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Hosted by Dr. Jen Fry · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 79 episodes
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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.
Dr. Jen Fry hosts Five with Fry, a society show with 79 episodes published.
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 watche
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 go
Your kid gets benched. Your chest goes tight. And somewhere between the sideline and the parking lot, a message starts writing itself in your head — the one that has to be sent. This is the episode where the book is fina
You've probably said some version of it. "I didn't pay all this money for you to play like that." Maybe out loud, maybe in your head on the drive home, maybe half-joking. This episode is about where that sentence actuall
Playing time is where I've watched more parents come undone than almost anything else. Not because they're difficult people, but because the rotation pokes at something real. Fairness. Pride. The fear sitting under all o
Your kid gets in the car and asks you the question. What am I doing wrong? And most of us answer it. We say you're too slow, or you need to get lower, or the coach has favorites and there's nothing you can do. We say som
There's a version of youth sports parenting where the job feels simple: get them there, feed them, cheer, repeat. And then something goes sideways — the shoe won't tie, the meal's a disaster, a teammate thing has them st
Most of what a sports parent does has nothing to do with sports. It's gear. It's scheduling. It's "did you remember your cleats" texted at 6:45 in the morning. Parents get so good at the doing that the harder question al
A retreat can feel productive while it is happening. People talk more honestly. The tension lowers. The team gets a little space from the pressure of the regular schedule. But if leaders have not named the real problem b
A retreat can give people enough space to finally say the thing out loud. That matters. But naming the conflict is not the same as resolving it. In this episode, Jen talks about what happens when teams come back from a r
A retreat can’t carry everything leadership has been avoiding. When leaders wait until everyone is in the room to finally name the real issues, the retreat starts from defense instead of honesty. People are surprised. Th
Calling a retreat a safe space is only the beginning. If leaders have not decided what accountability looks like inside that space, people are being asked to trust a promise that may not hold once someone gets uncomforta
Most retreats promise alignment and come-home energy, yet teams often return to the same old friction by Monday. We open the curtain on why that happens and make a bold case: conflict isn’t a problem to avoid at an offsi
You can learn a lot about a team from the second after somebody says the thing everybody has been avoiding. That pause tells the truth fast. Somebody usually tries to rescue the room, smooth it over, or move on before an
You can build a retreat around laughter, bonding, and a packed schedule and still come back to the exact same tension. That is the problem Jen names here. When teams keep asking how to make the retreat fun before they na
Everybody usually knows why the retreat is happening before the retreat ever starts. The problem is that teams often build the agenda around relief instead of clarity. So people leave with photos, a few good moments, and
This season kept coming back to the same place: leadership starts with self. Not with strategy. Not with authority. With your patterns. Conflict does not come out of nowhere. Your responses were shaped long before this r
Repair is where leadership gets exposed. Not when things are smooth. Not when the meeting goes well. After you interrupt someone. After you dismiss a concern. After you get it wrong. Most leaders don’t struggle with sayi
Leaders love to say their door is always open. That sounds generous. It also keeps you comfortable. Power doesn’t disappear because you’re approachable. It shows up in who has to walk toward you. It shows up in who speak
There’s a moment that happens in feedback conversations all the time. Someone asks a question or tries to explain their perspective, and the response is, “You’re being defensive.” The label lands, and the door closes. Wh
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