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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. 289 - The Midlife Marriage Wake-Up Call No One Talks About with Mikki Gardner
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Midlife doesn’t ruin marriages. It reveals what’s been ignored.
If you’ve ever looked at your relationship and thought
“How did we get here?”
or
“Why does everything suddenly feel so hard?”
You’re not alone and your marriage isn’t broken.
In this episode, I’m joined by Somatic Life Coach Mikki Gardner to unpack why so many couples experience tension, resentment, or even separation during midlife and what’s actually happening beneath the surface.
We talk about the emotional load many women carry, how years of self-silencing lead to disconnection, and why midlife often becomes the turning point where everything that’s been buried rises to the surface.
More importantly, we walk through what you can do now to navigate this phase intentionally so your marriage can evolve instead of unravel.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why midlife changes feel sudden (but aren’t)
- The real reason resentment builds in long-term relationships
- How self-betrayal quietly erodes connection over time
- What it actually looks like to communicate needs effectively
- Why “saying something” isn’t the same as creating change
- How to start shifting your relationship without blowing it up
Connect with Mikki:
Website: https://www.mikkigardner.com/
Podcast: https://www.mikkigardner.com/podcast
Instagram: @mikkigardner
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