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Smart Ways to Reduce the ‘Mother Load’

  • 28th September 2021
  • Investing in Women
  • 2 mins read
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On average, women do twice as much housework as men. Most of the “invisible “domestic work falls on women, significantly impacting their career progression. How do you share this workload and increase women’s career productivity?

In today’s episode, Kath Clarke joins us to explore the smart ways to reduce the ‘mother load.’ Kath is the founder of BlckBx, a platform that helps employers support their working parents and caregivers.

In this session, Kath shares what mother load entails and actionable steps to reduce your mother load, reclaim your time, and ensure career productivity. Kath also expounds on how to handle a resistant and unsupportive partner.

Highlights From The Episode

[00:54] About Kath Clarke

[03:52] What BlckBx deals with

[07:00] Defining mother load

[08:22] Actionable steps to reduce mother load

[12:00] Dividing tasks within your home or community

[16:18] How to handle a resistant partner

[18:13] How BlckBx helps both individuals and employees

[24:00] To connect with Kath Clarke

[25:00] Expounding on BlckBx services and pricing models

Notable Quotes

  • To thrive in parenthood and your career, you have to be super happy and have things to look forward to.
  • Using technology first is such a relief because it’s not just you having to remember things. You can include other people.
  • “We are all double jobbing, and if we put those people around us where they can support us, not just our partners, but other people in our community. We all do the same thing daily, and we can help each other a lot.”
  • You can’t have quality in the workspace until there’s quality at home.
  • 5% of the working week is spent on family and home tasks during the day, which affects productivity.

Resources

To connect with Kath Clarke:

Website

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