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I Was Burned Out as a Mom Until I Changed These Things | How to Overcome Burnout as a Mom
Feb 5, 2026
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I used to think burnout belonged in
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corporate offices and high pressure
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careers. Not in the quiet corners of my
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own home, reheating the same cup of
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coffee for the third time while trying
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to homeschool, keep a baby entertained,
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and remember what I was doing before I
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got interrupted. I thought for sure
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being a stay-at-home mom was going to be
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so much easier than working at an
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office. But the truth is that burnout
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wears many different faces and can come
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in many different forms. It can look
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like crying in the laundry room. It can
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look like snapping over something small.
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It can look like staring at a sink of
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dishes and feeling absolutely nothing or
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absolute overwhelm. It can look like
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functioning but not flourishing. If
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you're here right now listening to this,
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I want you to know two things. You're
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not alone. And there is a way out. Today
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I want to have a real conversation about
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burnout, what it looks like for moms,
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and how it sneaks in quietly, how we can
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overcome it, and how we can step into
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inspired motherhood. Again, the type of
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motherhood where we feel joy, purpose,
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peace, motivation, and actual insight
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for our days to come. So, go ahead and
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grab yourself a cup of tea or coffee,
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water, cozy up with a blanket, and let's
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talk about it.
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I think a lot of us don't realize we're
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burned out until we're deep in it.
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Because motherhood just keeps going no
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matter how we feel. Babies will still
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cry. Meals still need to be made.
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Homeschool waits for nobody. And life
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does not pause. Burnout as a mom doesn't
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always look like shutting down.
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Sometimes it looks like pushing through.
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It looks like being tired but still
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serving. It looks like functioning on
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autopilot. And it looks like doing
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everything yet feeling like you have
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accomplished nothing.
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For me, burnout showed up gradually.
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It started with little things. Feeling
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irritated faster, feeling overstimulated
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by constant noise, feeling like the day
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was over before it even began. But then
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it moved deeper. My joy felt flat, my
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home felt heavy, my creativity felt
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forced, and my patience felt thin. And
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because my mom, I kept telling myself,
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"This is just a hard season. This is
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just motherhood. This is normal. But
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exhaustion is not the same as
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motherhood. Far too often we pair the
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two together.
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Some signs of burnout for moms can look
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like feeling emotionally numbed or
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detached. Waking up tired no matter how
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much you sleep. Forgetting things
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constantly withdrawing from things that
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you used to enjoy. Feeling guilty for
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needing rest. Feeling overstimulated by
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sound or touch. being easily overwhelmed
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by small tasks. Living in survival mode
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instead of purpose.
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If any of that sounds familiar, you are
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not broken. You're not failing. You're
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tired. And tiredness is treatable.
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The first step for me was giving myself
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permission to acknowledge that I was
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burned out. That I wasn't meant to carry
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everything alone and that I am human.
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Even Jesus rested.
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There are a few reasons why motherhood
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is so prone to burnout. The first one is
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the obvious one. Responsibility. We are
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responsible for tiny humans who need us
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constantly. We cook, we clean, we plan,
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we homeschool, we soothe, we organize,
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we disciple, we manage the home and we
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do it every single day. The second
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reason is that motherhood is sometimes
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invisible labor. You can work all day
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but have nothing to show for it. You can
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clean the same room seven times and it
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still gets messy. There's no clocking
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out. And when work is invisible, it is
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often undervalued, even by ourselves.
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The third reason is that modern
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motherhood often happens without a
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village. We have less support than any
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generation before us. Grandparents used
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to live next door. Communities used to
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help raise children. Moms weren't meant
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to do motherhood in isolation. But most
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of us are. And lastly, there's the
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pressure. Pressure to be a great wife, a
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great mom, a great homemaker, a great
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educator, a great cook, a great
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businesswoman, and somehow still be
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well-rested, well organized, prayerful,
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healthy, joyful, and patient. That is
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not sustainable and that is not what God
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asks of us. He asks us to be faithful,
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not flawless. The first thing that
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helped me climb out of burnout was
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slowing down on purpose. And I don't
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mean abandoning everything or letting
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the house fall apart, but I mean
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choosing a slower rhythm for the sake of
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peace. I started asking myself what
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actually matters today.
