11/17/2025
The Invisible Load: Emotional Labor, Gender Roles, and the Mental Health Toll on Women
📅 December 10, 2025
Women in leadership carry enormous responsibility—and much of it is unseen. From managing workplace dynamics to tending the emotional needs of families and communities, the “invisible load” often falls disproportionately on women, shaping their mental health, relationships, and capacity to lead sustainably.
This December, Dr. Susan McClanahan and Dr. Angela Derrick, co-founders of SpringSource Psychological Center, will present to an audience of female superintendents, along with co-presenters Jamie Kelly, LCPC, CEDS-C, and Katherine “Kat” M. Zwick, LCPC, CGP-S, CCCS, on:
✨ What emotional labor is—and why it’s often undervalued
✨ How gender roles and social expectations reinforce the imbalance
✨ The real mental health implications, including burnout, anxiety & isolation
✨ Practical tools for redistributing emotional labor at home & at work
✨ How reframing leadership and gender norms can create healthier systems for everyone
As more women speak openly about the emotional weight they’ve carried for decades, we create space for shared responsibility, clearer boundaries, mutual care—and a healthier vision of leadership.
📍 We look forward to joining this conversation and helping leaders deepen awareness, build skills, and move toward meaningful change—personally, relationally, and systemically.
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