The 3 Shifts That Transformed Our Marriage in the Chaos of Parenting

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Parenting doesn’t just test your patience, it tests your marriage. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Kristin and Tyler pull back the curtain on what it really looks like to raise kids, navigate a neurodivergent household, and still fight to stay connected as partners. They share the three shifts that have truly transformed their relationship, from continually , to choosing laughter in the hardest moments.

And they don’t stop there. They get honest about the two biggest things they are actively working on every single day - because in the messy, chaotic middle, it takes *work* to keep a marriage from crumbling. If you’ve ever thought, “Are we the only ones struggling?” - you’re not. This episode is proof that repair matters more than perfect, and that even in the chaos, love can grow deeper when you do the work together.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.3	Besties, I am so glad you are here today.
0:08.4	This is a very special episode because it is the first episode of Dina's maternity leave.
0:14.6	I miss you, Dina, already.
0:17.2	And in lieu of Dina, we have my husband, VP Hype Squad fan favorite.
0:23.0	Tyler over here.
0:24.0	Hello, Tyler.
0:25.1	Hey.
0:25.5	Hey.
0:26.0	And today we're pulling the curtain back, the real messy, hilarious, sometimes hard truth of what it looks like to raise kids and try to stay married and sane. Are we doing
0:39.2	a good job of either of those? Yeah, I think we're doing a really good job of all of them.
0:44.0	That's nice. Bestie, by the end of this episode, you'll walk away with five things that have
0:49.2	truly kept us afloat. Probably a few laughs that make you feel way less alone in the chaos.
0:56.2	I need that for myself, honestly. Welcome to after bedtime, where the house is finally quiet,
1:02.2	but the real noise begins. The thoughts, the questions, the wondering if you're doing any of this
1:08.0	right. We're Kristen and Dina, child behavior experts, moms, and co-founders of big little feelings.
1:14.5	And we're not here to give you more pressure or perfect parenting energy.
1:18.0	Nope.
1:18.5	We're here to tell the truth, the unfiltered, beautiful, brutal truth about what it means to raise kids and re-raise ourselves in the process.
1:27.3	Because parenting isn't just about
1:29.0	sleep schedules and snack hacks. It's about healing. It's about breaking cycles. It's about becoming the
1:34.7	kind of adult you want your kids to grow up to be. This is the place where we say the quiet
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