Honest as a Mother

Marriage After Kids: Instagram VS Reality with Crystal Shadwell

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Amanda is joined by Crystal Shadwell to have a real talk about what marriage is like after kids and even in the thick of parenting school-aged children.

Included in this episode:

  • How do Amanda and Crystal feel about what they see online vs what is really happening behind closed doors.
  • How does our relationship become the last thing on our lists? What does "making it work" look like for both Amanda and Crystal.
  • Being in survival mode, COVID pandemic - how did these things affect our relationships?
  • Relearning who we are as individuals but also as a couple now that we have children and so many priorities on each of us.
  • Can we outgrow our spouse? Our fears surrounding this.
  • Resentment towards our spouses, how it builds, the mental load that we carry.
  • The issue ALL of us are thinking about.... sex. Who's having it? How many times a week?
  • How do we prioritize date nights?

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