Bridging the Gap in Community (& Finding Community to Bridge Gaps) with Rowan Whitehead

The Root and Rise Podcast | Personal Growth, Breaking Cycles, & Healing Trauma

Bridging the Gap Community Group is a movement of gender equity through the community. Rowan Whitehead is the founder of this online community which includes over 64,000 members at the time this is published.

It’s a Facebook community group that you can join today. And I recommend that you do - because it offers support, encouragement, education, and practical tips when you feel stuck carrying too much of the load or when the gaps feel impossible to close. This community truly strives to help everyone feel heard and valued. You’ll find the link to join in my episode description.

In this episode Rowan and I will talk about:

Community

Finding community when you feel isolated or alone, especially in motherhood. And not just any community - but a supportive and intentional community striving to bridge the gaps you are battling in your own life.

Emotions

We will also talk about managing the resentment, anger, or other emotions that might come along in the process of noticing, calling out, and bridging those gaps. Along with overcoming internalized misogyny, addressing some questions and comments submitted on my community survey form, and so much more.

🎥 WATCH ON YOUTUBE

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📲 Join the Bridging the Gap Community Group on FB:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/410364763121879

🗣️ JOIN THE CONVO

Rowan & I want to hear from you! Ask your questions or suggest a gap to focus on next here:

https://forms.gle/FWSZjXYnvucxg2s68

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Episode Topics:

• Labor division within the home

• Labor division in marriage

• Finding equity within our homes

• Gender equality within our homes

• Generational trauma for women

• Harmful gender stereotypes within our homes

• Expectations of women within the home

• A woman’s role within the home

• A mother’s role within the home

• Generational roles of women within the home

• Parents pressuring you to stick to “traditional values”

• Dividing housework evenly within the home

• Chore splitting

• How to share the chores and household responsibilities fairly

• The mental load women and mothers take on

• Mental load of motherhood

• How to split house chores and roles in marriage

• Solve the battle over house chores in your marriage

• End the feeling of nagging by assigning household chores

• How do i get my husband to help around the house?

• How do i get my husband to help me more?

• How to get your husband to do more housework

• How to divide household chores fairly

• Get more support at home from your husband

• Get more support with the kids from your husband

• How to get alone time as a mom

• How to get more time to yourself as a mom

• Finding community when you feel isolated or alone

• Feeling resentful about an imbalance of chores in the household

• The mental load of motherhood

• Gender stereotypes within the home

• Gender equity through community

• The importance of community in motherhood

• Finding your community in motherhood

• Finding more support at home

• Building your village in parenthood

• Finding your village in motherhood

• Finding friends in motherhood

• Finding mom friends

• The difference between striving for equal vs striving for equity

• Overcoming internalized misogyny

References & Recommendations:

🎧 End the ✨Chore Wars✨: Divide Household Chores Evenly & Get More Support Around the House

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IzJ8E0p6qoB067yLxI1yy?si=1EOk0zAeQ5el6xBOFS4AOQ

🎧 The Guilty Feminist Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-guilty-feminist/id1068940771

💻 Gapper Glossary from BtG group (and all other resources):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/410364763121879

💻 Nora Roberts Glass ball/plastic ball - https://twitter.com/jenlynnbarnes/status/1220182162118451200?lang=en

💻 Gemma Hartley's “Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward” book:

https://www.gemmahartley.com/

💻 WEBSITE/SHOW NOTES

https//www.rootandriseblog.com