A Fresh Start: How Curiosity Can Repair Relationships — Justin Jones-Fosu (REPLAY)Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us • Season 2025, Episode 52
Dec 31, 2025 • 18m
Happy New Year! As many of us think about fresh starts, healing strained relationships might be part of that journey. Today, host Julie Rose revisits a powerful conversation with Justin Jones-Fosu, meaningful work researcher and author of “I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World.”
Justin shares the deeply personal story of reconciling with his father after years of distance and hurt — not by seeking an apology, but by choosing curiosity over assumptions and conversation over confrontation. His insights remind us that reconciliation doesn’t always require agreement. Sometimes it simply asks us to stay on the road with people instead of “taking the exit.”
Learn more about Justin Jones-Fosu’s work - https://workmeaningful.com/
CHAPTERS
(0:00) Introduction
(1:46) Justin Jones-Fosu on Avoidance and Curiosity
(2:35) A Personal Story of Reconciliation
(5:00) The Concept of 'Taking the Exit'
(12:47) The Circles of Grace Challenge
(16:27) Conclusion