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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Do you have a competence hangover'? | Emma Beddington

They are depleted by accepting additional responsibilities, over delivering, taking on emotional labour, supplying the Colin the Caterpillar birthday cake, and generally being the person to whom everyone complacently says: What would we do without you?! It's a familiar story in the domestic sphere, where women shoulder disproportionate responsibilities plus a bonus mental load.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Finger princesses: are these the biggest villains of the chat group?

A 'finger princess' is someone who habitually asks easily-answerable questions in group chats instead of searching for answers themselves.
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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

How Grief Rewrites Our Relationships

Grief reshapes relationships, priorities, and emotional capacity, forcing clearer honesty, altered tolerance, and reorganising how people relate and allocate emotional labour.
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fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

When You Work Too Hard to Be Loved

Agreeableness can become anxious self-erasure and emotional labour when people suppress needs and over-effort to preserve affection, mistaking effort for security.
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