9. The One Where You Didn’t Sign Up For This

If you’ve ever felt resentful, frustrated and exhausted in your relationship, this is the episode for you. I chat with couples therapist Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, who shares some of the most common patterns she sees in relationships that contribute to women feeling tired, frustrated and overwhelmed. I share my personal experiences with how therapy really helped me when I was feeling checked out in my relationship and the difficult lesson of realizing that I had to stop blaming my partner for what wasn’t working and really look at how I was showing up in our relationship. We talk about overfunctioning and why so many women fall into it’s trap, the message behind your anger, and how to start tuning into your body to better understand why you’re responding to conflict in the way you are. I know you’ll walk away feeling empowered to start having the difficult conversations we all need to have with our significant other.Key takeaways: What’s behind resentment & how to alleviate it even without trying to change your partnerWhy some many women overfunction and why it’s so hard for us to ask for and receive help from othersHow to improve your relationship even if your partner isn’t willing to go to therapyDr. Tracy Dalgleish is a psychologist and couples therapist in Ottawa. For nearly two decades, Dr. Tracy has provided direct clinical services as well as researching, writing, and speaking about relationships. She provides psychological assessments, diagnoses, and psychotherapy to people with a variety of presenting issues, including depression, anxiety, personality-related issues, and stress and burnout. In addition to wellness seminars, Dr. Tracy makes clinical knowledge and research accessible to people through her contributions to popular media sites, including Times, Forbes, and Motherly. She is also the host of podcast, "I'm Not Your Shrink" and author of her debut book, “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 offers online webinars and trainings to people all over the world.A mom of two young children and owner of Ottawa’s mental health clinic, Integrated Wellness (integratedottawa.ca), she knows what it means to balance the full load.Find her on Instagram @drtracydDr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur is a Naturopathic Doctor, mom and fatigue fixer who’s on a mission to help women fix their fatigue and get the health care they deserve. You can find her talking about all things fatigue on Instagram @sarahvadeboncoeur and learn more about her services at www.docereclinic.caThe Fatigue Fixer is produced by Story Studio Network. www.storystudionetwork.com/