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How to Stop Becoming Roommates After Kids (With a Marriage Therapist)

Love isn't a feeling — it's a practice, and a practice can be rebuilt.

Licensed marriage and family therapist Stephanie Wise breaks down why so many couples slide into the "roommate phase" after kids — and the counter-intuitive reason infidelity can sometimes be easier to overcome than years of silent disconnection. She hands working parents a day-one move: act with love first, don't wait to feel it.

In this episode:

• Why marriage starts feeling like a shared logistics company

• The one assumption to challenge when you're spiraling

• How to turn toward your partner even when you're exhausted…

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