A practical guide for families
Family life depends on more than visible tasks. Research consistently shows that the mental load, the noticing, planning, organising and remembering that keeps everything running, continues to fall disproportionately on mothers, even in dual‑career households.
Recent studies from the University of Bath and others found mothers carry around 70% of this invisible work, contributing to stress, burnout and impacts on wellbeing and careers.
This practical guide helps families make the invisible visible. Designed for real life, it offers a clear, compassionate framework to support constructive conversations, move from “helping” to shared ownership, this is a tool to support creating a fairer, more sustainable way of managing family life. without blame or perfection.
Download the guide by completing the form below to start sharing the mental load more fairly, together.
