83 Matt and Leslee Holliday

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5 • 39.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week we chat with Leslee and Matt Holliday, former MLB all-star! We loved chatting with them about some things we can relate to, like building a relationship while pursuing professional sports, but also learned so much from them in other areas like finding your identity and creating a legacy. Here are a few topics that we cover: 0:00 introduction 3:26 Matt’s dream to play baseball 5:34 the story of how they met 9:09 balancing your marriage and your relationship with your coaches/team 11:35 the pivotal moments when your spouse has an athletic career 15:30 dealing with identity changes when you retire from your sport 21:37 Leslee’s journey with seminary 26:00 how seminary has reshaped their way of thinking 31:50 marriage in the limelight 37:32 what would be the legacy you’d want to leave? 43:05 Table 40 podcast 47:58 best piece of marriage advice You can follow Matt on Instagram here ▶ https://www.instagram.com/matthollidayosu/?hl=en You can follow Leslee on Instagram here ▶ https://www.instagram.com/lesleesmithholliday/?hl=en Check out their podcast here ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sports-spectrums-table-forty/id1505637930 ANDD....WE ARE GOING ON TOUR!! Check out the link below to see if we are coming to a city near you in 2022! Click here to get your tickets now ▶ https://www.couplethingspod.com/ We are sponsored by SlingTV, which we love. Check it out below: ▶ slingTV.com/EASTFAM to get your first month for just 10 dollars! If you haven’t yet, please rate Couple Things and subscribe to hear more. Follow us on Instagram to keep the conversation going at https://www.instagram.com/couplething... And if you have suggestions/recommendations for the show, send us your ideas in a video format – we might just choose yours! Email us at [email protected]. Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/3rnOdNo Follow My Instagram ▶ http://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ http://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Twitter ▶ http://www.twitter.com/ShawnJohnson Snapchat! ▶ @ShawneyJ Follow AndrewsTwitter ▶ http://www.twitter.com/AndrewDEast Follow My Instagram ▶ http://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Like the Facebook page! ▶ http://www.facebook.com/AndrewDEast Snapchat! ▶ @AndrewDEast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you go from something that you have such a passion about,
0:03.0	that you love to practice, you love the all aspects of it,
0:05.8	to all the sudden it's not there.
0:08.8	It's, it, it is kind of an empty feeling.
0:17.2	What's up? Welcome back to Couple Things.
0:19.4	We're Sean and Andrew.
0:20.6	A podcast all about couples.
0:22.4	And the things they go through.
0:24.2	Today we have Matt and Leslie Holiday.
0:27.4	That's right. These two have been together
0:29.5	for over 20 years.
0:32.0	I mean, 15 of which was spent in
0:36.2	professional baseball. Yeah, he's playing professional baseball
0:38.4	for a very long time. Yes.
0:39.7	Had a much longer career than I did in professional sports.
0:43.0	You need, I love you.
0:45.2	Anyways, we talk about a lot of really great topics,
0:48.5	such as the roller coasters of their relationship
0:51.6	and the pressures of being in the major leagues,
0:53.8	being in the public eye, living in a city
0:56.4	where they lived in breathed cardinals,
0:59.0	which is who he played for,
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