21/08/2025
Teamwork, makes the juggle work! 🙌
There were so many things I ‘prepared’ for when it came to parenthood. I often reflect on how truly useless that planning and preparation really was.
Those that came to my Womanifest talk last month will have heard about my ‘fall from perfectionism’!
Nothing prepares you for…the juggle…or how your relationship will completely transform.
How your relationship changes from one of fun loving, and exciting…to one whereby routine boring functional conversation must be the norm.
It is a time when you need to communicate the hell out of life…and shines a light on how few of us were taught this vital life skill.
Yet our relationships, depend on it!
Recently, my husband and I found ourselves in an increased functional juggle! Owen off ill from school, yet both of us needed to work, and do you know what…I came out proud of us.
It was far from perfect…and there were certainly some cross wires by the end of the day…but in the main, it showed me, how far we had come in learning how to show up as equally as we can, in parenthood.
But it has not been easy to get to this space, and honestly, a lack of communication, understanding of each other’s needs and compromise, nearly broke our marriage in early parenthood…so know, if you are struggling, I have been there, still am there at times, too.
So, what are some of the key things we do, which has helped us?
✨️ We commit to communicating, as effectively as we can, each day
✨️ In our house, there is no ‘default’ parent!
✨️ We work, as a ‘team’ in our house…Owen included
✨️ We recognise neither of us are perfect and we apologise when we get it wrong
✨️ We attempt to have other non-functional, non-parent based conversations too
I hope my little reflection on how we handle the unforeseen juggle helps lovelies!
Know if effective communication is a challenge for you, or your partner…we at Laura Greenwood Therapy, are here to support you, in whatever way we can.
Laura x