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Marriage & Motherhood - How To Reconnect With Your Spouse After Kids
Motherhood changes everything, including your marriage.
If you’re a mom who feels stuck having the same arguments on repeat, disconnected from your partner, or like you’ve slipped into roommate mode filled with resentment and tension, you’re not alone and your relationship isn’t broken.
Welcome to The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast.
I’m Michelle Purta, mom of 3, marriage coach, and I help couples understand and shift the communication patterns that keep them stuck so they can rebuild connection, strengthen their partnership, and feel like an "us" again.
Each week, you’ll learn how to navigate marriage and motherhood with better communication, emotional awareness, and practical conflict resolution tools that actually work in real life.
We go beyond surface-level advice and focus on what’s really driving the disconnection like reactive cycles, emotional shutdown, miscommunication, and unresolved resentment.
This podcast is for couples who want to:
- break the cycle of repeating arguments
- communicate clearly without shutdowns or blowups
- resolve conflict in a way that builds connection instead of resentment
- move out of roommate mode and back into a connected partnership
You’ll learn the skills to shift your patterns, improve communication, and create a more connected, supportive marriage while you're knee deep in parenthood.
Because a strong relationship isn’t about avoiding conflict. It’s about knowing how to move through it together.
If you’re ready to stop having the same fight and start feeling like a team again, you’re in the right place.
Ready for deeper support? Learn more about marriage coaching here: https://michellepurta.as.me/clarity
Marriage & Motherhood - How To Reconnect With Your Spouse After Kids
Ep. 263 - Lower Your Perimenopause Symptoms Using Emotional Regulation with Sharon Pendlington
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Perimenopause doesn’t just affect your body — it can completely change how you experience your emotions, your stress levels, and your closest relationships.
If you’ve noticed increased irritability, rage, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, poor sleep, or feeling like you don’t recognize yourself anymore, this episode will help you understand what’s actually happening and why you’re not broken.
In this episode, I am joined by Menopause and Stress Resilience Coach Sharon Pennington to unpack how hormonal changes during perimenopause impact emotional regulation, the nervous system, and relationship dynamics — especially in marriage and motherhood.
You’ll learn why emotional dysregulation often intensifies during perimenopause, how stress hormones like cortisol interact with declining estrogen and progesterone, and what you can do to support your nervous system instead of fighting yourself.
This conversation is especially helpful for married moms who feel overstimulated, reactive, exhausted, or emotionally flooded and want practical tools that actually work.
If you’ve been blaming yourself for struggling more lately — especially in your marriage — this episode will help you see the bigger picture and give you permission to approach this season differently.
Connect with Sharon:
Website: www.sharonpendlington.com
Instagram: @sharonpendlington
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharonPendlingtonFB/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-pendlington/
Take her Perimenopause Archetype Quiz here!
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