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Mom burnout is an all-too-common experience that moms feel when their emotional reserves are depleted. Moms often feel like they aren’t doing a good job, and that there’s no end in sight to the daily demands that are placed on them.
Do you feel this way? Read to see if you are experiencing mom burnout. Then, find tips to start feeling more like the mom (and woman) you desire to be.
What does mom burnout feel like?
We are grateful to be parents. And we deeply love our kids.
But we also strive to do it all, and do it all well. Whether you work full-time outside the home or not, many mothers will feel burnout at some point. In March of 2022, 38% of moms reported feeling burnout. (source)
Similar to the workplace condition, parents feel intense exhaustion and disengagement with their kids.
Sheryl Ziegler, psychologist and author of the book Mommy Burnout, defines mom burnout “as the emotional and physical exhaustion that you feel from the chronic stress of parenting.”
