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Introduction: An invisible job is never done -- Part I: Emotional labor at home -- 1. How did we get here? -- 2. The mother load -- 3. Who cares? -- 4. It's okay to want more -- 5. What we do and why we do it -- Part II: Emotional labor at large -- 6. Whose work is it anyway? -- 7. A warm smile and a cold reality -- 8. Too emotional to lead? -- 9. What quiet costs -- 10. Finishing the fight -- Part III: The path forward -- 11. Nature versus nurture: are women really just better at this stuff? -- 12. Talking about emotional labor -- 13. Creating a culture of awareness -- 14. Owning our worth -- 15. Finding balance.

No more grin and bear it: how and why we all need to reset the domestic balance. Gemma Hartley is a mother and journalist on a mission: to throw fresh light on the hidden burden of 'emotional labour' (washing, wiping, worrying, soothing, shopping, preparing, planning, cooking, caring), and find out why it is that the bulk of these thankless, hugely time-consuming and frustrating jobs fall to women. Gemma's article: 'Women Aren't Nags; We're Just Fed Up,' was shared by millions of readers, giving voice to a huge number of women whose frustration and anger is mixed with incredulity. Is this really where we're at 50 years post-feminism? Gemma's quest to get to the bottom of the problem and find out how to solve it will take you deep into your own subconscious bias, and sees her challenging the foundations of her own marriage to try to forge a better, more balanced way to live. Fed Up puts forward a thought-provoking, honest and impassioned case that any woman in a relationship should take an unflinching look at her own home life and ask: "How could we do this better?" The answer might just save your sanity, and your relationships.