The Invisible Load is the working mom burnout podcast for ambitious, full-time working mothers who are carrying more than anyone can see — and are exhausted from pretending otherwise. You already know the to-do list never ends. But the mental load of motherhood goes so much deeper than tasks. It's the anticipating, the planning, the remembering, the emotional labor, the invisible second shift that starts before your feet hit the floor and doesn't stop until long after everyone else is asleep. It has a name. And naming it changes everything. Hosted by Holly Ahnen — healthcare leader, wife, mom of three boys, and burnout survivor — The Invisible Load covers the real, unfiltered experience of working motherhood: the mental load, emotional labor, decision fatigue, overfunctioning, mom guilt, burnout recovery, and the complicated work of letting go without falling apart. Each week, Holly brings honest solo episodes and real c
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Invisible Load is the working mom burnout podcast for ambitious, full-time working mothers who are carrying more than anyone can see, and are exhausted from pretending otherwise. You already know the to-do list never ends. But the mental load of motherhood goes so much deeper than tasks.
The Invisible Load is hosted by Holly Ahnen. The show has published 17 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Who Are You When Nobody Is Watching? Identity, Anxiety & the Self Beneath the Performance" (1 June 2026, 37 minutes), "Let Me Straighten Your Crown | Women, the Workplace & the Choice to Lift" (18 May 2026, 29 minutes), and "What You Carry Home From Work | The Invisible Load of Leadership" (11 May 2026, 35 minutes).
The Invisible Load publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 17 episodes.
Booking probability for The Invisible Load is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Invisible Load requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Invisible Load's contact route on record: verified email.
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Holly Ahnen hosts The Invisible Load, a society podcast with 17 episodes published.
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The Invisible Load
<p>The meeting ends. You walk back into your office. You close the door.</p><p></p><p>And your body softens.</p><p></p><p>That moment — the specific, physical relief of the performance dropping — is what Episode 15 of...
Episode #14
<p>It doesn't get better after high school. It gets more sophisticated.</p><p></p><p>The dynamics Holly first saw in junior high — who's in, who's out, who gets lifted and who gets left behind — followed her into every...
Episode #13
<p><b>⚠️ CONTENT NOTE: This episode addresses sudden and violent loss in the workplace, grief, and the emotional weight of leadership. </b></p><p></p><p>There is a version of the invisible load that nobody talks about...
The Invisible Load
<p>The last time Holly talked about burnout — Episode 4, still the most-listened episode of this show — she didn't know she was on the train until she was already moving.</p><p>This time she found herself standing at...
The Invisible Load
<p>We've been building to this one for ten episodes.</p><p></p><p>The mental load that never stops. The burnout. The over-functioning. The apology reflex. The walls that go up when the boundaries never got set in time...
Episode #10
<p>There's a moment most working moms know well. You come home exhausted, find the thing you asked for didn't happen — again — and instead of saying something, you just go quiet. You feed the kids. You say you're tired...
Episode #9
<p>My husband told me to stop apologizing today. And then I said sorry.</p><p> </p><p>Not as a joke. As a reflex. Before I even registered what I was doing.</p><p> </p><p>In this episode, Holly gets honest about the...
The Invisible Load
<p><b>Episode 8: Am I Accepting This or Just Giving Up?</b> How to Tell the Difference When Your Body Has Never Learned to Rest</p><p></p><p>You delegated something at work this week and felt strategic. You made...
The Invisible Load
<p>You started letting go — and now you don't recognize yourself. That's not failure. That's the part nobody warns you about.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Holly gets honest about the identity shift that happens when...
Episode #6
<p>You did the work. You decided to stop over-functioning, let go of control, and put down some of the invisible load you've been carrying alone. So why does everything feel harder?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of The...
The Invisible Load
<p>5 minute mediation to help prepare your brain to let things go.</p>
Episode #5
<p>What actually happens when you stop doing everything?</p><p> </p><p>Not in theory. Not in a workshop. In real life — in your actual house, with your actual family, in your actual body.</p><p> </p><p>In this episode...
Episode #4
<p>Burnout doesn't usually arrive as a dramatic crash. For most working moms, it builds slowly — through over-giving, over-functioning, and being 'on' for everyone else until there is genuinely nothing left.</p><p>...
Episode #3
<p>If you've ever been told to 'just ask for help' — and felt more frustrated, not less — this episode is going to make a lot of things click.</p><p> </p><p>Asking for help is still labor. You have to notice the need...
<p>You finally sat down. You took the weekend off, maybe even a vacation. And yet — your brain never stopped.</p><p> </p><p>If rest isn't making you feel rested, you're not doing something wrong. You're experiencing...
<p>You've been the one who handles it. The one who knows where everything is, anticipates every need, and keeps the whole machine running. So when you start putting some of that down — even a little — a question shows...
The Invisible Load
<p>Welcome to The Invisible Load — a podcast for working mothers who carry more than most people see.</p><p>I’m Holly: wife, mom to three boys, healthcare leader, and fellow carrier of the mental, emotional, and...
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