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Hosted by Bridgett Blood and Lauren Mathues · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 24 episodes
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The Dating & Desire Podcast is a Christian dating and sexuality podcast for singles and dating adults who want more than rules or fear-based answers. Hosted by relationship coaches Bridgett Blood and Lauren Mathues, the show explores Christian dating, sexual desire, emotional safety, boundaries, and integrity. Through honest conversations with pastors, therapists, and relationship experts, we help you navigate physical boundaries and sexual formation with faith and self-trust. Because your desire is holy, your body is good, and your story matters.
Bridgett Blood and Lauren Mathues hosts Dating and Desire Podcast, a religion show with 24 episodes published.
Dr. Carol Tanksley, a physician and minister, brings a rare blend of medical wisdom, theological depth, and lived experience to the conversation around singleness and sexuality. Having lived through long-term singleness,
Bridgett Blood and Lauren Mathues step into one of the most tender and often misunderstood conversations in Christian sexuality: masturbation, self-pleasure, and how adults make embodied, faithful decisions. With warmth
Bridgett and Lauren gather the threads from recent conversations with Dr. Anthony Bradley, Barb Hill, Dr. Andrew Bauman, Dr. Jenna Mountain, Jonathan Hernandez, Adam Young, and Dr. Tony. Across themes of men’s formation,
Dr. Tony Krohn, chiropractor and men’s holistic health coach, brings a thoughtful and needed perspective on men, formation, health, and what actually prepares someone for love. He speaks to the pressure many men feel to
Adam Young, licensed clinical social worker and author of Make Sense of Your Story , brings a compassionate and clarifying lens to why our past continues to shape how we date, desire, and attach. Rather than asking us to
Jonathan Hernandez, certified Connections Codes Coach, specializing in porn recovery and men's emotional wellness, joins Bridgett and Lauren for an honest conversation about sexuality, shame, curiosity, and wholeness. Th
Bridgett and Lauren sit down with Dr. Jenna Mountain, a sex therapist and educator who works at the intersection of faith and sexuality, for a conversation that gently rewires how many of us were taught to think about ab
Bridgett and Lauren sit down with Jamie and Blake of the Three Percent Podcast, two therapists, friends, and husbands whose work centers on what it means to be a safe, embodied man. The conversation moves through male fr
Bridgett and Lauren sit down for an honest conversation about one of dating's most loaded phrases: "don't waste my time." They unpack where that posture comes from, why it often reveals more about our own fear than about
Therapist and author Andrew Bauman joins Bridgett and Lauren to explore embodiment, sexual story work, and what it really looks like to grow into healthy, connected relationships. Together, they name the difference betwe
What if the person you love can't actually meet you where you need to be met? Therapist and author Barb Hill joins Bridgett and Lauren for a conversation that reframes what Christian compatibility really requires. Barb w
Dr. Anthony Bradley joins Bridgett and Lauren to talk about what's actually driving the crisis of young men - and why the church's standard diagnosis is wrong.Bradley traces the problem past porn and video games to a for
Episode 11 kicks off the D&D Debrief, a new recurring format where Bridgett and Lauren answer listener questions, recap past episodes, and preview what's coming. In this first one, they tackle four real questions: how to
Bridgett and Lauren pick up where they left off in the stages-of-dating series and walk through what committed relationship actually looks like - what it requires, what conversations belong here, and what most people ski
Bridgett and Lauren break down the first stage of dating - the part between meeting someone and deciding whether you want to be exclusive - and they want you to stop treating it like a marriage audition. Lauren shares he
Your job is not your calling. Your relationship status is not your worth. And singleness is not a waiting room. Malissa Mackey has spent over a decade helping people locate themselves in a better story - one where ordina
David Boyajian is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex addiction therapist based in San Diego. In this episode, he joins Lauren and Bridgett to talk about what lust actually is, how it differs from
What if desire isn't the problem? What if the real issue is that you've never been taught how to develop it? Jay Stringer is a licensed mental health counselor and author of Unwanted and the new book Desire. His original
Bridgett and Lauren think flirting deserves a reputation upgrade - especially in the church. In this episode, they talk about why most Christians have been taught to suppress one of the most natural ways we connect with
Therapist and author Sam Jolman joins Bridgett and Lauren to unpack what most Christians were never taught about sexual arousal - and why it matters for dating, marriage, and your relationship with your own body. Sam def
Adam Young
licensed clinical social worker, former pastor, author, host of The Place We Find Ourselves podcast · Haig Property Professionals
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Hernandez
Head Coach · Bethune-Cookman University
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Andrew Bauman
Executive Director · Arizona Craft Brewers Guild
1 appearance on this show
Barb Hill
Licensed Mental Health Therapist
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Anthony Bradley
professor of religious studies · Acton Institute
1 appearance on this show
Jay Stringer
licensed mental health counselor, researcher, and speaker
1 appearance on this show
Sam Jolman
Men's Trauma Therapist, Sexual Trauma Recovery and Author of The Sex Talk You Never Got
1 appearance on this show
Courtney Alexander
Creator of Dust II Onyx Tarot
1 appearance on this show
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