You’re Not Burned Out - You’re Carrying Too Much | Danielle Dowling (Bonus Episode)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
What if you’re not broken - but simply carrying too much? In this episode, Diane sits down with psychologist and coach Danielle Dowling to talk about the invisible weight so many mothers carry - burnout, emotional labor, identity loss, and the quiet pressure to “do it all.” Through honest conversation and practical tools, Danielle shares how to support your nervous system, set boundaries, and begin reconnecting with yourself in the middle of everyday motherhood. If you're overwhelmed, resentful, or unsure of who you are anymore, this conversation offers both validation and a way forward - one small, doable step at a time.
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About Danielle |
Dr. Danielle Dowling, Psy.D., is a therapist-trained life coach, Mom, and author of the upcoming memoir-manifesto GOOD GIRL, BAD MOM. With over 12,000 hours of 1:1 coaching, she helps women rewrite inherited “good girl” scripts, build bold boundaries, and reclaim a life beyond the to-do list. Blending psychological insight with warm, irreverent honesty, Danielle speaks and writes about Motherhood as both joy and job, the mental load, and simple nervous system resets she calls “Slivers of Self-Care” that actually fit into real life. Through her book, coaching, and conversations, she’s becoming a thoughtful, emerging voice in the growing movement to better see, support, and value Moms—starting with how they see and value themselves.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Donados has been part of my life for a long time. And fun fact, it was my very first job when I was 15. |
| 0:06.2 | I still remember those shifts, learning how everything worked, and honestly just loving the environment. |
| 0:11.4 | And of course, the pizza. So it's kind of surreal now that all of these years later, it's become our family's go-to for pizza. |
| 0:18.4 | And in the season of life with kids and full days, I just really value |
| 0:22.0 | things that are easy and most importantly consistent. And that's Donato's for us. I know when we order |
| 0:27.4 | it, it's going to be good. Everyone's going to be happy. And dinner just feels taken care of. |
| 0:32.0 | Lately, we've been loving their $5 pizza pals menu. So when you order a large pizza, you can add on all these $5 items, |
| 0:39.5 | subs, wings, salads, even desserts, so I can mix and match depending on what everyone's in the |
| 0:44.5 | mood for. It just makes dinner feel simple, a little more fun, and honestly, those are the kind of rhythms |
| 0:49.8 | I'm always trying to create in our home. Donato's got to love more. For those of you that are new |
| 0:54.7 | around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. So if this content is |
| 0:59.5 | something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episodes that drop this week, |
| 1:03.3 | or join me back here next week for episodes that you don't want to miss. Essentially, what drives |
| 1:08.4 | moms to over function at the cost of their own well-being and how can we |
| 1:15.6 | detox from that over-functioning in a way where we are more emotionally, intellectually, |
| 1:24.0 | and spiritually balanced and at ease with ourselves. And for me, in my view, |
| 1:30.4 | there are two primary driving forces that put mothers specifically in a position to overfunction, |
| 1:37.3 | and that is good girl conditioning and then invisible labor and mental load. And so I think that I would like to communicate a little bit more about both of those factors. |
| 1:49.9 | So there's a greater conscious understanding of how they're working behind the scenes |
| 1:56.2 | and causing us to give more than we have to give, and then blaming ourselves for not meeting |
| 2:04.6 | absorbently high expectations of ourselves. This is Diane Bowden, and you're listening to the |
| 2:09.7 | minimalist moms podcast. What if you're not broken, but simply caring too much? In today's episode, |
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