Relationality: Recent Episodes
Dr. Gwendolyn Henry
Hey Singles! God healed and delivered me from damaged and dysfunctional dating and I want to help you! I share practical and prophetic relational insight from God's perspective, along with some of my personal experiences so you don’t have to make the same mistakes. I made them for you! Every week you will receive biblical and practical principles that will help prepare and position you for a fulfilling love relationship. So ladies, and fellas! If you are single, waiting and dating or desire to date, a single who is tired of disastrous dating, a single who has been damaged from dating, or a single in a dating dilemma, I got you! Get ready for some weekly on-the-go coaching convo to help you grow and lay some groundwork for a successful marriage! To learn more visit www.gwendolynglobal.com
The most important relationship you will have is the one you have with yourself (and not the one with your beau). Relationships are only as healthy as the people in them, so you must be healthy within yourself for your other relationships to flourish. Before you can relate with someone else, you need to first and foremost relate to God, and then secondly, you need a relationship with yourself. You will only relate to someone else to the extent that you relate to yourself.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why your relationship with yourself is key to other healthy relationships.
- The consequences of not being able to relate to yourself.
- When things around you are constantly changing, know that God never changes.
- Why sociability doesn’t equal relatable.
- Relatability is often learned through trial and error.
- Your first relational responsibility.
- Galatians 4:7; discovering your role as a loved son/ daughter of God.
- Discovering your rights as a loved son/ daughter of God.
- You are adopted and not abandoned!
- How operating out of an orphan spirit can affect your relationships.
- How your relationship with God impacts your relationship with yourself!
- Looking at Adam and his relationships between God and Eve.
- What makes a person ready to be relatable.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Alright, fellas, this episode is for you! Dr. Henry has a special question that she poses to all the men: “Are You a Man?” God specifically uses the word man, instead of husband, when he talks about finding a wife. Dr. Henry shares great insights into why maturity is essential in being a man and how that relates to dating a real, solid, and stable woman. Don’t miss out, tune in now.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Dr. Henry introduces the question, posed to the fellas, for today’s episode.
- 1 Cor 13:11; are you mature or are you still being childish?
- Why God didn’t say a husband found a wife but used the word man.
- She talks about the God-given purpose of a man.
- Why it takes maturity to take the weight of a real, solid, and stable, woman.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Ladies, do you ever feel a sense of hostility towards men because they haven’t made you a wife? How would you feel if we told you that your perspective is wrong? In this episode of Relationality, we are asking the important question: are you a wife? You will hear all about why it is not a man’s responsibility to make you into a wife, why you need to have positive personality traits and behaviors, how to be God’s type of woman, and so much more! If you have ever felt antagonistic because you don’t have a ring yet, this episode is for you!
Key Points From This Episode:
- A question for the ladies: are you a wife?
- Why a woman should already be functioning as a wife before she is found by a man.
- Why you need to be ‘a good thing’ rather than being mean and bitter.
- The importance of asking yourself if you are a wife before being dogmatic towards men.
- What the Bible describes a wife to be and what God’s type of woman is.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
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Divorcees, where you at? This one's for you! Divorce can leave you feeling as if you’ve let yourself and God down. But the end of your marriage does not mean it is the end of your life, nor will you be forsaken by our Father, The Most High. In today’s episode of Relationship Revelation, we discuss how religious society makes you believe that divorce is irredeemable, how there is only one sin that is not covered by the blood of Jesus, how scripture affirms certain instances when divorce is necessary, and why we need to listen to God when he warns us of bad relationships. Ultimately, both you and your partner should be right with and blessed by God before marriage, but divorce should not be feared if it means saving your life.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How divorce can make you feel like you’ve let yourself and God down.
- The problems with many religious communities’ view of marriage.
- How blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the only sin that is not covered by the blood of Jesus.
- Why the breaking of covenant is what displeases God about divorce.
- How divorce is necessary under certain circumstances, even within a scriptural context.
- Mark 10:2-8; divorce is a reality but not God’s original design for humanity.
- The importance of listening to God when he warns you of a bad relationship.
- Why the relationship must be blessed, and you should both be right with God before marriage.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Attitude is one of the main things that causes a lot of friction in a relationship. Today’s episode of Relationality is about Believer Beatitudes. Do you need an attitude adjustment? In Matthew 5:1-11 Jesus preached one of His famous messages all about a great relationship principle, having the right attitude! Tune in to hear from Dr. Henry as she runs through the Beatitudes and how they relate to our relationships. Part of a healthy relationship is two whole individuals with their attitudes in check. Don’t miss out!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Matthew 5:1-11; a great relationship principle about having the right attitude.
- Why we need to focus on the “be” — a healthy representation of Him!
- Dr. Henry goes through the nine Beatitudes and how they relate to relationships.
- When you have these Beatitudes you and your relationships will be blessed!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
We are back with another episode of Relationality, where Dr. Henry shares foundational truths for healthy relationships! In this episode, we talk about Bae Bondage. God does not send us to do missionary dating to help set people free. If we connect with someone who is in bondage, we often fall under that same bondage. Stay tuned as Dr. Henry shares some insightful truths on what we need to be aware of when entering relationships and how we can become free of bondage! Don’t miss out!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Types and shadows [biblical] carry symbolic value.
- The meaning of bondage and how it ties in with sin.
- How we are in bondage to different things; our soul is still lurking with old nature things.
- How we can become free of bondage.
- How bondage impacts our relationships.
- God’s heart for you and your relationships.
- Generational curses and sin bondage.
- Why you want to date a bondage breaker, not a bondage maker!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
In today’s episode Dr. Gwen answers the question, 'Why do I get married?' She discusses the impact society has had on the institution of marriage and why we need to realize that God instituted marriage, and that what is from God is good! She also shares some healthy and unhealthy reasons to reflect on before you decide to get married. Don’t miss out, so tune in now!
