37: Building Relationship Capital with Andy Kingman

We’ve got our first DAD on the show! Andy Kingman and I talk about the effects of becoming parents on marriage, friendships, and gender roles. I’ve known Andy since college so having this open conversation felt so good and so safe. He and his wife Amy (one of my best friends) were together for ~10 years before having their daughter.

Andy shares on how the relationship capital they had built over that time gave them a bit of a cushion to support their postpartum experience. We come from a similar perspective of wanting to change internalized, perceived, and assumed gender roles for our children. And we do this by being curious ourselves and building up relationship capital with our children too.

Make sure to listen until the end when Andy blows my mind. And check out the shownotes here. Learn more about Alissa at www.alissa-alter.com and follow her on IG @alissaalter.