The Mother-in-Law Episode

The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster

Dear Media | Wishbone Production

Leisure, 750325, Female Founders, Aging, Advice, Comedy, Business, Nutrition, Life Advice, Society & Culture, Infertility, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

This episode is for everyone! Erin and Sara sit down with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, a psychologist and couples therapist. They discuss healthy parental boundaries, why the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship can be so fraught, the importance of communication between couples, what to look for when you’re dating, and much more.

Executive Producers: Erin Foster, Sara Foster, and Allison Bresnick

Associate Producer: Montana McBirney

Audio Engineer: Josh Windisch

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:03.3	This episode was produced by Wishbone Production.
0:06.0	Hi, I'm Otto.
0:07.9	Welcome to Ellen Sarah's podcast.
0:16.2	All right.
0:17.0	So today's episode is very helpful.
0:20.3	We had such a great conversation. It is helpful if
0:22.6	you're single. It is helpful if you're a relationship. It's helpful if you are a parent. Okay.
0:28.3	We are talking to Dr. Tracy Dalglish. She is a clinical psychologist. She is a couples therapist
0:34.2	and she has a new book coming out this fall called You, Your Husband and His Mother.
0:39.8	So basically, we are talking about parenting styles.
0:43.6	We are talking about mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, relationships, and why they can be so
0:48.4	tricky and so challenging, what healthy boundaries are like between kids and parents,
0:54.0	what they should look like.
0:55.2	It's really a different kind of conversation, and it's really interesting.
0:58.7	We've never gone deep into the mother-in-law conversation, but it's such a tricky relationship for so many people.
1:05.6	So we thought that we should really dive in because it's so fun to talk about.
1:09.2	I'm very lucky you have an amazing mother-in-law.
1:10.8	Let me go on record saying that. Hi, Marina.
1:16.9	All right, guys, this is going to be a spicy one, and it's going to be a spicy one for so many reasons.
1:23.0	The mother-in-law episode is just so good. I know, but Aaron, it's not just like for me, I'm,
1:29.3	I'm more one, you know, I'm coming into this from sort of through a different lens, you know.
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