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Mama Knows

Preventing self sabotage and burnout as a busy mama w/ Dr. Carolyn Rubenstein

Mama Knows

Cloud10

Parenting, Kids & Family

51K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Dreamland Baby We love our Dream Land Baby Pajamas for the kiddos, go the dreamlandbabyco.com and enter code MAMAKNOWS at checkout to receive 30% off sitewide + free shipping! Career, parenting, being a spouse, showing up how you want to show up; it can be exhausting and lead to feeling burnt out. Sometimes I even wonder if I am helping or hurting myself when I am feeling burnt out. But how do I break the cycle? On this weeks episode Dr. Carolyn Rubenstein answers our questions on burn out and walks us thought how to avoid it in our own lives. What are the common things we do to self-sabotage and fuel our own burnout? Some of my burnout stems from imposter syndrome and doubting myself and my abilities. Do you have any tips for getting over these thoughts? How can I identify that I am starting to burnout before it gets too far? What can I do to intervene and what can I do to prevent burnout? I feel like I have been in a burnout phase and can't get out of it. I tried taking a break and time off, but it doesn't help and almost makes it worse. Why isn't this working? How can I actually recover from burnout? ​ Carolyn Rubenstein, PhD, is a licensed psychologist based in Florida, where she runs her private practice. She focuses on treating anxiety, burnout, and self-sabotaging behaviors, including perfectionism. She is a mother of two and is passionate about helping other parents prevent and recover from burnout.  Dr. Carolyn is the author of the "Beyond Burnout Workbook," the inaugural release in a series of clinically-supported tools aimed at burnout recovery. She regularly shares practical tips on how to navigate the complexities of being perfectly human on her Instagram: @carolynrubensteinphd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.4

I have been feeling so burnt out lately and I don't know what it is. I think it's a combination of just like trying to be the best version of myself in a lot of different areas of life. And I'm starting to realize like I'm not going to be the best version of myself in all areas. If I'm trying to be perfect everywhere,

0:24.7

then I'm going to be dropping balls somewhere. So today I'm talking to Dr. Carolyn Rubinstein,

0:30.7

who is an expert in burnout anxiety is stress and motherhood.

0:35.4

She is also known for talking about self-sabotaging behaviors including perfectionism.

0:41.5

If any of that resonates with you,

0:43.2

if you're like me and you self-sabotash

0:47.5

by imposter syndrome, by anxiety,

0:49.8

and then eventually that leads to burnout.

0:52.5

This episode is for you.

0:54.0

Let's dive in.

0:58.8

Hi, Caroline.

0:59.5

I'm so excited to chat today

1:00.8

because I think this episode was meant for me but hopefully someone else will

1:03.9

resonate. We were just, Carolyn and I were just talking off Mike about how I've been feeling so

1:09.9

burnt out with work and just like myself like I feel icky like I feel like ech what's what's the

1:16.8

purpose what's my purpose like I don't have anything good to offer for anyone like

1:22.4

impasse major imposter syndrome and we'll get into that but

1:26.1

Carolyn and I are going to talk about burnout today but before we do Carolyn do you mind telling us a little bit about

1:31.3

yourself of course so I am Do you mind telling us a little bit about yourself? Of course.

1:33.0

So I am Dr. Carolyn Rivenstein for Call me Carolyn.

1:38.0

And I am most importantly, I'm a mom of two.

1:41.0

I have a 10 year old son which is a while to say and a six year old daughter and

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