Desire, Difference, and the Path to Intimacy - Part 2

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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FINAL DAYS TO SAVE! SAVE 20% (or more) on full-length courses + SAVE $18 on your first year of Room for Two with code JOLLY! _________ Development isn't a gentle process. Development often happens when our worldview shatters. And that shattering hurts, but it's what helps us develop a truer map of reality. In this conversation with Taylor Church of the Of Stone and Clay Podcast, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife walks through her own marriage journey to illustrate what relational growth looks like. She shares how marriage revealed parts of herself she didn't want to see and how learning to stay in honest conflict has helped her relationship grow over the years. She also discusses how couples unknowingly co-create the dynamics they resent, and what it means to actually love and value your partner for who they are.

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0:00.0	what I think development is, is the shattering of the world as we know it to be able to accommodate
0:06.8	a truer map of reality. And that shattering hurts. It's very uncomfortable. But the more that we
0:13.2	can accommodate what is true, the wiser we can be, the deeper our agency is, the more we can
0:19.3	actually choose well. And the more we can actually choose well.
0:25.2	And the more we have a proper roadmap for what we're trying to navigate.
0:36.7	Welcome to conversations with Dr. Jennifer,
0:42.9	a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, spirituality, and more.
0:45.6	All featuring Dr. Finlayson Fife.
0:52.5	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer. Today we're posting part two of
0:54.6	desire, difference, and the path to intimacy, a conversation that Dr. Finlayson 5 had with Taylor
0:59.5	Church of the Of Stone and Clay podcast. It's the perfect episode for Christmas week because
1:04.7	in it you're going to learn a little bit more about Dr. Finlayson 5's husband, John. Also,
1:09.5	time is running out to take advantage of our Christmas sale where you can save 20% on any of Dr. Finlayson-Five's full-length courses. This includes her new Sex Worth Wanting course, which is phenomenal. You're going to love it. What makes this sale unique is that our bundle discount piles on top of the 20%. So when you purchase two full-length courses, you'll get an additional 10% off. And if you purchase three or more courses, you'll get an additional 15% off. Also, through Christmas, you can save $18 on your first year of Room for Two or on Room for Two gift subscriptions. So click the link in the show notes to learn more about these sales, and we're wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. Enjoy the episode.
1:46.6	I'd love to hear a little bit about your husband and how you guys met and how you guys fell in
1:53.0	love and stuff. Yeah. Okay. So John, I met him when I first moved to Boston. He was actually
2:00.3	the first man I met there and he showed up on the porch.
2:04.2	I was painting.
2:05.1	Was he delivering a package?
2:06.1	No, he wasn't.
2:07.0	Yeah.
2:07.5	He was coming to see my roommate who he was dating.
2:11.4	Classic.
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