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Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Owning Your Life and Reclaiming Your Sexuality

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

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

4.4978 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

**Join our Facebook Group HERE!** It takes emotional maturity to show up honestly in your life and expose what you really think, feel, and desire–especially when those thoughts and feelings diverge from the norms of your larger social group. The fear of not belonging can keep us from acknowledging who we really are. In this NEW PODCAST episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Sarah Carter of the Heart and Soul podcast to discuss the complexity of making room for your own thoughts and desires when you also belong to a family or larger group, and how unyielding expectations can interfere with self-acceptance, body acceptance, and honest relationships with others.  Listen to the full episode to learn more about: The importance of acknowledging our honest thoughts and desires Perfectionism Body Image  Developing compassion towards our limitations and the limitations of others Resentment 

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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. Finlayson Fife.

0:20.0

Hey everyone, on January 27th at 12 noon Mountain Time I'll be hosting a live

0:26.2

question and answer session for singles. During this hour-long conversation

0:30.6

I'll be taking questions about dating relationships, fostering

0:34.2

healthy sexuality while single, dating after divorce, chastity, and more.

0:38.7

To join the conversation, click the link in the show notes to join our Facebook group.

0:43.2

Thank you so much for joining us today. It's such an honor today we have

0:50.0

Jennifer Finlaysen-Fife with us and our topic today is the art of reclaiming your

0:55.6

sexuality and taking ownership for your life. So let me tell you I'm going to go

1:00.9

ahead and introduce Jennifer and then she'll introduce you as well.

1:04.6

introduce herself as well. Dr. Jennifer Finlayson Fife is a relationship and

1:10.0

sexuality educator and coach as well as a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois.

1:16.8

With a PhD in counseling psychology from Boston College, she wrote her dissertation on LDS women and sexuality and has taught college level courses on human

1:27.0

sexuality. She currently teaches online courses and live workshops to individuals and couples seeking to develop their capacity for deeper emotional and sexual intimacy.

1:40.0

Additionally, she offers limited private and group coaching services to individuals and couples who have benefited from her podcast and courses and are looking for more direct input on improving their lives and relationships. She is a frequent contributor on the on and podcasts, including Ask and Mormon Sex Therapist Podcast Series.

2:05.0

She and her husband are the parent of three children.

2:08.0

Thank you so much for being here.

2:10.0

Yeah, my pleasure.

2:12.0

Yeah. So tell us a little bit about what you're up to now in your business, but also what's what inspired you to move in this direction of talking about sex and sexuality and how we can improve our lives.

2:25.0

Well, those are two very different responses perhaps, but I'll start with the first and

2:31.7

then go to the second. So the first what am I doing? Well,

2:35.8

I've been trying to do more group experiences, I guess, so that more people can kind of learn. So I do the the podcast, you know, conversations with

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