Better Relationships After Baby
By Chelsea Skaggs
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Better Relationships After Baby helps parents nurture their marriage and connection while navigating life with a little one. Hosted by Chelsea Skaggs, each episode delivers expert advice, relatable stories, and actionable tips to improve communication, reignite intimacy, and find balance in your new roles. Whether you're facing sleep deprivation, shifting priorities, or longing for a deeper bond, this podcast is your guide to building a stronger relationship after baby. Tune in to rediscover love and partnership in this wild season of your life as lovers and parents.
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How to Reduce the Risk of Postpartum Depression During Pregnancy
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Newborn Night Shifts: How to Split Overnight Care With Your Partner
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Visitors After Baby: How to Set Boundaries With Family Postpartum
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Do You Need a Doula? Cost, Benefits, and What a Doula Does
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Best Pregnancy Classes for First-Time Parents: What You Actually Need
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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How to Not Lose Yourself in Motherhood (Finding Yourself Again After Kids)
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Emotional Safety After Baby: How Parenthood Changes Your Relationship
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Empty Stocking Isn’t About the Stocking
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Baby’s First Christmas Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect (What Actually Matters for Parents)
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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One Sure Way to Eff Up the Holidays for Your Family
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Day 10: The Wrap-Up — A Lighter, More Connected Holiday Starts Here
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Day 9: Supporting Each Other Through Mixed Holiday Emotions
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Day 8: How to Have a Holiday Huddle — Talk First So You Don’t Fight Later
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Day 7: Gift Logistics + Special Extras — Share the Load Before the Wrapping Paper
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Day 6: Holiday Safety + Travel Prep — Protect Your Sanity (and Your Schedule)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Day 5: Self + Sanity — Protecting Your Capacity During the Holidays
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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Day 4: Emotional Labor + Holiday Expectations — The Hidden Load That Drains New Parents
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Day 3: Event Schedules + Seasonal To-Dos — How to Stop Overscheduling Your December
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Day 2: Holiday Logistics + Family Coordination — The Plan That Prevents December Blowups
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Day 1: Home + Hosting — Your Holiday Mental Load Breakthrough Begins
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The Mental Load of the Holidays: A Survival Guide for New Parents Who Are Tired of Doing It All
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Why Every Parent Needs a Mom Group or Dad Group: The Science of Connection
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Anchored, Not Stoic: How Dads Can Steady the Postpartum Home
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Behind the Scenes: How We Talk About Emotional Steadiness (Without Sounding Stoic)
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Where a New Kind of Manhood Begins
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Why You’re Snapping (and How to Stop): Dysregulation, Co-Regulation, and Early Parenthood with Manu Brune
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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What This Dad is Most Afraid Of
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Pt. 2): Emotional Safety, Sex, and Finding Yourself Again After Baby
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Repairing Conflict After Parenthood Begins
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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NICU Stories and Support: Emily Rosen’s Waiting for Max
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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The Invisible Load: How to See It, Share It, and Stop Resentment Before It Starts
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Why Parents Fight Differently: Processing Styles in Marriage After Baby
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Marriage Under Pressure: What We Would’ve Fixed Before Becoming Parents
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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From People-Pleasing to Peace: Rewriting the Rules of Family Life
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Shoot the Shit Sessions: Fatherhood, Presence, and the Micro-Griefs of Parenting
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Why You Can’t Do Motherhood Alone: Building Your Village, Ditching Guilt, and Finding the Right Support {Guest: Stephanie Fornaro, Hello Nanny}
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Rupture, Repair, and the Nervous System: Why Connection Builds Resilience
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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You Can’t Fix a Relationship from Fight or Flight: Conflict, Co-Regulation & Repair
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Touched Out: What Your Nervous System Is Trying to Tell You
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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How to Spot Emotional Distance After Baby + Rebuild Together
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The World Is on Fire, But We’re Still Parenting
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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HOW You Talk About the Mental Load Matters
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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We Didn’t Know What the Mental Load Was—But It Was Ruining Our Connection
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Why We Almost Gave Up on Our Marriage — And Why We Didn’t
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Stop Self-Sabotaging: The 3 Ways You’re Blocking Your Own Joy
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Stop Nagging, Start Connecting: How to Get Your Partner to Actually Talk to You
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Touched Out & Overwhelmed: What Moms Can Do When They’re Maxed Out on Physical & Emotional Demands
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May 20, 2025 |
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Why Your Vacation Feels Like More Work (And How to Fix It as a Team)
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May 13, 2025 |
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Spring Clean the Emotional Clutter: The Hidden Blocks Holding Your Relationship Back
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May 06, 2025 |
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How to Repair After Arguments and Build Emotional Connection in Your Relationship
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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How to Stop Relationship Drift and Reignite Connection Through Coaching
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Dismantling the Patriarchy Together: Real Talk on Gender, Relationships & Emotional Labor with Fred Van Riper
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Can Relationships Survive Political Differences? Tips for Couples
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Breaking the Loneliness Cycle in Your Marriage
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Hidden Cost of Doing It All—and How to Ask for Help (with Nicole Buckley)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Breaking the Argument Cycle: Why You Get Loud and They Shut Down"
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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"s Your Relationship Built to Last Through Anything?
