The Mental Load

The Mental Load

Katlynn Pyatt and Angie Cantrell

Episodes 43
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Dormant
Since Apr 2023
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Two millennial moms explore the mental load. Here’s the deal, we’re the first generation of women who saw both of our parents work outside the home. And, because kids are oblivious to how much work it takes to actually raise them, we naturally assumed that our parents split everything else it took to run our households. Then we grew up, got married and were like what the f***? You know this conversation. You probably have it with your mom friends all the time. It’s your never ending to-do list. The perception that you’re the household manager and keeper of all the stuff and the things. The mental load is so much more complex than delegating out chores and duties or telling women to practice “self care” or “take a day off”. We don’t want a day off, we want husbands who are more “switched on” throughout the day. How do we have this conversation in our household? What systems keep the mental load in place? Why does the mental load even exist? We’re here to explore all of these topics and really dig into the small and large changes that need to happen in order to better support women and therefore, families in America. And we’re here to bring this conversation to the forefront and help break a generational cycle so that as we raise girls AND boys, they know what it means to truly have an equal household.

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S4E7 Feeling judged and the mental load

Jan 16, 2025 15m

When men judge women for the mental load and how we choose to handle it.In this hot take, Katlynn discusses why sometimes as mothers, we might feel judged by our partners for the way we parent in…

S4E6 Kids Chores and the Mental Load

Jan 10, 2025 1h 6m

How do kids' chores impact the mental load for women?In this full-length episode, we discuss various ways that getting kids to pitch in and do chores around the house, when managed differently…

S4E5 Why Re-Delegating Chores to Kids Creates Mental Load

Dec 19, 2024 9m

When husbands pass chores off to their kids it creates more mental load for women. In today's hot take, Katlynn discusses why passing the buck on chores might seem helpful and like husband's are…

S4E4 No Excuses - The Mental Load of Daily Chores

Dec 12, 2024 11m

The mental load of daily responsibilities outweighs occasional maintenance chores.In this week's hot take, Katlynn discusses how, when men and women are raised differently, it creates a large gap in…

S4E3 The Sound of Silence - I Need Help!

Nov 27, 2024 13m

How to immediately lighten the mental loadIn this week's hot take, Katlynn discusses how to identify when you're overwhelmed by the mental load and how to immediately get relief.Bodily cues can tell…

S4E2 Just Lower Your Standards

Nov 14, 2024 40m

Why men have the perception that women have standards that are "too high" and how it contributes to the mental load. We've all been in the situation before where we ask our husbands to do something.…

S4E1 Medical Mental Load

Nov 07, 2024 1h 2m

Why women still carry the mental load when it comes to our children's healthcare. In this episode, we break down why women still carry a majority of the mental load when it comes to our kids and…

S3E13 Showing Support for the Mental Load

Jul 25, 2024 13m

We don't want to ask for help with the mental load. Something about saying "can you help me with..." or "thanks for helping me with..." just grates on me. Most likely because it implies that I own…

S3E12 The mental load in LGBTQ+ households

Jul 18, 2024 1h 19m

What is the mental load like in LGBTQ+ households?Today, Dr. Jazmin Richter joins us to talk through their experience redistributing the mental load as a queer couple in preparation for kids. In this…

S3E11 Are you a nag? Or is he just inconsistent?

Jul 11, 2024 6m

"Just ask for help" when it comes to the mental load. Don't be a nag - why women are held to a double standard in the household.In this hot take, Katlynn discusses why women are held to a double…

S3E10 Advice from a Marriage Therapist (Rerun)

Jul 04, 2024 54m

Advice on how to change the mental load from a marriage therapist.The effect the mental load has on marriages and how to have the conversation with your spouse. It's (one) of the episodes you all…

S3E9 Weaponized Incompetence - Hot Take

Jun 27, 2024 10m

The mental load and weaponized incompetence. In this hot take, Katlynn discusses what weaponized incompetence looks like after women have been gone for a short or extended period of time from their…

S3E8 The Audacity - Moms Week Debrief

Jun 20, 2024 1h 1m

Why do millennial moms expect so much more from their husbands when it comes balancing the mental load?This week Angie and Katlynn debrief their episode with their boomer moms about the mental load.…

S3E7 A Fast Way to Lighten the Mental Load

Jun 13, 2024 12m

One fast way to lighten the mental loadThe affect of mommy influencers on our mental loadThere's no shame in the mommy influencer game. At all. It's a respectable way to make a living. But as…

S3E6 A Generational Take on the Mental Load

Jun 06, 2024 1h 28m

Join two millennial moms and their boomer mothers to discuss the mental load.This week Katlynn and Angie host their moms and mother-in-laws to discuss the mental load and get perspective from a…

S3E5 Seeking a Clone Machine

May 30, 2024 12m

The Mental Load and Prepping to go out of TownThis week's hot take is about the mental load and prepping to go out of town. Those who carry the mental load can't simply pack their suitcase, give a…

S3E4 What Makes Moms Badass

May 23, 2024 1h 5m

What transferrable skills does managing the mental load give moms?Today we’re discussing some of the valuable skill sets you get as a mom from balancing the mental load. I think we all feel stuck…

S3E3 F*ck Dem Trees - Your Sanity and the Mental Load at Dinner

May 16, 2024 3m

Sacrificing your sanity and being overwhelmed by the mental load at dinner isn't required.Be earth conscious, but don't feel guilty when you have to use paper plates to lighten the mental load every…

S3E2 Identity Theft: How the Mental Load takes Over Women's Lives

May 09, 2024 45m

How the mental load takes over women's livesHow not to lose yourself in motherhood"I resent the fact that you (dads) get to maintain your individuality, while I do not."The Mental Load often takes…

S3E1 PSA: Mother's Day & The Mental Load

May 02, 2024 9m

The mental load and mother's dayFor men: Why moms care so much about Mother's DayJoin Katlynn from the Mental Load Podcast in this Mother's Day hot take. Attention dads! Mother's Day for moms isn't…

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