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to the question discussed in today’s episode, 'Why do I get married?'
- The impact of today’s society on the institution of marriage.
- Since marriage is a God thing, it is a good thing!
- Dr. Gwen shares unhealthy reasons behind getting married.
- Healthy reasons to consider when thinking about getting married.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Our topic today is trust trauma, something all of us have some experience with, especially in relationships. Trust in relationships is earned and not just freely given at the beginning, so a good rule is to test before you trust. We can oftentimes be shielded from all that God has and is because of our own trauma with trust, but if we keep in mind that God cannot lie, we can be set at ease because, by His living and active word. So ladies and gents, test the hand before the heart and let those partners earn your trust.
Key Points From This Episode:
- A story about trust being breached in Dr. Henry’s own relationship experience.
- Why having trust trauma from people gets in the way of trusting God.
- How trust has to be earned in relationships.
- An interesting fact about how female eagles choose their mates.
- The Bible says to love, not trust, with all your heart.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
God created us as triad human beings, meaning that we are made up of three parts, namely, spirit, soul, and body. And while our body may seem the most real to us, it is our soul that truly shapes who we are. In today’s episode, we discuss how past traumas create soul holes, how suppression prevents us from healing, and how we can find a way to be whole again by releasing our pain. Join in today for this life-giving conversation and let your suppressed soul be whole!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How God created us to consist of three parts: spirit, soul, and body.
- Understanding your soul and the way it shapes how you see yourself.
- How past trauma can affect our soul.
- The concept of soul holes and the impact they have on our lives.
- Why so many people suppress their soul wounds.
- How suppression can prevent you from healing and becoming whole.
- Why soul wounds don’t die, they multiply.
- How a beautiful body can obscure a wounded soul.
- Dr. Henry talks about Philippians 2:12.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Many folks shy away from talking about sex, whether it’s at home or church. But the truth is that God would not have created sex if it wasn’t good for us. Today on the show, we discuss the concept of biblical sexuality, the importance of education around sex, and how God intended for us to express sexual love. Make sure you tune in for this candid episode on love, sex, and how to heal from past indiscretions.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why the church struggles to discuss issues around sex.
- Why sex education is so important.
- The concept of biblical sexuality and how sex has been perverted by the enemy.
- A reminder that sex, and sexual desire, is not a bad, or sinful, thing.
- When desire becomes lust and how it opens the door for demonic spirits.
- An overview of statistics on STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) in the US.
- Why sex outside of marriage is harmful to your spirit.
- Understanding STDs as Sexually Transmitted Demons.
- Dr. Henry discusses First Corinthians 6:15 - 20 in relation to sexual immorality.
- Why the devil doesn’t want you to be free.
- Practical tips to go through deliverance if you have had sex outside of marriage.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
A rewarding relationship is the result of hard work. Today on the podcast, we talk about Lazy Love. Dr. Henry shares thoughts on the impact on a relationship due to a lazily built foundation. She shares scripture-based advice about putting in the work to see your relationships thrive. Anything worth having will require work. Don’t miss out on this episode, so tune in now.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How two people coming together is a clash of cultures.
- The importance of patiently building together.
- The consequences of a lazy person.
- The parallel of the story of the two builders.
- Why you need to put in the work to lay a solid foundation for your relationships.
- Dr. Henry talks about Proverbs 6:10-11.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Before embarking on anything big in life, most people typically do their homework. For some reason, however, this doesn’t usually seem to be the case when it comes to relationships. In this episode, we talk about home “heart” work and why it’s so necessary to do this before starting a relationship. You’ll learn how to examine your heart, why you should ask God to examine your heart too, and how to go about researching the heart of the person you want to date. Dr. Gwen believes that if you want to attract a healthy person, then you have to do your heart work so you can become a healthy person yourself. Tune in today to find out how!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How people do their homework before embarking on anything big, except relationships.
- The definition of home “heart” work.
- How the bible tells us to “examine ourselves.”
- The problem of finding fault in the other person in a relationship.
- How, after searching yourself, you should ask God to do some research on you.
- What Dr. Gwen learned about herself when she did this.
- How confronting your flaws doesn’t excuse the hurt that others may have inflicted on you.
- Why you want to research the heart of the person you want to date.
- How to search someone else’s heart according to the bible.
- Why this is relative to dating.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Twitter
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
To thine own self, be true. A profound statement made by the English poet, William Shakespeare. This saying should be a motto because if it’s not a reality for you, how can you be true to anyone else? Join today’s episode to hear from Dr. Henry as she talks about the importance of knowing who the true you is and why it’s imperative to healthy relationships. She also shares six powerful questions to unlock the true you. Tune in now!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The importance of being honest with and about yourself.
- Dr. Henry shares one of David’s prayers regarding truth (Psalm 51:6).
- A personal dating story from Dr. Henry.
- What true leadership looks like.
- The role of honesty and truth with intimacy.
- Six powerful questions to unlock the true you.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Love is not a feeling, an emotion, or lip service, so what is it? In today’s episode, Dr. Henry addresses the question — What’s love got to do with it? Before we can fully understand the answer to this question, we have to understand the definition of what love is and what it is not. Join Dr. Henry as she takes listeners through the foundations that are essential for successful relationships and leads us through the answer to the question regarding love!
Key Points From This Episode:
- What love is not.
- What love is.
- Dr. Henry answers our question: What’s love got to do with it?
- Why we were created.
- The short version of 1 Corinthians 13.
- Why love is not an absolute necessity.
- What is really needed for a successful relationship.
- Why marriage is more than just a legal contract.
