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Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5.0 • 39.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Four years ago, we recorded an episode built entirely around questions from our community- real questions from you, and our unfiltered advice in response! It ended up being one of our most-loved episodes, and listening back, it still feels just as relevant today. We’re bringing it back because the core of it hasn’t changed: people are still figuring things out, still asking the same kinds of questions, and still looking for honest, thoughtful advice. There’s something special about revisiting where we were, what we said, and seeing how it all holds up now. Whether you were there the first time or you’re hearing it for the first time now, we hope you enjoy this throwback episode and maybe even find a few answers you didn’t know you needed. Love you guys! If you haven’t tried the SKIMS Everyday Cotton collection yet, it’s definitely worth checking out. Check out www.https://covesmart.com/EASTFAM or use code EASTFAM at checkout for up to 60% off your first order! Caraway’s cookware set is a favorite for a reason, it can save you up to $190 versus buying the items individually. Plus, if you visit www.https://Carawayhome.com/EASTFAM you can take an additional 10% off your next purchase. (00:00) bringing back an old favorite (00:40) advice from us 4 years ago (02:12) flying with babies (08:50) asking for a break from the kids (09:32) supporting your partner’s mental health( 13:05) first-time parent experiences (16:59) how to tell if a friend likes you romantically (20:05) encouraging healthy habits (25:48) living with intention (27:11) practicing less judgment (29:12) transitioning from one to two kids (30:43) sharing a family vision (33:10) knowing when you're ready for kids (34:34) finding purpose as a mom (35:12) handling in-laws with grace (38:06) postpartum body confidence (39:10) living life to the fullest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.1	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.1	Today we are doing something a little bit different.
0:05.1	If you guys are going through the same thing, we are, it's spring break time, it's absolute chaos with the kids.
0:10.4	Somehow our kids have different spring breaks.
0:12.6	Did know that was a thing, but we are actually bringing back a podcast that we did from four years ago.
0:18.4	Yeah.
0:18.8	You guys probably don't even remember it because it's been so long. There's one of our favorites. I think it was one of your favorites as well. So this is relationship advice for Instagram. Thank you to all of you who participated. We hope you enjoy this one. Without further ado, today's episode. Here's the answer that I think we both agree with. Okay. When you're parents, two kids, you are teammates. You have to
0:39.0	be able to ask your teammate for help. Yes. And you can't ever feel guilty about it. Yes.
0:44.4	Period. I agree. Don't try to figure out the strategy of the war while you're in the battle.
0:50.3	You like that? You like that. Come on. I just came up with that, babe. Do you think I'm like,
0:54.5	you're a genius, babe? What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:59.4	With Sean and Andrew. A podcast all about couples. And the things they go through. Today, for some
1:05.0	reason, you have asked us to give you advice. That's right. I think it's going to be a fun one.
1:10.6	I hope so. I feel like our number
1:13.1	one role is we don't preach and we don't teach. So we're just going to give you our experience,
1:18.8	whether it worked or not, maybe it will help you. Yeah, we're going to be giving some fun stories,
1:22.6	but I will say this. Sean does more research than any other mom that I've ever met. So you do have some really
1:29.5	key insight. I'm excited for you to share. So what happened is we asked you on Instagram what you
1:35.5	wanted us to talk about as far as like advice. So how do you fly on a plane with babies or how do you,
1:42.3	what's your sleep routine? We're going to go through about a dozen maybe like 15 different topics and give you what we've learned through them uh before we get started we do want to remind you that we are not counselors or therapists or really anyone who is trained in any professional field so So take this as our experience and not a prescription.
2:05.3	That's right.
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