Joanna Gaines Just Opened Up About Her Marriage With Chip—And She Did Not Hold Back

Joanna Gaines just got real about how her marriage with Chip has evolved over the years. During the Nov. 8th episode of This Morning Walk podcast with Alex Elle and Libby Delana, Joanna talked all things motherhood and emotions, saying, “I feel like I’m going through a midlife crisis!”

The designer half of HGTV’s Fixer Upper has had a lot going on recently: Celebrating 20 years of Magnolia, the brand she founded with her husband, Chip Gaines, as well as celebrating 20 years of marriage, plus the opening of their newest business endeavor, Hotel 1928, and not to mention her eldest child leaving for college. Balancing all of this has led to a lot of new emotions! Keep reading for more information.

Joanna Gaines is known for being the tough one in her relationship with Chip—something she confirmed on the podcast. In the episode titled, “Walking in Trust with Joanna Gaines,” she told Alex and Libby “I’m not super emotional, Chip is the emotional one.” But recently, the tables have turned, and Joanna has been dealing with a lot more emotions. “I have turned into something I don’t understand now,” she continued.

“[Chip]’s like, ‘You cry all the time,’ and I’m like, ‘I’m making up for the 20 years that I have been unemotional!'” Joanna explains. But she’s not afraid of these new emotions, and is taking them in stride. “There’s so much healing in not holding things in…Now I just love crying,” the mother-of-five revealed. “It feels good to feel.” And she has a lot of feelings to feel with many big life events occurring, one of them being her first child leaving for college.