And I would be at the park with other parents and parents would be talking about sleeping and food and introducing solids and nursing and you know what are you doing for hobbies and all of these conversations and nobody was talking about how they

resent their partner or how they were missing the intimacy or how they haven't

had sex or they have different desire levels and so here I am as a therapist as

a psychologist I know that this is what parents are experiencing but it's one thing to be in my psychologist

chair and then it's a whole other experience to be at the park with my kids and

wondering why is it that I'm the one that always has to buy deodorant and tooth-faced.

Welcome back to the show. I'm your host Dr.. Mona, and I hope you're having a great week.

If you're listening to this episode on its debut day, it is election season here in the United States,

and I went in-person voting for the first time and took my almost five-year-old son Ryan with me and it was an incredible experience.

I loved how excited the poll workers were to show him everything, but what I loved the most was the palpable energy in the lines.

You didn't even have to know who was voting for who,

but people were just excited.

And it got me thinking that maybe even with our differences our world

can be a loving and accepting place maybe and I was just so excited Ryan got to

witness that and if you haven't voted or the election has passed

make an effort to take your child once to vote or every time because it's such a

privilege to live in a country with democracy.

Okay, now let's get to today's conversation.

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In this episode, I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Tracy Dahlgish, psychologist, therapist, and author of

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