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Having kids completely changes the dynamic of your relationship.

Not because you’re doing it wrong.

Not because the love is gone.

But because the relationship you had before children can’t function the same way anymore.

In this episode, Preston Smiles and Alexi Panos breaks down what actually happens to a romantic relationship after becoming parents — and why so many couples feel disconnected, resentful, or like roommates instead of lovers.

If you’ve ever wondered:

• Why your relationship feels harder after kids

• Why intimacy drops even though you still care

• Why you’re constantly managing life instead of enjoying each other

• Why one partner feels overwhelmed while the other feels shut out

• Why being “together” doesn’t feel like being connected

This conversation will give language to what most parents silently experience.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why relationships must rewire after children, not “go back to normal”

• How parents unconsciously become managers instead of lovers

• Why the relationship stops being the center — and what that costs long-term

• How over functioning vs under functioning dynamics create resentment

• Why proximity (being around each other) isn’t the same as presence

This is not parenting advice.

This is a relational and nervous system–based look at love after kids — and how couples can stop blaming each other for changes that were inevitable, but never explained.

Because having children doesn’t ruin relationships.

What ruins them is expecting the old relationship to survive a completely new life.

If you’re a parent, partner, or couple trying to find your way back to each other — this episode will help you understand what shifted, why it makes sense, and what’s possible from here.