Life and Love After Having Kids with Sheina Schochet

What happens when you actually become parents? How do you keep the fire burning, the connection strong, and avoid the fate of the nearly 50% of couples who wind up getting divorced? Yes, it's true -- the current divorce rate in the United States is somewhere between 40-50%. In a study from 2013, couples were asked their top reasons for getting divorced and 57% said one of the top reasons was “too much conflict and arguing”. When you spend your life with someone, there’s bound to be conflict. But the key is using that conflict to make you and not break you. This interview is the full conversation with Sheina Schochet, a mental health counselor from New York specializing in pre-marital counseling, life transitions, and maternal mental health. This interview appeared in the 10th episode of our Family Planning Series, "Life After Baby". You can find that episode here.  For more from juna, visit juna.co or check out the Juna App for Pregnancy and Postpartum. If you liked this episode, please subscribe! Topics from this episode: domestic labor, domestic responsibility, chores, marriage, postpartum, family planning, transitioning to becoming a parent, parent transitions, life transitions, maternal gatekeeping, life after baby