Mommy Burnout

How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

By: Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

The ultimate handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the ""perfect mom,"" filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect our kids from the damage burnout can cause.

Moms, do you feel tired? Overwhelmed? Have you continually put off the things you need to do for you? Do you feel like it’s all worth it because your kids are happy? Are you ""over"" being a mother? If you answered yes to these questions, you’re not alone. Parents today want to create the ideal childhood for their children. Women strive to be the picture-perfect Pinterest mother that looks amazing, hosts the best birthday parties in town, posts the most ""liked"" photos, and serves delicious, nutritious home-cooked meals in her neat, organized home after ferrying the kids to school and a host of extracurricular activities on time.

This drive, while noble, can also be destructive, causing stress and anxiety that leads to ""mommy burnout."" Psychologist and family counselor Dr. Sheryl Ziegler is well-versed in the stress that moms face, and the burden of guilt they carry because they often feel like they aren’t doing enough for their kids’ happiness. A mother of three herself, Dr. Z—as she’s affectionately known by her many patients—recognizes and understands that modern moms are all too often plagued by exhaustion, failure, isolation, self-doubt, and a general lack of self-love, and their families are also feeling the effects, too.

Over the last nineteen years working with families and children, Dr. Z has devised a prescriptive program for addressing ""mommy burnout""—teaching moms that they can learn to re-energize themselves and still feel good about their families and their lives. In this warm and empathetic guide, she examines this modern epidemic among mothers who put their children’s happiness above their own, and offers empowering, proven solutions for alleviating this condition, saving marriages and keeping kids happy in the process.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

awesome book and is really what i needed.

amazing. everythingi needed to hear and was feeling. looking to h3lping myself to help my family. mommy burnout is real and we need to be more aware. #momlife

Simple Relatable Real

I recommend for all mommies! Although it's focused around mom's of older children & I have a toddler, I found it very helpful. It helped me identify some of my problem behaviors and aided me with lots of new methods to care for myself!

so close to home

I was hesitant to start this book but it truly did help even with the notion that this is a problem several women have and can relate to. good pointers, tips, and goals to set for myself.

#MommyBurn-out

I love this book I was able to pick up on things I was unaware of also reevaluate things going on in my life as a mother and make time for myself

Sexist archetypes at their finest

Dr. Ziegler has some wonderful insight. However, she relies heavily on the idea of “man” and “woman” to describe different behaviors and their meaning. I’m thankful that my husband and sometimes fall into these gendered roles so I can actually use this book that I spent an audible credit on, but most people don’t. Chatting with your girlfriends doesn’t negate issues in parenting with your partner. Not all women “overtend” and over-nurture their child when stressed. Building her entire premise of mommy burnout around highly, highly gendered ideas can make you feel left out and alone.