mental load Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

How One Couple in the Arctic Got Over Nagging

by Joanna Sawatsky | Aug 18, 2021 | Homemaking

Sheila here! Today I’m turning the blog over to Joanna, my awesome co-author with The Great Sex Rescue, and our resident statistician and super smart person. She’s responsible for all the data that we derive from our surveys, and for running all of the...

“Let’s Go to The Beach” Revisited–Plus More Mental Load!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 16, 2021 | Doing Life Together

What happens when women carry the mental load for the whole family? It can be exhausting! Last June, my series on the blog was on mental load and emotional labor, and how draining it is for women to have to remember everything and keep all details straight, and how...

PODCAST: What Is the U.S. Military Teaching about Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 27, 2021 | Podcasts

Mark Gungor claims to be the #1 marriage teacher in the U.S. military, and I think it’s important to know what he is teaching. As many of you know, last week an audio recording was published on The Wartburg Watch between pastor, comedian, and marriage teacher...

A Shout Out to the Great Guys Who Share Emotional Labor & Mental Load

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 load...

EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why We All Need Downtime

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...

5 Ways COVID 19 Increases Mental Load

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...