Marriage on a Tightrope

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.

Welcome to this week's episode of Marriage on a Tightrope. We know you will enjoy this episode with Jennie and Travis Stevens.  They tell their mixed faith story and share great wisdom on how they have made their mixed faith marriage work.

Trigger warning: The topic of family sexual abuse and a brief mention of suicide is discussed in this episode  

We have so many exciting ways you can connect with us over the next few months. Our Workshop on a Tightrope starts August 4th! This is the 11th session to date and the only workshop we will be doing this year. We partner with Natasha Helfer to bring you a 7 week course specifically to help your mixed faith marriage. We've had hundreds of couples go through the program and we've received incredible support from them. We meet every Sunday evening via zoom (7pm MST), and we spend two hours together going over material with our therapist Natasha Helfer. It is life changing for marriages who are in their mixed faith era.

You can join us and sign up here.  If you have any questions you can email us @[email protected]

We have opened the Safely Gathered Retreat 2024 Registration for all of our Marriage on a Tightrope members. We want you to have first spots available before we open it to Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife audience. We are honored and excited to have the amazing Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife to join us and talk about "Sexuality and Self; Creating Strength in Ourselves and Our Intimate Relationships." Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife does an excellent job in including those who are married, divorced, single, widowed, or anywhere else you may fall. This is all about your own sexual desires. She also knows that our audience is a diverse one with those who have never been Mormon, those in the LDS church, those who have left, those in a mixed faith marriage, and anyone in between.

This is sure to sell out and we would love to see you there. Go to this Eventbrite link to register:

Lastly we will have a table again at the Faith Matters Restore conference that will be held Friday and Saturday Sept. 6 & 7th at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. You can save 20% on your ticket if you use the code TIGHTROPE. For more information you can go here: faithmatters.org/restore We also wanted to plug the great things that are happening at Sunstone! Sunstone is a nonprofit dedicated to hosting open forums of Mormon thought, art, and experience. We're one of the only places where fundamentalist Mormons, active Latter-day Saints, and ex-Mormons sit side-by-side in the earnest desire to learn and grow. They're annual conference is coming up August 1-3.

Please reach out if you have any questions, thoughts, concerns, or you just want connection. You can as always join our Marriage on a Tightrope facebook and instagram groups for updated information.

Welcome to this week's episode of Marriage on a Tightrope. We have an important and heartfelt episode lined up for you today. Our main focus is on church camps and how to approach discussing them with your children.

Alongside this discussion, we'll also be opening up about some personal news: recently, we received the difficult news that my father has little time left to live. We'll share how this news has impacted our family and how we're navigating this challenging time together. Join us as we explore both the practical aspects of church camps and the emotional journey of dealing with family health issues. It's a raw and honest conversation you won't want to miss.

We have so many exciting ways you can connect with us over the next few months. Our Workshop on a Tightrope starts August 4th! This is the 11th session to date and the only workshop we will be doing this year. We partner with Natasha Helfer to bring you a 7 week course specifically to help your mixed faith marriage. We've had hundreds of couples go through the program and we've received incredible support from them. We meet every Sunday evening via zoom (7pm MST), and we spend two hours together going over material with our therapist Natasha Helfer.

It is life changing for marriages who are in their mixed faith era. You can join us and sign up here.  If you have any questions you can email us @[email protected]

We have opened the Safely Gathered Retreat 2024 Registration for all of our Marriage on a Tightrope members. We want you to have first spots available before we open it to Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife audience. We are honored and excited to have the amazing Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife to join us and talk about "Sexuality and Self; Creating Strength in Ourselves and Our Intimate Relationships." Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife does an excellent job in including those who are married, divorced, single, widowed, or anywhere else you may fall. This is all about your own sexual desires. She also knows that our audience is a diverse one with those who have never been Mormon, those in the LDS church, those who have left, those in a mixed faith marriage, and anyone in between.

