Well Sh*t. It really is that simple - Episode 79 - The drain of Mental Labor on your needs is now LIVE!

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Many times, in relationships, tasks and responsibilities are not split equally between everyone involved. This takes a toll on the person’s needs and the quality of the relationship. In this episode, we explain what mental labor is, the impact it has on the people involved and what we can do to start changing the dynamic.

In this episode, we cover…

• How sometimes responsibilities and effort are not divided equally in relationships
• What Mental Labor is
• Claire and Serena give examples around what mental labor involves, especially around the holidays
• How when there is an imbalance of energy that is put into a relationship, the relationship erodes because needs are severely compromised
• How to assist the other person with mental labor
• How mental labor tasks can become niggles and cause resentment
• How needs can be affected by mental labor
• How mental labor and emotional impact are related to burnout
• How relationships are 100:100 not 50:50
• How communication takes some of the pressure of the mental labor and why clear communication takes it a step further
• Why making assumptions of whose responsibility a task is, adds to mental labor and how the opposite is also true
• What chunking is and how chunking down is helpful for mental labor
• How taking responsibility and clear communication can equalize the mental labor in relationships

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