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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...

Hey, Guys: This is What Mental Load Means to Women

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 mental...

Why I Kissed “Give Me a List” Goodbye

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 month. ...

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...

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...