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THE EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why the Daily Grind Needs to Be Shared

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 22, 2020 | Homemaking

The “daily grind” tasks are the ones that often build the most resentment in a marriage. We’re in the middle of our series about mental load in marriage and sharing the emotional labor. We talked first about what those terms mean, and then showed how...

The “Let’s Go to the Beach!” Saga: Is Your Wife Really No Fun?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 19, 2020 | Homemaking, Parenting Small Children

When a husband has a great idea for a family outing, why does the wife often get defensive, upset, or touchy about it? We’ve been talking about emotional labor and mental load all month in June, and many women have said that their husbands just don’t...

PODCAST EXTRAS: Is It Man-Bashing to Assume Men Can Take on Emotional Labor?

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...

THE EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: How to Eliminate Nagging for Good

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...

PODCAST: What if Your Husband’s Not on Board with Sharing Emotional Labor?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 11, 2020 | Homemaking, Podcasts

What if you want to redistribute the mental load and emotional labor in your household–but your husband’s not on board? We’ve been talking about emotional labor all month on the blog, and we’ve got a lot more coming! And today on the podcast we...

Should Doing Housework Be Considered Foreplay?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 9, 2020 | Homemaking, Libido

Have you all heard “sex begins in the kitchen”–not meaning that we should do interesting things with whipping cream, but that doing the dishes is a good method to get women to warm up? I hear this a lot–“Guys, if you want her to have sex...

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About Sheila

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.