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Topic: Emotional labor

Emotional labor refers to the often unrecognized and undervalued work of managing emotions to meet social or workplace expectations.

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The concept of emotional labor is a recurring theme across the podcast episodes, highlighting how it is inherent to caregiving work, service industry jobs, and various other contexts.

The episodes explore how emotional labor is often expected of and performed by women, people of color, and other marginalized groups, leading to burnout, stress, and resentment.

Examples of emotional labor in the episodes include managing emotions to appease customers MAKE SURE THEY TIP YOU FIRST Ft. Cass Holland, providing spiritual care and witnessing suffering Conversations: Luke Lortenzen and Mati Engel, and navigating inconsistent parenting approaches Two Parenting Styles, One Family, and Conflicting Boundaries.

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