The typical experience of motherhood is to feel tired and overwhelmed. We assume that it's because we have more responsibilities that drain our energy and take from our free time, but what if it's more to it than that?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Marisa Faye from Marisa Faye Wellness.

Marisa Faye, MPH BCHN FNTP is a women's hormone and gut health expert with a robust online nutrition and wellness practice supporting women all over North America through her signature hormone healing course the Balanced Hormone Blueprint and one-on-one transformative private client services.

In this interview, Marisa shares:

• Why hormones and gut health are important
• How imbalanced and gut health affects moms postpartum
• What Marisa recommends paying attention to that affect your hormones and gut health

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In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Deanna Yates from Wannabe Clutter Free.

Deanna Yates is the founder and CEO of Wannabe Clutter Free and the host of the popular podcast, the Wannabe Minimalist Show, where she helps busy families learn how to let go of the stuff holding them back so they can enjoy more time together, stop spending their weekends cleaning house, and wake up excited for the day ahead.

In this interview, Deanna shares:

• How decluttering helps you live more intentionally
• Tips on how to declutter (even toys!)
• How to get your husband on board with your vision for your home

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As a mom, do you feel like you're constantly feeling depleted, overwhelmed and burned out from giving everyone else what they need?

If there's something all moms agree on, it's the lack of support we receive to help us get through the overwhelm in motherhood.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Suzanne Culberg.

Suzanne Culberg is an author and coach who helps over-givers and people pleasers learn to set boundaries and say 'No' without feeling like a bitch. Suzanne is known for her straight-talking and her wacky t-shirts. She lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and 2 awesome children.

In this interview, Suzanne shares:

• Why women tend to overgive after becoming a mom
• The link between overgiving and overconsuming
• Why it's hard for us to say yes to ourselves
• How you can establish boundaries in your life without feeling selfish
  

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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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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...

Has motherhood left you feeling like you've lost yourself?

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Kelsey Smith from Momma Has Goals.

After the complicated delivery of her first son, Kelsey had the realization that while she had accomplished many "goals", they weren't goals that brought her fulfillment.

As she woke up from surgery she wondered if she hadn't woken up, what story would she leave behind? Would her children know what brought her joy? What she stood for? This experience led Kelsey to her own journey of fulfilment and self discovery where she had the massive realization that this feeling was far too common for mothers all over the world. Kelsey knew she needed to normalize moms having big dreams + making their own fulfillment a priority, so she created a space that helped women and mothers do just that.

Through her community, the Mommas Has Goals phone app, events, and programs Kelsey leads women to the...

Motherhood can get the best of us. While it can be very rewarding, it can also have us feel our FULL range of emotions, including anger and rage.

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Alison Ryan.

Alison is a Mama Mentor and Personal Coach who supports other moms heal rage and anger with her 1:1 Coaching. She is known to help others find their power and take action so they can live a life that feels good to them.

In this episode Alison and I talk about: 

-Why it's important to love yourself most

-How to allow yourself grace during periods of anger and rage

-Ways to check in with yourself daily to make sure you are being taken care of

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Has motherhood been nothing but overwhelm and burnout for you?

Listen to learn what small changes you can make so you can get some of your time and energy back!

In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I interviewed Marisa Lonic from Mama Work It.

Marisa Lonic is a keynote speaker, life & business coach, 3x author, top-rated podcast host and the founder of Mama Work It. She helps busy women juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life go from overwhelmed to empowered. When she’s not helping moms slay the day, you can find her cooking, running (ok fine - walking/running), and hanging out with the five amazing guys she calls family.

In this interview, Marisa shares:

• What time momagement is
• A perspective shift on time
• Multitasking tips

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We're gonna be talking about how self-care really impacts your marriage. 

Every single relationship if I'm being honest. If you don't know, I help unhappy moms who feel lost in their marriage to be happy again, and a lot of times, we get to that place of feeling lost, because we're no longer getting our needs met anymore. If you have that go-to coping mechanism of stepping into a victim mentality, you might ask yourself, why aren't they giving me what I need anymore? Why did they stop? What happened here? And what we really should be asking? On top of that question is, what have I done? To get us here? Not from a place of blame, but from a place of awareness? What part did I play? To get us to where we are right now? Because it takes both of you to get there. 

We tend to feel lost in our marriage. 

Because our partner stopped doing something, and why did they stop doing that thing, because we stopped being the person that they married. Right? We are all...