There’s a version of partnership we imagine before kids and then there’s the one we’re living inside afterward. The one shaped by sleep deprivation, mental load, shifting identities, and the quiet pressure to keep everything together.

In this conversation, host Vanessa Spinarky and guest Eli Weinstein explore the emotional transition from “I do” to “we do” ... not as a romantic milestone, but as a relational and nervous system shift.

They talk about postpartum anxiety in partners, the way both people can feel unseen at the same time, and how communication changes when survival mode becomes the backdrop of daily life.

This episode holds space for couples who don’t feel broken, but do feel tired. For parents who still love each other, but don’t always know how to reach each other. It’s about staying in connection, even when capacity is low and the relationship feels more like a system than a sanctuary.

🔗 Stay Connected

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📘 Pre-Order Eli’s Book — From I Do to We Do

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🎧 Listen to Eli’s Podcast

The Dude Therapist

Available on all major streaming platforms.

The world feels louder when everything is framed as a side to choose.

In this episode, Vanessa explores the emotional and relational impact of binary thinking: in culture, in parenting, in advocacy, and in how we judge one another. She reflects on the invisible pressure to be seen as “good,” “aware,” or “on the right side,” and how that pressure can quietly shape our nervous systems and our relationships.

Drawing from her own experience with perfectionism and moral identity, Vanessa looks at what happens when we assign intent to people we don’t actually know, and how quickly silence becomes a story instead of a question.

This episode isn’t about having better opinions. It’s about creating more room for complexity, for growth, and for the uncomfortable but human experience of not always knowing where you stand or why someone else stands where they do.

Motherhood isn’t meant to be done alone or performed for approval.

In this episode, Vanessa Spinarsky, Carrie Parker, and Alyssa Trittler pull back the curtain on the Mama Healing Hub - a therapist-led space designed for mothers who are tired of performing, fixing, and holding it all together.

They talk about how their drop-in sessions are built around real-life motherhood . From art therapy you can join in your pajamas, to coffee talks that feel more like sitting at a kitchen table than being in a “program,” the Hub is designed to meet moms where they actually are.

The hosts share how they choose guest speakers, why relatability matters more than credentials, and how community, not content, is the real medicine.

This conversation is an invitation into a space where mothers don’t have to show up polished, productive, or put-together...just present.

If you want a place to actually land the Mama Healing Hub is our therapist-led community for mothers who want support without pressure, performance, or perfection.

Inside the Hub, you’ll find:

• Live drop-ins you can join from anywhere

• Art therapy sessions, coffee talks, and guest speakers who feel human—not polished

• A space where you can show up exactly as you are

Join us here:
👉 https://www.themamahealinghub.com/plans/1441545?bundle_token=9c02f21e29a58c520f010f3930cba2bd&utm_source=manual

Use code PODCAST for 25% off your membership.

In this honest and deeply human conversation, The Mom Room hosts Carrie and Vanessa sit down with Kerrington from @mamasimplysaid to explore what happens when life, motherhood, and personal struggle leave you feeling like a stranger to yourself.

Together, they talk about the moments that crack us open: burnout, identity shifts, mental health struggles, and the quiet pressure to keep it all together and how those same moments can become the beginning of something more honest, grounded, and whole.

Kerrington shares her experience of navigating vulnerability in both public and private spaces, why community matters when you don’t yet have words for what you’re going through, and how giving yourself “permission to crumble” can be the first step toward rebuilding a life that actually feels like yours.

This episode is for anyone who’s felt lost in the middle of a difficult season...and is looking for a place to land.

If you’re craving more than content, The Mama Healing Hub is our therapist-led community for mothers who want support without pressure, performance, or perfection.

Inside the Hub, you’ll find:
• Live drop-ins you can join from anywhere
• Art therapy sessions, coffee talks, and guest speakers who feel human—not polished
• A space where you can show up exactly as you are

Join us here:
👉 https://www.themamahealinghub.com/plans/1441545?bundle_token=9c02f21e29a58c520f010f3930cba2bd&utm_source=manual
Use code PODCAST for 25% off your membership.

