Equity in the Work of Home and Care: Reframing Chores So Your Whole Family Thrives

The care-load of running a home and raising a family is unending, and it's too heavy to carry alone. From decoding group texts to orchestrating snack duty, and coordinating calendars to crafting chore charts that actually stick, the invisible labor of home life is real, relentless, and rarely recognized.  But what if there were a better way?

Treat yourself to a Towne and Oak lunch at Suite Escape and an eye-opening conversation with internationally respected leadership coach and award-winning author Lori Sugarman Li.  Lori’s book Our Home: The Love, Work & Heart of Family, recipient of the Zibby Award for Best Book for the Parent, offers a refreshingly honest, deeply practical look at how to bring more equity, intention, and pride into the way our homes function. on sharing the mental load, reclaiming your time, and leading your home without doing it all.

Over lunch, Lori will share tools and insights rooted in the Fair Play system created by Eve Rodsky, reframing the concept of “chores” from dreaded tasks that belong to Mom into shared expressions of gratitude and teamwork. Lori will explore how to:

• Making the invisible mental load visible (without sounding like a martyr)

• Talk about responsibilities with curiosity, not criticism

• Get buy-in from kids and partners, without nagging or micromanaging

• Rebrand family contributions as meaningful acts of care

• Lead a thriving home life, on your own terms

The home is our most important organization, and family is the ultimate team. Like any strong team, success depends on shared responsibility, open communication, and a sense of purpose that everyone can get behind.

Whether you are a partner, a parent, or household CEO, this opportunity is for anyone looking to lighten the mental load, deepen communication, and bring more collaboration into family life. You’ll leave feeling seen, supported, and ready to continue the conversation at your own kitchen tables.