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50: The System for Escaping the Default Adult Role with Paige Connell
Have you ever walked into a room only to be immediately asked where something is…while the person asking is standing closer to it than you are?
If you’re the one who remembers doctor’s appointments, notices the milk is running low, signs the permission slips, buys birthday gifts, keeps everyone’s schedule in your head, and somehow becomes responsible for things simply because you noticed them first, you might be carrying what’s known as the mental load.
In this episode, Paige Connell joins me to unpack the “default adult” role—how it develops, why it feels so overwhelming, and what it…
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