Better Relationships After Baby Podcast

Real Conversations About Marriage, Mental Load, and Intimacy
After Kids

Welcome to the Better Relationships After Baby Podcast, a show for couples who want their relationship to stay strong even after life gets busy with babies, toddlers, work, and everything else.

Hosted by Chelsea Skaggs + Mike Skaggs, relationship coaches and owners of Postpartum Together, this podcast explores the real challenges couples face in early parenthood without sugarcoating it.

Because the truth is this:

Most couples don’t struggle because they don’t love each other.

They struggle because no one taught them how to navigate the mental load, identity shifts, communication breakdowns, and intimacy changes that come with raising young kids.

This podcast helps you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and gives you practical tools to reconnect.

What You'll Learn on the Podcast

Each episode explores one of the biggest relationship challenges couples experience after becoming parents.

Topics include:

• Mental load and invisible labor in marriage
• Why couples feel emotionally disconnected after baby
• How communication patterns change after kids
• Postpartum intimacy and sex drive changes
• Navigating resentment and overwhelm in parenting partnerships
• How to rebuild connection when life feels chaotic

You’ll hear a mix of:

  • relationship science

  • real stories from Chelsea and Mike

  • coaching insights from working with hundreds of couples

  • practical scripts and tools you can use right away

The goal isn’t perfection.

It’s helping couples feel like a team again.

Latest Episodes from the Better Relationships After Baby Podcast

Who This Podcast Is For

This podcast is especially helpful for:

• New parents navigating their first few years of parenthood
• Couples feeling disconnected after baby
• Moms carrying the mental load and wanting more partnership
• Dads who want to show up better but aren’t sure where to start
• Couples who want their relationship to stay strong while raising kids

If you’ve ever thought:

  • “Why does everything feel harder between us lately?”

  • “Why am I carrying everything in my head?”

  • “Why do we argue about the same things over and over?”

You’re in the right place.

Listen to the Podcast

You can listen to the Better Relationships After Baby Podcast on your favorite platform:

Spotify
YouTube
Apple Podcasts
Amazon Music
PodBay

Hit follow or subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes.

Start With These Popular Episodes

If you're new to the podcast, these are great places to begin:

• Why Couples Feel Disconnected After Baby
• The Mental Load Conversation That Changes Everything
• What “Touched Out” Really Means in Parenthood
• Why Communication Breaks Down After Kids
• How to Rebuild Intimacy After Baby

Hosted by Chelsea Skaggs + Mike Skaggs

Mom Brew Crew is hosted by Chelsea + Mike Skaggs, relationship coaches and owners of Postpartum Together.

Chelsea works with couples and mothers navigating the early years of parenthood — including the mental load, relationship changes, and identity shifts that come with raising kids.

Mike works with expecting and new dads on finding their place in motherhood including noticing the mental load, communication + showing up as a strong, steady presence.

Mom Brew Crew started because so many moms said the same thing:

“I just want more friends who get it.”

So this became a simple way to make that happen.

They are also the hosts behind the popular Central Ohio Moms Meetup: Mom Brew Crew

Love the Podcast?

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If something you hear on the podcast resonates with you, there are a few places you can go deeper. Many couples start with our Mental Load Checklist, a simple tool that helps partners see and share the invisible responsibilities of family life. Expecting parents often explore Prep for Us, our relationship coaching experience designed to help couples prepare for the transition into parenthood before the baby arrives. If you're already feeling disconnected after kids, Back to Us walks couples through rebuilding communication, partnership, and emotional connection. You can also explore our blog, where we break down topics like mental load, intimacy after baby, communication patterns, and navigating the identity shifts of parenthood.