Welcome back to another episode of The Marriage and Motherhood Podcast. This topic was inspired by a post I stumbled on in a Facebook group. A woman was asking if sleeping in separate rooms would hurt the marriage. 

Rest or Romance?

A woman in the group shared her problem: she and her husband have trouble sleeping together due to conflicting sleep habits. From taking up too much space to noisy disturbances. Although they have a fantastic relationship outside the bedroom, the poor sleep quality was leading to resentment.

Her main concern? Social norms. The idea of sleeping in separate rooms seemed drastic, and she wondered if it would drive them toward divorce.

Challenging Social Norms

If you’ve been following along with my content, you know that I’m an advocate for challenging social norms. Every marriage is unique, and what works for one couple might not work for another. The concept of following societal expectations blindly can often hinder...

Welcome back to another episode of the Marriage and Motherhood podcast! In today’s episode, we feature one of my favorite health experts, Casey Everhart to talk about how we can start eating our way to feeling happier and more energized, and it doesn't involve dieting.

Casey Everhart brings immense knowledge and firsthand experience on health, fitness, and nutrition. As a personal trainer and nutrition coach with a master’s degree in health and human performance, Casey’s journey started with her struggles with weight, body image, and mental health. From being a competitive gymnast to battling disordered eating, Casey turned her struggles into strength. She now helps busy moms find balance through quick at-home workouts and a sustainable nutrition philosophy.

Protein: The Building Block of Health

One of the central themes of our discussion was the importance of protein in our diets. Casey explains that protein contains amino acids, which are...

Understanding The Impact of Meditation

Meditation is often misunderstood as a practice reserved for yogis, hippies, or people who have a lot of free time. However, Marisa’s journey is a testament to the tangible, life-altering benefits of meditation, even for skeptics.

Marisa Lonic is the founder of Mama Work It and Marisa Lonic Coaching and Consulting. Through her platforms, she helps women manage the juggle of mom life, work life, and everything in between. Initially skeptical about meditation, Marisa has transformed into a staunch advocate, utilizing it both personally and professionally.

How To Get Started with Meditating

Meditating has immense benefits and you can start with guided meditations, both live and recorded. If you've found meditating difficult, know that even seasoned meditators have trouble focusing, so if you find it challenging, know that you're not alone. Guided meditations offer structure, helping novices ease into the...

Welcome back to another episode of the Marriage and Mother podcast! This is part two of the series "What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Parent," designed to support aspiring and current parents with as much knowledge as possible to set them up for success.

The Realities of Self-Care

Last episode, we delved into the evolving dynamic of partnership and how to navigate those changes. Today, we'll be focusing on self-care. Self-care is vastly underrated.

At the very core of our life experiences — as women, partners, mothers, daughters, friends, business owners, or any of the myriad roles we play — self-care is pivotal. If we don't take care of ourselves, every facet of our lives can suffer. Imagine walking around with a baseline feeling of 15 on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the best possible state of being. It's like living in a world where you're perpetually cranky, a lens that taints every experience negatively.

Reframing Self-Care

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You all know by now how important it is to care for yourself when you're a mom and the impact it can have on who you're being to your loved ones and this episode we're taking a look at self care with a slight twist because we'll be diving into the importance of self care for caregivers, not just in the sense of being a parent but also being a caregiver to aging or ill parents.

In this episode, I got to chat with Erin Antroinen.

Erin is the passionate owner and CEO of NextGen Caregivers, whose journey into caregiving was sparked when she simultaneously cared for her father battling cancer and her mother facing dementia and Parkinson's. Erin is your guide to a personalized caregiving approach, recognizing that each caregiver's story is unique.

She's here to support caregivers at every stage, from newbies seeking logistics and stress management tips, to seasoned caregivers looking for somatic awareness and emotional support, and those wanting to thrive on their caregiving...

When you're a mom, self care tends to only happen when it's convenient - when you have the time, when you have the energy, and when you remember to.

And we have it completely backwards when it comes to that!

That's like expecting the car to move without putting any gas in it.

Our self care is our gas and in this week's episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Allie Mirosevic.

Allie is a wife, mom of two, and entrepreneur living in Los Angeles. She is the founder of Bliss'd, a self-care brand aimed at helping fellow moms live more joyful and fulfilling lives through the power of journaling. Allie discovered her love for journaling in 2019, during a challenging first postpartum experience, and now wants to help other moms experience the transformative benefits of journaling.

In this episode, Allie and I discuss:

• the incredible impact journaling can have for moms
• different ways you can journal
• how journaling can help you become more mindful with life, marriage and...

Have you ever thought about how self care impacts how you experience conflict?

Most couples believe that the difference between arguments that end quickly and those that don't depend on the specific issue.

The truth is that we have more control over the likelihood of successful conflict resolution than we give ourselves credit for.

The way we communicate and react to conflict has everything to do with self care.

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

• what it means if communication feels hard with your partner
• the negative impact the lack of self care has on communication with your husband and kids
• how self care positive affects communication

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Do you ever feel like you are just ONE moment away from needing to curl up into a ball and just cry because you're feeling overwhelmed by marriage, motherhood, work, and just LIFE?

As women we have so many expectations put on us and then have even MORE put onto us once we become moms.

It's seriously no wonder why so many moms out there experience burnout which is exactly why I wanted to share the one question I've learned to ask myself whenever I feel like I'm on the verge of losing my shit.

This one question has helped me overcome burnout so that life, marriage, motherhood and business feels less chaotic and more simple, intentional, and enjoyable.

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

• the consequences we experience when moms don't practice self care
• the importance of nurturing connection in your marriage
• one question I believe every mom needs to start asking to overcome and prevent burnout

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We often think of self care as something we do that we get to indulge in like spa days or a day out with friends.

But as busy moms, this isn't always convenient or possible because of time, money or childcare.

So does this mean we have to feel burned out between the times we can make it happen? NO!

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

• what REAL self care is and redefining how we think of self care
• what REAL self care looks like
• the benefits of practicing sustainable self care