Friends with benefits is often sold as freedom, empowerment, and “no-strings-attached” fun — but why does it leave so many women feeling emptier, more anxious, and more broken than before?

In this episode of Girl, Date the Good Guy, Emily exposes the spiritual, emotional, and relational truth behind friends with benefits — a dating pattern God never designed and one that quietly breaks women’s hearts.

Through biblical wisdom and personal testimony, Emily reveals how casual intimacy feeds the flesh instead of the spirit, creates unhealthy soul ties, and keeps women stuck in cycles of confusion, attachment, and emotional pain — especially for women with anxious attachment.

This is the Christian dating truth no one wants to talk about… but every woman needs to hear if she desires real healing, real love, and God-aligned relationships.

• Why friends with benefits feels empowering at first but leads to heartbreak

• How casual sex creates emotional and spiritual soul ties

• Why this pattern increases anxiety, attachment, and disconnection

• How the enemy distorts intimacy to keep women bound

• What God actually designed intimacy and dating for

• Why purity is about protection, not restriction

• What to do instead if you want healing and God-led love

This episode is for the woman who:

• Feels empty after casual dating or hookups

• Is stuck in a friends-with-benefits or situationship

• Struggles with anxious attachment and emotional bonding

• Wants to honor God but feels conflicted by modern dating culture

• Craves safe, secure, committed love — not temporary connection

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” — Proverbs 4:23

“For God did not call us to impurity, but to live a holy life.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:7

If casual intimacy hasn’t healed you, it’s not because you’re broken — it’s because it was never meant to. God’s design leads to freedom, clarity, and love that doesn’t cost you your heart.

If this episode spoke to you, share it with a sister who needs truth over trends. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts so more women can find healing and step into their royal identity. And remember, sis — you were never created for casual love.

Contact: hello@girldatethegoodguy.com