Sharing the Load - Gender balance at home

Sharing the load - Gender Balance at home (Guest Podcast)

Gender balance is not just a workplace issue

“A common thread of lock down discussions has been women absorbing a higher proportion of childcare and home-schooling responsibilities than their partners. This has led to increased levels of burnout, stress, anxiety and the ubiquitous COVID19 brain, which has been covered in acres of media coverage.

Gender balance is not just a workplace issue it’s a relationship and domestic issue and both men and women are trapped by limiting gender stereotypes and expectations.”

I joined Dorothy Dalton the CEO of 3 Plus International to discuss how gender equality at work is tied to equality at home. Drawing upon my own experience as stay at home dad and a coach we covered a wide range of topics including

• perfectionism - it's OK to make mistakes and learn from them

• letting go the need for control - nothing bad will happen

• applying workplace project management principles to the home, identifying tasks, creating job descriptions and schedules

• maintaining intimacy and constructive communication

• overcoming boundary issues

• men being a permanent part of the solution rather than being allowed to opt in (helping)  or usually opting out

• creating goals and vision as a couple or even a family

Click Below to find out more

http://3plusinternational.com/2020/08/sharing-the-load-and-keeping-the-peace/

Supporting Women - Mental Load, Mental Health and Respect.

On International Women’s Day it’s worth reflecting why your work life balance is so important - but you have to understand how you can use it to support your partner.

A new generation of dads want much more involvement in their children’s lives and they don't just want to be ‘weekend parents’.

They expect equality at home and at work.

⭐ They want to be there for the moments that matter.

⭐ They want to spend more time with their families even if means sacrificing promotion and financial rewards.

BUT it’s never just about dads.

Yes, it’s true, my business is built around supporting dads,

Improving work life balance for dads is never just about helping blokes to spend more time with their children, it’s about relationships and gender equality and how work life balance for dads can unlock benefits for the whole family.

So on International Women’s Day, I’ve selected 3 blog posts that reflect a number of themes that I believe are vital for men to understand if they are genuinely serious about supporting their partners in meaningful ways.

1) “Mental Load”, what it is and why it occurs.

2) The mental health cost of maternity leave.

3) Respecting your partner’s career

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

PS

To save you googling, International Man’s Day is 19th November

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