by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 18, 2020 | Homemaking, Podcasts, Resolving Conflict
If we say that it’s okay to expect that men will want to be engaged at home, and will want to share the mental load, are we man-bashing? We’ve been talking all month about emotional labor and mental load–or just how overburdened many women feel when...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 15, 2020 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict
What if the reason that many women “nag”, or at least men feel “nagged”, is that women are carrying too much of the mental load? If only women know what tasks need to be done, then it’s almost inevitable that they will have to issue...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 2, 2020 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict
How does the Fair Play system help you divide up mental load in marriage? We’re just launching our June series about mental load, where we look at how to balance the mental work that goes into keeping the family together. Yesterday we looked at what mental load...
by Keith Gregoire | May 27, 2020 | Men's Corner, Resolving Conflict
Are we overblowing gender differences? Are men from Mars and women from Venus? It’s Keith on the blog today for our men’s corner! It seems you can’t go to a marriage conference, or read a book on marriage or even have a conversation about...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 6, 2020 | Resolving Conflict
What if you dream about someone other than your spouse? On Fridays I like to highlight some comments that came in over the week and carry on the discussion, because what I’ve found over the last little while is that sometimes the best material ends up in the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 4, 2020 | Resolving Conflict
We’re all different. But do we understand the emotional toll of not dealing with personality differences in marriage? Adrienne Koziol, from The Zoo I Call Home, a wife, a writer, and a homeschool mom to 9 kids sent me this article, which I thought was great, and...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
