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Heart of Dating

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The purpose of this podcast, Heart of Dating, is to unmask the ever-so-ambiguous world of dating in the Christian world. While there are resources spread out over the years, there are not many centralized areas where Christians can access dating advice, help, and guidance easily and in a fashion that is accessible. The ultimate hope is that Heart of Dating Podcast will start a healthy conversation for men and women and provide wise input and direction as we answer some tough questions and uncover some transformative ways to develop a healthy attitude and approach to dating as a Christian.

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

S4: MINISERIES: Will I be Single Forever? Dating during COVID-19 21.03.2020

Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Single...

S4 Ep83: Dating ONLINE!… (and Debunking Other Christian Dating Stigmas) with Hannah Brencher 18.03.2020

Heart of Dating is thrilled to welcome Kait’s friend Hannah Brencher to the show! She is a TED Speaker, and blogger dedicated her life and work to the brokenhearted. She founded More Love Letters in 2011. Her books "Come Matter Here" and “If You Find This Letter” are in bookstores across the country. Hannah's life revolves around dead-lifting, theology, and true crime. She lives in Atlanta with he...

S4 Ep82: Waiting To Have Sex with Carson Blair and Angela Zatopek 11.03.2020

Is it really possible to wait to have sex until marriage? We know the struggle is real! Friends, we want to encourage you to develop your own sexual ethic that is deeply rooted, free of shame, and thought through. Today our two guests, Angela Zatopek and Carson Blair, have just such an encouraging story to share with us! Angela is a good girlfriend of Kait’s. They became instant soul sisters after...

S4 Ep81: 081: Dating As a Single Parent with Bethany Anne Moore 04.03.2020

Heart of Dating is so exciting to bring on to the show a highly requested guest to talk about a highly requested topic! Bethany Moore is a single mom through foster care and now adoption . She had the honor of adopting her three children Franklin, Katherine, and Theodore after being their foster parent. She was a public school teacher for 4 years and then worked as a social media manager for Maple...

S4 Ep80: 080: Navigating Love Addiction and Codependency with Kristine Jackson 26.02.2020

Heart of Dating welcomes Kait’s friend Kristine Jackson from Onsite Workshops! Onsite is a therapy retreat center dedicated to changing lives through advanced emotional health. Kristine is a Clinical Supervisor at Onsite. With a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, Kristine went to UCLA for a certification in co-occurring disorders. She remained in California for the next two...

S4 Ep79: Facing Unmet Expectations and Fighting for Relationships with Matt Hammitt 19.02.2020

Heart of Dating is thrilled for you to hear this conversation today. Many of you know our host, Kait, has been working on writing a book. Part of that process has been studying a variety of topics, one of the, also being body shame. Today Kait had the privilege of sitting down with a new friend, Dr. Morgan Francis to talk about body image and body shame an it’s affect on dating. Dr. Morgan Francis...

S4 Ep78: Body Image and How We Show Up in Dating with Dr. Morgan Francis 12.02.2020

Heart of Dating is thrilled for you to hear this conversation today. Many of you know our host, Kait, has been working on writing a book. Part of that process has been studying a variety of topics, one of the, also being body shame. Today Kait had the privilege of sitting down with a new friend, Dr. Morgan Francis to talk about body image and body shame an it’s affect on dating. Dr. Morgan Francis...

S4 Ep77: Pushing Past Physical Challenges in Dating with Chris and Emily Norton 05.02.2020

Heart of Dating welcomes Chris and Emily Norton to the show today. Chris and Emily are the center of a handful of viral videos! Chris went through a severe spinal cord injury in 2010 while playing football in high school and is a quadriplegic who uses a wheelchair. Three years after his injury, he met his wife Emily online. Even though the relationship may have faced some challenges, Chris propose...

S4: MINISERIES: How to Turn Someone Down and Handle Ghosting 31.01.2020

Ending dating seems to be like the bane of our existence... but does it really have to? Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For...

S4 Ep76: Praying Specific Prayers that God Can Answer in a Specific Way with Chad Gamble 29.01.2020

Kait Warman and Heart of Dating is thrilled to welcome friend Pastor Chad Gamble as he talks about intentionality and how he waited on God’s timing. Pastors Gospel Light Church in Anderson, South Carolina. He was a youth pastor for 17 years and now works in sports ministry. He married his wife 6 years ago at the age of 35 and is a father of two small children aged 4 and 2 years old. Crushing on a...

S4: MINISERIES: How to Avoid an Awkward First Date 24.01.2020

First dates can be awkward. We know it, and you know it. Let's talk about how to avoid that. Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank Yo...

S4 Ep75: From a HOD Hanky Drop to a YES! with Brad Staby and Alyssa Gomez 22.01.2020

Brad and Alyssa met ONLINE in our facebook group. This is their story of dating long distance and dropping the hanky digitally over social media. Heart of Dating has a very special, one of a kind episode for you all today! Brad and Alyssa are two Heart of Dating Community members that met through our Facebook Group… and recently got ENGAGED! WHAT?! We are beyond thrilled to have been a small part...

