Authenticity and Self-Acceptance: A Discussion with Lift + Love

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

When being true to ourselves jeopardizes belonging to our group, it can be tempting to live falsely in an attempt to keep others happy with us. Yet we cannot be at peace when we chronically mask who we really are. All of us are caught in some amount of tension between who we are and the expectations imposed upon us by our social groups. But those who are sexually diverse can face a much larger disparity between group norms and their personal reality, which can present unique and painful challenges. In this NEW podcast episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Sadi Rogers of Lift + Love to discuss the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saints and the opportunity in the struggle to forge deeper self-acceptance and sustaining inner strength. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: Healthy ways to address the discrepancy between societal norms and divergent realities Finding peace in painful circumstances How love is the pathway to truth How to communicate effectively with those who believe differently Stages of spiritual development Navigating mixed-orientation marriages Grief and loss as inherent to life The silver lining that comes from not fitting the mold of a group

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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 while since we've talked, but I met Jennifer, it's probably 10 years ago.
0:35.0	Your in-laws held a, they would hold like this relationship course.
0:42.0	Marriage. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:44.0	It was on Sundays, they were like the cutest couple ever
0:48.0	and they had you come speak once,
0:52.0	and this was when I was married to my husband.
0:54.5	So that's how I got introduced to Jennifer and we all feel really lucky to be able to
1:01.4	have you here today. I don't know. I feel like a lot of times you
1:06.2	talk in a context of heterosexual relationships, which is a common theme, but this is like a very diverse group of people, a lot of people in different circumstances.
1:19.0	So I don't know that I've ever heard you speak to like a queer audience.
1:22.8	Yeah, but that's what you're getting today.
1:24.9	So.
1:25.3	Right.
1:27.2	Awesome.
1:28.0	That's good.
1:28.8	Yeah, I'm happy to be here.
1:30.6	And I think I think the things that you teach about relationships are you know important. Yeah. Across the board and I've you know I benefited from the things you've said in my past relationship but also in my current relationship to my life.
1:46.0	So I think that I don't think it's the things you teach her.
1:50.0	It's not that diverse.
1:51.0	Exactly. I mean humans are humans and couples do couples things.
1:57.3	I'm not saying that they're precisely the same thing.
1:59.4	I think one of the challenges
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