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September 25, 2026
TLDR; To talk to your partner about the mental load without starting a fight, pick a calm moment and start by owning how you’ve been showing up. Then name the real enemy, which is the sheer amount two people are expected to carry right now, and keep coming back to how you feel in the […]

August 13, 2026
If you have been carrying the mental load for a long time, one of the hardest parts is figuring out who or what can actually help offer sustainable and meaningful support. Not a well-meaning friend telling you to just make him a list. Not another system that just one of you ends up managing but […]

May 28, 2026
by Dr. Morgan Cutlip Is a hundred hours a week even possible when it comes to the mental load? I hear this question constantly, and I understand why. The number sounds absurd at first. Maybe you have said it yourself. Maybe your partner has said it to you. There is no way it takes a […]

March 10, 2026
Why I’m Stepping Into the CEO Role at A Better Share Thirteen years ago, my life changed in a way I wasn’t prepared for. Our daughter Effie was born, and almost overnight, my experience of our marriage shifted. We had a strong relationship. We loved each other deeply. We were the kind of couple who […]

March 3, 2026
Authored by Ellie Windle Three years ago, Persist started in the most ordinary and overwhelming way possible. I had baby #2. I had a demanding job. I had a partner I loved (most of the time anyway). And I had a growing, gnawing realization that the division of labor in our home wasn’t working. But […]
