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

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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...

Do you feel like there's so much about your marriage that you want to improve but you just don't know where to start?

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

• What you need to be able to make progress towards improving things in your marriage
• A tip for you when you feel stuck and overwhelmed about what to 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!

How often do you think about your marriage in terms of goals? Goal setting can help you make progress towards creating the marriage you want.

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

• How emotions impact us and how goal setting can support growth in your marriage
• How to approach goal setting in your marriage

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Have you experienced a lot more anger and burnout ever since becoming a mom?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Lena Suarez-Angelino from Light Collective & Co.

Lena is the owner of a private practice, providing psychotherapy and mental health counseling to residents of New Jersey and Florida. Founder of LIGHT Collective & Co. A community dedicated to helping you prioritize yourself, guilt free. As an intuitive empowerment coach Lena offers live and self-paced programs to help you overcome overwhelm, banish burnout and cultivate confidence. Lena can provide services in English and Spanish.

In this interview, Lena shares:

• Steps you can take to manage your anger/burnout
• Who to turn to when you need support with this (P.S. It's not your family)
• Her brand new anger management workbook

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Do you spiral out of control when you're experiencing conflict with your husband?

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

• Why you spiral out of control during conflict
• What's happening when you're spiraling
• The first two steps of the process I teach my clients to help themselves react LESS and respond more

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Are you constantly feeling misunderstood by your spouse? Here's a continuation from Ep 21 where we talk more about how to get on the same page with them!

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

• The differences in how women and men communicate
• Tips on how to get your husband to listen to you so he can understand you better

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Do you constantly feel misunderstood by your spouse? As if you two just can't seem to get on the same page like you used to?

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

• Why your husband doesn't get it
• What two things to focus on during conflict
• A tip on what to share with your husband to have more productive conversations
  

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Being our kids' mom isn't enough to keep us connected. Each of them are individuals who have unique needs to feel connected.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Charise Freeman from Growing In Love Together.

Charise is an Author, Motivational Speaker, and Founder of Growing In Love Together. Growing In Love Together isn't just a business but a movement. A movement that inspires moms to love their family beyond the surface level and aim straight for the heart using the 5 Love Languages. Loving your family using the 5 love languages will strengthen communication, love, and understanding.

In this episode, Charise shares:

• How she uses the 5 love languages to connect with her kids
• The most important thing to remember when connecting with your kids
• Her system on how to involve the whole family to contribute towards the family's chores and responsibilities

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Are you sick of nagging? Women hate doing it and our spouses hate hearing it, so why do we do it?

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

• Why women nag at their husbands
• What causes us to nag
• The impact nagging has on your relationship
• What you can do to stop nagging

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

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