The Mothering Project
The Mothering Project is for women, carers, and empathetic leaders navigating work, care, and identity — and wondering when exactly the mental load gets its own day off. Honest conversations about motherhood, leadership, and holding it all together (mostly)
When Your Brain Never Switches Off
In this episode of The Mothering Project, I talk about the mental load — the unseen, ongoing thinking that keeps homes, families, and workplaces running.
Not just the tasks. But the anticipation. The remembering. The emotional temperature-checking.The part that rarely gets acknowledged.
I share some of my own experiences — from early motherhood to returning to work — and explore why this kind of invisible responsibility is so exhausting. We look at how easily it becomes internalised as “I should be coping better,” when in reality, it’s sustained responsibility without relief.
This conversation al...
The Tug of Motherhood and Work: A Personal Revelation
Returning to work after maternity leave isn’t just a logistical shift — it’s an identity one.
In this episode, I talk about going back four days a week and living with the constant tug between wanting to be present at home and wanting to stay credible, committed, and capable at work.
The guilt.
The internal negotiations.
The pressure not to be the first to leave.
The quiet grief for the version of yourself who could stay late without thinking twice.
This isn’t an episode about “finding balance.”
It’s about namin...
The Beginning - And what this podcast is all about.
The place where it all started, the ideas and the questioning
