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Relationships

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours. With advice about finding a village or maintaining yours to diving into family dynamics and the intimate relationship with your partner, we'll help you nurture and strengthen the bonds that matter most to you.

Marriage & Partnerships

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Marriage & Partnerships

This brilliant piece of parenting advice helped me avoid marital spats in early motherhood

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Getting Pregnant

What partners can do: 5 strategies to support your partner when trying to get pregnant

Remember & repeat: she is feeling things that I won’t feel.

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Marriage & Partnerships

I waited 2 years, 4 months and 12 days for my libido to return after having twins

Not that I was counting.

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Labor & Delivery

I captured the emotions of men while watching women give birth—and it was powerful

For every soul we create, there is a soul that we felt a connection with first.

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Marriage & Partnerships

Want to have more sex after kids? Try these 3 strategies

Time to get creative.

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Infertility

Male fertility is declining. Here’s what the latest research shows as to why

Though 50% of all infertility cases can be attributed to the male partner, new technologies offer solutions—and hope.

Community & Friendship

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Miscarriage & Loss

What to say when your friend has a miscarriage

"Remember you are not alone. Be gentle with yourself."

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Viral & Trending

‘I’ve never seen someone put the mom first’: Sweet BFF post-birth video goes viral

"The 'I’m so proud of you' has me in tears"

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Community & Friendship

This advice about making mom friends will make you want to text your BFF immediately

Making—and keeping—mom friends isn’t always easy.

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Parenting

Why Sheila and I can’t be friends

Here’s how I know she wasn’t the kind of friend I need as a mom: She didn’t read the room.

Blended Families

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Blended Families

How to navigate the holidays when your kids have two homes

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Blended Families

Step-parent advice: 10 ways to strengthen your relationship with your step-children

Living as a blended family can be beautiful, but it can also be a difficult journey.

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Blended Families

The 3 most important things you can do to ease the transition of blending your family

Change is hard, even for adults. Now imagine being a child, and having your entire world turned upside down—here's how you can help.

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Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Blended Families

These viral photos of a dad and stepdad are co-parenting #goals

David and Dylan made choices to cooperate instead of competing. To see each other not as the enemy, but as allies fighting for Willow's happiness. And those choices eventually made them friends and then family.

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Blended Families

This mom’s viral TikTok hack will make your child’s co-parenting schedule a whole lot easier

The wonders of a dry erase board and a simple formula can be easily replicated.

Grandparents & Extended Family

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Getting Pregnant

10 questions to discuss with your partner before getting pregnant

10 questions to make sure you're ready to become parents.

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Grandparents & Extended Families

To all the grandparents—we couldn’t do this without you. Thank you

We appreciate you and are so grateful.

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Viral & Trending

This viral TikTok explains why it’s OK to set boundaries with your kids’ grandparents

The moms of TikTok strike again with another relatable video.

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Grandparents & Extended Families

10 bucket list memories to create with grandparents

Treasured moments to last a lifetime.

The State of Motherhood

Motherly is the voice of modern motherhood, with an audience of more than 30 million users who consume Motherly content each month.

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Divorce

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Divorce

I’m getting a divorce—why am I thriving compared to the other moms I know?

I am proud to say that I think we are building a better divorce than many people’s marriages—through open communication, putting our kids first and a high degree of mutual respect.

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Viral & Trending

Mom received an epic $215K divorce settlement for 25 years of unpaid housework—and we’re still clapping

Ivana Moral of Spain will be paid the sum by her ex-husband.

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Divorce

The dangers of #DivorceGoals

Divorce is tricky. Divorce with kids involved is even trickier.

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Divorce

The grief of divorce hit me most when it came to sharing custody

Divorce and custody are two different ball games.

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Celebrity News

Adele wrote a song for her son to help him understand her divorce

It takes a village, and we're here to help you navigate yours.…

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Beauty & Style Shopping Guides

16 Pride-inspired products for the entire family that give back to the LGBTQ+ community

Because how you spend your money matters.

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Season 1

Nora McInerny on how her blended family expanded her understanding of motherhood

Nora McInerny is an author, podcaster, mother, and something of an expert at talking about both love and loss. In 2014, Nora suffered a miscarriage, lost her father, and then lost her husband to cancer, all in the span of six weeks. Since experiencing such incredible losses, Nora has done a ton to help encourage conversation about the difficult things that people are often too afraid to talk about. In addition to hosting the podcast, "Terrible, Thanks for Asking", running the non-profit Still Kickin', and co-leading the group The Hot Young Widows Club, Nora has also written two books: It's Okay To Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too) and most recently, No Happy Endings.In this episode, Nora chats with Liz about meeting her second husband, blending their families, and learning just how expansive love really is.

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Grandparents & Extended Families

To all the grandparents—we couldn’t do this without you. Thank you

We appreciate you and are so grateful.

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Marriage & Partnerships

This brilliant piece of parenting advice helped me avoid marital spats in early motherhood

Now, it's the one thing I always share with new parents.

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Relationships

Mom of three reveals the one question she needed her husband to ask everyday after work

“We still do this years later, because it helps SO MUCH,” she shares.

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Getting Pregnant

What partners can do: 5 strategies to support your partner when trying to get pregnant

Remember & repeat: she is feeling things that I won’t feel.

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Miscarriage & Loss

What to say when your friend has a miscarriage

"Remember you are not alone. Be gentle with yourself."

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