Stress doesn’t always look like panic, chaos or a packed calendar. Sometimes it looks like lying on the couch while your brain is still remembering appointments, planning meals, worrying about everyone else, anticipating what needs to happen next and quietly holding the emotional logistics of an entire household. In this episode of Wellness Women Radio, we unpack the invisible mental load so many women carry, the “third shift” of cognitive and emotional labour, and why chronic stress and burnout are about far more than simply having too much to do. We explore the physiology of prolonged stress, allostatic load, sleep, hormones and perimenopause, and why genuine recovery requires more than just stopping physical activity. Most importantly, we talk about practical ways to reduce, redistribute and externalise the load — because sometimes the answer isn’t becoming better at coping, it’s having less to carry.

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