Navigating the Mental Load of Motherhood

MASTERCLASS

IN THIS MASTERCLASS:
  • What exactly is the mental load?
  • Why the mental load largely falls on the shoulders of mothers/women
  • Maternal gatekeeping & perfectionism
  • The impact of the mental load on your wellbeing
  • Managing the mental load – how you can lighten and share the load, and then strategies to navigate what remains without burning out

Resources shared in the masterclasses are listed & linked below

Resources

Resources shared in or related to this masterclass:
  • Fair Play by Eve Rodsky
  • Fed Up by Gemma Hartley
  • Essentialism by Greg McKinnon – not about motherhood, but such a great reframe on our culture of ‘busyness’
  • Practising Simplicity – Jodi Wilson
  • Mating in Captivity by Ester Perel
  • Dr Elyse McNeil – mental load researcher, online course Connect in 30 or Share the Load, @sharetothrive
  • Dr Sophie Brock – The Good Enough Mother podcast

 

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