Thank you for joining us for episode 482 of Live Happy Now.

If you feel like your workday never ends, you are not alone.

And this week's guests are here to tell us what we can do about it.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today I'm sitting down with Dr. Janelle Wells and Doreen

McCauley, authors of Our Invisible Work, which looks at the effect of the unpaid work we do,

both on the job, and at home. These essential tasks can tax our time and lead to burnout,

anxiety, and exhaustion, yet there remains something that largely goes unacknowledged.

Janelle and Doreen, partners in the Leadership Development Consultancy Wells Quest, are here

to talk about what their research has uncovered about the effects of invisible work and offer

tips for learning to manage it better. Let's have a listen.

Janelle and Doreen, welcome to live happy now.

Thank you for having us. This is one of the best conversations we could possibly have for our

audience, and it's about invisible work. So before we even get into this conversation, which I know

is going to be really meaty, let's talk first to find what is invisible work and maybe give me a couple of examples.

When we talk about invisible work, it is work physical or mental that is done for someone

else without the acknowledgement of the time, effort, or contribution.

I'll take an example right now.

I mean, Doreen, please add to this,

because we're in school mode, right?

I have three children going back to school.

Well, guess what?

Who's filling out, in our family,

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