The Mental Load

What we’re thinking about.

We write about the mental load, burnout, and what actually helps. You won’t find listicles here about becoming your best self.

May 26, 2026 · Paige Meza

Three months without a school schedule is a lot of planning for somebody, and it’s usually the same somebody. Some ways to make it lighter.

May 11, 2026 · Paige Meza

Four small ways to check on yourself, for the months when you’re the one doing the checking on everyone else.

April 28, 2026 · Kayla Kugler

There is an app for every part of raising a child now. What that has actually done for parents, and what it hasn’t.

April 24, 2026 · Kayla Kugler

What the research says about burnout in working mothers, and the part of the job that keeps going after everyone else has clocked off.