Crossing Ideological and Interpersonal Divides: How to Create Unity in Conflict

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This NEW podcast episode is the recording of Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s recent presentation at a stake women’s conference. During this presentation, she focuses on how we can use conflict and difference to increase our wisdom and create more unity in our families and communities. Dr. Finlayson-Fife also addressed questions from members of the congregation about loving LGBTQ family members, women’s role in the Church, and how to better understand and love family members who leave the church. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: * Approaching difficult topics with your spouse (finances, in-laws,, parenting, etc.) * The difference between a peacemaker and a people-pleaser * Parenting adolescent children regardless of their beliefs * Responding to a child who identifies as LGBTQ * Estrangement from a loved one because of differing political or religious beliefs

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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 featuring Dr Finlason Fife.
0:20.0	Hey everyone. We wanted to let you know that we have just eight tickets left for our upcoming
0:29.4	art of loving men's retreat. It's happening in September and it's the first time we've ever
0:36.8	had a men's retreat but we're finishing up the planning of it and it's really
0:41.6	going to be amazing. So to just sell these
0:46.4	last few seats because we don't want them to go to waste, we are giving a special
0:51.3	promotion of a hundred dollars off any retreat ticket. So if you put in the
0:56.1	coupon code JFF 100 then you'll get $100 off the retreat if you are purchasing now. Okay, hope to see you there.
1:07.0	The following podcast episode is a recording of a talk I gave at a recent women's conference.
1:15.5	My schedule doesn't typically allow for me to do church events like this, but this was an exception because it was an invitation from someone who matters a lot to me and so I had to say yes.
1:30.0	So the focus of my talk was on how we can use conflict and differences of opinion to create more honest unity and become wiser and more understanding in the process.
1:46.0	And so I hope you'll enjoy listening to my remarks.
1:52.0	Welcome everyone, I'm glad to be here and collected a lot of questions from many of you and
1:58.6	and sent them to me and so I read through them.
2:03.0	And in looking through a lot of the questions that were submitted,
2:07.0	if I had to choose one salient theme,
2:10.0	it was around the question of how to build bridges and stay true to oneself in the face of very challenging divisions that are happening in our families, in our marriages, and in our church community.
2:26.5	These are some of the questions that came in. How do you reconnect with children that have strayed,
2:31.3	especially after they've left the home.
2:34.0	How can we learn to respond?
2:36.0	There's another question.
2:37.1	How can we learn to respond and help individuals or groups feel loved
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