Do less. Be more.With eye-opening, research-based insights
Drained offers a powerful toolkit to help women create richer, less overwhelming lives filled with meaning and joy.
For so many women, mental load is a heavy burden that goes far beyond managing a list of household chores and logistics: it's a complex form of emotional labour that requires thinking five steps ahead, keeping relationships intact, creating experiences that keep all members of the family happy and thriving, and more.
It's a hidden struggle that leaves many women feeling burned out. But what if we stopped blaming ourselves for feeling overwhelmed and instead made
practical, impactful changes to our lives to prioritize our energy?
In
Drained, sociologist and host of the
MissPerceived podcast Dr. Leah Ruppanner outlines
eight distinct types of mental load performed across
seven unique stages, highlighting what makes mental load so uniquely heavy for women, and offers practical strategies to reallocate your responsibilities and reclaim your sense of self.
Offering new research presented with clarity and compassion from a world-leading expert,
Drained is a must-read guide to help women build better, more balanced, joyous lives.
'
Urgent and transformative...a must-read for all women to help them reset how they spend their energy, and lead more balanced, fulfilling, joyful lives' -
Eve Rodsky, bestselling author of
Fair Play
'This book is a revelation' -
Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of
Unfinished Business
'An essential blueprint for happier, healthier relationships and lives' -
Brigid Schulte,
New York Times bestselling author of
Overwhelmed
'If we want to tackle the care gap and the pay gap, burnout, parents' mental health and women's leadership, we need to understand the mental load, and we need to tackle it.
And our first step is to read
Drained'
-
Kate Mangino, author of
Equal Partners
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Feminism & Feminist TheoryIndex
Social SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Part I Meet the Mental Load
- Part II The Unload
- Part III The Reload
- Conclusion What We Owe Our Daughters
- Appendix The Mental Load Audit Worksheets
- Acknowledgements
- Works Cited
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