Is Parenting Burning You Out?

“Sometimes what happens is the more help that we get, we start to lose a little part of that power about being a major part in our children's success; their happiness.” - Alex Leech Grab a (virtual) seat and a drink. We’re talking about burnout and the impact it has on our parenting. I’m thrilled to be interviewing friend and neurodivergent teen parenting coach Alex Leech about what parents and caregivers can do when they begin to feel overwhelmed and consumed by everything that parenting requires. Because if we’re being honest, it requires a lot. Especially if you’re also navigating through raising a neurodivergent child, or if you’re working through challenging behaviours with your child. This interview is filled with gems like I know will have you nodding your head in agreement and spark some “ah-ha” moments. We get into things like: Fears about offloading responsibility and caregiving tasks to other people What could self-care look like (hint* It’s not always a visit to the spa) Modeling self-regulation How thinking about the worst possible situation can actually help 🤔 The role of a community for preventing burnout Plus an extremely eye opening moment about the truth behind what’s actually happening emotionally when we burnout. What I loved about this interview is that it wasn’t a false promise about how we can magically get rid of burnout, because being imperfect humans who are also raising imperfect humans, which means that sometimes we’ll deplete our energy reserves. But it was an honest conversation about recognizing when we’ve reached our limit, how that can show up in parenting, and how to mitigate it when it comes around. Grab the Scripts to Manage the Top 10 Crazy-Making Behaviours: prnt.link/scripts Watch the video recording here: Join the Parenting Posse: prnt.link/group the Mudroom is recorded live every Wednesday at 1:30pm ET/ 12:30pm CT/ 10:30am PT on Facebook: facebook.com/arfamilyservices