The Unseen Mental Labour of Motherhood

Have you heard of mental labor before? It’s all of the thinking, organising, planning, management, and emotional work that underpins all of the aspects of family life, household life, everything related to our children.  I strongly believe that all mama’s will benefit from diving into this episode as I am joined by Dr Elyse McNeil who has made it her life work to create education and information to support couples in significantly improving the way they manage mental labor and improve their relationships. We took a practical approach to today's episode and discussed specifics about what mental labor is, why it tends to fall on the shoulders of women and how we can have productive and respectful conversations with our partners, without inviting defensiveness and conflict, around sharing the load.  Please comment on the episode to let us know what you found most helpful and pass this conversation on to any mama whom you feel could benefit from these insightful and practical tips on managing mental load in motherhood.  As always, we continue this conversation over on Instagram. Come join us there.  Resources:  Website Instagram  About Dr Elyse McNeil:   Dr Elyse McNeil has been a clinical psychologist for nearly a decade and has completed a PhD on the topic of mental labour. Through her work at Share to Thrive she is creating education and information for mothers and couples to significantly improve the way they manage mental labour and support women through the journey of motherhood. She lives on the beautiful Gold Coast with her husband and little boy.