by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 30, 2020 | Homemaking
It’s the last day of our emotional labor and mental load series! We wrapped up the big teaching points yesterday talking about how important it is that both spouses get down time. And we’ve tackled a ton of things this month, including what mental...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 29, 2020 | Homemaking
You can’t be emotionally healthy if you don’t have downtime–time when you can relax, pursue passions, or care for yourself. We’re finally here–at the conclusion of our mental load/emotional labor series for the month of June! We’ve...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 26, 2020 | Homemaking
We’re finishing up our mental load series at To Love, Honor and Vacuum! I’ve got one more important thing to cover on Monday–why we all need time to ourselves–but we’ve covered a lot of ground this month. And I’ve had so many people...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 25, 2020 | Men's Corner, Podcasts
How can men and women work together to understand mental load–and deal with it well? It’s the last Thursday of the month, which means our podcast today is aimed at men (although both men and women can listen!). And today we’re capping off our...
by Keith Gregoire | Jun 24, 2020 | Homemaking, Men's Corner
Is it fair for husbands to just say, “Give me a list of what you want done and I’ll do it?” It’s Keith here today; welcome back to Men’s Corner! It has been interesting to watch people wrestle with the concept of mental load over the...
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...
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.
