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What do you really want and what’s underneath that longing? Author and podcast host Jesse Eubanks joins Joel and Sarina for a conversation about desire, the Enneagram, faith, and the search for a meaningful life.Jesse explores how our deepest desires shape our personalities, relationships, and dreams. Together, we consider what happens when one desire takes over, why we sometimes silence our longings, and how grieving an old dream can make room for something new.The conversation gets personal as Jesse reflects on authenticity and marriage, Joel explores the pursuit of happiness, and Sarina shares her struggle to separate intrinsic worth from other people’s approval. Along the way, we explore curiosity, beauty, gratitude, and the relationships that connect us to God, ourselves, and one another.IN THIS EPISODE
- Desire as a driving force behind our thoughts, feelings, and actions
- Why desire follows what we perceive as beautiful
- What daydreams, anger, and recurring longings can reveal
- The difference between honoring a desire and letting it take over
- How the Enneagram helps us recognize our underlying motivations
- Grieving unrealized dreams and discovering new expressions of purpose
- When “being authentic” comes at the expense of connection
- Finding worth beyond success, image, and validation
- How gratitude changes our relationship with what we want
- Approaching our desires with curiosity instead of shame
MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION
- How We Relate by Jesse Eubanks
- The EnneaCast
- RelateBetter
- Wonderology
- The James Webb Space Telescope
- The Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson
- Ira Glass of This American Life
- Radiolab
- The Office
ABOUT MERGING WISDOMMerging Wisdom is a podcast exploring faith, psychology, culture, history, politics, and what it means to live wisely in a complex world.The goal is not simply to talk about wisdom, but to practice wisdom. Allowing what we discover to lead to meaningful action, real change, and lives shaped by greater truth, goodness, beauty, and connection.No single field, tradition, or point of view has a monopoly on wisdom. We follow the questions that matter across the boundaries that usually keep our conversations apart. We desire to always be moving towards wisdom.Where disciplines meet, wisdom emerges.Follow or subscribe so you can join future conversations.Hosted by Joel Hubbard, Dan Heroy, and Sarina Heroy.Merging Wisdom: https://mergingwisdom.com#MergingWisdom #JesseEubanks #Enneagram #Desire #Relationships #Faith #PersonalGrowth #Wisdom
