Mental Load Meltdowns: "I Can't Cook", HR Escalations at Work, and Sex Education Gaps in Marriage

Mental load, resentment, workplace escalation, and missing sex ed: A lot of adult conflict comes down to three things: uneven load, unclear norms, and missing language. This episode hits all three.

In this episode:
🧩 Microdoses of Dysfunction:
Your partner is brilliant at work, but can’t seem to handle groceries, cooking, and day-to-day logistics. Is it weaponized incompetence, executive dysfunction, anxiety, or a skills gap?

⚖️ AITA (classic format):
A new coworker complains about everything and routes it through HR. The OP speaks up. We break down accountability, morale, and what “constructive” looks like in office culture.

🧠 Research Round-Up:
Gaps in early sex education and how they echo into adult relationships: consent language, boundaries, arousal, shame, and communication skills people never learned.

📬 We want your feedback + submissions.
Send your AITA posts, “Unpack That Text” messages, “You’re Not Crazy, But…” questions, and topic ideas through our mailbag.

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Schedule here: https://www.veritaspp.com/schedule

Meet the Team:
🎙️ Dr. Dan Kessler → https://www.veritaspp.com/dkn
🎙️ Dr. Gayle MacBride → https://www.veritaspp.com/ghm
🎙️ Kelley Buttrick (voice talent) → https://kbvoiceovers.com
🎙️ Michael MacBride (host) → http://www.michaelmacbride.com

🔎 About our experts:
Dr. Daniel Kessler, PsyD, LP, DBSM is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. He focuses on men’s issues, CBT-I for persistent insomnia and sleep, anxiety/overthinking and performance stress, and relationship repair and intimacy concerns, with a directive, practical style designed for measurable outcomes.

Dr. Gayle MacBride, PhD, LP is a co-founder of Veritas Psychology Partners. Her work centers on CBT-I and behavioral sleep medicine, anxiety and emotional overload in high-achieving women, trauma recovery, and couples therapy (Gottman Method) plus Discernment Counseling, grounded in evidence-based, usable strategies.

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