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
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.<...
S4 Ep6: Put the angry email in the book (Before You Blame the Coach out now!)
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 finally out, ...
S4 Ep5: The Secret Bribery Ring That Doesn't Exist
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 actually lands.It doesn'...
S4 Ep4: Youth Sports Were Never Meant to Be Fair
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 of it. And the first pivo...
S4 Ep3: You're Not the Coach in That Car
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 something. B...