Married to Doctors

With your spouse always putting in long hours at the hospital or constantly studying during medical school, do you ever feel like it’s hard to stay connected? In this episode Lara will be talking with Dr. Wally Goddard, who is one of the country’s leading family life educators.  He’ll be discussing how we can learn to correctly interpret ‘bids for connection,’ those words or actions that our spouses say or do to get closer to us that we may not even realize.  

As anyone married to a physician knows, most medical careers are not very flexible. Whether they are in medical school or working as an attending, your spouse's medical career often sucks up a majority of their time, which can sometimes force the other aspects of their life to take a backseat.  In this episode, Lara will be talking to two different physician spouses who have mastered the art of flexibility to keep their marriages strong by using lots of creativity and a healthy sense of humor.  

When Curtis Webster first decided to stay home with his kids while his wife worked as a physician, he found it difficult to find a community of stay-at-home dads who understood the extra challenges that come with being married to a doctor.  In this episode, you’ll get to hear Curtis’s own personal stories and experiences of what it’s like to be a stay-at-home dad married to a doctor, why he believes it’s important to have a support network, and how he tries to find joy in the journey everyday.   

Being married to a doctor can sometimes be challenging when you feel like no one understands or recognizes the sacrifices you are making to support your spouse in their demanding career. In this episode, Lara will be talking with Christina Schuetz, a grateful mom who wrote an inspiring letter to the wife of her physician, thanking her for sacrificing time with her husband so that he could be at the hospital to operate on her daughter.  

During her husband’s second year of medical school, when Lisa was six months pregnant with their third child, she was hit by a drunk driver while walking on her way to pick her daughter up from school. It’s been ten years since Lisa’s accident, and in this episode you’ll get the chance to hear Lisa tell her story of how she survived the accident and the many lessons she learned during the experience, including how she’s learned to stay positive when things get hard.

In this episode, Lara will be sharing some stories from her own experiences as a medical wife, as well as giving a brief overview of what you can expect from the podcast in upcoming episodes, such as real stories from medical spouses, interviews with experts and discussions of relevant topics like finances, parenting advice and how to keep a marriage strong during the medical journey.  We hope you’ll join our community to find support and connections as you strive to make your own successful home happier