Parenthood, Marriage & Household Roles with my Husband

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn & Pursuit Network

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Mari sits back down with her husband Greg for their first real conversation since welcoming baby Cai, and they don't hold back. This is Part 1 of a two-part episode and it covers everything they've been quietly navigating over the last four and a half months. They talk about what it actually looks like when two entrepreneurs have a baby. The identity shifts, the separate journeys, the roles that don't come with a manual. Mari opens up about struggling to show up online when she doesn't fully know who she is right now, the pressure she feels from online narratives about what a "good" dad looks like, and how motherhood has completely rewritten how she shows up for herself and her friendships. Greg gets honest about picking up his personal brand while Mari slowed down, his longtime insecurity around reading, and how becoming a dad pushed him to finally commit to books and why it's changing everything. They also get into: navigating colic, baby gadgets that actually helped, why they're both figuring this out in real time, and the philosophy book Mari is currently reading that's making her rethink people-pleasing, trauma, and forgiveness. Raw, real, and genuinely funny, this is the conversation you didn't know you needed. _____ Leave Me a Message -⁠ click here!⁠ (https://sayhi.chat/pursuitofwellness) For Mari’s Instagram⁠ click here!⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/marillewellyn/?igshid=MDM4ZDc5MmU%3D) For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram⁠ click here!⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/pursuitofwellnesspodcast/) For Mari’s Newsletter⁠ click here!⁠ (https://marillewellyn.com/) For Mari’s TikTok⁠ click here! (https://www.tiktok.com/@marillewellyn?lang=en) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is my husband Greg.
0:01.0	Yeah, what's up?
0:02.0	I'm Greg Husband.
0:03.0	Don't marry a loser. Define loser. Oh my God, like my husband is supposed to be in this with me 24-7. Why doesn't he feel the same way I do? My life just quite literally changed less than your life. You still come to work every day. You are around the same people. You're having the same conversations. My whole identity just got flipped upside down. psychologically you are not the same as me.
0:23.0	We're having the same conversations. My whole identity just got flipped upside down. Biologically, you are not the same as me.
0:22.6	We're having two separate journeys. You have like this innate calling, your instincts have kicked in, like I've never seen in my life.
0:28.6	Your instincts of maternal deliverables for Kai have like far exceeded my paternal instinctual calling.
0:35.6	When Kai tried to latch on my breast,
0:38.5	hey, maybe I have a different role in this house right now.
0:40.5	Becoming a mom made me realize,
0:42.2	like, I need to leave room for me, Kai, and you.
0:45.6	What's best for Kai?
0:46.6	That's really all that the mission is at this point.
0:48.8	What is the best for Kai?
0:49.9	This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast,
0:52.1	and I'm your host, Mari Lawellan.
0:57.7	Hi.
0:59.2	Babe.
1:00.2	Welcome.
1:00.9	Back in the chair.
1:01.8	Back in the chair.
1:02.5	These are great chairs.
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