Yumi Stynes

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1,797 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 21 Sep

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Ladies, We Need To Talk · What you don't know about the mental load with Leah Ruppanner · 24 Aug 2026 podcast

We can't pilot this thing if we're gasping for air.

Remember, it's about putting on your own oxygen mask

And it's not just parents who carry the safety mental load.

Leah found young women were feeling it too.

Okay, so I'm meeting a guy for a date tonight.

I better text my friend my location, check out the venue first, make sure someone knows when I'm on my way home.

These are all small things on their own, but it's the constant mental attention that leaves a lot of young women feeling overwhelmed.

And last on our mental load checklist that came up for just about everyone was Medicare.

Leah's work doesn't stop at explaining the mental load and its eight different subtypes.

As part of her research, she and her team created a really simple quiz to help people work out where their mental load is heaviest and most importantly, how to ease it.

It's called the Lighten Lab Assessment and we've put a link in the show notes if you want to give it a go.

Going deeper on this stuff can be really helpful because suddenly it's there in black and white, validating your overwhelm.

But here's the thing, Leah says you also need to work out your core values at the same time so you can make better decisions when re-evaluating which parts of your mental load aren't serving you anymore.

It's philosophical stuff because it means getting clarity on the principles that guide your decisions, shape your priorities and help you work out whether you're living the kind of life you actually want to live.

Making time for that exercise can really pay off because then you've got a set of guiding values, things like family, kindness or fun, to help work out how to live ethically and joyfully.

Leah says another good exercise is to really think about who you're focusing on in your life.

In her book, she uses the example of a problematic colleague at

I don't think I have a Richard or a Sam at my work, but go on.

I think everybody else does.

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