The Dad Edge Podcast · Larry Hagner
Why Intimacy Breaks Down After Kids & How to Rebuild Connection featuring Mark and Brianna Carey
·1 hr 4 min·5 clips
Mark Carey reveals that 69% of marital conflict is unresolvable, calling the clash of personal triggers a 'trauma orgy'.
As heard by us
A plainspoken look at how new parenthood can strain intimacy, and what helps couples reconnect.
The episode follows Mark and Brianna Carey as they talk about how intimacy can slip once kids arrive. It lands best in the ordinary pressure points parents know too well: exhaustion, stress, resentment, postpartum recovery, feeling touched out, and the slow slide into roommate…
Why you'd press play
When parenthood turns marriage into logistics, this conversation shows how connection can slip and how intention can bring it back.
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