Working Mom Burnout: How to Stay Connected to Your Kids

If you're an exhausted working parent, this one's for you. Erika Rothenberger joins me to talk about why "work-life balance" is the wrong goal, and why integration works better. We get into a simple daily ritual that builds connection in minutes, how to talk to your kids about your own failures without oversharing, and how surviving a violent attack in 2022 changed the way she parents.

In this episode:

0:35 Why balance is a myth for busy parents

7:00 The question that gets kids talking in the car

16:14 How trauma shapes the way we show up as parents

31:10 The one thing Erika puts first, even before her kids

Erika Rothenberger is a keynote speaker and author of Audacious Expansion. As a working mom who survived a violent attack, she shares how she turned trauma into purpose.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erikalearothenberger/

Audacious Women's Summit: https://www.erikarothenberger.com/audacious-womens-summit/

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