Dating for a Differentiated Marriage

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Reconciling our desire to belong to ourselves and our desire to be in close relationship with another is a complicated process. Making room in a relationship for two complete people, each with their own values, opinions, and priorities, is a complicated, painful, and remarkably worthwhile process–a process that will foster spiritual, emotional, and psychological development if we let it. In this NEW PODCAST episode, Dr.Finlayson-Fife joins the Barbie Does Dating podcast discuss the complexities and joy that come from our most important and meaningful relationships. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: *Differentiation in relationships *Finding connection despite differences *Negative patterns that interfere with growth & intimacy *How fear of rejection and fear of commitment relate to perfectionism, low desire, and disinterest in dating *The importance of using invalidating information to confront ourselves and grow *The benefits of being in a loving and committed relationship

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0:00.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr. Finlayson Fife.
0:15.0	Hey all, Dr Finlayson Fife here.
0:19.0	I often get requests to provide more resources for teens, young single adults, and mid-singles.
0:24.0	And while I do hope to create new content specifically for these demographics in the future,
0:28.0	I wanted to also just take a minute and let you know that the principles and ideas taught in my existing online courses are applicable to all adults, regardless of their relationship status.
0:37.0	My podcasts and course materials focus on helping individuals define their sense of self, forge personal integrity, and become whole and integrated human beings.
0:48.0	So these ideas will benefit those who have never married just as much as those who are partnered or those who were married
0:54.0	but find themselves single again. So don't let your relationship status keep you from
0:58.6	enrolling in a course, participating in my Facebook groups or enjoying my free or subscription-based podcast.
1:04.6	I also wanted to let you know that on Friday, January 27th at 12 noon Mountain Time
1:09.5	I'll be hosting a live question and answer session specifically for singles.
1:13.7	And during this hour long conversation I'll take questions about dating
1:17.5	relationships, fostering healthy sexuality while single, dating after divorce, chastity, and more.
1:24.3	To join this conversation, click the link in the show notes to join our Facebook group.
1:28.4	Hope to see you there.
1:29.7	All right, welcome to another episode of Barbie does dating. Today we have a guest with us.
1:39.0	We have Dr. Jennifer Finlayson Fife. She has a very popular podcast. She is an
1:45.0	LDS Marriage and Sexuality Coach. She has a PhD in Counseling. She teaches an
1:50.1	online course and hosts Room for Two two which is her sex and intimacy
1:54.6	podcast which is very very interesting that she does so we are so pleased that
1:59.8	Nick was able to have her here today as a guest. So let's hear some wonderful things from Dr. Fife.
2:08.2	So we have Jennifer Finlayson Fife on and for those of you that don't know her we encourage you to check out our
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