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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026 · 55 MIN

When Love Is Built in Survival Mode… Can It Survive Healing?

from Dear Tisia · host Relationship Restored

Sponsor: Cozy EarthUse code GREENFLAG for up to 20 percent off at 👉 https://www.cozyearth.comCall In Here: https://www.relationshiprestored.com/deartisiawrite-inIn this episode of Dear Tisia, we’re unpacking what happens when love is built in survival mode — and what it takes to move forward when healing begins.🩺 One woman opens up about beating stage 4 cancer — only to feel trapped in a relationship that still sees her as fragile. What happens when care turns into control, and how do you reclaim your identity after surviving something that changed everything?💍 Another caller’s world is shattered when her partner of 16 years confesses to cheating just one week before their wedding. We talk about betrayal, forgiveness, and how to grieve the future you thought you were walking into.🧾 And we explore the emotional limbo of separation — when a husband has moved on romantically but won’t fully let go emotionally, leaving a woman stuck between hope, fear, and finally choosing herself.✨ In B*tch You Smell Good, we feature Casablanca by Swiss Arabian — a warm, caramel-apple, amber scent that mirrors this episode’s themes of depth, sweetness, and emotional complexity.🚩 In the Red Flag Report, we unpack the quiet divorce of social media couple Kristy Scott and Desmond Scott, and ask the bigger question:When love is performed publicly but falls apart privately, what was the real red flag — the actions, the communication, or the image?👇 Let’s talk about it.

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