As women, we often become the invisible organizers of everyone else’s lives — managing households, careers, relationships, and emotions — all while trying to find space for ourselves. This invisible labor, known as the mental load, can feel relentless. But after 40, that load often gets even heavier. Midlife brings new challenges: aging parents who need more care, growing children who need less but different kinds of support, shifting hormones, and careers that demand balance and reinvention....