Jul 13, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
Ever feel like your brain has 47 tabs open at all times? Same. This week Sarah and Whitney are talking about the invisible mental load moms carry every single day — the constant remembering…
Now it's, it's always there in all times of the year, especially holidays or birthdays.
But summers, you know, you've got the trips or your vacations or maybe family's visiting, and you feel that in the day.
You're like, you know, "I don't think I've ever, like, mentally sat down." You know, when you, like, sit down and take a breath and be like, "Okay."
And at the end of the day, you get there and you're like, "I don't think my brain has turned off the whole entire day."
Like, the brain has been nonstop, and, you know, we really don't give enough acknowledgement to micro decisions that we make throughout the day.
And as silly as it sounds, something like the stoplight going from green to yellow and putting the brakes on, that is a micro decision.
We're not up there like, "Should I put my brakes on?" You know, we're not over here having a debate over it, but it's a decision.
So yeah, when, you know, moms, when we get to the end of the day, whether we work, you know, inside the home, like we're a stay-at-home parent, whether we are a work from home parent, or whether you work outside of the home, by the end of the day you sit down and you're like, "Have I had a thought to myself that wasn't geared for somebody else?"
And probably not, 'cause right? We're remembering, we're anticipating, we're planning-
Now it's, it's always there in all times of the year, especially holidays or birthdays.
But summers, you know, you've got the trips or your vacations or maybe family's visiting, and you feel that in the day.
You're like, you know, "I don't think I've ever, like, mentally sat down." You know, when you, like, sit down and take a breath and be like, "Okay."
And at the end of the day, you get there and you're like, "I don't think my brain has turned off the whole entire day."
Like, the brain has been nonstop, and, you know, we really don't give enough acknowledgement to micro decisions that we make throughout the day.
And as silly as it sounds, something like the stoplight going from green to yellow and putting the brakes on, that is a micro decision.
We're not up there like, "Should I put my brakes on?" You know, we're not over here having a debate over it, but it's a decision.
So yeah, when, you know, moms, when we get to the end of the day, whether we work, you know, inside the home, like we're a stay-at-home parent, whether we are a work from home parent, or whether you work outside of the home, by the end of the day you sit down and you're like, "Have I had a thought to myself that wasn't geared for somebody else?"
And probably not, 'cause right? We're remembering, we're anticipating, we're planning-
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