Why do mothers feel overwhelmed even when partners help? This episode explores the mental load, invisible labor, emotional exhaustion, and how the Fair Play method helps couples share responsibility without resentment. A must-listen for parents navigating identity shifts, burnout, and relationship strain after kids.

Holiday gift giving often hides an invisible mental load that fuels stress and resentment in couples. In this episode, we explore emotional labor, gendered expectations, financial pressure, and how parents can share the holiday mental load more equitably. You’ll hear research, real stories, and practical tools to reduce burnout, strengthen partnership, and protect connection during the holidays.

Holidays after kids can reveal hidden tension around traditions, culture, and mental load. In this episode, we explore how family rituals shape identity, belonging, and connection, and how couples can co-create inclusive traditions that actually feel like home. If you’re navigating different backgrounds, family expectations, or holiday stress, this episode offers psychological insight and practical steps to reduce resentment and strengthen your relationship.

Discover why the holidays increase stress for parents and couples and learn practical ways to lower the mental load, realign expectations, and stay connected during the busiest season. Evidence-based tools, emotional insight, and real stories help you build a calmer, more meaningful holiday experience. Perfect for parents navigating seasonal overwhelm and relationship stress.

Understanding patrescence, fatherhood overwhelm, and how couples reconnect after a baby through empathy, communication, and shared identity shifts.

Explore the unseen mental load shaping modern parenthood. This episode dives into emotional labor, cognitive stress, and how unequal household tasks affect connection and intimacy. With practical steps, Fair Play Method insights, and real stories, you’ll learn how to rebalance responsibilities and strengthen your relationship. Warm, research-based, and actionable.

This episode breaks down the rising trad wife trend and why modern motherhood feels so heavy today. We explore emotional labor, the mental load, relationship equality, parenthood roles, and how to create true partnership without losing autonomy. Warm, honest, and grounded in psychology, this is a must-listen for overwhelmed mothers and supportive partners.

Postnatal depression in dads is real and it’s often hidden behind anger, exhaustion, or silence. In this episode of The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast, we explore paternal postpartum depression and the many faces of male postpartum depression. Discover why PPD in men happens, how postpartum depression in men shows up differently from women, and why so few fathers seek help. We’ll uncover the biological, emotional, and cultural roots of fatherhood depression, and answer the question so many couples wonder: Can men get postpartum depression? Through heartfelt stories and science-backed insight, you’ll learn how to recognize the signs, support your partner, and rebuild connection after baby. Because when fathers are emotionally supported, the whole family heals.

In this episode of The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast, we explore the reality of postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and postpartum rage. Learn how hormonal shifts, identity loss, and invisible labor shape mental health after birth and discover practical tools for recovery and reconnection. You’re not broken, you’re healing.

In this conversation with neuroscientist Dr. Ashleigh Moreland, we explore how the nervous system stores survival patterns and how to rewire them for healing, connection, and authenticity. Learn the difference between the brain and the mind, how perfectionism hides trauma, and why “unbecoming” might be the key to freedom. Subscribe for more on parenthood, relationships, and emotional growth.

When love feels like duty, resentment builds. Learn how to reconnect and rebuild intimacy after kids.

When love feels heavy and home becomes a list of tasks, something deeper is happening. This episode unpacks the invisible mental load that mothers and fathers carry differently and how these silent pressures quietly drain connection. Together we explore the roots of emotional labor, inherited family patterns, and what truly helps couples share the weight of love without resentment. You’ll leave this episode with tools to name what’s unseen, trade invisible tasks, and rebuild empathy, one small recalibration at a time.

Why do parents feel judged for their choices? In this episode, we explore mom guilt, matrescence, and the identity shift of motherhood. Discover why we defend our parenting decisions, how comparison fuels parenting judgment, and how self-compassion helps you find peace. Perfect for working moms and stay-at-home moms navigating guilt, pressure, and self-doubt, and ready to remember that your way is enough.

Parenthood shifts you in ways you didn’t sign up for, your identity, relationship, and self-expectations. In this episode of The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast, we dive into the hidden identity changes when you become a parent: what’s lost, what can feel painful, and how to bring back connection, with yourself and your partner. You’ll learn tools to name the shift, communicate through mismatch, and weave back intimacy. Click to listen and reclaim.

In this episode we dive deep into what happens when fathers aren’t invited into their own becoming (patrescence) and why that gap leaves both partners lonely. We unpack the barriers that hold men back from fully stepping into fatherhood, from cultural conditioning to fear of failure. In the end, the audience walks away with a roadmap for reconnection that doesn’t blame men, but instead calls them into deeper presence, courage, and love.

Feeling like roommates instead of partners? In this episode of The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast, psychologist and coach Markella Kaplani explores emotional drift—the quiet distance that sneaks into relationships after kids. Learn why love doesn’t disappear but gets buried under stress, how bids for connection keep couples strong, and three practical micro-moments to bring back warmth, closeness, and safety in your relationship.

Join us with Dr. Leonaura Rhodes on designing intentional family culture, navigating identity shift & thriving through neurodiversity.

Do you ever feel like the invisible leader at home? Always reading, reflecting, and trying to shape family culture while your partner coasts? This week’s episode of The Parenthood and Relationship Podcast is for you. We’ll explore how to build family culture without burning out, invite your partner without nagging, and protect your energy while holding the vision. Listen now and find hope in knowing you’re not alone.

Reflect on inherited parenting values. Discover how to keep, rewrite, or release the beliefs guiding your family to build alignment and intention.

Discover how rituals, rhythms, and roles shape your family culture — and how to create a home that feels secure, calm, and connected.