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Emotional labor is the invisible, unnoticed, unwaged, unwritten, undervalued work women do at home and in the paid workforce. It is the thinking about what’s coming up, what needs to happen, how to look into the future to anticipate birthdays, school permissions slips, family meals, holiday dinners, do we have enough toilet paper, how come we don’t have any more ketchup? There are myriad ways in which we have to think about the functioning of a household. Granted, all of these little tasks a ...
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Dr. Susan Landers retired from her work as a neonatologist – a career that spanned 34 years. But alas, although “retired” Dr. Susan found, “I just could not sit still.” Sharing compelling stories from her medical practice with her book club members, as she shouldered the heavy load of raising a family, her cohort encouraged her Susan to write about…
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David Smith is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Carey Business School. I came across his name when I read a review for his second book, Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (Harvard Business Review Press, 2020). What I find remarkable and special about David, was learning about his “why.…
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Ingrid Jansen is a friend, colleague, and gifted entrepreneur based in London. Ingrid co-founded, with her pal Lesley Spellman, The De-Clutter Hub, an online membership platform for cluttered folks needing the support to make their way from chaos to clarity. The two women host a podcast with 1.5 million downloads, and they host a FaceBook group wit…
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Back when she was starting her family, Gifty Enright wished she had in her tool-kit, the language of Emotional Labor. Granted, she may have avoided a lot of grief and despair, but then again, we would have never known her gift for putting to words the feelings she had when she Just. Burned. Out., and as described in her book, The Octopus On A Tread…
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Joanna Schroeder is a force. She’s at the forefront of the spreading the word about raising non-sexist, non-racist sons, and so I can’t wait to read her latest book, Talk to Your Boys: 27 Crucial Conversations to Have With Your Tweens and Teen Sons due early 2025. Joanna is also a writer, editor and feminist media critic. She was raised by a femini…
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It’s not often I read an article with the words “gender equity” embedded in the title. I had not finished reading Sara Madera’s article, Why Achieving Gender Equity at Home is Still Tougher That At Work when I started my email to Sara inviting her to the Emotional Labor podcast. And I’m so glad that I did. Aside from being an insightful writer, Sar…
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Dr. Shahrzad Nooravi is a business psychologist, Master Certified Coach (MCC) and Founder and CEO of Strategy Meets Performance, a business consulting firm that partners with leaders of mid-sized to Fortune 500 organizations to help them create engaging, innovative, and productive cultures. Dr. Nooravi has been named “Trailblazer of the Year,” “Cit…
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Kelly Ryan Bailey is our guest this week and I’m excited to introduce her to our Emotional Labor podcast community. An entrepreneur, speaker, advisor, investor, spouse, and… mama of 3 – Kelly is one smart woman who has parlayed her life experience with major burn-out at the tender age of 36 – into viable business entities. From her SkillsBaby.com p…
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I started my organizing business two months after my university job layoff. An academic at heart, I devoured a lot books to help me learn my new craft. And it was with great excitement and glee when I can across Sari Solden’s, Women with Attention Deficit Disorder. Page after page of important insight and analysis of how the mental load of emotiona…
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Maureen Nolan is an ‘attention coach’ who is using the book, Emotional Labor: Why A Woman’s Work is Never Done and What To Do About It with her clients seeking the ability to focus, and improve awareness about relationships. A specialist in working with people with executive function challenges, Maureen works with her clients through the lens of th…
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Megan Hauser is a force. She’s a researcher, educator, mother, wife, and gender justice advocate. A doctoral candidate in Education and Research at Lehigh University, Megan is doing interesting work, specializing in time-use and investigating the disproportionality of female-identifying teachers to female-identifying administrators in the U.S. publ…
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Lisa Levey’s book, The Libra Solution is a 2012 exploration of thoughts and ideas we continue to examine to this day - namely, strategies and solutions for household equity. Lisa is a recognized expert in the fields of women's leadership, diversity, and work-life integration. She lives with her husband and two sons in the Boston area. Her work is v…
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Judith Kolberg is my long time friend and colleague, and, as of 2 years ago, my brilliant collaborator as well. The Emotional Labor book would not be what it is without Judith’s talents – as an editor and writer, and as a listener. Our work together on the book was delightful and fun, and Judith’s sense of humor shows up on many pages. Our podcast …
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Aashi Arora, founder of iRise Executive Coaching, is a successful and smart business coach. She’s got an interesting niche – working with healthcare professionals in leadership development, career transitions, and emotional intelligence. She’s also a life coach for executive level professional women. We had a great conversation about how she works …
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Tiffany Blassingame is my good friend and colleague, and a contributor to my book on emotional labor. She’s also a thought-leader, education, school administrator, mom to a high scholar and athlete, and all around decent human being. As a productivity expert and professional organizer, Tiffany founded the National Association of Black Professional …
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