EP62: The Motherload: Invisible Labor and the Division of Roles
Description
In this episode, the Moms dig deep into an issue that mothers have faced for decades: the mental load. If you’re a mom, you know exactly what we mean. The constant juggling of tasks, lists, requirements, details, inventories, and schedules for an entire household falls disproportionately on the shoulders of moms, but shouldn’t dads be asked to carry some of that weight? Though addressing this particular topic can sometimes devolve into an opportunity to complain about husbands, listeners will be delighted to hear Melissa and Leah take a much more productive approach to managing the mental load by asking partners to collaborate.
The Book Blurb in this episode is from Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky. For more on the author and her Fair Play products, visit everodsky.com.
A few other noteworthy mentions include The Fair Play Deck of cards for dividing up household responsibilities, Eve Rodsky’s episode on the Mimosas with Moms podcast, the Overwhelm episode of Glennon Doyle’s new podcast, We Can Do Hard Things, and a Harper’s Bazaar article on emotional labor, Women Aren't Nags -- We're Just Fed Up.
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