A research-backed, powerful guide to managing the complex emotional burden of mental load, with practical advice that is both urgent and transformative. It is a must-read for all women to help them reset how they spend their energy, and lead more balanced, fulfilling, joyful lives -- Eve Rodsky, bestselling author of FAIR PLAY This book is a revelation. Women often talk about our "mental load," but we don't really understand what it is, which means we don't know what to do about it. Drained meticulously and rigorously shows us all the different parts of that load, why we are expected to carry more of it and how to decide what parts are actually worth carrying. Buy it, read it and recommend it! -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of UNFINISHED BUSINESS Leah Ruppanner shines a bright spotlight on one of the most invisible and consequential experiences that can drive division and tax bandwidth to the breaking point: the mental load borne primarily by women that keeps family life running. Drained offers an essential blueprint for happier, healthier relationships and lives -- Brigid Schulte, New York Times bestselling author of OVERWHELMED If we want to tackle the care gap and the pay gap, burnout, parents' mental health and women's leadership, we need to understand the mental load, and we need to tackle it. And our first step is to read Drained -- Kate Mangino, author of EQUAL PARTNERS
