Episode 395 - Jay Stringer, "How Our Deepest Longings Shape Love, Healing, and Transformation"

About this episode

Michael John Cusick interviews Jay Stringer about how our deepest longings influence love, healing, and personal transformation.

Welcome back to the Restoring the Soul podcast with Michael John Cusick. In this episode, Michael sits down with licensed therapist, author, and researcher Jay Stringer for a deep and vulnerable conversation exploring the core desires that shape our lives. Together, they unpack themes from Jay Stringer’s latest book, Desire: The Longings Inside of Us and the New Science of How We Love, Heal, and Grow. Over the course of their dialogue, Michael and Jay examine the five core desires: wholeness,...

People in this episode

Host: Michael John Cusick

Guest: Jay Stringer

Topics covered

• core desires
• love
• healing
• transformation
• psychology

Keywords

• longings
• desires
• therapy
• healing
• transformation
• love
• psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Desire: The Longings Inside of Us and the New Science of How We Love, Heal, and Grow

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