The Fascinating Womanhood Podcast - The Feminine Revolution
Oct 14, 2026 · 51 min · 10 segments
Send us Fan Mail Today we break down the 4 layers of building a long lasting relationship - we explore why layers are important to build with…
Cherry LynnHostDixie Andelin ForsytheHostI have to go back a ways, but I think it was actually suggested to me by Bob because of his practice.
Can you describe a little bit about why there are layers to building a relationship? What is, what does that concept really mean?
One of the problems, and as if you've ever seen some of these videos and shows about relationships that don't work out, when I watch them I always notice that the, the relationship, that person goes way too fast into, uh, some of the layers of intimacy that, that they skip, even knowing the person.
There'll be some terrible thing happen in the relationship and they realize they didn't really even know them before they invited them to move in and things like that.
But if you can do it, if you can follow this where you get to know somebody before you then go further, then it, you have the best chance of the relationship actually lasting.
In one of those layers you'll think, "Uh, this person isn't really for me," and you can avoid some of the heartaches potentially.
I think this is something that everyone that's new to dating should learn about because, like you said, if you just skip around, it's almost like you're skipping around in a book and you say, "Ooh, I wanna skip to this chapter," you know?
It can kinda change that experience of how you read that book and you realize, "Oh, I kinda missed this thing in the beginning," or, "I didn't really catch this detail in the beginning." And I think that's so similar to how a relationship is.
... you kind of go out of order, and it doesn't have to be perfect of course, and we're gonna go through all-
I have to go back a ways, but I think it was actually suggested to me by Bob because of his practice.
Can you describe a little bit about why there are layers to building a relationship? What is, what does that concept really mean?
One of the problems, and as if you've ever seen some of these videos and shows about relationships that don't work out, when I watch them I always notice that the, the relationship, that person goes way too fast into, uh, some of the layers of intimacy that, that they skip, even knowing the person.
There'll be some terrible thing happen in the relationship and they realize they didn't really even know them before they invited them to move in and things like that.
But if you can do it, if you can follow this where you get to know somebody before you then go further, then it, you have the best chance of the relationship actually lasting.
In one of those layers you'll think, "Uh, this person isn't really for me," and you can avoid some of the heartaches potentially.
I think this is something that everyone that's new to dating should learn about because, like you said, if you just skip around, it's almost like you're skipping around in a book and you say, "Ooh, I wanna skip to this chapter," you know?
It can kinda change that experience of how you read that book and you realize, "Oh, I kinda missed this thing in the beginning," or, "I didn't really catch this detail in the beginning." And I think that's so similar to how a relationship is.
... you kind of go out of order, and it doesn't have to be perfect of course, and we're gonna go through all-
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