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What demands my attention and what can I
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actually realistically attain? Not what
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other people expect, not what Instagram
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says a good mom is, just what matters in
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this home with my children and my spouse
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in this season. This meant letting some
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things wait. Laundry could wait.
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Detailed homeschool plans could wait.
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Elaborate meals could wait. Deep
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cleaning could wait. Instead, I focus on
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the essentials. feeding my family,
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nurturing my children, keeping the home
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comfortable, caring for my marriage, and
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protecting my walk with God. I
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prioritized those essentials first.
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Slowing down on purpose does not
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necessarily mean doing less. It just
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means doing the right things with peace
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instead of panic.
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Some days slowing down looked like
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saying no to extra commitments, serving
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simple meals without guilt, having
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homeschool on the couch instead of the
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table, taking a walk instead of tackling
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chores, sitting with my children instead
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of rushing them, and putting on gospel
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music instead of social noise. The fruit
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of the shift wasn't instant, but weeks
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later, my home felt a lot calmer and my
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children felt more connected
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and my heart felt less frantic.
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The second thing that helped me heal
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from burnout was creating mini rhythms
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instead of big systems. Big systems just
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have always overwhelmed me because for
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me they were too structured for the
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unpredictable nature of motherhood.
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Small rhythms, many tiny rhythms are
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tiny patterns that help the day flow
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without requiring perfection.
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For example, instead of a massive
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morning routine, I created a morning
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rhythm. water,
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prayer,
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get myself together, quick tidy,
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breakfast, homeschool. That's it. No
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fancy checklist, no elaborate timeline,
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just a gentle progression of the things
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that I would like to do in the order
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that I would like to do them, but no
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specific time frame. Because small
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rhythms or routines relieve the pressure
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of productivity. They create margin and
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margin is where peace grows. The third
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thing that shifted everything for me was
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inviting God to reorder my day and my
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steps. I used to pray for strength to
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get through my day to get through my
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list. I never prayed for him to rewrite
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my list. But sometimes burnout comes
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from doing things that God never asked
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us to do. So I started praying
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differently. My prayer became, Lord,
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order my steps and my priorities.
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Highlight what matters and silence what
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doesn't. Give me patience for my
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children. Give me energy for my home and
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peace in the process. Help me to love
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with joy and grace which you have given
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me.
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And he did. The surprising thing is that
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God often eliminated things that I
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thought were urgent. Some days
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homeschool became talking about the
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birds outside instead of workbooks. When
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I gave God my schedule, he gave me
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margin. Motherhood becomes lighter when
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we stop striving and start listening.
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Burnout steals the sweetness out of
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motherhood. So I started intentionally
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putting sweetness back. Not Pinterest
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projects, not complicated outings, just
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small connected lifegiving moments. That
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can look like for us reading together on
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the couch, baking muffins slowly instead
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of rushing through it, letting the kids
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stir the soup. Nature walks as part of
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homeschool.
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Sitting by the window and drinking a hot
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cup of tea while my kids drink cocoa in
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the winter. letting my kids talk, like
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really talk while I really listen.
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When I stopped trying to manage my
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children and started enjoying them,
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motherhood softened.
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One of the biggest lies we believe as
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moms is that rest has to be earned. But
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rest isn't a reward. It's a command. God
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rested. Jesus rested. Rest is obedience.
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When we avoid rest, we aren't being
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productive. We're being prideful.
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We're believing that the home falls
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apart without us. But here's the truth.
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You cannot pour from an empty spirit.
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Rest is stewardship. And when you leave
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your home to God, it's in the best hands
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that it could possibly be in.
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If you are walking through burnout right
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now, I want you to hear me. Motherhood
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is not a test that you are failing. It's
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a calling that you are growing into. And
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burnout doesn't mean you're weak. It
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means that you've been strong for too
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long without support. So give yourself
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permission to slow down, protect your
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peace, invite God into your days, and
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create those tiny pockets of sweetness
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that make motherhood lighter.
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I hope that you enjoyed this video and
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found it to be encouraging. If so, I
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