Mother Mental Load Survival Guide: Our Tips for Feeling Less Stressed Over the Holidays

Happy Bump Day, mamas! Today it’s just Hallie and Katie catching up with a long-overdue real mom life update—and it’s a wild one. If you’re deep in holiday stress, mom burnout, or sick-season chaos, this episode is for you.Katie kicks things off with what can only be described as The Plague: RSV, croup, barf buckets, foiled Halloween plans, parents’ group-chat panic, midnight pharmacy runs, and somehow still managing family photos and Christmas decorations. Oh, and she’s hosting Thanksgiving for the first time… pray for her.Then Hallie jumps in with a very different kind of update: the spark is BACK. She and Andrew are finally out of the baby-making/postpartum fog and fully in their hot-and-heavy era—think revived mojo, new toys, and actually enjoying intimacy again.We also break down our best tips for managing the holiday mental load, including:✔ How getting off social media reduces holiday overwhelm ✔ Turning gift-wrapping into a cozy, fun tradition instead of a chore ✔ Setting deadlines so you’re not doing everything last-minute ✔ Easy tasks your partner can fully take over to lighten the load ✔ Simple mindset shifts that make the holidays feel less heavyThis episode is full of relatable mom moments, holiday stress hacks, and honest conversations about marriage, intimacy, and mental load during the busiest season of the year.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.