Have arguments been normalized in your marriage a little too much? Did you know that conflict does not necessarily mean arguing?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• How conflict is inevitable
• Why not having conflict with your spouse is a red flag
• How your upbringing and past shape how you fight
• The difference between arguments and disagreements
• How you can shift your arguments into disagreements
• How my communication mini course can help you

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For more resources on how to have a happy and successful marriage, head on over to www.michellepurta.com and subscribe!

Do you feel disconnected in your marriage and think that spending more time together would fix everything but you can't find the time?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The difference between spending time together and connecting
• Why spending time together isn't the answer to feeling more connected
• The key to connecting

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For more resources on how to have a happy and successful marriage, head on over to www.michellepurta.com and subscribe!

Connecting with your spouse is easy when things are going well, but what about when you don't feel like connecting?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The #1 connection killer
• How to work through it so you can decrease the time you feel disconnected and create the marriage you intended to have when you said "I do"!

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For more resources on how to have a happy and successful marriage, head on over to www.michellepurta.com and subscribe!

Is the idea of connecting with your spouse with a house full of kids just too overwhelming and complicated?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• 3 things to make connecting easier with your spouse
• How both of you can prioritize it as a team

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For more resources on how to have a happy and successful marriage, head on over to www.michellepurta.com and subscribe!

Do you want to feel connected with your spouse but you just don't know where to find the time or energy?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Amberly Lambertsen from A Prioritized Marriage.

Amberly is a Certified Family Life Educator with a passion for helping married couples make their marriage a priority throughout every stage of life. Amberly shares creative date night solutions, tips for increased emotional and physical intimacy, ideas for having more fun, and practical ways couples can make time for their marriage every day.

In this interview, Amberly shares:

• What the importance of maintaining the connection in your marriage is
• How to go on weekly dates even when you think it's impossible
• Simple ways to connect

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Do you desperately want to feel more connected but mom life and human life has you DRAINED?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• Why it's important to connect with your husband at every stage of motherhood
• 3 ways you can help yourself have the energy to connect

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Has your marriage felt a little stale and more challenging since having kids?

Maybe more argumentative or like co-parenting roommates?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• The 6 ways to tell if your marriage is disconnected
• Ways to reconnect with your husband TOGETHER and on your own

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For more resources on how to have a happy and successful marriage, head on over to www.michellepurta.com and subscribe!

Do you ever question your spouse's intentions and get upset by how inconsiderate or unsupportive they're being?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

• A new belief you can try on if you're feeling disconnected, unsupported and under-appreciated
• Reasons why you're not getting your needs met
• Ways you've contributed to your needs not being met

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Do you ever just get sick of telling your spouse to do stuff around the house or with the kids but they just don't do it timely enough or well enough so you do it yourself?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I shared:

•  What "doing it all" leads to
• Why doing it yourself isn't always easier
• How to determine when to do things so that it can support your marriage

Listen here and remember to subscribe, leave a review, and share it if you loved this episode! 

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Marriage can take a big hit after kids. The spark starts to fade and you start to feel more like co-parenting roommates instead of lovers who have kids.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Monica Tanner from On the Brighter Side of Marriage

Monica Tanner is married to her best friend, boss mom to 4 growing humans, weekly podcaster at Secrets of Happily Ever After and relationship and intimacy Expert.

She helps married couples ditch resentment and roommate syndrome to create an intimate friendship so they can start writing their own Happily Ever After Love Story.

In this interview, Monica shares:

• Why having an intimate friendship is important for raising happy, healthy kids
• How having strong physical and sexual intimacy can make you a better mom
• How you can work with their partner to make sexual intimacy more desirable after having kids
• Her best advice for moms to stay intimately connected in the busiest seasons of family...