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Vonda Tiede

Vonda Tiede

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Minnesota; founder of Vonda Tiede Therapy specializing in marital, family, and individual counseling.

Jun 1, 2026

0:33
Uh, why this? Of all the wonderful things that you could do that the Lord has called you to, why this particular path for you? What guided you into therapy?
0:43
When I think back to, um, just my personality and understanding myself, the thing that stands out to me about wanting to be a therapist was in seventh grade, I was in home ec.
0:57
And for anybody that doesn't have home ec anymore, that's home economics, where you sew and you cook, and you learn these things.
1:03
And so with your small group, you had to agree on what you wanted to cook that week, and plan for it, and make a list.
1:11
And it was sort of a team building and also cooking-
2:30
Sure.
2:30
But I said, "No, I really, I really do." She said, "Okay, well, go on then." [laughs] And the three or four of us went down to his office, I can't remember his name, and we sat down, and he said, "Well, what's the problem?" And I said, "We just cannot agree, and we, I wanna make tacos, and they wanna make whatever they wanted to make." And he sat and he listened, and then after a little pause, he said, "Well, sounds like you could compromise." I said, "That's a great idea.
2:56
That's what we'll do." And it was just-

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