06. Navigating Mental Health With Your Spouse + Learning from Trials ft. Tate & Margaret Matheny

Alcohol, mental health struggles, having kids young, and lots of time away - Tate and Margaret Matheny have navigated a lot in their marriage!

In this conversation, Margaret shares what it’s like to be a professional baseball wife and supporting a spouse through anxiety, and they tell us the top things they learned in their tough start to marriage and loving each other through differences.

These two are so honest and open and their story is such a great reminder that the hard things you walk through together can be used for good in your marriage. We hope their honest story is an encouragement to you!

// TIMESTAMPS //

» 0:00 Meet Tate and Margaret Matheny

» 2:08 Their love story: meeting in kindergarten to getting married at 21

» 8:19 The journey to professional baseball & how Tate proposed

» 13:05 The baseball grind + being apart, getting pregnant & the early trials of their marriage

» 23:46 Tate shares about his struggles with alcohol

» 31:54 How Margaret supported Tate through his alcohol & anxiety

» 35:50 How Casmir has learned to support Mollie through her health struggles

» 42:46 The ways they’ve grown in their marriage

» 46:39 How they’ve found unity in their differences

» 53:40 What’s on Margaret and Tate’s Knotty List?

» 1:00:23 Who would survive longer on a deserted island?

» 1:03:38 How to be encouraged by more from the Mathenys

// MEET THE MATHENYS //

» Margaret’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_w1oqof_V7buKOfKF-CUtA/

» Their video about Tate’s anxiety: https://youtu.be/2uN7aARpPhY

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