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Home Overwhelm

Home Overwhelm

For so many of us, day in and day out home maintenance feels like a gigantic weight on our shoulders. And because conventional gender roles pervade, matters of the home often continue to be one (wo)man’s burden.

Decluttering, tidying, organizing, and cleaning, oh my! On today’s show: A conversation with professional organizer Sona Avetisyan about getting our partners and our children to pitch in.

 

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[5:00] What is it about clutter that’s so triggering for women?

[10:00] Status quo fallback prevention 101

[13:00] Sick of nagging? Here’s what works when I need my kids to help the heck out

[18:00] Let’s talk partners! Musings on what to do when your partner can’t/won’t pitch in

[28:00] In defense of bringing playfulness back into our closest relationships (It’s not that deep!)

 

 

 

For so many of us, day in and day out home maintenance feels like a gigantic weight on our shoulders. And because conventional gender roles pervade, matters of the home often continue to be one (wo)man's burden. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: how to get our partners and our children to pitch in.

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Cultural messaging and suggests you should be happy all the time. But your "happy chemicals"—dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphin—evolved to motivate survival behavior, not make you happy.

In fact, unhappiness is your brain's default state.

On today's show Dr. Loretta Breuning argues that you can manage your happy chemicals when you know how they work in the state of nature, and she's here to show us how.

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[9:00] Serotonin is about social dominance. Enter comparison and competition

[13:00] Want a dose of oxytocin? Be part of a herd

[15:30] Endorphin is the brain's natural opioid. But you can habituate to it!

[18:00] Just got something you want? That flood of happiness is dopamine's doing, but dopamine runs out

[25:00] We are living in an era of immense abundance. So why aren't we happy?

 

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