by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 4, 2020 | Homemaking, Podcasts
Emotional labor and mental load take their toll on a marriage–because they often exhaust the wife. So many women experience this, and yet we don’t really have a name for it. We know something is wrong, we feel guilty because we dream of getting away for...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 25, 2018 | Healthy Living, Libido
Do you find yourself exhausted at the end of the day–not just physically, but mentally, too? Two weeks ago when I was giving my Girl Talk in western Ontario, I had an anonymous Q&A session when women could ask questions about sex. And each time I do the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 10, 2018 | Healthy Living, Libido
Is exhaustion your biggest mood killer when it comes to sex? Every Monday I like to take a reader question and take a stab at answering it, and today’s is from a woman who says she’s too exhausted for sex. I decided to do this one in video form, and then...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 13, 2016 | Doing Life Together
Too many women around me are burning themselves out. They’re exhausted, they’re stressed, and they’re not taking care of themselves. Their whole life is about pouring into everybody else, and there’s almost nothing left of themselves in the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 3, 2016 | Healthy Living
Do you ever get so run down that you can’t look after anyone else? Every Friday I like to write a short, inspirational 400-word piece on marriage to leave you with one thought to mull on over the weekend. And today I want to talk about taking care of ourselves!...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 30, 2016 | Parenting Small Children
For those of you blessed with children, it’s often easy to forget that you were a wife before you were a mother. And I think the wife role is actually the more important one, because once you’re a mom, other people are now depending on you! It’s...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! 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 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
