Some of us like to help out a lot. We do the bulk of the work starting in our youth during group projects, then it carries on to our home life and professional work balancing efforts. But when it is the desire to be helpful and avoid “failure” actually contributing to the problem?

In this episode, I’ll talk about:

• Why people take on extra work
• How it hides or obscures systemic issues
• The real reason people take on extra work
• What to do instead

Resources mentioned:

• “Changing the gender imbalance in housework may start with how we understand time” (NPR, Oct 2022)
• Fair Play, The Representation Project
• “Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)” (book by Eve Rodsky)
• “Gender differences in work–home interplay and symptom perception among Swedish white‐collar employees” (Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Dec 2006)

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