- Why having knowledge, general and specific, is key to a healthy relationship.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
It is with good reason that God resists the prideful. Being prideful is a dangerous state to be in because it glorifies itself when all glory belongs to God. Pride makes you behave in a way that is conceited and filled with superiority. Pride is also destructive and disastrous in any relationship. Many of us have had to deal with prideful people in our lives, and if you want to be in a healthy relationship, then you need to banish the prideful. In today’s episode, we reflect on the pitfalls of pride, the conflict it causes, and unpack why pride always leads to a collision. Join us today for a fruitful discussion on how to deal with pride and create a healthy relationship that grows gracefully!
Key Points From This Episode:
- What Proverbs teaches us about why God does not tolerate pride.
- Why being prideful is so dangerous.
- Why you cannot have a prosperous relationship with someone who is prideful.
- How pride will cause conflict in your relationships.
- How pride prevents you from having a healthy relationship.
- Three evils that pride can lead to: self-deception, hard-heartedness, and strife.
- How pride differs from having healthy self-esteem.
- Why pride always leads to a collision.
- How to have a graceful relationship.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationship Revelation Episode 16 | A Hard Heart is Hard
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Sometimes, it is not what we say, but how we say it, that makes an impression. Welcome! This episode is more specifically geared towards the ladies, but fellas, you can learn it and share it with the women in your world! How we, as ladies, dress, is an expression of our spirit and soul’s DNA. As women of the kingdom, we want to dress to express godliness. Stay tuned for more real and relative truths from Dr. Gwen. Enjoy!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How what we, as ladies, wear is an expression of our spirit and soul’s DNA.
- How what we wear is perceived by those around us.
- How dressing to express relates to relationships.
- Why you can still look good; but dress to express godliness.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Connection in the world is not like the connection in the Kingdom. Covenant not contract will be the topic of today’s episode! Welcome back to another episode of Relationality, where Dr. Gwen lays down foundational truths for healthy relationships. Being in a covenant is the willingness to put aside your DNA and bring together a corporate DNA. Tune in as Dr. Gwen talks us through the difference between contract and covenant, what a covenant requires from you, and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The different principles contract versus covenant are based on.
- What makes loyalty, loyalty; consider the cost.
- What to consider when committing to a covenant.
- Anything that is tested can be trusted.
- God is institutional.
- Different levels of covenant.
- What it means to be in a covenant.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
As believers, prayer is one of our inheritances. The Bible says we can come boldly to the throne of God to obtain mercy and find grace in the time of our need. Prayer is the communication line between heaven and earth, and it requires both speaking and listening. There are many types of prayer, and there are principles that go with prayer. It’s important to know whether your partner can pray because prayer is a key foundation of a relationship. Does Bae have both earthly moves and the prayer ability to move heaven? Tune in to hear more about prayer and the role it plays in your relationships.
Key Points From This Episode:
- As a believer, prayer is one of our inheritances thanks to Jesus who tore the veil.
- Luke 18:1; we should always pray.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says pray without ceasing.
- Prayer is the dialogue between heaven and earth.
- Prayer requires speaking and listening.
- Dr. Gwen shares the different types of prayers.
- How prayer invites God into your relationship.
- Why you want a partner that knows how to pray and touch heaven.
- If you can’t pray, you have nothing to say.
- Mark 11:25; prayer should be a non-negotiable.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
In the Kingdom, you have to die in order to live. Matthew 16:25, the focus verse of today’s episode, explains a Kingdom principle that must be applied in relationships in order for relationships to be healthy. Being selfless requires sacrifice, and people don’t like sacrifice because it doesn’t feel good to our fleshly nature. Everyone wants a loving, living, relationship, and it seems that no one is willing to die, but we need to remember that life in the kingdom comes after death. Tune in as Dr. Gwen shares more about why “me, myself, and I” has to die for you to see a healthy, thriving relationship. Enjoy.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Today’s focus; me, myself, and I has to die.
- The verse for the episode: Matthew 16:25.
- Paul’s dissertation on love: 1 Corinthians 13.
- Why sacrifice is necessary for relationships to survive.
- Losing yourself doesn’t mean not being yourself; lose the agenda of selfishness.
- 2 Timothy 3: the last days has people walking around as lovers of themselves.
- The test of self-will in a relationship.
- Are you willing to follow through [a relationship] when it requires sacrifice?
- Self-will leads to destruction.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Many times when people join themselves in a relationship, they look for what they can get instead of what they can give. But this is not a good way to go about building trusting relationships. You might be wondering what giving has to do with love and dating. Well, in this episode, we’re going to explain. Today we look at what the bible says about love and giving and try to understand why it’s so important for giving to go both ways. To discover how you can have a more rich and blessed relationship by approaching it as a gracious and generous giver, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Today’s topic: gracious and generous giving.
- What giving has to do with love and dating and how this relates to John 3:16.
- How people often enter relationships looking to get but giving needs to go both ways.
- The law of reciprocity and how even God Himself doesn't just give without expecting anything in return.
- The difference between a lover and a leech.
- How you can have a more rich and blessed relationship by being a gracious and generous giver.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
Society teaches us that safe sex is using a condom, but as a believer and a follower of Christ, we can't view sex in the same way society does. Today we look at God’s intention for sex. We also look at condemnation and how it kills courage and confidence which can negatively affect your faith. As a Christian, you don't have time for conDOMnation conDEMnation because you need to be able to relate confidently. Tune in to discover how you can receive God’s love and wholeness and begin to live out His plan for your sexuality, regardless of your past.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Society’s view on what safe sex is and how this differs from God’s intention for it.
- What the bible says about condemnation and guilt.
- How condemnation kills courage and confidence and how this affects faith.
- Why using a condom is not safe sex in terms of your soul.
