{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61de0665cc27c20014ea15cf/6ab69889b0c0b4c5c1e00ec6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Good Life Jam: Parenting Burdens & Self-Help Book Burials | Leah Smart","description":"<p>Today, we’re introducing a new conversation format that we’ll be working into the mix called Good Life Jams. These sessions take on 2-3 hot topics and go deep. Today’s conversation partner is Leah Smart, a senior editor at LinkedIn, a writer and speaker, and the host of <a href=\"https://pod.link/1457513598\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Better</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>The topics we’re digging into: When women earn more, the physical housework shrinks. The mental load doesn&#39;t move at all. What’s going on there? And why are self-help books crashing, while coaching is taking off? </p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, you&#39;ll explore:</p><ul><li>Why the most common fix for an overloaded household leaves the heaviest part completely untouched</li><li>The question Leah&#39;s husband asked her about the word &quot;good&quot; that quietly reset her entire standard for running a home</li><li>What the data leaves out, and why the scorekeeping it invites can erode a long partnership</li><li>Self-help book sales fell roughly 25% in a year while coaching grew about 15%, and what people are actually paying for instead</li><li>The one thing a human can do that no book and no chatbot can, which may be the real reason the advice stopped working</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Both halves of this conversation land in the same place, which is that the discomfort you keep trying to optimize away is usually the thing worth turning toward instead.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find Leah at: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsleahsmart/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> | <a href=\"https://substack.com/@itsleahsmart\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Everyday Better with Leah Smart Substack</a> | <a href=\"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/mental-load-of-motherhood-leah-smart\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Episode Transcript</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Check out our sponsors and resources: <a href=\"https://www.goodlifeproject.com/sponsors/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Our Sponsor Page</a></strong></p>","author_name":"Jonathan Fields / Acast"}