#251| The Overwhelming Mental Load of Scheduling & What To Do About It: Overwhelm, Productivity, Time Management & People Pleasing

#251| The Overwhelming Mental Load of Scheduling & What To Do About It: Overwhelm, Productivity, Time Management & People Pleasing

From Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing by Michelle Gauthier | Inspired by Mel Robbins, Jen Sincero, Brene Brown, Glennon Doyle, Emily Ley, Shauna Niequist

May 18, 2026 · 26 min · Episode 251

About this episode

Amy Briggs discusses the mental load of scheduling for working moms and introduces her smart scheduling app, Aviva, designed to alleviate stress.

Are you constantly worried you’re forgetting a school event, appointment, birthday party, or important family detail? Modern parenting comes with an invisible mental load that many working women silently carry every single day. In this episode, Amy Briggs shares how witnessing overwhelmed moms struggle behind closed doors inspired her to build Aviva — a smart scheduling app designed to reduce stress, save time, and give parents more mental bandwidth for what matters most. In this episode, you...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Gauthier

Guest: Amy Briggs

Topics covered

  • mental load
  • scheduling
  • productivity
  • time management
  • parenting
  • overwhelm

Keywords

  • mental load
  • scheduling app
  • working moms
  • productivity
  • time management
  • overwhelm
  • parenting

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Organizations: Aviva

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