- How to begin to live out God's plan for your sexuality, regardless of your past.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Relationality Podcast
God created everything for a purpose and everything He created has a purpose. In light of this, it is important that we maintain our focus on our destinies when we date. Today, Dr. Gwen explains why we should date purposefully. Listen in to find out why it’s so important for us to understand God’s purpose for love and dating, how compatibility relates to purpose, and why your partner needs to complement your calling.
Key Points From This Episode:
- God created everything for a purpose and everything He created has a purpose.
- What Jeremiah 29:11 tells us about God’s plan and purpose for our lives.
- Why you should date purposefully.
- Why we need to understand God’s purpose for love and dating.
- How compatibility relates to purpose.
- How God expects you to fulfill your purpose whether you are married or not and why your partner should complement your calling.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
A relationship, in essence, is a learning environment. Today, Dr. Gwen explains how when you are in a relationship with someone, you have to become a student of them. Tuning in, you’ll hear about how tension arises when people try to make each other who they want them to be, instead of allowing them to be themselves. You’ll also discover why learning about someone requires patience from both parties, how problems arise when you don’t pay attention or make an effort to learn about the other person, and how people change, meaning a lifelong relationship requires lifelong learning. For all this, and some Biblical wisdom thrown in, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How a relationship is essentially a learning environment.
- How tension arises when people try to make each other who they want them to be, instead of allowing them to be themselves.
- Why there’s nothing worse than being in a relationship with someone who will not become a student of you.
- Why learning about someone requires patience from both parties.
- How problems arise when you don’t pay attention or make an effort to learn about the other person.
- A story from the Bible where Jesus was offended that Philip hadn’t made an effort to learn about him.
- What Matthew 11:29 says about lifelong learning.
- How people change and so you have to continue to learn as they change.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
One of the biggest fallacies in romantic relationships is that you just need to “find the right person” to marry. If there are more than six billion people in the world, what are the chances that there is only one Mr. or Mrs. Right for each of us? In today’s episode, Dr. Gwen highlights that there are no scriptural grounds to support the idea that there is only one person for each of us, and we take a look at relationships and commitment as Christ followers and why the fact that you have options makes your decision to spend the rest of your life with someone that much more special. Tune in today to learn more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why the chances that there is a Mr. or Mrs. Right for everyone are very slim.
- What Proverbs 13:12 says about hope deferred making the heart sick.
- Understanding why believing that there is only one person for you is a limited belief system.
- Dr. Gwen emphasizes that having options makes the decision to spend your life with someone that much more special.
- Marriage as a matter of choice, not force when you accept there is no such thing as “the one.”
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
In the past, I felt like breaking up was a bad thing, but then I came to realize that a breakup is actually an opportunity for a breakthrough. Breakthroughs can occur in many different ways, from financial to emotional, and they serve to bring you closer to God. A righteous relationship is Christ-centered and rightly aligned to God’s principles. If you are in a non-righteous relationship, I hope this episode gives you the courage to break up so that you can break through!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Examples of breakthroughs that I have experienced when I have broken up with people I wasn’t intended to be with.
- What a righteous relationship looks like.
- How to know if a relationship has God’s approval or not.
- Lessons from the Bible that will encourage you to leave a bad relationship if you are in one.
- A reminder that whom you marry is very important.
- Examples of non-righteous relationships.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
In today’s Relationship Revelation, we talk about desperate dating. We discuss how the faulty belief system that tells us there are no good men or women left leads to settling. We reflect on how we are blessed sons and daughters of God and He doesn’t want us to settle for bad relationships. We take a look at Romans 12:2 and are reminded that we need to transform our minds because transformed thinking is what brings about a transformed life. For an encouraging reminder that God has a destiny date for you to meet your ministry mate, and some advice on how to wait with expectation, not desperation, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Everything starts with a belief system.
- Transformed thinking is what brings about a transformed life.
- How faulty belief systems lead people into desperate dating.
- A client who exhibited desperation in dating because of her faulty belief system.
- How God doesn’t want you to settle for a bad relationship.
- God always has a remnant of people who are in right-standing with Him for relationships.
- How God will make a way for the connection.
- Why making dating decisions out of desperation is dysfunctional.
- How there is a destiny date for you to meet your ministry mate, and what to do while you wait.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
In this episode, we’re going to be talking about sex and how sex is a spiritual system that God created especially for marriage. We take a look at what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6 as a basis for our understanding of God’s intentions for sex. While some people think that God is against sex, the truth is that He is not. He created it. To gain a better understanding of God’s intention for sex in marriage, how it has been corrupted through human sin, and how the Holy Spirit can sanctify us through the power and grace of Jesus Christ, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Today’s topic: sex as a spiritual system.
- How sex has been corrupted through human sin away from God’s intention for it in marriage.
- How sex is a spiritual act and a means for establishing a covenant.
- How God is not against sex, just the violation of the boundaries He created for our protection.
- The difference between moral sex and immoral sex.
- What Paul meant by sinning against your own body in 1 Corinthians 6:18.
- How the Holy Spirit can sanctify us and the two-fold meaning of sanctification.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
If you are unfaithful to God, you will surely be unfaithful to your partner. Join us for today’s episode of Relationality as Dr. Gwen speaks about behavior, boundaries, and why Christians have to step outside of the norms of the way the rest of the world experiences relationships. Find out why it is important to obey God’s command of saving yourself for marriage and how the self-control you display sexually will mimic the self-control you possess as a person, as well as why you shouldn’t take advantage of your partner or be with anyone who will take advantage of you. You’ll also come to understand the notion that what you do as a single person will be what you bring into your future marriage, and Dr. Gwen encourages listeners to make decisions that best serve them (and God)! Make sure to tune in today for some relationship revelation!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why Christians can’t have relationships the same way the rest of the world does.
