Why we’re all Overwhelmed and how to get through it, with Brigid Schulte

Steph talks with writer and speaker Brigid Schulte about Overwhelm, where it comes from and what we can do to rally against it. Brigid brilliantly uses research and history to understand how we got here, and reassures that when it feels hard, it’s because it is. Brigid explains why women feel they don’t deserve free time, why we feel we have to ‘excel’ at motherhood and importantly, what all this pressure and juggling does to women’s physical and mental health, careers and relationships. They discuss how women find it difficult to live in the moment because of the volume of roles and responsibilities they’re juggling, how children coming along makes the imbalance even more difficult, and the societal expectations that impacts men and women trying to find a better balance. And Brigid offers some advice on how to turn down the volume on it all, and advises we all need to ‘let that shit go’ Brigid shares what she’s learned as a journalist at The Washington Post, author of ‘Overwhelmed’ (2014) and the Director of Better Life Lab at New America, the work-family justice and gender equity program at New America, a nonpartisan think tank. Thank you to Naturalmat for sponsoring this episode, handmakers of organic beds and mattresses, and DBHF podcast listeners can get 15% off with the code DBHF15 Brigid’s book ‘Overwhelmed – How to work, love and play when noone has the time’. Brigid’s Twitter Better Life Lab at New America Brigid’s Instagram Steph’s Instagram Thoughtful Gifts at Don’t Buy Her Flowers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Why we’re all Overwhelmed and how to get through it, with Brigid Schulte is an episode from The Don't Buy Her Flowers Podcast by Steph Douglas.

This episode is 59:01 long.

This episode was published on Sep 8, 2023.

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