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PODCAST EXTRAS: Is It Man-Bashing to Assume Men Can Take on Emotional Labor?
If we say that it’s okay to expect that men will want to be engaged at home, and will want to share the mental load, are we man-bashing? We’ve been talking all month about emotional labor and mental...
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The “Let’s Go to the Beach!” Saga: Is Your Wife Really No Fun?
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...
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THE EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why the Daily Grind Needs to Be Shared
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...
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Why I Kissed “Give Me a List” Goodbye
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...
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5 Ways COVID 19 Increases Mental Load
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...
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EMOTIONAL LABOR SERIES: Why We All Need Downtime
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...
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A Shout Out to the Great Guys Who Share Emotional Labor & Mental Load
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...
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The DIRECT COMMUNICATION Series: What if Nagging Isn’t the Problem (or the...
We often hear that nagging is one of the worst things a woman can do in a marriage. It makes her husband feel infantilized, undermined, talked down to. But what if nagging is not the real issue? What...
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How One Couple in the Arctic Got Over Nagging
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...
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When Are Wet Towels on the Bed More than Just Wet Towels on the Bed?
Did you know that 45,000 receive an email from me every Friday with a round-up of things from the blog and social media that week? To make sure you don’t miss anything? And that email is usually...
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