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Hi! We’re Crystal and Laura! And we’re SO glad you’re here <3
Time to Lean Podcast is a weekly podcast where Laura Danger and Crystal Britt unpack the hidden dynamics of domestic labor, care work, and household inequity. With sharp cultural critique and timely conversations, we challenge the status quo and spotlight the work that keeps the world turning.
Crystal Britt is a licensed therapist, writer, and cultural critic based in California. She specializes in supporting neurodivergent individuals—especially women and people of marginalized gender identities who are late-diagnosed or exploring neurodivergence.
Her trauma-informed practice integrates DBT, ACT, EMDR, and game-based strategies like roleplay and storytelling. As a certified Therapeutic Game Master, she helps clients explore identity, build skills, and heal through creative play.
Crystal’s work is grounded in values of autonomy, joy, and liberation. She’s also a mom, partner (to her high school sweetheart, Ben), and a lifelong reader. She’s always up to talk about gender, neurodiversity, video games, tattoos, or the tangled intersections of identity, religion, and culture.
Laura Danger is a domestic equity expert, licensed educator, and certified coach based in Chicago. With over a decade of experience in teaching and facilitation, she focuses on gender equity, inclusive education, and care work.
She’s known for coining terms like weaponized incompetence and the nag paradox, and for helping individuals and partnerships navigate invisible labor and build more balanced, connected homes. Her work blends systems thinking, cultural critique, and practical strategies for communication and change.
Laura is the author of No More Mediocre, a guide to disrupting gendered power dynamics and reimagining relationships built on equity, care, and collaboration. She’s also a mom of two, a curious friend, and a fan of hikes, gardens, and nonfiction deep dives. Ask her about domestic labor, reality TV, or her latest hyperfixation.
Our Mission
We started Time to Lean to say the quiet parts out loud:
Why “just ask me” doesn’t work
Why masking and burnout go hand-in-hand
Why feminism without domestic equity is just a Pinterest board
Every week, we unpack relationship dynamics, systemic bullshit, parenting while ND, and how to redistribute labor without losing your mind.
What You’ll Get As A Subscriber
Free Subscribers:
✨ Weekly Episodes, with Ads
✨ Essays & Deep Dives
✨ Certain Community Threads
✨ Quarterly Book Club
Paid Subscribers:
✨ Weekly Ad-Free Episodes
✨ Essays & Deep Dives
✨ Sub-Only Threads
✨ Weekly Events—> Time To Connect (office hours!) and Time to Task (co-working hour!)
✨ Quarterly Book Club
✨ Toolbox: Scripts, Planners, Zines & Guides
✨ Bonus Audio
Where Should I Start?
Most Listened to Podcast Episodes:
👧 do you have oldest daughter syndrome?
💔 what if love languages are bullshit?
😞 what’s your tolerable level of permanent unhappiness?
🌎 the gift of curiosity with worldshaker
🏠 what if my life changed and theirs stayed the same?
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