa also shares two powerful examples of husbands publicly affirming and edifying their wives and why those moments resonated so deeply with her.

This conversation may feel a little unscripted and all over the place at times, but this is because Teresa did not want to journal her thoughts this time—Instead, she wanted to talk about them.

So, if you are someone who has been navigating healing, personal growth, relationships, or learning how to choose peace over chaos, this episode is for you.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In Part 1, we explored the difference between attraction vs alignment.

Today, the host, Teresa Reese, will be going a little deeper.

On this episode , we will be having conversations with the versions of ourselves that brought us here, the version we are becoming, and the love we are preparing to receive.

This episode is designed to be experienced, not just heard.

In Part 2 of the Attraction vs. Alignment series, Teresa Reese will take listeners on a deeply personal journey through reflection, healing, and intentional growth.

Through a series of heartfelt letters, she will speak to her past self, her future self, and her future hubby, sharing lessons learned about choosing alignment over mere attraction in relationships, life, and personal development.

This episode also includes guided somatic exercises designed to help listeners reconnect with their bodies, strengthen self-awareness, and recognize the difference between what feels exciting and what is truly aligned.

In addition, Teresa shares empowering affirmations and thought-provoking journal prompts to encourage deeper reflection, healing, and intentional decision-making.

Whether you are navigating relationships, rediscovering yourself, or learning to trust your intuition, this episode offers practical tools and meaningful insights to help you move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and alignment.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

Have you ever been deeply drawn to someone, only to discover later that they were not the right fit for your life?

In this episode, we explore the powerful difference between attraction and alignment.

Attraction can be fueled by chemistry, emotions, physical appeal, familiarity, or even unhealed wounds.

Alignment, on the other hand, goes deeper.

It involves shared values, compatible life goals, emotional maturity, character, and a mutual commitment to growth.

Drawing from personal experiences and lessons learned along the way, the host, Teresa Reese, shares how confusing attraction with alignment can sometimes lead us into unhealthy relationships, friendships, and opportunities that feel right in the moment but ultimately take us off course.

She will discuss why chemistry alone is not enough, how emotional intensity can cloud discernment, and the importance of developing the wisdom to recognize the difference.

If you have ever found yourself asking, “Why was I so attracted to someone who was not aligned with my purpose?” this conversation is for you.

Join us for Part 1 of this 2-part series as we begin unpacking one of the most important relationship lessons many of us will ever learn: attraction may get our attention, but alignment helps determine our direction.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

Have you ever been deeply drawn to someone, only to discover later that they were not the right fit for your life?

In this episode, we explore the powerful difference between attraction and alignment.

Attraction can be fueled by chemistry, emotions, physical appeal, familiarity, or even unhealed wounds. Alignment, on the other hand, goes deeper. It involves shared values, compatible life goals, emotional maturity, character, and a mutual commitment to growth.

Drawing from personal experiences and lessons learned along the way, I share how attraction can lead us into relationships, friendships, and opportunities that feel right in the moment but ultimately take us off course.

We will discuss why chemistry alone is not enough, how emotional intensity can cloud discernment, and the importance of developing the wisdom to recognize the difference.

If you have ever found yourself asking, “Why was I so attracted to someone who was not aligned with my purpose?” this conversation is for you.

Join the host, Teresa Reese, for Part 1 of this 2 -part series as we begin unpacking one of the most important relationship lessons many of us will ever learn: attraction may get your attention, but alignment helps determine your direction.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In this episode, the host, Teresa Reese, will be unpacking Part 2 of the often-overlooked difference between being deeply attracted to someone and genuinely loving them in a healthy, intentional way. Because not every intense connection is rooted in love. Sometimes we confuse chemistry for compatibility, obsession for intimacy, attachment for alignment, and potential for true partnership.

Together, we will explore how lust often seeks possession, validation, escape, or emotional gratification, while healthy love seeks peace, honesty, consistency, safety, and mutual growth. We will discuss the signs of emotionally mature love versus emotionally consuming attachment, and how unresolved wounds can sometimes cause us to romanticize inconsistency, chaos, or emotional unavailability.

This episode is not about shame — it is about awareness. It is about learning how to discern whether a relationship is nourishing our spirit or merely stimulating our emotions.

If you have ever found yourself addicted to the highs and lows of a relationship, constantly anxious about where you stand with someone, or mistaking emotional intensity for genuine intimacy, this conversation is for you.

Because healthy love does not leave you perpetually confused about your value.

Healthy love communicates with integrity and honesty.

Healthy love takes responsibility.

Healthy love creates clarity, peace, and emotional safety over time.

