Mom rage: Overwhelm and burnout don’t make you a bad parent
Everyone Gets a Juice Box: For Parents of Neurodivergent Kids
Most of us have been there. Your kids are full tilt. You’re overstimulated, overbooked, and running on empty. Losing it happens — and so do the guilt and shame that follow.
Today, Jessica sits down with therapist and mom Michelle Puster to talk about the overwhelm, guilt, and burnout behind mom rage, especially when raising neurodivergent kids. They share their own strategies (like mindfulness and self-compassion) to ease the intensity, help you reset your nervous system, and make you feel like yourself again.
For more on this topic:
- Watch: Brené Brown on shame
- Read: Dr. Laura Markham’s book Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
- Learn more: RAIN meditation technique
- Listen: Managing your emotions as a mom with ADHD
For a transcript and more resources, visit Everyone Gets a Juice Box on Understood.org. You can also email us at podcast@understood.org.
Understood.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/give
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