How Better Communication Builds Better Community with Jason VanRuler – Episode 1073

That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Annie F. Downs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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If you feel like you and your friends or you and your significant other are struggling with communication lately, keep listening. This episode is for you. As we talk about the importance of community, one of the fastest things to trip us up is communication. Think about how often miscommunication or lack of communication is the root problem in a disagreement or riff with your people. Author and therapist Jason VanRuler is here to help us better understand our communication type. It gives us such a better look into why we may act certain ways in friendships, relationships, at work. Jason has a new book out called Discovering Your Communication Type, so you’re going to want to grab a copy of this. It’s so good! We continue today’s conversation with you over on spirituallystronger.com - so please join a whole community of us over there as we unpack this together. . . . . Thank you to our sponsors: OurPlace: Visit fromourplace.com/TSF and use code TSF for 10% off sitewide. Good Ranchers: This July, Good Ranchers is celebrating all 50 states with $50 off your first order at GoodRanchers.com and use my code THATSOUNDSFUN at checkout. ELIC: Head to elic.org/thatsoundsfun to learn more. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp: Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Capstone Wellness: Learn more at capstonewellness.com/thatsoundsfun. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com/soundsfun⁠. The Wonder Project: Subscriber support makes more great content like I Gotta Ask with Annie F. Downs possible. The Wonder Project subscription on Prime Video is available in the U.S. for $8.99/month or $89.99/year after a 7-day free trial. Visit IGottaAsk.com to learn more! NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of popular Christian podcast, That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, friends, welcome to another episode of That Sounds Fun, spiritually stronger. I'm your host, Annie F. Downs. I'm so happy to be here with you today. If you feel like you and your friends or you and your significant other are struggling
0:22.8	with communication lately, keep listening.
0:25.6	This episode is for you.
0:28.3	Today on the show, I get to talk with my friend Jason Van Ruler.
0:31.7	As we talk about the importance of community, one of the fastest things to trip us up is communication.
0:38.5	Think about how often miscommunication or lack of communication is the root problem in a disagreement or a riff with
0:43.9	your people. Author and therapist Jason Van Ruler is here to help us better understand our
0:48.7	communication style. Y'all, understanding this is such a game changer. It gives us a better look into why we may act
0:56.0	certain ways and friendships, relationships at work. Jason has a new book out called
1:00.9	Discovering Your Communication Type, so you're going to want to grab a copy of it. I am telling
1:05.4	you, it is so good. It has already helped us so much. We want you to continue today's conversation over on
1:12.6	spiritually stronger.com. That's what we'll be. It's an old blog life again, you guys. We're posting
1:17.8	a blog post every week with resources, with some thoughts, with some ways for you to journal this
1:23.4	week. So please join us and join our community over at spiritually stronger.com as we
1:29.4	unpack this together. So here's my conversation with our friend, Jason Van Ruler.
1:38.3	Welcome back to that sounds fun, Jason. I am thrilled to be here. I'm so glad you're here. You're
1:43.2	like on a parade of podcasting.
1:45.5	It's been a lot in the best way, though. It's been amazing. What do you love about getting to
1:49.8	help people be in community? I think just seeing themselves differently. I mean, I think that's a
1:56.4	really thing. Big thing is like we don't know how we are coming off to people until we have community.
2:02.0	Yeah.
2:02.3	And we need that for ourselves.
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