Expectations vs Reality of Marriage and Parenthood
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Renee Reina, founder of 'The Mom Room' and host of 'The Mom Room Podcast,' joins the show to discuss the expectations versus reality of marriage and the dynamic shifts in relationships after having children. Drawing from her background in psychology and her experiences as a mother and content creator, Renee offers insights into balancing personal goals with relationship responsibilities, the evolving stages of love, the importance of effective communication and teamwork in partnerships. She shares advice on maintaining a healthy and fulfilling marriage while navigating the challenges of parenthood, how to reconnect with your partner when things feel dull, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:09.9 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories. |
| 0:16.1 | Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate |
| 0:21.9 | the dating scene together. Guys, I am so excited. Today, we have an amazing guest on. I've |
| 0:27.0 | been looking forward to recording with her for so long. We have Renee Rina. She is the founder |
| 0:31.5 | of the mom room, the host of the mom room podcast, a psychologist, a content creator, a mom. |
| 0:36.9 | And she is here with us today to talk all things, expectations versus reality of marriage, how your relationship changes when you have kids and so much more. Renee, welcome to seeing other people. Thank you. I'm excited. I like these topics. So do I. And you know what? I had been wanting to talk about them for a while. And you had posted something about a month ago. And it was a really vulnerable post about like things that you were struggling with. It was like a gallery side feed. And I was like every single thing that Renee is saying, like I relate to. And then I went, I've been following you for a while, but I went down like a deep rabbit hole of just like watching all of your content. |
| 1:15.3 | And I was like, I need to talk to Renee about this. Oh, I'm so excited. That's interesting. |
| 1:21.1 | You sound like me. Like people come on the podcast and I'm like, I'm going to stock this person. |
| 1:26.7 | You got to do it. It's a love a good stock. |
| 1:29.4 | So before we get into it, I would just love to give the seeing other people family a little bit |
| 1:35.1 | more of a background on you, on the mom room. And why, how, when you started creating content |
| 1:41.4 | about, you know, being a mom and what you're really going through |
| 1:45.3 | on a day-to-day basis. It's such an interesting story. Every time I tell people this, |
| 1:49.9 | they're like, what? So I met my husband when I was in my PhD program in psychology. He was |
| 1:57.1 | doing his residency in he's a urologist. And so that's when we met. We had our, |
| 2:04.1 | we got married. We had our son when I was near the end of my PhD program. And I always assumed, |
| 2:11.3 | like, I was going to graduate with a PhD and then work in a research institute or be a professor, something along those lines. |
| 2:20.1 | But then I had my son. |
| 2:23.8 | I did maternity leave for 12 months. |
| 2:26.6 | So took 12 months away from my program just to do mom things. |
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