001 | Us & Kids: Marriage Forever While Parenting Together

Inspiration from this Episode:

“You can indeed be married forever while parenting together.”

“Repairing is doable at any point.”

001 | Us & Kids: Marriage Forever While Parenting Together 

Intro 

Welcome to our podcast. My name is Jan Talen and I’m a marriage and family therapist (for 35 years!). On the Us & Kids podcast, I'll be sharing my professional knowledge and expertise along with life stories to help you become the best married, parenting team.

On today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about how to have a great marriage even while parenting together. 

When we first have kids, everything changes. The first few years of becoming a mom and dad is filled with craziness. Schedules become unpredictable, our sleep patterns change, and we are tired and anxious. Our social life changes, getting a sitter becomes hard and leaving the house seems unmanageable. Finances typically change for many reasons once you start to have children.

All of these things can put strains on a marriage and that’s why it’s so common to put your marriage and relationship on the back burner. 

The struggles and balancing acts that we can perform, or try to perform to keep all these relationships connected and healthy can be amazing - or crazy.  At Us & Kids. we will have good, short chats about what skills to grow and use and how to best apply them to whatever situation you're in.  

What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode: 

• When the stress of parenting makes its way into your marriage.
• How to give in your marriage when you don’t feel like you have anything left.
• Getting off on the right foot early on in your parenting years.
• Making the best decisions for your family, together.

Resources in Today’s Episode: 

• Join the Us & Kids Facebook group 
• Get the podcast supplement—Roadmap to Yeah! free worksheet

Jan Talen, marriage and family therapist for 35 years, mom for as many years, grandma for the past 8 years and married for 40 years shares her professional knowledge and expertise along with her life stories to help you become the best team that is married forever while you parent together. Welcome to Us & Kids!