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Why You Keep Fighting Over “Nothing”: The Truth About the Mental Load
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Teaser: What's NOT Working For You
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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How to Ask for More Help Without Sounding Ungrateful
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How to Build Equity in Your Relationship with the Fair Play Method (with Sandi Konta)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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How to Break Out of the Roommate Phase in Your Relationship
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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INVITE: Rebuilding Your Mom Confidence
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Where Did My Mom Rage Come From? Understanding and Navigating the Hidden Roots
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How Do We Keep the Intimacy Alive While Trying to Conceive (TTC)? (Guess Erin McCaffrey Crespon)
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Relationship Misunderstandings After Parenthood: What’s Really Going On?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Why You Feel the Need to Justify Yourself in Conversations—and How to Stop
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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How to Build Emotional Safety and Strengthen Your Relationship
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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How to Stop Fighting About Money and Start Working Together
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Reaching Your 2025 Relationship Goals: Less Input, More Intention
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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One Powerful Question to Simplify the Holidays and Strengthen Your Relationships
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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3 Relationship Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore in 2025 (And What to Do Instead)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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How Baby Sleep Affects Your Relationship: What Every Parent Needs to Know with Alexa Lee
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Holiday Parenting Hack: How “Shift Work” Can Save Your Sanity (and Your Relationship)
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Pets and Babies: How to Prepare Your Dog (and Your Relationship) for a New Baby
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Why Advocacy Starts at Home: Strengthening Your Family to Change the World
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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What Men Gain When We Dismantle the Patriarchy: Rethinking Power, Identity & Connection
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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From Separation to Connection: How One Couple Rebuilt Their Marriage Through Coaching
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Tricking Your Brain to Make Space for Relationship Growth
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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How to Improve Communication in Relationships: The Foundation for a Stronger Partnership
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Preparing Now for a Less SAD Winter
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Why You NEED to Have These Conversations Before Baby Arrives
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Do You Show Enough Appreciation to Your Partner?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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How (and Why) to Make Couple's Friends: Building Meaningful Connections
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Business and Family: Honoring Both (Guest: Emerson)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Parental Stress: A Significant Public Health Issue
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Masculinity: How Does the Conversation Impact Your Family? (with guest Mike Skaggs)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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How to Strengthen Your Relationship by Aligning Values with Your Partner
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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How to Stay Calm and Communicate Clearly in Tough Conversations
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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What Your Kids Learn from Your Marriage: Modeling Healthy Communication for Future Relationships
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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How to Prioritize as Parents Without Burning Out: Understanding Glass and Plastic Balls
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Why Overwhelm Is Costing Moms—and Society—More Than We Realize
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Beyond the Bounce Back: How to Heal Your Postpartum Body Image and Strengthen Your Relationship
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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BEST OF: Matresence
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Rediscovering Intimacy After Baby: How to Reconnect Emotionally & Physically with Your Partner
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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The Intimacy Dance After Baby: How to Balance Emotional & Physical Needs in Your Relationship
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Navigating ‘Touched Out’: Reclaim Your Body & Reconnect with Your Partner
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Mom Rage: How to Identify and Manage The Big Feels
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Finding Core Needs with the Enneagram
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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How Defensiveness Shows Up for New Parents & How to Manage It
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Danger of Miscommunication: How the Stories We Tell Ourselves Impact Relationships
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May 21, 2024 |
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3 Reasons You Feel Jealous of Other Moms & How to Overcome It
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Can You Change Your Partner? Navigating Parenthood and Building a Stronger Relationship
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Rupture and Repair
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Before You Judge Yourself (Being Your Expectation Bouncer)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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One Thing I Wish I Would Have Focused on as a New Mom: The Power of Meaningful Connections
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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The Mental Load of Early Motherhood: Reclaiming Balance and Finding Peace
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Why Every Stay-at-Home Mom (AKA the Default Parent) Needs a Job Description
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Creating a Motherhood Vision
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself After Baby: Understanding Matrescence & the Identity Shift of Motherhood
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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The Power of Growth in Groups
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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When Motherhood Brings Out Your Inner Child Needs w. Jordan Laux || The Supported Parenthood RN
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Mental Load & Marriage: Why You Need Weekly “Business Meetings” for Better Household Teamwork
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Bringing Sexy Back for You & for Him! Guest: Kristyn Dingman
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Proactive vs. Reactive Communication in Relationships: How to Stop the Cycle of Fights and Misunderstandings
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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The Way Your Personal Confidence Impacts Your Relationship: Guest Alisha Skeel
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Why You Start Fights When Things Are Good: Understanding the Upper Limit Problem in Relationships
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Discussing Hot Topics BEFORE You Explode-Guest Mallorie
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May 24, 2022 |
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How the 5 Love Languages Change After Baby: Reconnecting in Postpartum Relationships
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May 17, 2022 |
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The #1 Reason Your Partner Isn’t Helping with the Baby (and How to Fix It)
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May 11, 2022 |
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Internal vs. External Processing Styles: Post‑Baby Communication
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May 10, 2022 |
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Introduction Trailer: Better Relationships After Baby with Chelsea Skaggs
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May 03, 2022 |