333: How to Reignite Intimacy, Communicate Better & Fix Relationship Burnout | Dr. Morgan Cutlip
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
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🗓️ 16 April 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip is back to break down one of the most common sources of tension in modern partnerships: the mental load. We get into why women often carry more of it, how it impacts connection, and what couples can do to finally feel like a team.
We also talk about the emotional weight of invisible labor, how to communicate needs without defensiveness, and simple ways to keep the spark alive. Plus, Morgan shares insights from her new book, A Better Share—out now!
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Timestamps:
- 00:02:44 – Mental load defined
- 00:07:10 – Gender differences
- 00:08:23 – Emotional, cognitive, physical toll
- 00:12:12 – The triple threat
- 00:18:39 – Partner expectations
- 00:22:51 – Taking initiative
- 00:25:57 – Relationship check-ins
- 00:30:38 – Preventing conflict
- 00:32:17 – Men and respect
- 00:35:46 – Women and invisible work
- 00:38:48 – Stay-at-home parent needs
- 00:40:43 – Showing up without being asked
- 00:46:01 – Communication vs. defensiveness
- 00:49:15 – Asking for what you need
- 00:55:16 – Feeling pursued
- 00:57:24 – Keeping intimacy alive
- 01:03:10 – Sex and connection
- 01:05:08 – Gratitude and task sharing
- 01:08:33 – Money and responsibilities
- 01:14:03 – Tracking the mental load
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| 0:00.0 | If the end goal is to make changes in your relationship, this is your best bet of starting the |
| 0:06.8 | conversation off on the right foot. |
| 0:08.9 | You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck. |
| 0:15.0 | In today's episode, my friend, Dr. Morgan Cutlip is Vak. |
| 0:18.4 | She's an author and a relationship expert. |
| 0:21.7 | With her down-to-earth style, she equips couples and individuals to tackle the trickiest relationship issues, |
| 0:26.7 | offering a fresh perspective and empowering frameworks. She is experienced and trained in |
| 0:32.1 | translating psychological theory and research into practical, accessible, and actionable advice, which she shares with |
| 0:39.2 | her clients and social media followers through her books, courses, and her blog as the co-founder |
| 0:44.1 | of MyLovethinks.com. Dr. Morgan earned her master's in human development and family science |
| 0:50.7 | and her doctorate in counseling psychology. She is the author of Love Your Kids |
| 0:55.8 | Without Losing Yourself and a mother of two incredible kids, wife, and married to her high school |
| 1:01.7 | sweetheart, and just launched her latest book, A Better Share, and it's now available. Today is her |
| 1:08.3 | pub date. Congratulations, Morgan. Thank you for being here. Dr. Morgan |
| 1:13.6 | Cutlip, you are having a third appearance on the show. I love everything that you do. |
| 1:20.4 | And it's crazy since moving to Orange County and knowing you're only a little town away from me |
| 1:24.9 | and you have baseball boys and the Ecology Center. We have so many |
| 1:29.8 | times where we could have kind of like run into each other and seen each other in real life |
| 1:33.9 | and we're getting to finally do it. I'm so grateful. I'm so grateful to be here. Thank you. And I was |
| 1:38.8 | just talking with my publisher today and I was like, she brought me on her podcast before I had almost any |
| 1:45.9 | followers. And you just gave me a chance. And so I'm just so grateful to know you and to be a |
| 1:50.1 | part of your podcast. Oh, well, I think everything that you say is just solid and sound and relatable. |
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