- The importance of obeying God’s command that you stay sexually inactive before marriage.
- Why you shouldn’t take advantage or be taken advantage of in relationships.
- How self-control in matters of sexual activity reflects the self-control of a person as a whole.
- Why what people do and who they are as singles is what they bring into a marriage.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Welcome back to another episode of the Relationality podcast, a show focused on relationships, love, and dating to help Christian singles find their perfect match. Most of the conversation around forming healthy relationships centers around communicating effectively, but what about listening? Being able to understand your partner is essential to building a happy and healthy relationship, and many do not know how or where to start. Listening does not only refer to listening to your partner but also to the Lord and using God’s voice as a guiding force in your relationship or dating life. In today's episode, we focus on the importance of listening, why it is so important, and simple ways you can become a better listener and communicator. Tune in to make sure you don’t miss out on how you can lay the foundations for healthy communication in your relationship with Dr. Gwendolyn Henry!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why listening is essential to communication and a healthy relationship.
- We learn what the definition of listening is.
- The first step to learn how to listen properly.
- Using God’s voice as a guiding force when dating.
- What the secret to communication is.
- Some practical ways to communicate effectively.
- The qualities that an effective communicator should have.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
We are so quick to blame others for the things that are going wrong in our lives. But did you ever stop to wonder whether the issue might, in fact, be you? We attract what we are and, in this episode, we talk about some of the ways that brokenness attracts brokenness and explain how to attract healthy relationships through self-deliverance. If someone has done you wrong, they are not excused, but it is not in your power to change them. It is, however, within your power to change your own actions and that, in itself, is powerful! The sooner you realize that the issue is you, the sooner you will find yourself in meaningful, loving relationships. Tune in for another eye-opening episode of Relationality and learn how to lay the groundwork for a successful marriage!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Our tendency to blame others before looking in the mirror.
- How brokenness attracts brokenness.
- How self-deliverance leads to changes within our relationships.
- The steps to self-deliverance.
- The power in our accountability for our responses to the actions of others.
- Why it’s liberating to acknowledge that the issue is, in fact, you!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Welcome to the Relationality Podcast! Today, we’re talking about a really important piece of laying the groundwork for a successful marriage: mental management. Mental health is a trending topic today, and it’s being talked about as if it’s a new realization, but it’s not new. The mind is talked about quite a bit throughout the Bible which means it’s been around for a long time. God, our creator, has given us, His creation, instructions regarding our mental state, and we have ignored them, which has cost many lives and caused much trauma. In Ephesians and James, we hear a lot about how to manage our minds in order to manifest health within yourself and in your relationships. Tune in today to hear more.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Today’s topic: mental management.
- The instructions that God, our creator, has given us regarding our mental health.
- How Ephesians chapter 2 gives us instructions to deal with our minds.
- Why, whatever you meditate, you will manifest.
- The root of any dysfunction: a malfunctioning mindset.
- What Ephesians 4:23 says about mindset.
- Why mental management is an essential part of any healthy relationship.
- What James has to say about a double minded man’s stability.
- Why you have to have the right mindset to have a healthy relationship with your mate.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Welcome back to the Relationality podcast, and in today’s episode we will be talking about lust. The title for today is Lust Don’t Last. We focus on Galatians 5 verse 24 the bible says, “And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” So when it comes to dating, you have to be aware of lust that is disguised as love. How would you know? Join us today as Dr. Gwen dives into how to discern between lust and love. So don’t miss out!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The bible verse for today’s episode: Galatians 5:24 KJV.
- How to discern between lust and love? Look at the fruit produced (Matthew 7:15-20).
- Love produced love and lust produces lust.
- It’s what is inside that matters; what is going on in the inner person.
- The enemy can’t create, so he copies, but he adds his own flavor.
- Dr. Gwen defines lust; lust is love perverted.
- Scripture condemns lust of all kinds and encourages believers to show self-control.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
In John Chapter 5, Jesus asks a beggar if he would like to be healed. Instead of simply answering "Yes", the beggar listed all the excuses as to why he had not healed… Jesus simply brushed past all the excuses to make the man take up his own bed and achieve health, and in today's episode, we hear from Dr. Gwen how this lesson applies to your dating life! God doesn’t override wills. And if God can’t make someone change their will, how can you? Dr. Gwen teaches us that people need to want to make their own changes before they will heal, and why self-pity is a barrier to this healing. Join us to learn why humility is more worthy than self-pity, and so much more, in this bite-sized episode.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Welcome to today’s episode, and how John Chapter 5 inspired it.
- How God doesn’t override wills, and why you can’t change those who don’t want healing for themselves.
- Why humility is honored over self-pity in God’s eyes.
- How Jesus inspired the man in John Chapter 5 to take up his own bed, and how it applies to our relationships.
- Why Dr. Gwen believes people need to go to therapy on their own when dealing with their past.
- Manifesting healing instead of seeking attention: dealing with yourself so that you can heal.
- Why the desire to heal is the only prerequisite to making a change.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
It’s very hard not to find ourselves attracted to good looks, but if good looks are all you bring to the table, good luck! Today on Relationality we discuss why you cannot enter a relationship based on physical attributes alone. Tuning in you’ll hear about the difference between having confidence and arrogance, how some people expect you to put up with things because of their good looks, and the importance of physical attraction even though it can’t be the main attraction. Dr. Gwen backs this up with a story from the bible to show how man looks at the outside but God looks at the heart and why we need to do the same. To discover Dr. Gwen’s number one tactic for seeing beyond the physical to find out if someone is as attractive on the inside as they may be on the outside, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The conversation that inspired this episode and how Dr. Gwen is not moved by physical things.
- The difference between having confidence and arrogance.
- How some people expect you to put up with things because of their good looks.
