Most families have a project manager, they just never got the job title or the paycheck. This week, Hannah Morgan, founder and CEO of Heron House Management, joins the show to talk about the mental load, where AI genuinely helps carry it, and where the real relief still has to come from people, not tools.

Hannah shares how she built the first virtual house management service designed to sit between a family assistant and a full time house manager, why she is known as the pit bull of project management, and what it actually looks like when a family outsources the anticipating and planning, not just the tasks. We also dig into 2 recent pieces, one from The New Yorker and one from Wired, that take opposite views on whether AI can truly lighten the mental load or just reshuffles it, and Hannah gives her honest take.

In this episode:

• 00:00 – Welcome, and introducing Hannah Morgan
• 01:00 – A day in Hannah's busy season with 3 kids
• 01:48 – Where "pit bull of project management" came from, and the origin of Heron House Management
• 03:24 – What it actually looks like to work with a house manager
• 05:07 – Why the mental load lands disproportionately on women
• 08:35 – Reacting to recent New Yorker and Wired pieces on AI and family labor
• 11:18 – Using a RACI chart at home to bring clarity instead of nagging
• 14:03 – Chatbot mode: favorite AI tools, paddleboard vs. walking pad, top productivity books
• 15:34 – Celebrating 3 years of Heron House Management
• 16:12 – Where to find Hannah and Heron House Management
• 16:36 – Hannah's final takeaway for parents

Connect with Hannah Morgan:
Heron House Management: heronhousemanagement.com
Listen to her podcast, Destress the Nest

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