A deep dive on parental burnout: What it is, why it happens, and how to overcome it
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Show Notes
A deep dive on combating parental burnout to start off 2025 with more balance.
In this episode I dive deep into…
- Understanding what parental burnout actually is and how it is different from regular "stress" in parenthood?
- The pros and cons of the rise of the "Parenting Industrial Complex."
- The output/input formula that will inevitably lead to depletion, and why parents of sensitive children are more susceptible to an imbalance in this equation.
- An exercise you can use to address (and flip!) your personal output/input equation to create more balance for yourself.
- Taking a Family-Systems approach to addressing and treating parental burnout.
- How parental burnout can impact the parent-child relationship, leading to more dysregulated behaviors from our kids, us losing our cool, and creating a self-perpetuating negative feedback loop.
- Why traditional self-care strategies don't work for combatting parental burnout, and my recommendations for practical, realistic, and attainable strategies that actually do!
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AND RESOURCES:
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The Surgeon General Report: Parental Mental Health & Well-Being
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In one study, Parents whose children experienced anxiety or ADHD had two to four times higher risk of experiencing parental burnout (anxiety: OR, 2.54; ADHD: OR, 4.41) compared with those whose children had no anxiety or ADHD. [1]
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Addressing systemic problems with Raena Boston, Lauren Smith Brody, and Alexis Barad-Cutler
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