- The importance of physical attraction but why it can’t be the main attraction.
- Why a relationship built on physical gratification will not last.
- An example from the bible about looking beyond the physical.
- One of Dr. Gwen’s tactics for seeing beyond the physical: How a person treats someone who’s not necessary.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
The focus of today’s episode of the Relationality Podcast is blasting your past, something that often results in unnecessary pain. Many people bring their past into their present and then they wonder why their relationships are ruined. You simply cannot hold someone in your present to something that happened in your past, you cannot hold someone captive for something that someone in your past did to you, or didn’t do for you. It’s dysfunctional and unfair towards the person in your present. Tuning in today, listeners will hear more on the topic of why holding on to your past is crucially detrimental to any present or future relationship you wish to have. It’s vitally important that you let go of not only the experiences that happened in the past but the people and physical things, or gifts, of your past because it will ultimately pollute your progress. Make sure to tune in today, for all this, and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Dr. Gwen dives into why holding on to your past, whether it’s a thing, person, or experience, is detrimental to your present or future relationships.
- Why holding on to things of your past keeps you connected to that person, thing, or experience.
- Dr. Gwen shares a story about an immature question to ask about someone’s past.
- Why it’s important to be careful with people and the complex of “conspiracy theories.”
- Our God is a futurist: He isn’t concerned with the past!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen Email
Have you ever tried to date someone and it was just hard? The truth is it’s hard to love and be in a relationship with someone who has a hard heart. It’s equally challenging to love someone when you yourself have a hard heart. Today we examine exactly what the scriptures say about having a hard heart and contemplate why having a tender heart is so necessary in order to have a healthy relationship with God and with others. Tuning in you’ll hear about how people end up with hard hearts, how issues of the heart manifest themselves in our lives both physically and relationally, and most importantly, how the Holy Spirit can upgrade a hard heart for a tender heart. Tune in for all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The dating experience that Dr. Gwen had with a guy who had a hard heart.
- What the scriptures say about having a hard heart.
- Why having a tender heart is necessary for having a healthy relationship, even with God.
- The biblical definition of a hard heart.
- The role of the Holy Spirit in transforming the human heart.
- How issues of the heart manifest in our physical lives and relational lives.
- Why someone with a hard heart is hard to love.
- The cause of a hard heart: hurt.
- How to deal with a hard heart if you have one, especially before you start dating anyone.
- How God helped Dr. Gwen overcome her hard heart and taught her to guard it.
- How you too can guard your heart.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Today we’re going to be talking about equality. We live in a male-dominated society and people often mistake this as God’s intention for the world. Today we examine the scriptures to see what God actually did say about gender relations. Tuning in, you’ll hear about how both men and women are made in God’s image and are therefore equal, and how we know that God is not okay with a human being controlling another human being. Listen in today to discover God’s perspective and purpose for our gender differences so that we can achieve cooperation in our relationships in line with His will, instead of conflict and competition.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How both men and women are made in God’s image and are therefore equal.
- The dating experience that Dr. Gwen had with a man that was controlling.
- How we know that God is not okay with a human being controlling another human being.
- How gender is made for equality and complementarity according to scripture.
- How men and women are also equal in redemption.
- The importance of equality in relationships in spite of our existence in a male-dominated society.
- How dominance and control are manifestations of pride.
- Why women should not live under the dominance of men.
- Why women should not be controlling of men either.
- How to achieve cooperation in your relationship instead of conflict and competition.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
In today’s episode, we discuss being driven by dysfunction, and why it’s so important to not let your life be determined by this type of thinking. Many people have misleading ideas about the significance of dysfunctional relationships. Like the notion that you need to go through a bad relationship to deserve and appreciate a good one. There are also examples of people who have sabotaged healthy, functional relationships, based on their subconscious understanding of what is normal. That’s why you must address your idea of what normal is. After all, you can’t identify dysfunction until you’ve been exposed to examples of what a functional relationship can look like. Your dysfunctions need to be addressed or else your decisions will be driven by it, so tune in today and learn how to break the cycle of dysfunction!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Some of the abnormalities in the societies we currently live in.
- Why many people’s dating lives are driven by dysfunction.
- How to break cycles of dysfunction.
- Instances where people sabotage a functional relationship based on their idea of normal.
- Why dysfunction is not normal, it’s abnormal.
- An overview of dysfunctional thinking and how that leads to dysfunctional decisions.
- Why God does not want you to live in dysfunction.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Today we talk about harmony and why it is so important to find a partner who has harmony in their home. Tuning in you’ll hear why anyone you consider dating should be on good terms within themselves and within their own family, as well as the one exception to this rule. You’ll also hear how the way someone treats their opposite-sex parent is a good indication of how they will treat you, why unresolved conflicts with other people are likely to spill into your relationship, and what warning flags to look out for. The value of a peaceful home should never be underestimated, so tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- How we are under the influence of the natural world.
- Why we should be living under the influence of heaven where there is harmony.
- God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as an example of harmony.
- How harmony in your home can be literal or figurative and you should have harmony in your self.
- Why you need to know if a potential partner has harmony in their home
- How some people date to escape the disharmony in their homes.
- Why anyone you consider dating should be on good terms within themselves and within their own family.
- How being rejected by your family for following Christ is not a deal-breaker.
- Unresolved conflicts will transfer and spill into your relationship
- How we often treat our partner like our opposite sex-parent.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
We’re back on the topic of foundation; this time in relation to a dating relationship. When it comes to your partner, there is no stronger foundation that you can build with them than a genuine friendship. In fact, this is the purpose of dating. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who may pretend to want to be your friend, but it’s important that you are able to separate the pretenders from the true friends. A true friendship will be able to weather the storms that are an inevitable part of life, whereas an untrue friendship will crumble under the lightest wind. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about the four levels of friendship which you should go through with a person before you consider marrying them.
