Speak, Mother | Motherhood Burnout Recovery & Identity Reclamation
Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
Send Shannon A Note You've been spinning too many plates, and you're terrified to let any of them fall. But here's the truth: not all plates are…
Shannon WarnerHost
Doing less is not laziness and less might be the most important thing that you do this summer.
we have been conditioned to believe that our worth is directly proportional to how much we can hold at one time the more plates we have spinning the more valuable we are the busier we are the more we must be doing something right and i know that feels that way whether you are staying home with your kids whether you are a working mom whether you're an entrepreneur We all experience it.
We take on the committee or the volunteer opportunity and the extra project and the favor and another thing that wasn't actually ours to carry.
The stay-at-home mom who feels like she has to justify her existence with productivity.
The working mom who is trying to be exceptional at her job, climb the ladder, work like she doesn't have children, and parent like she doesn't have a job.
The entrepreneur mom who is building a business and raising humans and trying to have some semblance of a self and can't figure out why she's exhausted.
Doing less is not laziness and less might be the most important thing that you do this summer.
we have been conditioned to believe that our worth is directly proportional to how much we can hold at one time the more plates we have spinning the more valuable we are the busier we are the more we must be doing something right and i know that feels that way whether you are staying home with your kids whether you are a working mom whether you're an entrepreneur We all experience it.
We take on the committee or the volunteer opportunity and the extra project and the favor and another thing that wasn't actually ours to carry.
The stay-at-home mom who feels like she has to justify her existence with productivity.
The working mom who is trying to be exceptional at her job, climb the ladder, work like she doesn't have children, and parent like she doesn't have a job.
The entrepreneur mom who is building a business and raising humans and trying to have some semblance of a self and can't figure out why she's exhausted.
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