Why To Work Out With Your Partner

Subscribe here for all bonus episodes including the previous one about neediness vs expressing needs in a healthy way! https://anchor.fm/drpsychmomshow/subscribe  Working out with your partner can be fun and good for the relationship, and there's many other positive reasons to try it.  This is a common wish especially of men, and I explore why this may be the case!  In case you don't want your husband to listen to this one for fear that I will tell him how easy and transformative working out is for women, I also explain why women may be reluctant to do this and how to be more empathic about this.  Links: My Wife Is Fat https://www.drpsychmom.com/2015/08/05/my-wife-is-fat/ (This is the post I mentioned where the guy is upset with his wife's weight when the baby is still 18 months old.  I call BS on that as discussed.) Depressing study I mentioned: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13679-012-0035-6 ("In a series of exercise studies, Donnelly et al. found in women almost half lost weight and half gained weight, whereas most men lose weight.") Join my secret Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/becomesupporter/DrPsychMom If you are a Dad Starting Over fan, sign up for our Zoom event on whether monogamy can work here! https://events.zoom.us/ev/ALRxKTP6PeG7CacB_qbwNhHXaPGk46c1jLkaB8dN7jpRwigdlXsIN9TRHKtgaB0yFMZmmHQ?lmt=1648863467000