Key Points From This Episode:
- The focus of today’s episode.
- What true friendship is.
- Why true friendship is the strongest foundation of all.
- Personal experiences that I have had with untrue friends.
- The purpose of dating.
- Some of the reasons that people struggle to build healthy relationships.
- Friendship Stage 1: Contact Friendship
- Friendship Stage 2: Casual Friendship
- Friendship Stage 3: Circle Friendship
- Friendship Stage 4: Core Friendship
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen Email
It might sound strange, but a whole, single person, is the foundation of a healthy family. God relates to us one on one, and singleness in the Kingdom is wholeness. If you want Biblical success in your relationships, you have to become whole, because until then, your self-worth will be dependent on other people. When you get married without being single first, your foundation is weak, and you will struggle to be able to withstand the storms. You need a secure foundation. Tune in to hear more about how this works, and how you can start to build a strong foundation for your family today.
Key Points From This Episode:
- The Bible’s definition of marriage: two whole people becoming one.
- How God relates to us one on one.
- How singleness in the Kingdom is wholeness.
- Why the average person today has never been single according to Episode 2.
- What happens when you are truly single.
- How singleness is the foundation from which all relationships start.
- The parable of the builders to show the importance of building yourself before building a romantic relationship.
- What happens when a person marries without being single first.
- Why you need a secure foundation to prevent your relationship from falling apart.
- Until you become whole, your self worth will be dependent on other people.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Welcome to another episode of Relationality, where Christian singles who are dating and waiting come together to grow and prepare for a successful marriage. Perhaps, like Dr. Gwen, you know you are different. But it's not always easy to embrace that difference! Men and women are different because they have been designed to be different. To have relational health, you must begin to see your differences as complementary, and not as competition. Your difference is not by defect, it’s by divine design. Tune in to hear more.
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to today’s topic: Different by Design.
- Dr. Gwen opens up about the time in her life when she was insecure about being different.
- Her journey of embracing that difference.
- Society’s belief that difference is a defect.
- How Psalm 139:14 speaks into being uniquely designed.
- The beauty of custom-made things, and how they mirror how God made man.
- Where tension can arise in relationships: one person tries to get the other to be like them.
- God’s design that men and women would be different.
- The faulty belief system that means that different equals inferior.
- How to have relational health: you must see your differences as complementary and not as competition.
- Why men’s opinions do not alter your value.
- How you can learn from someone’s difference.
- Why your difference is not by defect, but divine design.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Society has become so technology-driven that the art of relational connection has been lost. Anybody who has attempted to form a connection through electronic communication probably has an understanding of how hard it can be. In this episode, we discuss how we crave connection because God created us for it. We also chat about how we connect with others through the three levels of spirit, soul, and body. We then unpack how society tends to try to foster connections in ways that don’t usually align with God’s intentions for relationships and this often ends in heartache. To find out how we can do things differently to form deeper bonds with the right people in line with God’s plan, tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The problem of a connection crisis in today’s technology-driven society.
- The challenges of trying to get to know someone through electronic communication.
- Dr. Gwen’s experience with online dating.
- How we are social creatures and we were created for connection and community.
- The three levels through which we connect with others: spirit, soul, and body.
- How our connection with God is the most important connection.
- How society prioritizes physical connection but this should not be the case.
- Why relationships should start with a spiritual and intellectual connection first.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
The Social Dilemma
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Most of us will have spoken about falling in or out of love at some point in our lives, but the reality is, true love does not make you fall, it lifts you up! In this episode, Dr. Gwen breaks down the four types of love: Eros, Philia, Storge, and Agape. We find out which of these is Godly love, and which ones are craftily posing as true love! We discover how conditional love leads to disappointment and ultimately, division, and the importance of learning unconditional, Agape love to uplift yourself and others. Dr. Gwen shares her experience of falling for foolery so that you don’t ever have to do the same. Tune in for this enlightening episode to discover your worth, grow, and lay the groundwork for a fulfilling romantic relationship.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s topic: Love lifts!
- Why the notion of “falling in love” is the wrong view on love.
- How some relationships drag you down, but true love lifts you up.
- The danger of being ignorant about the true nature of love.
- Learn from Dr. Gwen’s experience of falling for foolery!
- How we are supposed to mirror God’s love in our relationships.
- Dr. Gwen breaks down the four types of love: Eros, Philia, Storge, and Agape.
- How conditional love can lead to division.
- The important distinction between Eros and Agape.
- An example of a biblical Philia relationship.
- The importance of learning unconditional, Agape love.
- How God’s love lifted Dr. Gwen up and will lift you up too!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Despite the fact that this belief has become prevalent in our society, dating should not be a trial and error exercise. Dating is supposed to be a time when you form a deep connection with your partner on a spiritual level, which ultimately leads to a marriage. This is what God wants for you, and you shouldn’t settle for anything less. In today’s episode I am going to be talking about what it means to date deliberately rather than by default, and why, as a Christian, this is the only type of dating you should be doing.
Key Points From This Episode:
- The pervasive false belief that exists around dating.
- Where to look if you are unsure of God’s standards for dating.
- The purpose of dating.
- Conversations that you should be able to have with the person you are dating.
- The difference between committed to church and committed to Christ.
- How to tell whether or not someone is saved.