In this honest and layered conversation, Carrie + Alyssa sit down with Klaudia Krystyna to explore the interplay between masculine and feminine energy especially as it shows up in motherhood, emotional healing, and major life transitions like divorce.

Together, they unpack how trauma, responsibility, and identity shifts can disconnect women from themselves, and how moments of rupture can also become powerful rites of passage.

Klaudia shares her emotional release method, blending traditional psychology with somatic and holistic practices to support women in moving through pain rather than getting stuck inside it.

This episode is a conversation about remembering who you are beneath survival and what becomes possible when pain is met with compassion, curiosity, and support.

This conversation is for anyone navigating change, grief, identity shifts, or the quiet sense that who you once were no longer fits.

If this conversation resonated, you can continue the work with Klaudia over at @klaudiakrystyna, where she shares more about emotional release, identity shifts, and embodied healing.

And if you’re craving this kind of honest, grounding support in community ... you’re welcome inside The Mama Healing Hub.
You can take 30 days to explore the support and see if it’s a good fit.

We're here whenever you're ready.

In this episode of The Mom Room, Alyssa Tritter and Vanessa Spinarsky come together for an honest, reflective conversation about identity, motherhood, and the invisible ways women learn to disappear inside care.

Joined by Rachael Smith, a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal mental health, we explore how motherhood reshapes relationships, self-trust, and values and how curiosity, not pressure, can be a pathway back to self. This episode holds space for the grief, growth, and quiet recalibrations that so often go unnamed in motherhood.

If this episode resonated, consider sharing it with a friend who might feel less alone hearing it. You’re also invited to follow, leave a review, or explore more conversations like this through The Mama Healing Hub a virtual therapist-led space designed for reflection, support and growth.

If Rachael’s perspective resonated with you, you can follow her work on Instagram at
👉 @aftertheglow

or learn more about her perinatal mental health work and counseling services at
👉 www.aftertheglowcounseling.com

Rachael’s work centers on supporting women through the emotional, relational, and identity shifts of motherhood—with depth, compassion, and nuance.

As the year comes to a close, Vanessa Spinarsky, Carrie Parker, and Alyssa Trittler sit down for a rich, unscripted conversation about who they’ve become over the past year personally, professionally, and inside motherhood.

This isn’t a “new year, new habits” episode. There’s no pressure to reinvent yourself or chase big goals. Instead, this conversation explores the quieter, deeper shifts that often go unnoticed: nervous systems slowing down, seasons of maintenance being honored, and expansion emerging naturally when the conditions are right.

They also share their intentions for the year ahead, not as rigid goals, but as guiding energies and invite listeners to consider a more compassionate, embodied way of entering the new year.

If you’re feeling resistant to big resolutions, questioning your pace, or craving permission to honor the season you’re in, this episode is for you.

In this deeply human episode of The Inner Room, host Vanessa Spinarsky sits down with New York-based therapist Lauren Larkin (@leltherapy) for an honest conversation about eating disorders, what recovery actually looks like, and why healing is never a solo act.

Lauren shares her personal journey through disordered eating, the familial and cultural forces that shape our self-image, and the unique pressure of living in a city like New York...where comparison and performance can feel like a second skin.

Together, Vanessa and Lauren explore the truth that therapists are humans first and how their own wounds, identities, and lived experiences shape the way they sit with clients. They discuss the importance of relational therapy, the messy middle of balancing work and life, and the courage it takes to name the unspeakable parts of our struggles.

Lauren also gives us a first look at her upcoming Eating Disorder Recovery Workbook, arriving July 2026, designed for those who want deeper support, reflection, and structure in their ongoing healing journey.

This conversation is a reminder that recovery isn’t linear, perfection isn’t the goal, and being a “work in progress” is not a flaw...it’s proof of your humanity.

Connect with Lauren:

• Instagram & TikTok: @leltherapy

• Website: leltherapy.com

• Eating Disorder Workbook: Coming July 2026