S07|05 - Empowering Couples in Parenting and Partnerships with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Stress in our marriages/partnerships can bring strain into our parenting, and vice versa. Typically, if we’re struggling with one, it’ll affect the other. How do we start to change the dance of marriage that we have been in for so long, and create a healthier partnership (even when our partners aren’t on board with changing with us)? Join Dr Jennifer Finlayson-Fyfe and I as we dig into healthy partnerships and leave you with tools that can start changing things today. Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.What we talk about this episode: 3 tips to help us in our marriages that don’t have anything to do with changing our partnerHow gratitude can change the way we view things within our marriage.What resentment is trying to teach us, and how to use it to build a more equal partnershipWhat to do when you’re not on the same page with your partner (in parenting, about partnership, sexuality etc.) How seeking for validation from our partner affects our partnershipWe touch on how to teach heathy sexuality to our children (and pornography prevention) and will be bringing another conversation around this (and teens and screens) to the podcast next week!! Connect with Jennifer: In addition to her private practice, Dr. Finlayson-Fife has created five empowering and highly-reviewed online courses. Each course was designed to give LDS individuals and couples the tools requisite to creating healthier lives and stronger intimate relationships. Dr. Finlayson-Fife also offers many workshops and retreats where she teaches these life-changing principles in person.Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a frequent guest on LDS-themed podcasts on the subjects of sexuality, relationships, mental health, and faith. She is also the creator and host of Room for Two, a popular sex and intimacy coaching podcast.Learn more about Dr. Finlayson-FIfe and her work by clicking HERE. <br /> Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE<br />Parent School: CLICK HERE<br />Sign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HERE<br />Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop<br />Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group<br />Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here<br />IG: @the.parenting.coach<br />Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca<br />Information about the retreat: click here