
This will change the way you think about mental load - with Professor Leah Ruppanner
Bump with Steph & LauraShow Notes
Professor Leah Ruppanner is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne and author of the book ‘Drained: Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More’. You might recognise Leah’s name from when we had her on the podcast last year speaking about traditional gender roles and the manosphere (link below if you missed it!). This week Leah is back to speak about the mental load. We all think we know what the mental load is but in this conversation, Leah describes to Laura the 8 different types of mental load that we could be carrying at any one time, as well as recognising where your mental load energy is being spent, and how to better distribute this energy. If you’re currently drowning in the mental load, we hope this episode helps you. WE MENTIONED Find out more about Leah https://www.leahruppanner.com/ Lighten Lab is the website Leah mentioned https://www.lightenlab.com/ Read Leah’s book https://www.dymocks.com.au/drained-by-leah-ruppanner-9781761471957 Listen to Leah’s podcast ‘Miss Perceived’ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/missperceived/id1744434731 Our first episode with Leah is called ‘Money, work & traditional gender roles - Am I Equal? a miniseries with Laura Henshaw’ and you can listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/money-work-traditional-gender-roles-am-i-equal-a/id1457667995?i=1000712323533 KICPod PODCAST Looking for our other podcast? It’s called KICPod and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. We publish episodes there on Mondays & Wednesdays. FOLLOW US & GET INVOLVED KICPod @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at [email protected] Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTokLaura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on TiktokKIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the App Store and Google Play Store See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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