
The Mental Load Diaries
How I learned to juggle life, love and the neverending to-do list
Cat Sims(Author)
Gallery (Publisher)
Published on 3. July 2025
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-3985-4940-1 (ISBN)
Description
'A reassuring manifesto on the role of women today' - Dawn O'Porter
'This book - and Cat Sims generally - helps me to breathe a bit easier. My shoulders drop, my jaw relaxes, and I know everything is going to be OK.' - Bryony Gordon
'The kind of book that makes you want to high five the author.' - Cherry Healey
'The only book you need to save mind, body, life, soul and marriage. Just. Could. Not. Put. Down.' - Anna Whitehouse
The mental load isn't just about doing all the stuff. The mental load is constantly thinking about having to do all the stuff, and then, when you forget to do some of the stuff, the mental load is also about beating yourself up about that, while still trying to keep in mind all the other stuff you've got to do.
In The Mental Load Diaries, writer, content creator, podcaster, wife and mum Cat Sims describes the devastating impact the mental load had on her own happiness, mental health and marriage.
With eye-opening honesty and her trademark dry humour, Cat offers a blunt but ultimately hopeful appraisal of society and women's experience of it.
This necessary book will incite honest conversation, make you feel less alone and give you the confidence to invite your loved ones to share the mental load.
'This book - and Cat Sims generally - helps me to breathe a bit easier. My shoulders drop, my jaw relaxes, and I know everything is going to be OK.' - Bryony Gordon
'The kind of book that makes you want to high five the author.' - Cherry Healey
'The only book you need to save mind, body, life, soul and marriage. Just. Could. Not. Put. Down.' - Anna Whitehouse
The mental load isn't just about doing all the stuff. The mental load is constantly thinking about having to do all the stuff, and then, when you forget to do some of the stuff, the mental load is also about beating yourself up about that, while still trying to keep in mind all the other stuff you've got to do.
In The Mental Load Diaries, writer, content creator, podcaster, wife and mum Cat Sims describes the devastating impact the mental load had on her own happiness, mental health and marriage.
With eye-opening honesty and her trademark dry humour, Cat offers a blunt but ultimately hopeful appraisal of society and women's experience of it.
This necessary book will incite honest conversation, make you feel less alone and give you the confidence to invite your loved ones to share the mental load.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3985-4940-1 (9781398549401)
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Book
02/2026
Gallery
€14.00
Available immediately

E-Book
07/2025
Simon + Schuster LLC
€9.02
Available for download