Rewind: In-Laws and Tricky Relationship Changes After Baby with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish ⁠⁠@drtracyd⁠⁠

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever found yourself navigating a tricky situation with your in-laws? In this conversation, Rachael interviews Dr. Tracy, a psychologist and couples therapist, all about the topic of in-laws and how they can affect relationships with significant others. Dr. Tracy provides lots of tips for communication and speaking up in uncomfortable situations and how to handle challenging family dynamics with respect. Inside this episode: How in-law and family dynamics impact relationships How to set and enforce healthy boundaries with in-laws and parents The difference between requests vs. boundaries Navigating relationship challenges as new parents How to handle relationships with toxic family members and the option of going no contact Help finding ways to nurture the connection with your partner The power in trusting yourself and tuning out outside advice And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Dr. Tracy’s website: ⁠https://www.drtracyd.com/⁠ Dr. Tracy’s podcast: ⁠I’m Not Your Shrink⁠ Dr. Tracy’s instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/drtracyd/?hl=en⁠ Dr. Tracy’s Book: ⁠I Didn’t Sign Up for This ⁠ 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. ⁠Instagram⁠ |⁠ Tiktok⁠ | ⁠ Website⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome 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 kids.
0:10.5	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm speaking with my friend, Dr. Tracy, a psychologist and couples therapist in Ottawa, Canada.
0:17.2	For nearly two decades, she's provided psychotherapy as well as researching, writing,
0:22.7	speaking about relationships on social media, and she's currently writing her second book,
0:28.1	which I'm so excited about. Dr. Tracy makes clinical knowledge and research accessible to people
0:33.5	through her contributions to her popular media sites, sites like Times, Forbes, and Motherly.
0:40.4	And she's the author of her debut book, I Didn't Sign Up for This, A Couples Therapist,
0:45.5	shares real life stories of breaking patterns and finding joy in relationships, including her own.
0:50.7	She also has a great podcast herself called I'm Not Your Shrink.
0:55.7	And she does, you know,
1:00.7	various webinars, trainings, corporate wellness seminars. She does so many things. I don't know how you have time for all of this, but you are absolutely amazing. And today, we've spoken about relationships
1:06.4	many times before. But today I'm really excited to dive into a topic that I haven't explored
1:10.4	on this
1:11.0	podcast yet, which is in-laws, parents, grandparents, and all of those boundaries and how it
1:17.7	affects your relationship with your significant other. So welcome to the podcast. I'm so excited to
1:22.1	talk to you today. Thank you, Rachel. And thank you so much for holding this community and all of the support
1:28.2	that you give to parents and to mothers in this season. You know, I remember first becoming
1:33.4	a mother and there wasn't this level of resource available at the time. And I clung on to my
1:42.2	Facebook group. We had a group of mothers who all had a child in the same
1:46.5	age and the same week rather. And gosh, that community and connection is so important. So I'm
1:52.2	grateful for all that you do for parents. So thank you. Thank you for having me here.
1:56.7	Thank you for that. Yeah, it's so important to talk about these things. And one thing that I do
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