Search

Home > Life Kit: Parenting > Feeling drained? Here's how to lighten your mental load
Podcast: Life Kit: Parenting
Episode:

Feeling drained? Here's how to lighten your mental load
Category: Kids & family
Duration: 00:24:42
Publish Date: 2026-04-21 07:05:07
Description: Did you remember to pick up milk? Or reschedule that dentist appointment? Oh, and pick up cupcakes for the meeting? The never-ending tending to the never-ending to-do list is known as the mental load. Sociologist Leah Ruppanner explains how to tame the mental load in her new book, Drained: Reduce Your Mental Load to Do Less and Be More.

Follow us on Instagram: @nprlifekit
Sign up for our newsletter here.
Have an episode idea or feedback you want to share? Email us at lifekit@npr.org
Support the show and listen to it sponsor-free by signing up for Life Kit+ at plus.npr.org/lifekit

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy
Total Play: 0

Some more Podcasts by NPR

10+ Episodes
Parenting: D ..     1
10+ Episodes
Parenting: R ..    
500+ Episodes
Ask Me Anoth ..     2
100+ Episodes
Life Kit: Mo ..     1