The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast

Do you ever wonder if your BIG emotions are causing a lot of issues in your marriage?  Have you been told that you’re too sensitive, over-reacting, too much, or a personal fave… that you’re crazy? Emotions can be so easily misunderstood, including yourself. In this episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: What emotions are What purpose emotions serve How emotions impact relationships Want help with embracing your emotions so that you can start becoming less reactive in life and build deeper relationships with your husband and kids? Send me an email at [email protected] so we can chat and discuss the different ways we can work together! Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Parenting is hard enough, what if you have different parenting styles than your husband? That can make things feel exponentially harder when both of you feel like you're undoing what the other's trying to do. In this episode, I had the honor of chatting with Danielle Bettmann and we dive into: - What to do when you and your husband have different parenting styles - Ways to know you're a parent to a strong-willed child Positive-Discipline certified parenting coach, Danielle Bettmann, empowers parents to crack the code of their strong-willed child's personality, meet their deepest core needs to improve their behavior, and find new levels of patience. An early childhood educator, certified teacher and home visitor, Danielle now equips parents from all over over Zoom! Host of the well-loved podcast, Failing Motherhood, she's passionate about eliminating shame from parents' vocabulary, reminding them they are the parent their kids need. She is also a mom to two daughters, wife of 13 years to her high-school sweetheart, and an avid fan of sunshine and coffee. Connect with Danielle! Failing Motherhood Podcast - www.failingmotherhood.com IG - www.instagram.com/parent_wholeheartedly FB - www.facebook.com/wholeheartedlyomaha Website - www.parentingwholeheartedly.com And she has gifts for you! Free Training - www.parentingwholeheartedly.com/unapologetic 30-minute course on Managing BIG Emotions - www.parentingwholeheartedly.com/thankyou Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Boundaries - you know you need them, but what exactly are they and how do you set them? Having healthy boundaries in place is necessary in every type of relationship, especially in your romantic one since it has the biggest impact on your satisfaction with life. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: - What boundaries are - How boundaries have been misused - 3 types of boundaries every marriage needs Thank you for listening!   If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show!   Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Every marriage experiences conflict but have you ever wondered why certain couples' conflict experience calm conversations and others seem like their conflict is more like a world war? Conflict is an essential part of your marriage and can be used to connect deeper with your husband, but only if dealt with in a healthy way. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: Why we experience conflict How our approach to conflict impacts marriage The two ways people deal with conflict What a responsive style creates What a reactive style creates Want to improve how conflict works in your marriage? Check out my Marriage Communication Essentials course or reach out to work with me 1:1. Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Have you noticed you and your husband argue a lot more ever since you became parents? What used to be fun and light, now feels heavy and hard. Most people grow up believing that anger is something to avoid feeling because it's bad and that we should be happy instead. Perhaps you've viewed anger as a toxic emotion that has no place in a healthy marriage. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: Whether anger is toxic for your marriage What anger can drive you to do Where couples go wrong with anger Want to change how you experience anger and conflict with your spouse? Check out my course - Marriage Communication Essentials. For more personalized support, learn more about becoming a coaching client Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Has sex become less interesting to you since having kids? If sex feels more like a chore these days and you want to get back that chemistry in your marriage, then you'll want to tune into this episode to learn how you can make sex worth your while. In this episode, I had the honor of chatting with Anna Francis and we dive into: How your libido works How to raise your libido up if it feels low The importance of consensual sex in marriage How to share physical touch with your husband without it having to always lead to sex Ways to have sex that's worth your while   Anna Francis, L.Ac, MSOM, DiplOM is an acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, health coach, and public speaker. She works with women, transgender, and Non Binary folks addressing their sexual health. Working with changes in libido, painful sex, anorgasmia, menopause, infertility, menstrual pain, and so much more, she is able to bring dramatic changes to their lives. With the use of acupuncture, diet, and lifestyle changes, her patients and clients learn how to pay attention to and care for their own bodies so they can gain control and ownership over their health care journey. Helping clients work through shame, trauma, and a general lack of education around sexual health, Anna helps to normalize sex and desire so that people can live a more joyful life! Connect with Anna! www.pricklymermaid.com www.facebook.com/pricklymermaid www.instagram.com/anna_pricklymermaid Thank you for listening!   If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too!   Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Happy Valentine's Day! This is a day that we often associate with physical intimacy... but if you feel disconnected in your marriage, it could be because there's a lack of emotional intimacy. When you think of intimacy, you may immediately think about sex aka physical intimacy, but emotional intimacy plays a bigger role in your satisfaction in your marriage than you might know. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: - What intimacy is - What emotional intimacy is - What marriage is like when there is emotional intimacy - Signs that your marriage has emotional intimacy - Signs that your marriage could use more emotional intimacy If you'd like support to build more emotional intimacy in your marriage so you can feel more connected and actually enjoy being married, reach out to work with me 1:1! Learn more here: https://www.michellepurta.com/work-with-me Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Has Valentine's Day been one huge disappointment year after year? Whether it's treated like another day or your husband completely misses the mark.. tune into this episode to prevent future disappointment when it comes to this day of love. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: - Why Valentine's Day has been disappointing - The 3 mistakes I've made that have led to my disappointment on Valentine's Day - What you can do to experience Valentine's Day without the disappointment this year and the years to come If you'd like to learn the skills to finally start fighting in a way that HELPS your marriage instead of harm it, check out the Marriage Communication Essentials course or begin coaching with me! Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show!   Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

Have you ever wondered what successful couples are doing differently that make their marriage better? In a research study of 40,000 couples, researchers John and Julie Gottman discovered that all the successful couples said one phrase to their significant other. In this week's episode of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, I share: What phrase successful couples say What this phrase does to the connection with your spouse How this affects how you handle conflict or resentment A fun homework assignment Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too and remember to rate and review the show! Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood

The typical experience of motherhood is to feel tired and overwhelmed. We assume that it's because we have more responsibilities that drain our energy and take from our free time, but what if it's more to it than that? In this episode, I had the honor of chatting with Marisa Faye and we dive into: - Why hormones and gut health are important - How imbalanced and gut health affects moms postpartum - What Marisa recommends paying attention to that affect your hormones and gut health Marisa Faye is a women's hormone and gut health expert with a robust online nutrition and wellness practice supporting women all over North America through her signature hormone healing course the Balanced Hormone Blueprint and one-on-one transformative private client services. After spending years trying to figure out her own hormone and gut symptoms and seeing countless providers and practitioners, she took her healing into her own hands. Marisa has completed tens of thousands of hours of education, training, mentorship and practice in functional nutrition and holistic healing. She holds a masters degree in public health, board certification in holistic nutrition, certification in functional nutritional therapy, certification in functional lab testing and interpretation, certification in hypnotherapy, and certification in yoga & meditation. Marisa is based in Denver, Colorado with her trusty sidekick, her cat Luna, and is honored to help other women reverse and reduce their symptoms so they can live a life with more joy and ease. Connect with Marisa! www.marisafaye.com https://tiktok.com/@marisafayewellness https://www.instagram.com/marisafayewellness/    Watch her free 3 day hormone imbalance training! https://bit.ly/helpwithhormones    Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, share it with someone you know would benefit from listening to this too!   Connect with me! https://www.michellepurta.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michellepurtacoaching https://www.facebook.com/groups/marriageandmotherhood