Five with Fry
Five with Fry is your go-to podcast for understanding conflict—where it comes from, why it shows up, and how to handle it with clarity and intention. On each episode, Dr. Jen Fry breaks down the moments we avoid, the reactions we default to, and the skills it takes to move through conflict without blowing things up or shutting down.
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Latest Episodes
S5 Ep1: Why The Feedback Sandwich Fails At Work
The feedback sandwich sounds polite. It can also make it nearly impossible to tell what the actual feedback was.We pile on praise, reassurance...
S4 Ep10: The Thing Your Kid Does That You Won't
Most of us organize our adult lives around never being bad at something in public. Our kids do it every week.They miss the serve with the gym watching. They get subbed out in front of their friends. They get corrected out loud and have t...
S4 Ep9: Your Coach Isn't A Vending Machine
There's a version of the young coach in your kid's gym that you've already written off. You clocked the age, the thin résumé, the decision you'd never have made, and you decided. Before a single practice, sometimes.I coached club at 21. ...
S4 Ep8: Congratulations, Your Kid Just Fired The Sport
Your kid says they're done, and they say it without drama. No meltdown, no blowup, just a decision. They walk away lighter. And you're the one left standing there running the numbers on everything you put in.I've watched this from the co...
S4 Ep7: Your kid isn't being picked on. They are being coached.
Your kid comes off the court and says the coach is picking on them again. Always calling them out, never the other kids. And before they've finished the sentence, you're already halfway to a decision about what you're going to do about it.<...