Kicking the patriarchy out of your partnership
The pace of conversations regarding gender equality have picked up in recent years as we’ve witnessed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the increased popularity of online content creators like … Read more
Mental Load & Invisible Labor
Why even good guys end up as unequal partners
Years ago, I was sitting in one of my graduate psychology courses with a male professor who was roughly the age of my parents. He shared that he and his … Read more
Why aren’t we talking about all the help we need as working moms?
I’m writing this through bleary eyes, with an extra large coffee close at hand. I just got into the office and slumped into my desk chair, a few minutes to … Read more
A letter to the forgotten moms
By now you’ve taken stock of the damage. You’ve loaded the recycling bins with mounds of wrapping paper. You’ve thrown out the poinsettia you forgot to water. You’ve started packing … Read more
Are women actually better at multitasking?
On a brisk morning walk a few years ago, I was talking with a friend about the pervasive challenge of the mental load. More specifically, I was discharging my own … Read more
How many of these invisible labor tasks have you done this week?
She has a vague recollection of setting down her coffee somewhere between the kitchen and her bedroom, but now she can’t find it. Maybe she did go into the bathroom … Read more
Men: Here’s How a Better System for Dividing Chores Helps You, Too
Post Note: This piece is written using the pronouns “he” and “she” based upon the research that demonstrates the increased incidence of these issues in cisgender, heterosexual couples. However, these … Read more
10 Real-Life, Practical Ways to Reduce the Mental Load
I spend a lot of my time talking about the disproportionate mental load that women carry in our society, managing much more of the responsibility for the remembering, conceptualizing, and … Read more
Can we actually take time off?
In my group coaching of women who run businesses, we inevitably come upon the topic of taking time off. One woman will share that she hasn’t had a real day … Read more
The biology of burnout
Burnout might just be the most universal topic I can present on these days, for perhaps all the obvious reasons. Whether I’m treating a woman facing infertility, coaching a group … Read more