Motherhood isn't only exhausting because of everything you do. It's also everything you have to remember, anticipate, organise and monitor. We explore the psychology of the mental load, why mothers so often carry it and why ‘helping’ isn't always the same as sharing responsibility.

What if being a good mother doesn't mean getting everything right?

Explore Donald Winnicott's ‘good enough mother’ theory and what modern psychology tells us about attachment, imperfection, repair and maternal guilt.