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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. 293 - Supporting Someone Through Child Loss and Deep Grief with Jenny Kim
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Grief changes everything. And most people were never taught how to navigate it, especially when it comes to child loss.
In this episode, I am joined by author and grief advocate, Jenny Kim, to talk about child loss, grief support, emotional capacity, and what grieving people actually need from the people around them.
Jenny shares the heartbreaking story of losing her six month old son Joey and how that experience led her to write Look to the Sky and the Grievers & Friends community.
Inside this episode, we cover:
• What grieving parents wish people understood
• Why “everything happens for a reason” can feel harmful in grief
• The difference between supporting someone vs trying to fix their pain
• How to show up when you don’t know what to say
• The “Ring Theory” concept for navigating grief support
• Why grief doesn’t go away and how capacity changes over time
• The emotional impact of child loss on parents and siblings
• How small acts of kindness can deeply support someone in grief
• Why emotional presence matters more than perfect words
Connect with Jenny:
Instagram: @whatjoeytaughtme
Instagram: @grieversandfriends
Website: www.grieversandfriends.com
Support Jenny's Kickstarter campaign at:
Grievers & Friends Official Website
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