The Mom Life Leadership Survey
An ongoing research program building an honest, data-driven picture of how Moms actually lead their lives — the mental load, the decisions no one sees, and what helps make that leadership more sustainable. Phase One is complete, with 247 Moms.
When leadership is invisible, it is easy to mistake overwhelm for personal failure.
So much of what Moms carry has no name. The constant anticipating, the decisions no one else sees, the work of holding everyone together. Without language for it, the difficulty gets felt as something you are doing wrong, rather than the weight of a real and demanding role.
This research exists to name what Moms are actually carrying, so it can be recognized, understood, and supported, instead of quietly endured.
You are not imagining this.
247 Moms completed Phase One of the Mom Life Leadership Survey. What they told us was clear and consistent.
These are three of the things 247 Moms taught us. The full story — the connections, the surprises, and the leadership underneath it all — lives in the Phase One findings.
See the full findings →“Although we are a two-parent household, I parent solo.”
“Anticipating and planning for what's coming next, because no one else is.”
“Having to regulate my emotions in order to regulate everyone else's.”
The research is the evidence. The essays make the case.
The data names what Moms are carrying. The essays argue what it means, and what to do about it.
Motherhood Is Leadership
Motherhood is one of the most complex leadership roles in modern life, yet we rarely talk about it that way. This essay names the leadership gap in modern motherhood and argues that the sooner we recognize the role for what it is, the sooner we can lead it accordingly.
Read the essay →You Are Not Just Keeping Up. You Are Leading.
What 247 Moms taught us about mental load, clarity, and the structures that help Mom Life feel more intentional. The first full analysis of the Phase One research.
Read the essay →Every response helps make invisible leadership visible.
Motherhood has been measured as labor, but rarely understood as leadership. The invisible work cannot be addressed until it is named.
Phase One is complete: 247 Moms shared how they experience the work of leading Mom Life, and their responses shaped our first full analysis. The research continues. The survey takes about four minutes, and your experience becomes part of the evidence that gives this role the language and recognition it has always deserved.
About four minutes. Anonymous. Your words may appear, unattributed, in our research and essays.