Letters from Balm
The work no one's counting.
A short read, once a week, on the invisible workload — what the research actually says, what it costs families, and what stops it from falling on one person.
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What you'll read
- The research, in plain English. Studies on cognitive load, mental load, and the gendered distribution of household coordination — summarized without academic jargon.
- The dollar cost. What the invisible workload actually costs in burnout, lost income, and relationships — with the receipts.
- What helps. Concrete patterns and systems that move work from one person's head onto something a family can share.