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Episode 3: Why Is It Hard To Ask For Help?
- 2025/05/01
- 再生時間： 36 分
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📋 Show Notes:🎙️ Episode 3: Why Is It Hard to Ask for Help? Subtitle: Partner DialoguesCristina and the moms get real about the challenges of communicating needs, balancing childcare, and renegotiating value at home. From societal pressure to internalized guilt, they explore why asking for help feels so loaded and how to reframe it without resentment. This episode is a heartfelt, funny, and hope-filled dive into the art of advocating for yourself.🗣️ What We Talk About:- Why it's so hard to ask for help- How stay-at-home work gets undervalued- Money, power, and perception in partnerships- Emotional labor and mental load- Gendered social conditioning and communication barriers- Practical strategies for better conversations - How to validate your own worth beyond motherhood📚 References:Fair Play Rodsky, Eve. Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live). G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2019. Impulse Purchasing By Gender 1 "Male vs. Female Spending Statistics." ElectroIQ, https://electroiq.com/stats/male-vs-female-spending-statistics/#General_Male_vs_Female_Spending_Statistics. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.Impulse Purchasing By Gender 2 "Male vs. Female Spending Statistics." FinanceBuzz, https://financebuzz.com/male-vs-female-spending-statistics. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.Gender and Emotion Expression Russell, James A. "What Is an Emotion? Psychological Construction in the Service of Making Emotion Meaning." Emotion Review, vol. 6, no. 4, 2014, pp. 298-307, https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073914544408. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.The Gender Stereotyping of Emotions Plant, E. Ashby, et al. "The Gender Stereotyping of Emotions." Psychology of Women Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 81-92, https://devinelab.psych.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1383/2020/04/The-gender-stereotyping-of-emotions.pdf. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.Stay At Home Moms' 'Economic Value' Curry, Benjamin. "Here's How Much Economists Say Stay-At-Home Moms Should Get Paid." Nasdaq, 8 Mar. 2022, www.nasdaq.com/articles/heres-how-much-economists-say-stay-at-home-moms-should-get-paid. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.Gendered Labour Market "History Helps Us Understand Gender Differences in the Labour Market." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 9 Oct. 2023, www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2023/10/popular-economicsciencesprize2023.pdf. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.👯♀️ Meet Your Hosts:Cristina Sansone – Public health pro turned full-time stay-at-home mom of threeJamie Dennison – Corporate exec and mom of twoJess Kahn Marks – Former engineer and mom of twoTiffany Hodges – Writer, actor, filmmaker, and mom of one🔗 Follow Along: Podcast IG: @momsamongotherthingsWebsite: mommyhasquestions.comPresented by: momsamongotherthings.com🔑 Key Themes: mental load, motherhood, childcare, communication, emotional labor, stay-at-home moms, working moms, gender roles, marriage, asking for help, Fair Play, Eve Rodsky, invisible labor, partnerships, feminist parenting, modern families, self-worth