How do I prevent burnout as a working mom?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this episode I talk with DJ and answer the question, “How do I prevent burnout as a working mom?” DJ is finishing up her maternity leave, and she feels nervous about going back to work. There is so much on her plate, and it feels like something needs to be deprioritized as she re-enters the workspace. The only problem is, there isn’t anything that can be pushed to the side.I ask DJ how she and her husband share responsibilities at home and advise her to have a conversation with her husband...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.6	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:43.0	with tools to find healing.
0:45.3	I'm really happy to welcome DJ to the podcast today.
0:48.8	Hi, DJ.
0:50.1	Hi.
0:51.3	What is your question for me today?
0:53.7	So my question is, how do I prevent burnout in motherhood and find more balance in my life?
1:02.8	Yeah, the million dollar question, right?
1:06.7	Yeah.
1:07.2	Okay, tell me a little bit more about what's happening in your life.
1:11.2	So my husband recently left his full-time job and I work full-time. And then I also just had a baby.
1:20.8	And I'm getting off of maternity leave. And I'm nervous to go back to work.
1:25.5	It just feels like I have so much on my plate.
1:31.3	And I know that something needs to, I know something needs to be like pushed to the side,
1:38.3	but I just feel like there's nothing that can be pushed to the side.
1:43.1	Okay.
1:47.6	How do you divide things like at home and with taking care of your child and like how does that look? Yeah. So like I have two girls. I take care of
1:57.5	my girls during the day and then when my husband gets home, he's working from, he is starting his own company.
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