THE MENTAL LOAD AUDIT 

     With mothers taking on much of the responsibility for household and childcare duties (with research showing mothers do 30+ hours of such unpaid work per week) in addition to their paid jobs, they also carry much of the mental load, which fuels stress, anxiety, burnout, anger, resentment and guilt.

Mothers are often reluctant to talk about this with their partners, believing that, as mothers, they are naturally responsible for such duties. If that is you and you believe that you have to do everything, it doesn't have to be that way.

​Easing the mental load involves making it visible first by gathering the data so you can start having an open and honest conversation with your partner about who does what and the mental load it involves. And if you don't have a partner, it will allow you to see how much you do and to assess what can be dropped, outsourced or delegated.  
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In the Mental Load Audit, you will find: 

• ​A list of the many activities that running a household and a family involves so you can see it all on paper 
• A process to:
  
  • identify clearly who does what currently in the household so you can shed light on the invisible load you are actually carrying
  • to discuss how to change things in the future so as to reduce the mental load