We looked at 185 findings. Here's what they told us.
We reviewed 175 research reports and publications across 21 areas and pulled out 185 findings to understand one question:
Why are so many women carrying so much, and what might actually help?
The answer was not one thing. The demands of everyday life, what the mind keeps carrying, how the body responds, and whether there is any time to recover are closely connected. That thinking shaped Undonly.
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Different studies. The same bigger picture.
Different researchers measured different parts of life. But across mental load, family, time, stress and recovery, the findings kept pointing in the same direction.
There isn't one thing women are carrying.
Some of the hardest work isn't visible.
Research with members of 35 couples identified four parts of cognitive household labor: anticipating needs, identifying options, making decisions and monitoring progress.
Women performed more of this cognitive labor overall, particularly anticipating and monitoring.
Daminger · American Sociological Review · 2019
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Money 58%
Family
The load doesn't come from one place.
50% of women surveyed said they felt consumed by worries about money.
58% identified family responsibilities as a significant source of stress.
American Psychological Association · Stress in America
View The Research →And then there's time.
In 2025, U.S. women averaged 4.76 hours of leisure and sports per day. Men averaged 5.58 hours.
That's about 49 fewer minutes every day.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · American Time Use Survey · 2025
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The load doesn't stay in your head.
The brain helps interpret what feels stressful and coordinates the body's response. Signals from the body communicate back.
Stress is a two-way system.
McEwen & Gianaros · 2010
Read The Research →A break doesn't have to be an hour to matter.
A 2022 meta-analysis found that micro-breaks were associated with less fatigue and greater vigor.
That helped shape one of our simplest ideas: make the reset small enough to actually fit into your day.
Albulescu et al. · PLOS ONE · 2022
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Explore The Research
We reviewed 175 publications across 21 research areas to understand the load women carry and what might help. Every entry below links to its original source.
Work + Family
Among full-time working parents, 62% of moms say balancing work and family responsibilities is difficult, compared with 47% of dads.
2,242 U.S. working parents · Pew Research Center · 2026
View the Research →Unpredictable Schedules
Research with 2,971 service-sector mothers examined how unpredictable work schedules relate to childcare difficulty and work-life conflict.
2,971 service-sector mothers · Social Forces · 2022
Read the Study →Working Mothers
Research with 2,151 working mothers examined how work-family conflict and enrichment relate to parenting quality and couple relationships.
2,151 working mothers of young children · Journal of Child and Family Studies · 2014
Read the Study →The Long-Term Load
A study following 439 employed women with children over 18 years linked adverse mental-health trajectories with later burnout and work-family conflict.
439 employed women with children · 18-year follow-up · 2017
Read the Study →Mental Load
70 interviews with 35 couples identified four parts of cognitive household labor: anticipating, identifying, deciding and monitoring.
70 interviews · 35 couples · Daminger · American Sociological Review · 2019
Read the Study →The Invisible Work
A study of 322 mothers found cognitive household labor was more gendered than physical household labor and was associated with maternal stress and burnout.
322 mothers · Archives of Women's Mental Health · 2025
Read the Study →Across 31 Studies
A systematic review of 31 studies found a consistent gendered pattern in the cognitive work involved in household and childcare responsibilities.
31 studies · systematic review · Sex Roles · 2023
Read the Review →It Doesn't Stop at Home
Research across 10 European countries found that unequal cognitive household labor was associated with family-work conflict, particularly for women.
10 European countries · European Societies · 2024
Read the Study →Caregiving Has a Gender Gap
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 47 studies found that female family caregivers of people with dementia reported greater caregiver burden.
47 studies · 14,919 caregivers · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · 2025
Read the Study →The Sandwich Generation
National U.S. research examined an estimated 2.5 million people simultaneously caring for children and older adults.
National U.S. data · estimated 2.5 million caregivers · 2023
Read the Study →Working While Caring
Research with working sandwich-generation women explored how they manage competing work and caregiving roles.
18 working sandwich-generation women · 2016
Read the Study →Women Carry More
A nationally representative study of 379 dementia family caregivers examined gender differences in caregiver burden.
379 dementia family caregivers · 2021
Read the Study →Parenting Stress
A systematic review of 29 studies identified multiple parent, child and situational factors associated with parenting stress.
29 studies · systematic review · European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024
Read the Review →Stress Spills Over
A meta-analysis covering 24 studies and 31,183 participants examined the relationship between parental stress and children's emotional and behavioral problems.
24 studies · 31,183 participants · 2024
Read the Study →When Demands Outrun Resources
A research review describes parental burnout through an imbalance between the demands placed on parents and the resources available to meet them.
Research review · 2021
Read the Review →Sharing the Load Matters
Among 155 U.S. parents, greater coparenting support was associated with lower parental burnout during the second year of the pandemic.
155 U.S. parents · The Family Journal · 2022
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Morning Daily Supplement
UNRUSH™ includes 600 mg of KSM-66® Ashwagandha Extract, vitamin D3, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, L-arginine, maca, Panax ginseng, and shatavari.
The research library includes evidence concerning selected ingredients and related areas of stress and well-being. Research on an individual ingredient does not establish the effectiveness of UNRUSHâ„¢ as a finished product.
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Evening Daily Supplement
UNSTIRâ„¢ provides 275 mg of magnesium per serving from 2,500 mg of magnesium glycinate.
The research library includes evidence concerning magnesium and its established role in normal muscle and nerve function. Research on an individual nutrient does not establish the effectiveness of UNSTIRâ„¢ as a finished product.
Explore UNSTIR™ Ingredients →This was an internal evidence review, not a systematic review or clinical trial.
Research presented here is provided for educational purposes.
Research on individual ingredients, nutrients, behavioral principles, or population-level patterns does not constitute clinical evidence for UNRUSHâ„¢, UNSTIRâ„¢, or the Ultimate Carry Less Resetâ„¢ as a complete system unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Population-level findings describe groups, not every individual. Individual experiences may vary.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Overload Isn't One Thing.
So We Didn't Build One Thing.
What life asks of you affects what your mind keeps carrying. Your brain and body are also part of the same two-way stress response, so building something for only one side did not make sense.
That is why the Daily Reset brings both together. Two daily supplements become part of your morning-and-evening rhythm, while the Carry Less Program turns eight practical skills into small actions you can use in everyday life.
Five minutes in the morning and five more at night create one Daily Reset designed to help you carry a little less.
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