40 - The maternal mental load (and how we can share it!) with Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play

Ever feel like you have a million tabs open in your brain trying to keep the family (and your own life!) running? Yep, us too. and we are SO excited to bring you today’s episode with New York Times best selling author Eve Rodsky who has a solution to support all families, no matter your situation.Eve Rodsky transformed a “blueberries breakdown” into a catalyst for social change when she applied her Harvard-trained background in organisational management to ask the simple yet profound question: What would happen if we treated our homes as our most important organisations? Her New York Times bestselling book and Reese’s Book Club Pick, Fair Play, a gamified life-management system that helps partners rebalance their domestic workload and reimagine their relationship, has elevated the cultural conversation about the value of unpaid labor and care. Described as the ‘antidote to physical, mental, and emotional burnout,’ Eve aims to inspire a new narrative around the equality of time and the individual right to personal time choice that influences sustainable and lasting change on a policy level. In this podcast we chat to Eve about:The mental load, invisible work and the second shift - plus what these are if you’re not familiarEve’s story of how she came to identify the mental load, and how she used her professional skills to collect data and implement strategies to reduce itThe rules of “Fair Play” - the game Eve created to help partners more evenly distribute the load of running a familyHow we can get our partners on board without seeming unappreciative or like a “nag”Why just the execution of a task is not enough to reduce the mental load (hint… there is so much planning that happens before a task takes place!)How these strategies can positively influence not only our own well-being, but also our familyand so much more!You can check out Eve’s incredible work on instagram or her website and we highly recommend you get your hands on a copy of her book.Today's episode was brought to you by BioFirst. Bio-First is an Australian Family brand, who wanted better options for their family and to help as many people as possible. All products are manufactured locally within Australia. Their products are genuinely natural with no nasties like phthalates, petrochemicals, synthetics or chemical solvents, as well as being free of irritants and designed for little, hypersensitive skin and dermatologist certifiedBio-First have a range of skin and immune products for the whole family. You can use the code BOOBTOFOOD for 15% OFF the entire range. Visit www.bio-first.com.auFollow us on instagram @boobtofood to stay up to date with all the podcast news, recipes and other content that we bring to help make meal times and family life easier.Visit www.boobtofood.com for blogs and resources, to book an appointment with one of our amazing practitioners and more.Presented by Luka McCabe and Kate HolmTo get in touch please email [email protected]