Five with Fry

About 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.

Publisher

Dr. Jen Fry

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Jan 2025

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   S5 Ep5: That's Not Feedback. That's a Judgment.

   “You need more executive presence.” Okay. What does that actually mean? A lot of workplace feedback sounds specific until you’re the person who has to do something with it. Be more strategic. Be less emotional. Be a better team player. Those may describe someone’s impression of you, but they don’t tell you what happened or what needs to change. And that matters, because people make real decisions based on this stuff. Promotions. Raises. Performance reviews. Whether someone is supposedly “read...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   S5 Ep4: The Review Shouldn’t Be The Reveal

   You thought you were doing fine. Your manager had mentioned a few things during the year, but nothing sounded that serious. Then your performance review lands, and suddenly those same issues are being described as a pattern. So…when did this become a problem? This week, we’re talking about what happens when the feedback an employee heard all year does not match what eventually shows up in writing. Because there’s a big difference between “just stay on top of those deadlines” and “I’m concerne...

3. 

   29 Sept 2026

   S5 Ep3: Stop Replaying the Meeting in the Shower

   You can say “thank you for the feedback,” leave the meeting, and still have no idea what your boss actually meant. Was that a small thing they want you to work on? A bigger performance concern? Something that could affect the promotion you’ve been talking about? This week, we’re looking at feedback from the employee side of the conversation and what happens when you don’t have enough information to know what to do with what you just heard. Asking for clarity doesn’t make you defensive. Someti...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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