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...
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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 11, 2020 | Homemaking, Podcasts
What if you want to redistribute the mental load and emotional labor in your household–but your husband’s not on board? We’ve been talking about emotional labor all month on the blog, and we’ve got a lot more coming! And today on the podcast we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 8, 2020 | Homemaking
When we’re trying to divide up the mental load, one of the problems we run into is agreeing on what actually needs to be done. This month we’re looking at emotional labor and mental load, and we started our series last week talking about the problem of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 5, 2020 | Homemaking
How does mental load affect stress? This week we’ve been talking on the blog about mental load and emotional labor, in three posts: What is emotional labor and mental load? The Fair Play solution Our podcast on mental load A bunch of you have sent me...
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...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! 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 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
