#462 - Work, Kids, Repeat? How to Find Work-Life Balance and Prevent Parental Burnout
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
4.6 • 849 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever had one of those mornings where you're prepping for an important work meeting, juggling a million to-dos and chores, and trying to get the kids out the door with lunches packed and shoes on the right feet? Yeah… same. Life can feel like one big game of Whac-a-Mole leaving us silently begging for a solid work-life balance and direction on how to steer clear of the parental burnout that’s staring us right in the face.
In this episode, I’m sitting down with Sarah Armstrong — author of The Art of the Juggling Act — to talk about what’s really going on with parental burnout, and how you can create realistic, sustainable strategies to manage it all without losing your mind, your health, or your joy. We’re diving deep into personal stories, hard-won wisdom, and super-practical ideas to help you break the cycle of exhaustion and start thriving — not just surviving.
So grab that cup of lukewarm coffee you forgot you made, and let’s dig in.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Understanding Parental Burnout
01:13 – Introducing Sarah Armstrong and Her Mission
02:01 – Personal Struggles and Validation
02:54 – The Juggling Act of Parenting and Career
11:21 – Setting Boundaries and Protecting Time
22:43 – The Importance of Self-Care and Recharging
27:29 – Exploring the Meta Message
27:52 – Balancing Ambition and Ability
28:35 – Personal Choices and Career Decisions
31:57 – Volunteering and School Involvement
37:32 – Defining Real Mom
48:36 – The Importance of Coaching
If you’re nodding your head, wiping a tear, or mentally reviewing your massive to-do list right now—here’s what I want you to know: You don’t have to figure this all out on your own.
My Clarity and Confidence Coaching is designed to help amazing humans like you create sustainable change. If you’re feeling burned out, exhausted, and stretched to your limit, this is your sign to get support. Our next cohort is starting very soon and space is limited. You’ll work with a therapist trained in evidence-based coaching psychology who gets the struggle of where you are and who can help you make real changes that stick.
👉 Reserve your spot now at GrowingSelf.com/clarity. We’d love to help you get to thriving again.
And if this episode spoke to your heart, let’s keep the conversation going. Come hang out with me on Instagram or YouTube. I share a ton of resources, in-depth interviews with experts, and evidence-based strategies to help you create a life you love—even in the chaos.
Xoxo
P.S. Know someone who’s stuck in the burnout blender? Send them this article. Share the wisdom. Be the friend who says, “Hey, you need to read this.” They’ll thank you later.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to Love, Happiness, and Success. |
| 0:15.4 | Thinking you can do everything all the time is going to end up being that vicious cycle, |
| 0:20.5 | never feeling like you're |
| 0:21.6 | doing anything well. So let's talk about burnout. |
| 0:32.6 | This is a word that we all know well, but I think a lot of times we think of burnout in the context |
| 0:40.7 | of our professional lives. Well, the reality for a lot of people is that their actual |
| 0:48.1 | personal lives can contribute to burnout and exhaustion and overwhelm and feeling just like it's all too much. And I think |
| 0:57.6 | this is especially true for working parents. I really talk about setting and protecting your |
| 1:03.7 | boundaries. One of the things I find is some people say, well, I have boundaries. I'm like, |
| 1:07.6 | okay. I'm like, what have you told anyone about them? |
| 1:13.6 | I mean, you're balancing everything. |
| 1:19.8 | Big jobs, meetings, school runs, deadlines, making food for people, taking care of kids, like all the things, right? |
| 1:21.1 | Task list from here to forever. |
| 1:23.0 | But it also always feels like you're never quite doing enough. |
| 1:28.1 | And it is unsustainable. |
| 1:30.5 | It's also true that this can be a solvable problem. |
| 1:35.5 | Right now, I feel like a lot of people have to come to surviving in the day to day. |
| 1:39.0 | And I'd love to see them thrive. |
| 1:50.6 | And so today on this episode, I have the great pleasure of speaking with Sarah Armstrong. She is the author of a new book called The Art of the Juggling Act. |
| 1:56.4 | And she's all about helping particularly working, break free from this like hamster |
| 2:02.1 | wheel of burnout. So today we're going to be talking all about Sarah's insights, the wisdom she's |
| 2:10.1 | learned along the way, and also some actual strategies that are going to help you reclaim your |
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