Time to Lean Podcast

Time to Lean 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.

Hi! We’re Crystal and Laura!

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.

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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 popularizing 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.