Episode 135: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish – The Mental Load of Parenting and Relationships

Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is on the podcast today! She is a clinical psychologist, the mother of two, a wife, and she is the creator of Be Connected. She has a great online community at @drtracyd on Instagram. Nearly 200,000 people are following her over there getting sound and scientific advice. She has spent over 15 years in practice working with individuals and couples and training with renowned relationship experts. She has a book coming out called I Didn’t Sign Up for This: A Couples Therapist Shares Real-Life Stories of Breaking Patterns and Finding Joy in Relationships . . . Including Her Own. She talks about that book and the cases that she walks through in that book! What we talked about: 7:00- Giving up TV 14:40- Becoming a therapist 17:40- How much our childhood affects what we want out of our own partners 20:30- Healthy communication strategies 33:20- Disagreeing with your partner about how to parent 43:10- Keeping the spark alive with your partner 54:10- Numbing out with technology 56:50- End of podcast questions Show notes: Dr. Tracy on Instagram Preorder I Didn’t Sign Up for This Hello Beautiful Nora Goes Off Script Unstoppable Me! Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Smart Eats For low iron runners. Use the code “RUNNER” for 25% off Koala Clip Use code “another” for 10% off your order