And perhaps most importantly, we will discuss how self-love and discernment protect us from accepting counterfeit love disguised as passion.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In this episode, the host, Teresa Reese, will begin to unpack the often-overlooked difference between being deeply attracted to someone and genuinely loving them in a healthy, intentional way in Part 1 of 2.

Because not every intense connection is rooted in love. Sometimes we confuse chemistry for compatibility, obsession for intimacy, attachment for alignment, and potential for true partnership.

Together, we will explore how lust often seeks possession, validation, escape, or emotional gratification, while healthy love seeks peace, honesty, consistency, safety, and mutual growth.

This episode is not about shame — it is about awareness. It is about learning how to discern whether a relationship is nourishing your spirit or merely stimulating your emotions.

If you have ever found yourself addicted to the highs and lows of a relationship, constantly anxious about where you stand with someone, or mistaking emotional intensity for genuine intimacy, this conversation is for you.

Listen in as Teresa begins to unpack this topic.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In today’s episode, the host, Teresa Reese, will be unpacking one of the hardest truths many of us must learn on our healing journey: sometimes love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship.

On this episode she will explore how society has conditioned us to believe that love should conquer everything — even inconsistency, emotional unavailability, poor communication, and emotional pain.

But healthy love requires more than mere feelings.

It requires accountability, consistency, emotional safety, honesty and integrity, genuine partnership, and most definitely, reciprocity.

Today’s episode will include:

* Scripture

• the difference between words and emotional capacity

• signs that love alone cannot sustain a relationship

• how self-love changes what we tolerate

• and what emotionally safety and healthy love truly feels like

If you have ever questioned whether someone loved you while you were still feeling emotionally exhausted, unsafe and / or unseen… this episode is for you.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

In today’s episode, the host, Teresa Reese, explores the quiet but powerful truth that love alone is not always enough—especially when emotional readiness is missing.

We can care deeply about someone and still find ourselves in confusion, emotional imbalance and inconsistency.

Through a few grounding somatic practices, we will work on moving out of overthinking and into body awareness, learning how our nervous system distinguishes between emotional intensity and emotional safety.

If you have ever found yourself attached to “almost love,” chemistry, and/or potential, this conversation will help you to reconnect to your inner clarity.

We will also walk through affirmations and reflective journal prompts designed to help us to release confusion as connection—and begin choosing relationships that feel reciprocal, safe, and steady.

This is not about closing our hearts.

It is about opening our hearts up in the right direction.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged!

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

On today’s episode, we are addressing the emotional weight many people are silently carrying during this moment in time. From fear and frustration to emotional exhaustion and uncertainty, this conversation creates space for honesty, reflection, healing, and hope — especially for those feeling overwhelmed by conversations surrounding identity, equality, rights, and the future.

Teresa Reese, discusses the importance of acknowledging the “elephant in the room” without surrendering to hopelessness, why our voices still matter, and how intentional action, healing, community, and self-respect can become forms of resistance and empowerment.

This episode also includes:

°Affirmation Time”

°A grounding somatic exercise to help regulate the nervous system

°A heartfelt “Letter to My Future Self”

°Encouragement for protecting your peace while remaining informed and engaged

Please note: This episode may be emotionally triggering for some listeners as it discusses topics connected to injustice, emotional stress, fear, and collective trauma. Please listen gently and take care of yourself as needed.

Remember:

You can remain aware of the world without abandoning yourself in the process.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.

Hello Good People and Beautiful Souls,

What if walking away is not rejection… but redirection?

In Part 2 of this deeply personal and transformative conversation, Teresa Reese will go even deeper into the truth about detachment—and how it can be one of the greatest acts of self-respect you will ever choose.

This episode also unpacks the difference between trauma bonding and healthy love, helping us to recognize the patterns that keep us emotionally tied to what God is trying to free us from. Because let’s be honest—everything that feels intense is not always love… sometimes it is attachment rooted in pain.

The host, Teresa Reese, will be sharing real insight on:

* What trauma bonding really looks like

* The difference between emotional chaos and genuine peace

* How detachment is not bitterness—it is boundaries

* Why healthy love feels safe, consistent, and aligned—not confusing or conditional

* The role of self-love, how healthy love will show up in our lives, the process of healing through somatic exercises, and faith in breaking unhealthy cycles

This is for the person who is learning to choose themselves…

For the one who is no longer settling for inconsistency…

And for those of us who are finally realizing that love should feel safe, not uncertain…Welcome to the Dear Future Hubby Podcast!

If this episode speaks to you, share it with someone who may need this reminder:

Detachment is not loss—it is alignment.

We hope this episode encourages someone!

Be encouraged.