- Dating deliberately versus dating by default.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen Email
There are many reasons that people fear being alone, but the biggest is that they are often not comfortable with themselves. This episode dives into the relationship between being alone versus the feeling of loneliness, and how we would often rather be in a relationship that isn't right for us than be alone with ourselves. Dr. Gwen shares some of the root causes of this loneliness and how it's often related to a lack of purpose in our lives, and we dive into the solitude of Adam and how God created Eve and man because love is meant to be given and received from that place of wholeness. We explore some signs of loneliness as compared with someone who is grounded in themselves and their solitude before Dr. Gwen shares some incredible advice on how to fill the void of loneliness with God's love instead of a romantic relationship that may be wrong for you. Finally, we are reminded that the Lord didn't create us just to be married or dating, He created us to immerse ourselves in our purpose and His love! Tune in to find out how He will bring the right people to you when you can be whole from the inside first and how to begin your journey of alone wholeness now. Thank you for joining!
Key Points From This Episode:
- The concept of avoiding solitude because we don't want to be alone with ourselves.
- Reflecting on Adam's wholeness in solitude and God's gift of love.
- How loneliness is often related to a lack of purpose.
- Defining being alone versus loneliness.
- How God is complete and whole and why He created man or Eve.
- Some signs of aloneness and of loneliness.
- Why God created us empty so that we can live from the inside out.
- What happens when you are too guarded to create close friends or find who you are.
- Filling the void of loneliness with a relationship instead of filling it with God's love.
- What to do if you find yourself immersed in loneliness.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen Email
Many people are under the false impression that God will choose their spouse for them, and this can lead to much confusion, disappointment, or even manipulation! In this episode, we investigate this myth and discuss the true causes of marital problems and how we can look to the Bible to avoid them. Dr. Gwen demonstrates that the proof in the pudding, and begs the question: if God doesn’t choose salvation for us, why on earth would He choose our mate? God would never violate our freedom of choice! Dr. Gwen succinctly breaks down the truth as He intended, sharing examples from the Bible, and her own life, to ensure that no one gets misguided by false beliefs or prophecies. Tune in to discover why you, alone, are responsible for your relationships, how ignorance is a choice, and where you can find knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s topic: Mate Myth!
- What causes problems to arise after marriage and what a successful marriage depends on.
- How the Bible exists as God’s handbook for humanity, thus ignorance is a choice.
- The best two sources to receive wisdom, knowledge, and understanding from.
- Dr. Gwen defines the word “myth”.
- How the myths surrounding finding a mate have created much confusion and disappointment.
- Dr. Gwen tackles the myth that God chooses your mate to marry.
- Beware of manipulation under the pretense of prophecy!
- Dr. Gwen proves that God would never violate our freedom to choose.
- The misconception that God is responsible for our relationships.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen Email
When God made Adam and Eve, He gave them His blessing. This means that he intended loving relationships between men and women in general to be a blessing, not baggage. In this episode of Relationality, we explore what a healthy relationship should look like according to the Bible, give some pointers on the causes of struggles between men and women, and speak about how to know when it is time to walk away from a problematic partner. One of the main takeaways is that relationships as God intended them to be are perfect. It is when people bring their imperfections into the mix that problems begin to arise. Tune in today for some much-needed guidance to help you find that match made in Heaven!
Key Points From This Episode:
- God’s intention to create humans to be in loving relationships.
- How Adam needed a partner and why God created Eve.
- Why a relationship between two people should be a blessing, not baggage.
- The fact that it is people’s imperfections that ruin God’s perfect institution of marriage.
- Why a ruined relationship is due to its ingredients just like a ruined cake.
- Dr. Gwen’s perspective that if a partner brings you problems you should leave them.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Welcome back to another episode of Relationality, where Dr. Gwen addresses all things relationship! Today we dive into sex bonds and how our beliefs and prejudices about gender can create barriers in our relationships. We dive into how God intended us to be unified, and why, according to His word, your partner should energize you. Dr. Gwen tells us about her own experience of a relationship that became a battlefield and the underlying causes of her partner's negative responses to her positivity. We learn that people can be in relationships, but not in unity, and why this was not as God intended. The Enemy’s first attack is on the family, which is why bonding with your partner is so important. To wrap up this episode, Dr. Gwen gives some great tips on how you can bond honestly and deeply with your partner!
Key Points From This Episode:
- What sex bonds mean: relationship talk between men and women.
- How Adam and Eve modeled a peaceful relationship until Adam sinned.
- Why God’s plan is for us to live and love peacefully, as one.
- What happens when men and women battle: division.
- Dr. Gwen’s experience of a barrier in a relationship and how her partner’s self-rejection affected their interaction.
- Why whoever you date should energize you.
- Unity cannot exist without agreement: how you can be in a relationship but not be united as one.
- Why the Enemy’s first attack was on the family.
- Understanding that a disagreement is not a mark of not being unified.
- How your beliefs about the other sex can create barriers in your relationship.
- Tips on how you can bond in a relationship: put your phone away.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Relationality Podcasts on Gwendolyn Global
Dr. Gwen on Instagram
Dr. Gwen on Facebook
Dr. Gwen's Email
Are you single and feeling singled out or like a social status? Well you are not a status and there's nothing wrong with you because you are single. God said, it's not good for man to be alone…He didn't say it's not good for man to be single.
It's time for a paradigm shift in your perspective as a single. Singleness is not a bad thing and it is not a curse. In this episode I share the meaning of singleness from God's perspective to help you be secure as a single.
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Join me in this episode as I share some personal and professional experiences that inspired me to become a relationship coach and launch a podcast on relationships. I also define Relationality, breaking it down into three dimensions; Relation, Reality, and Relativity. We all have personality, but relationality is lacking for many. God created us for relation, therefore we need relationality in order to achieve a happy and healthy romantic relationship.
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COMING JANUARY 2022!! A weekly podcast from certified relationship coach, Dr. Gwendolyn Henry. Relationality is biblical and practical principles for singles on how to avoid dysfunctional dating and how to acquire a fulfilling romantic relationship God's way. New episodes coming soon!