411 - Jay Stringer on Mental Health, Healing, & Transformation

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we delve deep into the intersection of mental health, trauma, and unwanted sexual behavior, exploring how our past experiences shape our present struggles. Our guest, Jay Stringer, shares powerful insights into the connection between unresolved wounds and their impact on mental health, offering practical guidance on how to approach healing with curiosity instead of self-condemnation. We discuss the importance of understanding our stories, how attachment theory influences our relationships and mental health, and how faith can play a pivotal role in the healing process. We’ll explore why it's crucial to focus on the "why" behind behaviors, rather than simply trying to stop them, and how to break free from unhealthy patterns that keep us stuck. With compassion and curiosity at the core of the conversation, Jay offers valuable advice for anyone feeling overwhelmed in their healing journey, helping them take their first practical steps toward mental wellness.

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0:00.0	Hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to the
0:09.3	Pure Desire podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to breaking free
0:14.8	from compulsive sexual behaviors and healing from betrayal trauma. Today is episode 411, and here joining me throughout this series on mental health and recovery
0:25.5	is Mrs. Heather Kolb.
0:27.1	Heather, welcome back to the podcast, another week on mental health and recovery.
0:31.9	How are you doing this week?
0:33.0	I'm doing well.
0:34.2	It's nice to be here again.
0:36.4	Yeah, well, this series, I think, has been an important one,
0:39.0	and we continue with some great conversation today with a friend of the show, Jay Stringer. He's
0:44.3	been on a little bit. And I think it's cool. This is 411. So give us the 4-1-1 on today's episode with
0:52.6	Jay Stringer. So a lot of what we talk about is integrating faith with mental health and even and with
1:00.3	trauma and how those seem to intersect in our lives, but also how they can be a key understanding
1:07.7	to the way we struggle and why we struggle.
1:11.5	One of the things that I really appreciate about Jay is that he is very humble and very
1:19.3	vulnerable when it comes to using his own personal experiences, even current struggles, to
1:26.0	help us understand the why behind our unwanted behaviors.
1:30.3	Yeah.
1:31.3	Yeah. Jay talks a lot about the past and our story and our body.
1:36.3	And for some listeners, that's like a quick connection for others.
1:39.3	Those are maybe areas you're trying to understand.
1:42.3	And I think Jay just does such a great job at articulating
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