Back-to-school season is full of advice about helping kids transition, but what about helping your relationship transition too?In this episode, Dr. Tracy and Greg talk about the September shift: the moment summer ends, routines return, capacity drops, and couples start feeling more reactive, less patient, and less generous with each other. What can look like a relationship problem may actually be a capacity problem, a logistics problem, or an old pattern that stress has made louder.Together, they explore how back-to-school stress, mental load, activities, lunches, schedules, and fewer margins can land directly on your partnership. They also talk about how to make the invisible visible, sit down as a team, protect small rituals of connection, and ask better questions before resentment takes over.Because this season is real. Your capacity has changed. And your relationship may need a little more care, curiosity, compassion, collaboration, and connection as you move through it together.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODELooking for a therapist in Canada? Check out our practice at iwtherapyBe Connected — 24/7 relationship support, including Dr. Tracy AI trained on Tracy's clinical work. Get real answers in the moment, even when your partner won't do the work with youGrab my first book I Didn’t Sign Up for ThisGet your question answered here on the podcast. Submit them here. WANT TO GO DEEPER?Understand what you need to repair in your relationship. 2 minutes. Your partner will know exactly what to say. Read the book: ⁠⁠⁠You, Your Husband, and His Mother⁠⁠⁠One spot left for a couples intensive with Dr. Tracy — a 2-day deep dive designed for couples who are stuck and not seeing results from weekly therapy. In-person or she travels to you.Ready to deepen your connection?⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Download my 100 Questions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Build better connection and feel close starting today. ⁠⁠Join the⁠ ⁠⁠30 Days to Us Challenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Read the book: ⁠⁠⁠You, Your Husband, and His Mother⁠⁠⁠Free Resource: Challenge Your Assumptions and PerceptionsGet exclusive Not sure where to start? Find your relationship's negative cycle — free quiz here.Is your partner defensive?  Download my FREE scripts to respond to a defensive partner.Grab my free guide: Five Ways to Nurture Your Intimacy📲 FOLLOW DR. TRACYSubscribe to You Tube  Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices