19: Q&A with my Husband: Marriage, Health & Family Balance
Well To The Core
Robin Long
4.8 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week’s interview is with highly anticipated and requested guest, Matt Long. Matt Long is husband and other half to Robin’s balanced life. In this episode, Matt and Robin share how they balance health, marriage, and kids during this season of life.
They discuss roles they’ve had to take on, along with how they make gradual changes in order to support their family’s needs. Join this dynamic duo in this authentic conversation about how to lean into current seasons, along with how to make conscious choices to support and encourage your partner through the good, bad and the ugly.
Show Highlights:
- What Robin’s life looked like before Matt and how he’s impacted her self-perception
- Where Matt was in life when he met Robin and how running became a bonding experience
- Navigating lifestyle differences and taking initiative to live a healthier lifestyle
- Integrating nourishing recipes that are still flavorful into your diet
- Managing individual dietary and allergy restrictions as a family
- How to work through lifestyle shifts with your partner harmoniously
- Matt’s relationship with Pilates and the role exercise plays in his life
- How Matt and Robin integrate exercise into their busy schedule
- What to do when your partner isn’t being supportive in health changes
- Things Matt doesn’t do in this current season of life
- What Robin and Matt say no to as a family
- Managing postpartum season and the importance of having support
- Avoiding self-pity in order to be as supportive and encouraging as possible
- Making a mindset shift to show up with more energy for your family
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| 0:00.0 | This is episode number 19 with my husband, Matt Long. |
| 0:04.5 | If you're prioritizing yourself and taking care of yourself, I do think that you have to trust that. |
| 0:11.1 | You know, your partner is going to see that. |
| 0:13.1 | They're going to see the benefits of that. |
| 0:14.6 | And really, like, everybody wins in that scenario. |
| 0:17.7 | Like, for me, when you are taking care of yourself, I see a happier, more |
| 0:23.6 | fulfilled version of you. And that is obviously a great thing for me. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Robin Long, Pilates instructor and creator of the balanced life. |
| 0:41.4 | It's easy to believe that the women we follow online do it all. |
| 0:45.8 | But the truth is they don't. |
| 0:48.2 | None of us do. |
| 0:49.7 | Here on the Balance Life podcast, you'll find honest conversations with inspiring women, |
| 0:55.3 | sharing the real story of how they make their life work, what they do, and perhaps more |
| 1:00.1 | importantly, what they don't do, what they prioritize and what they let go of. |
| 1:05.3 | From food and exercise to work and family, we'll cover it all and provide practical |
| 1:10.6 | tips to help you create a beautiful, |
| 1:13.8 | uniquely balanced life of your own. This is the balanced life podcast. |
| 1:19.7 | Hi friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm laughing just because I'm sitting on the floor, |
| 1:25.2 | getting ready to do a podcast interview with my husband. |
| 1:28.7 | So this should be interesting and fun and funny. |
| 1:32.9 | But basically I had an interview lined up and it fell through. |
| 1:36.7 | So that makes it sound like your second choice guest. |
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