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Sharing the Emotional Load of Housework

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Mar 29, 2019 | Podcasts

Many of you resonated with the post on Tuesday about playfulness and creating margins–specifically, the paragraphs on housework. And a lot of your comments were around the same topic: the emotional (or mental) load of housework. It’s Rebecca...

How to Bring Playfulness Back to Your Marriage

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Mar 26, 2019 | Emotional Connection, Men's Corner

You start dating, and it’s magic. You put on music and do the silliest dance you can and she just thinks you’re the funniest guy in the whole world. She laces her fingers with yours and it sends butterflies straight to your stomach. You spend all your time...

The Chore War: 4 Steps to Stop Arguing with Your Husband and Get Stuff Done

by Kathi Lipp | Jun 22, 2018 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict

Are you tired of The Chore War with your husband? One of the best parts about blogging is that I meet some amazing other bloggers. And Kathi Lipp is one of them. She and her amazing red hair caught my eye at a MOPS convention years ago, and since then we’ve...

Who Does What Housework? The Benefits of Specialization

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 12, 2018 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict

How do you handle splitting up chores in your household? This week I’ve been talking about the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle, a collection of 129 online resources about homemaking, menu planning, organizing, time management, faith, and more, that’s available...

When Your Husband Won’t Change Part 2: Is This the Last Straw?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 18, 2016 | Tough Marriage Situations

How do you know when your husband has done something that’s the last straw in marriage? Yesterday I told you the story of the Heather, who had done everything for the family, cleaning up after them, pouring out her life for them–until a car accident meant...

Reader question: Do Stay at Home Moms Have To Do All The Housework?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 5, 2015 | Emotional Connection, Homemaking

When it comes to splitting household chores, does the wife really have to do all the housework if she stays at home? Every Monday I like to try to answer a Reader Question, and today I’ve got two quite similar ones from two frustrated moms who feel that their...