273 | The Hardest Times in Our Relationship (and What Helped Us Through)

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5 • 39.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Today’s episode was a vulnerable one. Andrew and I have walked through some hard times in our marriage that, at the time, were honestly really rough. Looking back now, they have brought us so much closer together and we’re better for it. Today we’re sharing some of the hardest seasons of our marriage in hopes that it encourages anyone out there to feel less alone. NOBODY has a perfect marriage and the more open we can be with each other about the struggles, the more we can support each other to keep fighting the good fight. If you’re going through a hard time in marriage just remember, It’s never too late to ask for help or bring people in to walk with you through it. Love you guys, Shawn & Andrew Branch Basics ▶ Head to https://www.BranchBasics.com to shop their Premium Starter Kit and save 15% off with code EASTFAM CHOMPS ▶ Get 15% off plus free shipping on your next order of Chomps meat sticks at https://www.Chomps.com with code SHAWN Beam Kids is now available online at https://www.shopbeam.com/COUPLETHINGS Take advantage of our exclusive discount of up to 40% off using code COUPLETHINGS Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletterFollow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en #Marriage #Hardship #Relationships #Vulnerability #ShawnAndAndrewPods (00:00) argument or good conversation(00:32) open diary about marriage(02:30) comment of the week(04:50) life updates(07:15) challenging things in marriage(08:40) when we moved to nashville(19:40) first year of marriage and balancing careers(27:30) navigating career transitions(30:19) pursuing youtube(31:21) our miscarriage(38:40) new season after kids(42:43) grieving and navigating each new season through communication Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:01.1	Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.4	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.8	Today we're going to talk about this is probably going to be an interesting conversation. It'll either end in an argument or be a good conversation. I don't know. But the most challenging times in our marriage. That's right. And you may notice that we're in a different seating arrangement today. And it's a little weird for me too. We've been doing a lot of podcasts lately,
0:22.4	and I can't keep looking right.
0:24.9	I need to change it up.
0:26.3	I need some, you know,
0:28.1	I need to balance out the muscles here.
0:29.7	All right.
0:30.7	Hey, I'm curious, Sean, from your perspective.
0:34.0	If someone's just now listening to this show for the first time,
0:38.9	how would you describe our podcast?
0:50.3	An open diary about marriage and why we think it's the best thing out there.
0:53.2	I agree. Yeah, I agree. We started this podcast because I got really tired of reading headlines about divorce
0:59.8	and failed marriages and how if you find the right person, it should be easy.
1:07.4	And here's the recipe for success.
1:09.7	And we just kind of show you guys our lives.
1:11.7	We bring in professionals to talk about
1:13.3	tips and tricks and hacks to relationships.
1:17.2	But we just try to show you that marriage is hard
1:19.7	and you have to work at it,
1:22.1	but it can also be the most beautiful thing in life.
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