When the "Midlife Collision" Meets the Mental Load Collaborative

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Last week I walked into the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for the first meeting of The Mental Load Collaborative, where researchers, content creators, AI builders, and applied practitioners came together to build solutions for cognitive labor. I brought the midlife perspective to the table, introducing The Midlife Collision and the hidden cognitive cost of menopause masking, concepts that opened up new territory for the group. Here is what happened, what it means for employers, and why the mental load conversation just got bigger.