Sheldon and Valerie talk about mental load and what has helped them in this area of their marriage. In short, mental load are the things we need to remember in life to keep things going. Mental load is one of those elements of marriage that once again Sheldon and Valerie have had to work on in their marriage, and are still working and learning about this. Mental load was a pain point for many years for them until they had honest conversations, increased awareness in this area, made lists together which also involved fairly dividing things up, and approaching mental load with a teammate perspective.

Processing questions from this episode:

1. How do we currently deal with the mental load in our family?
2. What would help us in dealing with the mental load? 
   • An honest conversation, increased awareness, making lists together and fairly dividing them, or having a teammate perspective?