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mom burnout

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After 6 years of motherhood, I’ve finally started wondering what *I* need, too

I've been deep in the trenches of motherhood for six years. I had three kids in a short amount of time. Pregnancy, postpartum, breastfeeding, identity crisis, repeat, repeat, repeat. There's been so much trial and error. So much learning and growing. I've been winging it, doing my best to figure things out as I go. After all, how else can you walk this journey?

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Dear mothers: We can’t keep pretending this is working for us

It's not simply overwhelming that parenting standards have risen dramatically while support systems have vanished, it's an unfair setup that has mothers thinking their personal inadequacies are to blame for what is actually the fault of a broken system and distortions of reality.

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To the mama going back to school

It's okay to be a mother and a student. It's okay to have playtime and homework time. It's okay to feed babies and read books. It's okay to work hard at being a mother and work hard at being in school.

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What I tell myself when I start to lose my temper with my child

These three little words really help. ❤️

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To fix how much moms are burnt out, we need to embrace imperfection

The real you is not perfect. She's better.

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To fix how much moms are burnt out, we need to learn how to set boundaries

Here are nine steps to help you learn how to say no

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To fix how much moms are burnt out, we need to prioritize sleep

Rest is not a luxury or something that belongs on our self-care wish list. Rest is something our bodies need to survive. It is as vital to our health as eating and drinking, and yet we are expected to do all the things and perform at our best when our primary source of energy is barely sustaining us.

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I wanted to be the mom that gave 110% on everything—but that left nothing for *me*

Even when Elliot started sleeping through the night, I didn't. I would wake up around 4 am to pump under moonlight, worried my milk supply would drop.

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