Your DESIRE Isn’t Random w/ Jay Stringer, MA, MDiv, LMHC

About this episode

The episode explores how desires can serve as a roadmap for understanding and improving marriages, addressing issues like purity culture and emotional intimacy.

🧠❤️ What if your desires aren’t the problem, but rather the roadmap? Listen to Adam, Karissa, and Jay Stringer unpack why so many marriages feel stuck between suppression and self-indulgence - from purity culture and porn struggles to emotional intimacy, self-sabotage, family dynamics, and the hidden stories shaping our marriages. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns or why marriage exposes parts of you you’d rather avoid, this conversation is going to stay with you long after it ends. 🔥 Resources: • Desire by Jay Stringer https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593728270 • Unwanted by Jay Stringer https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631466720 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam King, Karissa King

Guest: Jay Stringer

Topics covered

• desire
• marriage
• purity culture
• emotional intimacy
• self-sabotage
• family dynamics

Keywords

• desire
• marriage
• purity culture
• emotional intimacy
• self-sabotage
• family dynamics
• patterns
• porn struggles

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Desire, Unwanted

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