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Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

The Beauty and Challenge of Intimacy

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4978 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Finlayson-Fife was interviewed on the From the Mouth of Babes podcast to discuss all things intimacy!  Listen to this episode to learn more about... - What true intimacy looks like and the courage it requires.   - The importance of managing our own sense of self.  - Why honesty is key in intimate relationships.  - Managing differences in a marriage.   - Asking questions to truly understand your spouse and build intimacy in your marriage.   - How to rekindle intimacy and passion in your marriage. To learn more about Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s work, visit our Website, check out our Course Page, and take a look at our upcoming Events. You can also follow Dr. Finlayson-Fife on Instagram or join her FREE Facebook Group for greater access to her insights. Www.Finlayson-Fife.Com You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and Stitcher. The advice offered through Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s Podcast Archive is educational and informational in nature and is provided only as general information.  It is not meant to establish a therapist-patient relationship or offer therapeutic advice, opinion, diagnosis treatment or to establish a standard of care.  Although Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a trained psychotherapist, she is not functioning in the role of a licensed therapist during these sessions, but rather using her training to inform these sessions.  Thus, the content is not intended to replace independent professional judgment.  The content is not intended to solicit clients or patients; and should not be relied upon as medical or psychological advice of any kind or nature whatsoever.  The information provided through the Content should not be used for diagnosing or treating a mental health problem or disease.  The information contained in these communications is not comprehensive and does not include all the potential information regarding the subject matter, but is merely intended to serve as one resource for general and educational purposes.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Dr. Jennifer Finlayson Fife Podcast Archive, where you have access to all the amazing

0:06.5

insights Dr. Finlayson Fife has shared through hundreds of interviews.

0:11.1

I'm Mackenzie, Dr. Finlason Fife's assistant, and we are so glad that you're here.

0:18.9

The podcast you'll be listening to today was originally published and produced by From the Mouth of Babes and is titled

0:26.2

Let's Get Intimate. We hope you enjoy this episode.

0:36.8

Well thank you so much Jennifer, for joining us on our podcast. We're super excited to dive into this conversation about intimacy today.

0:41.6

Great.

0:43.0

So I have listened to several of your other podcasts and things and you've been quoted as saying

0:49.8

intimacy is the willingness to know and be knowable.

0:53.3

And most of us are terrified of that.

0:55.8

So first, can you define what emotional intimacy is

1:00.5

and why it might be terrifying for someone to be emotionally intimate.

1:05.0

Yeah, well I think a lot of us sort of claim that we want an intimate partnership,

1:11.6

that we want, you know, a close partnership. But I think what a lot of us

1:17.1

instinctively desire is someone that's close to us that approves of us and that thinks were wonderful and sees all the best

1:26.0

parts of us.

1:28.0

And of course the challenge of getting married and moving beyond the kind of initial part of any relationship is that they start

1:37.4

to know not just the good parts of you but the undeveloped and darker parts of you. And so if you really want an intimate

1:46.8

partnership, well it takes a tremendous amount of courage because it means

1:51.0

you're willing to let someone really know you bad parts, undeveloped

1:57.8

parts along with the good parts.

1:59.8

And that takes a lot more courage.

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