Episode 46: “I Feel Like My Life has Changed and Yours Hasn’t” with Erin & Stephen Mitchell

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Episode 46: “I Feel Like My Life has Changed and Yours Hasn’t” with Erin & Stephen Mitchell @couples.counseling.for.parents Having kids changes your relationship. If you have ever felt misunderstood, disconnected, exhausted, and resentful towards your partner- you’re not alone- and this episode is for you! Join Rachael and Erin & Stephen Mitchell, husband and wife duo & authors of the new book Too Tired to Fight, as they talk all about relationships, specifically relationships AFTER kids. Here’s what they discuss inside this episode: How and why having kids can change your relationship Erin & Stephen share about their own relationship experience and struggles after kids The biggest struggles people have right after having a baby and why How to regulate your own emotions so you can communicate effectively with your partner Resentment- how to handle it and what to do about it How to connect when you’re feeling exhausted & disconnected Does all conflict have to be “bad”? When might it be time for therapy? Reshaping your frame of what connection is Sex & intimacy after kids Will bed sharing ruin your marriage? The inspo behind their new book- Too Tired To Fight and how they wrote it together And so much more relationship advice! Erin and Stephen are the cofounders of Couples Counseling for Parents, a company focused on providing access to research-informed, psychologically sound online education for couples. Both have a clinical education—Stephen, a PhD in medical family therapy, and Erin, a master’s degree in counseling psychology—and they have a combined 23 years of experience providing counseling and education. They have been married for 16 years and have three kids. Mentioned in this episode: Too Tired to Fight: PREORDER NOW! Couples Counseling for Parents: The Podcast Erin and Stephen’s website for their workshops & membership: https://couplescounselingforparents.com/ Erin’s Instagram: @couples.counseling.for.parents If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:52.0	Welcome back to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having your kids.
0:59.1	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I am so excited to speak with the co-founders of couples counseling for parents, Aaron and Stephen.
1:06.0	They have a company focused on providing access to research-informed psychologically sound online education for couples
1:12.6	and both have a clinical education Stevens a PhD in medical family therapy and Aaron has a
1:18.6	master's in counseling psychology together they have a combined 23 years of experience
1:24.4	providing counseling and education and they've been married themselves for 16 years and
1:29.2	have three kids. Their book is about to come out. And I'm so excited to talk about it because the
1:35.5	title just really speaks to me personally. It's called Too Tired to Fight. So welcome to the
1:41.0	podcast. I'm so excited to talk about the book and other stuff too. So welcome. Thanks,
1:46.4	guys. Thank you so much. That was a mouthful of an introduction we have. So thank you for muscling through
1:52.6	that. You're impressive people. There's a lot to say. Now we're glad to be here. Yeah, thank you.
1:58.2	So we have been connected for a long time kind of just through Instagram. So what kind of made you guys want to make the jump from? I mean, you do so much. You see like clients. You have a podcast. You do the social media thing. What made you want to make the jump to writing a book? Oh, I'll let you, I'll let you answer that one here.
2:18.4	Honestly, it's sort of a reverse order.
2:20.6	I think all of those, well, we were, we were seeing clients all along.
2:24.8	Yeah. So that actually happened first.
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