Do you ever wonder if your BIG emotions are causing a lot of issues in your marriage?

Have you been told that you’re too sensitive, over-reacting, too much, or a personal fave… that you’re crazy?

Emotions can be so easily misunderstood, including yourself.

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

• What emotions are
• What purpose emotions serve
• How emotions impact relationships 

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Parenting is hard enough, what if you have different parenting styles than your husband?

That can make things feel exponentially harder when both of you feel like you're undoing what the other's trying to do.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Danielle Bettmann of Parenting Wholeheartedly.

Positive-Discipline certified parenting coach, Danielle Bettmann, empowers parents to crack the code of their strong-willed child's personality, meet their deepest core needs to improve their behavior, and find new levels of patience. An early childhood educator, certified teacher and home visitor, Danielle now equips parents from all over over Zoom! Host of the well-loved podcast, Failing Motherhood, she's passionate about eliminating shame from parents' vocabulary, reminding them they are the parent their kids need. She is also a mom to two daughters, wife of 13 years to her high-school sweetheart, and an avid fan of sunshine and coffee.

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Boundaries - you know you need them, but what exactly are they and how do you set them?

Having healthy boundaries in place is necessary in every type of relationship, especially in your romantic one since it has the biggest impact on your satisfaction with life.

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

• What boundaries are
• How boundaries have been misused
• 3 types of boundaries every marriage needs

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Every marriage experiences conflict but have you ever wondered why certain couples' conflict experience calm conversations and others seem like their conflict is more like a world war?

Conflict is an essential part of your marriage and can be used to connect deeper with your husband, but only if dealt with in a healthy way.

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

• Why we experience conflict
• How our approach to conflict impacts marriage
• The two ways people deal with conflict

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Has sex become less interesting to you since having kids?

If sex feels more like a chore these days and you want to get back that chemistry in your marriage, then you'll want to tune into this episode to learn how you can make sex worth your while.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Anna Francis from Prickly Mermaid.

Anna Francis, L.Ac, MSOM, DiplOM is an acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, health coach, and public speaker. She works with women, transgender, and Non Binary folks addressing their sexual health. Working with changes in libido, painful sex, anorgasmia, menopause, infertility, menstrual pain, and so much more, she is able to bring dramatic changes to their lives. With the use of acupuncture, diet, and lifestyle changes, her patients and clients learn how to pay attention to and care for their own bodies so they can gain control and ownership over their health care journey. Helping clients work through shame, trauma,...

If you feel disconnected in your marriage, it could be because there's a lack of emotional intimacy.

When you think of intimacy, you may immediately think about sex aka physical intimacy, but emotional intimacy plays a bigger role in your satisfaction in your marriage than you might know.

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

• What intimacy is
• What emotional intimacy is
• What marriage is like when there is emotional intimacy
• Signs that your marriage has emotional intimacy
• Signs that your marriage could use more emotional intimacy
  

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Has Valentine's Day been one huge disappointment year after year? Whether it's treated like another day or your husband completely misses the mark.. tune into this episode to prevent future disappointment when it comes to this day of love.

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

• Why Valentine's Day has been disappointing
• The 3 mistakes I've made that have led to my disappointment on Valentine's Day
• What you can do to experience Valentine's Day without the disappointment this year and the years to come
  

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

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Have you ever wondered what successful couples are doing differently that make their marriage better?

In a research study of 40,000 couples, researchers John and Julie Gottman discovered that all the successful couples said one phrase to their significant other.

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

• What phrase successful couples say
• What this phrase does to the connection with your spouse
• How this affects how you handle conflict or resentment
• A fun homework assignment

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Resentment is something everyone feels from time to time throughout the life of their marriage.

While resentment is common in marriage, it doesn't have to tear your marriage apart so that you two are eternally miserable in a co-parenting roommate dynamic or send you straight down the road to divorce.

What if you started seeing resentment as a valuable clue to how you can make your marriage better? So that you can feel closer and more satisfied in it?

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

• The differences between how a healthy couple handles resentment and how an unhappy one does
• What resentment is rooted in
• The impact resentment has on your relationship when left undealt with or when you don't have the proper tools to deal with it
• What's going on behind the scenes when we act from our resentment
  

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Has your marriage gotten away from what you had hoped for and you desire a marriage that feels more fun, passionate and supportive?

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

• What happens to most marriages after the couple become parents
• What to be mindful of to bring back and create more joy, connection and love
• What can happen if things stay the same in your marriage
  

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

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