True Partnership in Marriage

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dr. Finlayson-Fife joined Monica Packer, the host of About Progress, and Dr. Julie Hanks for a discussion about what true partnership in marriage looks like and how to work towards it. 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. The advice offered through Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s Podcasts 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.
0:18.1	Quick question. Who wears the pants in your marriage?
0:23.5	I said quick question, but it was more like a trick question, because that is not a simple
0:29.8	question to answer.
0:32.4	Are you currently feeling a little unsure of what your place is within
0:36.2	your marriage? Do you struggle with a power dynamic that doesn't align with your values or
0:42.2	best support your needs and the ways you contribute to the family.
0:46.2	Today you will hear how to shift towards a partnership model within your marriage and all
0:52.3	from two world-renowned relationship experts I know
0:55.9	you'll immediately recognize is what brings us together today.
1:01.2	I have to do it right? all Prince's Bride references aside I just want to start by being very transparent
1:08.0	marriage is hard even in the best of, even with the most loving of partners, marriage stretches us in ways that are difficult, but also in ways that are necessary, because that stretching makes us better humans unless we avoid it.
1:28.0	It is scary to face the hard parts of our marriages and to stretch those parts, even if we're currently unhappy with the way
1:36.7	we are being seen, honored, and valued within the most important relationship of our lives.
1:42.6	One of the most important relationship of our lives.
1:46.4	One of the most common struggles I see women facing within their marriages can be summed up
1:49.5	as a problematic dynamic that exists in couples all over the world, the power dynamic. This is where
1:57.3	one person tends to hold more power than the other. This power dynamic in
2:02.3	marriage is very modeled to us, it's taught to us, and it can even feel more natural to us when we start our marriages.
2:10.0	But the power dynamic has proven to lead to more suffering on all sides of a marriage.
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