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The Mental Load Chronicles — 40 episodes

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1

Revisiting the Magic Deck: Tooth Fairies, Date Nights, and The Boomerang of the Mental Load

2

The Mental Load of Personal Safety

3

The Mental Load of Kids Sports: Gymnastics Edition

4

The Mental Load of “Are We Getting Another Dog?”

5

You Can Set It Down This Week

6

OUT: What’s Actually Changed?

7

Bamboozled Summer: Camp Edition

8

The Mental Load of Stuff

9

ADHD (Part 2): The Weighted Vest

10

ADHD & The Mental Load (Part 1): Squirrel, Diagnosis, and the Breaking Point

11

Six Months In: Has the Mental Load Actually Shifted?

12

In Sickness & In Health: The Mental Load of Being Sick (Without Falling Apart)

13

When Romance Becomes One More Thing on the List

14

From ‘Tell Me What to Do’ to ‘How Can I Help?’: Fair Play Home Deck, Part Two

15

Halfway Isn’t Done: Revisiting the Fair Play Home Deck (Part 1)

16

New Year, Shared Load: Supporting Each Other’s Resolutions

17

When the Holidays Go Well… and Still Wear You Out

18

A Short Pause (We’ll Be Back in January)

19

Sick Days, Midnight Meltdowns, and Dad in High Heels!?! Magic Deck Revisited

20

The Disney Diaries: Why This Was Our Most Relaxed Trip Yet

21

The December Check-In: Hanukkah Oil, Present Wrapping, and Who’s Putting Up the Tree?

22

Getting to Know Us…Because Apparently We Forgot to Introduce Ourselves

23

Gift Giving Without the Drama (or the Vacuum): The Mental Load of Making It Mean Something

24

Because Apparently Retainers Can Be 911 Emergencies

25

The Slow Work of Sharing the Load — Picking Up Where We Left Off

26

Tiny Shifts, Big Changes: The Mental Load Check-In (Part 1)

27

How to Talk About the Mental Load Without Starting a Fight

28

Two Weeks, Four Backpacks, Seven Countries: Running Uphill With a Toddler on Your Back

29

Two Weeks, Four Backpacks, Seven Countries: How We Packed

30

Two Weeks, Four Backpacks, Seven Countries: The Mental Load of Travel Planning

31

Dad's First Time in Charge: Birthday Party Mental Load Recap

32

Homework, Vet Bills & the Mental Load of Family Life

33

Before They Say “I Do”: The Mental Load of Taylor & Travis

34

Burrows, Bangs, and Balayage: Navigating the Caregiving Deck

35

Cheese Pizza, Goody Bags, and Chaos: The Mental Load of Kids’ Parties

36

Wild: Navigating Life’s Unpredictable Moments

37

Dimmer Down on Caring

38

The Mental Load at Midnight

39

Playing Fair: Our First Attempt at Rebalancing the Mental Load

40

It’s Not Just the Thing—It’s All the Things