S4: MINISERIES: The Art of Intentionality 17.01.2020

Welcome to our Friday MINISERIES. We created these MINISERIES because y'all have so many amazing questions, and we want to be able to answer as many of them as we can in easy digestible ways. Outside of our main, full length HOD episodes which will mainly be interview style with some epic guests, and on occasion some solo episodes, we also wanted to be able to cover other topics with short, succin...

S4 Ep74: 074: Finding Love In Every Season with Debra Fileta 15.01.2020

Heart of Dating welcome Debra Fileta on to the show this week! She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. 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 he...

S4: MINISERIES: A Guide to the Beginning of Dating 10.01.2020

Hey friends and welcome to our brand new MINISERIES: Navigating The Beginning Stages of Dating! Today y’all voted on instagram and by VERY LARGE majority you guys voted to have us cover this topic. So we are kicking off this miniseries today talking about what Stage 1 Dating really is, as well as some best practices/ guidelines to keep in mind for these beginning stages. In today's episode we disc...

S4 Ep73: Friendationships and Walking in Your Worth with Minaa B 08.01.2020

Friends, our team here at Heart of Dating couldn’t feel more blessed by all of you! We can hardly believe that Season 5 of the Podcast is over! 2020 has been a tough and challenging year for many, but we are so grateful for the community we have here. This season has been filled with hard topics, relevant and practical ways to date during COVID-19, and it’s a season in which we held our first ever...

S4 Ep72: 2019 Finale: Kait Answers Your Burning Dating Questions 18.12.2019

Kait does a Q&A answering questions and topics such as: mixed signals, making your intentions known, reaching out on social media, bad dates, first dates, etc. We are so excited for this final episode of 2019… and last episode of the decade! Over this past year we have had so many incredible guests and discussed so many topics and have had over half a million downloads! This week we really wanted...

S4 Ep71: How to Navigate Interracial Dating with Brian and Lexi Cole 11.12.2019

Brian and Lexi Cole talk about dating interracial and inter-culturally and some of the hurdles they faced when it comes to understanding each other. Heart of Dating is so excited to share with you a HIGHLY requested episode with some highly requested guests! This week, we welcome Alexis and Brian Cole to the show to talk about interethnic dating and how to thrive in relationship with cultural diff...

S4 Ep70: Trauma and Anxiety: How to Feel, Heal, Deal… and Date with Dr. Therese 27.11.2019

Dr. Therese talks about handling trauma and how that can come back up in dating. She also discusses overcoming anxiety in a dating scenario. Heart of Dating is excited to welcome Dr. Therese to the show today! Dr. Therese is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, self-care and personal development guru, and consummate foodie. Berkeley educated, she is a mover and a shaker with a drive for entrepreneurs...

S4 Ep69: How to Drop the Hanky 20.11.2019

Kait talks all things about how to DROP the Hanky and make your intentions known both in person and online. So many of y’all ask us: HOW DO I DROP THE HANKY? How do I put myself out there and how do I feel confident doing it without being crippled by fear? These are amazing questions, and because it’s some of the top questions we get asked, our host Kait figured she would quickly dive into some of...

S4 Ep68: 068: PART 2: Divorce, Purity, and Maintaining Joy Within it All with Jessica and Vincent Shakir 13.11.2019

Part 2-Jess and Vincent discuss divorce, finding your spouse later in life, how to not lose hope and overall how God remained faithful in their relationship. It’s always special when our host, Kait Warman, gets to have really amazing friends on the podcast. So today Kait had the absolute joy and pleasure to invite two of her very best friends on the show…. Jessica and Vincent Shakir. You guys are...

S4 Ep67: Divorce, Purity, and Maintaining Joy Within it All with Jessica and Vincent Shakir 06.11.2019

Part 1-Jess and Vincent discuss divorce, finding your spouse later in life, how to not lose hope and overall how God remained faithful in their relationship. This couple has ONE of the most beautiful, powerful, encouraging, and extensive stories. Their testimony covers topics such as dating after divorce, staying pure, dating later in life, getting married in your 30’s, and even not kissing until...

S4 Ep66: How to Pray For Your Future Spouse with Stephanie May Wilson 30.10.2019

Stephanie talks about how to pray for your future spouse and how to healthily long for a spouse without idolizing marriage. Heart of Dating is excited to welcome back Stephanie May Wilson to the show! Stephanie is a close friend to Kait and was previously on the show to to talk about Loving your single life. You can listen to the episode HERE! Stephanie May Wilson is an author, blog, and speaker....

S4 Ep65: Understanding Attachment Theory and How We Love with Dr. Diane Strachowski 23.10.2019

Dr. Diane talks about attachment theory and how childhood relationships impact adult relationships. She discusses the 4 styles of attachment and how singles can work on healing them to be ready for a healthier relationship. Now we know y'all know all about the enneagram, and myers briggs, and love languages and things like that… but there is actually a different tool based in science that has beco...

S4 Ep64: How to Practice Spiritual Leadership In Your Relationship with Matt Ayres 16.10.2019

Matt discusses spiritual leadership and talks about being equally yoked and discusses if it's the man's job and how we can practice spiritual leadership as a single. Heart of Dating welcomes Matt Ayers to the show! Matt is a close friend to Kait and he helped start Vintage Church in Santa Monica, CA. He’s been married for 6 years to his beautiful wife Stephanie. Matthew Ayers is a founding member,...

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