Somewhere between taking care of everyone else, you stopped taking care of you.
Online therapy for moms navigating anxiety, overwhelm, and the quiet exhaustion of always being the one who holds everything together. Virtual sessions available across Saskatchewan and Ontario.
The weight you are carrying has a name. It is called the invisible load.
Most moms who come to me do not arrive thinking they are carrying too much.
They arrive thinking they should be handling things better.
But when we actually slow down and look at everything on their plate, something shifts. Because it is not just the dishes and the school pickups and the work deadlines. It is the mental load of remembering everything for everyone. The emotional load of being the person everyone turns to when they are struggling. The relational load of maintaining connections while running on fumes. The personal load of having needs that never quite make it to the top of the list.
When you lay it all out and actually look at it, the question stops being "why can't I handle this" and starts being "how has anyone been handling this without support."
You are carrying more than one person was ever meant to carry alone. And yet so many moms across Saskatchewan and Ontario are doing exactly that, every single day, without any support.