Debra Fileta
Debra Fileta is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, bestselling author, relationship expert, and founder of the Debra Fileta Counselors Network. She’s written six books, including Choosing Marriage, True Love Dates, Love In Every Season, Are You Really OK?, Married Sex, and RESET. She’s also the host of the hotline-style Love + Relationships Podcast, answering listener questions about love, relationships, and mental and emotional health. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, or book an online session with her or someone from her team today!
Author and Licensed Counselor
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10 Things Every Teenage Girl Needs to Know
There are so many things I know now, that I wish I could have known then. Here are 10 things I wish every teenage girl could hear.Wednesday, July 3, 2024
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How Your Thoughts Might Be Sabotaging Your Relationships
When she actually faced her thoughts, she realized how consistently mean, degrading, negative, and unhealthy they were. When I asked her to see if she could find a pattern – she realized she was...Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Why You Can't Seem to Change and How to Actually Reset
I want you to know that you can find lasting change, healing, and growth – by starting from the inside. All kinds of things happening beneath the surface in your life directly influence your...Monday, March 13, 2023
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What Does the Bible Have to Say about Dating?
Though the Bible doesn't say much, if anything, about dating, here are 5 tips that are guaranteed to be aligned with Scripture.Monday, January 10, 2022
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5 Things Every Married Couple Should Do
Investing in your marriage means doing small things that will have a huge impact. Whether you’ve been married for 5 days or 50 years, it’s never too early or too late to make a difference.Monday, March 18, 2019
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10 Things No One Talks about before Marriage (but Should)
There is an array of things you need to know about a person, making sure they fit into your life before you invite them in to be a permanent fixture.Wednesday, January 9, 2019
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Forgiveness is Not for Them – It's for YOU
One of the greatest barriers to trust, and to the receiving and experiencing of love, is a lack of forgiveness in some area of your life.Friday, September 14, 2018
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5 Secrets You Should Never Keep from Your Spouse
We would certainly all agree that there is no room in marriage for lies and deceit. But many times the greatest enemy of honesty is not necessarily “dishonesty," but a lack of communication.Monday, September 3, 2018
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What We Get Wrong about Women Submitting to Their Husbands
As I look through Scripture, and even zoom-in on the famous Ephesians 5 passage, I see so much more about love than submission.Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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10 Marriage Secrets All Couples Need to Know
There are very few people that know what they’re getting into when it comes to marriage. I was one of those people. I mean, we all have an idea of what marriage is about. We...Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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10 Important Subjects to Discuss Before Getting Married
The wedding planning process includes finding the perfect dress, landing the perfect reception hall, making sure you’ve got the right flowers, food, cake, music, wedding party, DJ, photographer,...Friday, April 13, 2018
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The 10 Sneakiest Relationship Killers
“We’re getting a divorce,” she explained, with a look of disappointment on her face. Her tone of voice changed, as she tried to look on the bright side. “But...Friday, April 6, 2018
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The Truth about Sex after Marriage
They had been married for two years - but they were still virgins. They had entered the process of being sexually intimate carrying a lot of emotional baggage. They had been told their...Monday, April 2, 2018
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10 (Really) Important Things to Talk about Before Marriage
Let’s just put it out there- there are a lot of really important things to consider before you get married. I mean, a LOT. From a person’s faith, to their past, to their sexual expectations, to...Friday, March 16, 2018
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What Couples Must Do When Marriage is Hard
You may have read a heart-wrenching blog post last year, written by a prominent and well-loved ministry leader, announcing that her marriage of 25 years was coming to an end. After learning of...Friday, March 9, 2018
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What Christians Get Wrong about Marriage
We love to think about, to dream about, and to talk about marriage, and we almost always have something to say. It makes sense that we love to talk about marriage. There’s nothing so...Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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What We Sometimes Get Wrong About Marriage
if marriage is what we say it is, why does its foundation sometimes seem so cracked? How do we explain the brokenness, the divorce rates, and the struggles we see all around us in real life?Monday, February 12, 2018
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5 Reasons Why Marriage is Still an Amazing Idea
Even with the claims that this generation cannot handle marriage, I for one, am not about to throw in the towel on the concept of marriage.Wednesday, January 24, 2018