S6E15: Still Hot After Kids: Keeping the Spark Alive in Midlife

Midlife can quietly pull couples apart—kids, careers, aging parents, health scares—until you’re roommates managing a life instead of partners living one. In this episode, Beth and Jes sit down with Chris and Jodi Gibbs of Still Hot After Kids, a couple married 30+ years who almost lost each other in that grind… and fought their way back.Chris’s body hit a wall after 40: anxiety, panic attacks, an ER/ICU scare, and a lifestyle built on 60–70-hour weeks and gas-station food. Jodi was raising four girls (including twins), carrying the emotional load, and feeling alone even when he thought he was “husband of the year.” They name what so many midlife couples feel but rarely say out loud—depletion, resentment, fear of change—and how fear can keep people stuck in a life that no longer fits.They share the pivots that saved them: selling the dream home, changing jobs, building a business together in real estate, choosing health side by side (yes, including morning hot-tub biohacking), and rebuilding connection through small, consistent habits—shared routines, non-sexual touch, real compliments, and time that isn’t only logistics.If you’re in the thick of “survival mode” and wondering whether the spark can come back, this conversation is honest, practical, and hopeful. You don’t need a perfect past to build a stronger next chapter—you need both people willing to try.Connect with Chris & Jodi: Still Hot After Kids on TikTok, Instagram, and [email protected] more or support Faith Through Fire at faiththroughfire.orgCompanies mentioned in this episode:Faith Through FireThrivent Gateway Financial Group