Getting Some Help Around the Damn House

One sentence. When therapy was making things worse, one sentence ended the housework inequality in my relationship.

In this episode, I share the true story of what it looks like when an aha moment shifts someone’s thinking and behavior for good.

If you’ve ever been buried under an unfair load of housework, while the other adult in your home relaxes on the couch, you’ll relate to this one. I’m telling the real-life moment that dissol...

What if one sentence could change your entire relationship?

In this episode, I give you the broad strokes on Good Guide Leadership — my three-step process for creating an aha moment that sparks real, lasting change at home, at work, and beyond.

You’ll learn:

• The Three Steps of Good Guide Leadership

• The thinking behind each step of the process

• Why this framework works to create lasting change

• Why it's VERY different from what we m...

Does "changing a man" equal "women parenting grown-ass men?"

In a word, no. This episode explains why.

It also explains why using Good Guide Leadership--to shift the unfair thinking and behavior of misguided men--is about SO MUCH MORE than simply shifting the unfair thinking and behavior of misguided men.

It's really about putting the power to dissolve patriarchy for fun and profit directly in the hands of women, for benefit of all ...

Are you the guide in your home—or the villain?

To master Good Guide Leadership, you must know the players: Who’s the hero? Who’s the guide? And who's the villain?

If you suspect you’ve slipped into the villain role, you didn’t get there alone. In this episode, you’ll uncover the “anti-guide grooming” that undermines women’s leadership at home and at work.

You’ll hear a real-life example of how this anti-guide grooming shows up in fam...

Leadership challenges at home don't just affect you at home. They also show up in your career, adding to the mental load and stress levels that working women experience, with the added bonus of biting you right in your bank account.

This episode delivers a real-life illustration of exactly how that happens, diving deep into the case study of a well-meaning mom who unwittingly became the villain in her adult son's failure-to-launch ...

How do you reclaim your role as the guide in your home—and stop getting sidelined by “feel better” nonsense?

In this episode, I expose how life coaching has been hijacked by anti-guide grooming that keeps women stuck in low-profit homes.

You’ll learn why “gratitude for the mess” is not empowerment—and what real leadership looks like instead.

I’ll also walk you through the three core skills every Good Guide Leader needs, and why the...

Strong leaders have strong backbones—and in this episode, I show you exactly how to build yours.

You’ll learn my simple, two-step process to strengthen your leadership backbone, with precise examples of what works and what fails, and why.

I’ll also reveal why strengthening your backbone is the key to shifting the dynamics at home, improving your relationships, and putting you into the powerful position to effect change in your home...

Feeling crushed by back-to-school chaos and the endless mental load? You’re not alone—and it’s not a scheduling issue. It’s a leadership problem.

In this episode, I reveal the litmus test for leadership osteoporosis—the hidden holes in your backbone that silently drain your energy and your bank account.

You’ll see how “playing for feelings instead of outcomes” keeps women stuck, while men keep running the world.

And most importantl...

Does it sometimes feel like other women are secretly undermining your leadership? In this episode of Getting Some Help Around the Damn House, I peel back the layers to reveal the hidden ways this sabotage shows up—and why it keeps women stuck playing for flimsy feelings instead of solid outcomes.

Here’s what you’ll discover:

• How to spot the almost invisible ways women undermine other women in leadership.
• Why this is a direct contr...

How many times have you heard, "But no one else in this house cares about the mess"???

This episode discusses the exact path out of this problem.

It all hinges on the skill of High Profit Thinking, and in this episode, you'll get examples of how this helps you, both at home and at work.

You'll also see the off-the-charts value of taking things up a notch, and operating your home with a standard for order and cleanliness that some mig...