This is sure to sell out and we would love to see you there. Go to this Eventbrite link to register:

 Lastly we will have a table again at the Faith Matters Restore conference that will be held Friday and Saturday Sept. 6 & 7th at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy. You can save 20% on your ticket if you use the code TIGHTROPE. For more information you can go here: faithmatters.org/restore We also wanted to plug the great things that are happening at Sunstone! Sunstone is a nonprofit dedicated to hosting open forums of Mormon thought, art, and experience. We're one of the only places where fundamentalist Mormons, active Latter-day Saints, and ex-Mormons sit side-by-side in the earnest desire to learn and grow. They're annual conference is coming up August 1-3.

Please reach out if you have any questions, thoughts, concerns, or you just want connection. You can as always join our Marriage on a Tightrope facebook and instagram groups for updated information.

After a 7 month hiatus, Kattie and Allan are back. Why were they gone in the first place? YOU'LL HAVE TO LISTEN AND FIND OUT.

In this episode, Kattie and Allan discuss the reasons why they disappeared for 7 months and a few challenging situations that have occurred over the past few weeks that have reminded them that they are indeed still in a Mixed Faith Marriage.

Friend of the podcast and all around great person, David Ostler, joins this episode of Marriage on a Tightrope to discuss his new book Healing our Divide.

David talks about the polarization in our communities, why it's important to learn the tools to overcome our difference, and how to access the tools we need to get there.

Help the mixed faith community by becoming a recurring donor at tightropemarriage.org.

Kattie and Allan talk about what they each want their funerals to look like. This can be a taboo topic that many couples avoid, but the stress for the believing partner to put together a funeral for a non-believing partner can be lessened by having a direct conversation on the topic.

Kattie and Allan each answer 8 questions:

1. What location should the funeral be held?

2. Cremated, Buried, Donate your body to science, Or become a Pod?

3. What are you wearing in a casket?

4. Is there a song you want played?

5. Who would you want to speak at the funeral?

6. What do you want to be remembered for?

7. What’s one thing that you want everyone to eat in your honor at the luncheon? 8. Are there any other wishes?

Have you and your partner discussed what you want your funeral to look like? Comment below.

It isn't too late to join our latest session of "Workshop on Tightrope". This 6 week online course has helped over 200 couples learn the tools and strategies they need to thrive in their mixed faith marriage.  You'll get weekly live Zoom sessions with Natasha Helfer, licensed Marriage and Family therapist, Allan and Kattie, and get to know 20 other couples.  Click here to register and see what other couples have said about the course.

Please consider a recurring donation to Marriage on a Tightrope by going to tightropemarriage.org.

After having a 17 couples come over for a Barbie movie date night, Allan and Kattie spent some time thinking about the importance of dating in a mixed faith marriage.

In this episode, Kattie and Allan discuss the benefits of dating in a mixed faith marriage, and give some tips to make it more meaningful. Don't miss out on the 10th session of "Workshop on a Tightrope"!

This 6 week online course has helped over 200 couples learn the tools and strategies they need to thrive in their mixed faith marriage. Enrollment is open for our next course that begins August 27th. You'll get weekly live Zoom sessions with Natasha Helfer, licensed Marriage and Family therapist, Allan and Kattie, and 24 other couples. Sign up by August 6th and get $50 off, and receive free enrollment into the bonus 7th week, Sex & Intimacy.

Register here

We are are excited to finally launch a new era for Marriage on a Tightrope. This audio episode was also video recorded and launched on our new Youtube channel. Follow us over on Youtube "Marriage on a Tightrope", and subscribe to the channel. Turn on alerts, because we will be streaming episodes LIVE soon!

Join us for our 10th session of Workshop on a Tightrope. This 6 week online course has sold out each time we've run it. There are only 25 spaces so register today. We've partnered with professional therapist, and 25 year mixed faith marriage expert Natasha Helfer. Along with the two of us, and 24 other couples, we'll meet for 2 hours each Sunday evening at 7pm. In between live sessions, you'll watch 2 hour lessons, and do the take home "Your Tightrope in Action" exercises to put into action what you've learned. Register here now

Kattie and Allan join with Natasha Helfer Parker to provide a free mini class on Mixed Faith Marriage. This also served as a final preview of our online 6 week mixed faith marriage course, Workshop on a Tightrope. This was streamed live and contains questions and comments from live listeners.

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