You’re Not Failing, You’re Just Burnt Out | Missy Higgins & Dr Emily

Do you feel the type of exhaustion that just doesn’t go away, even after a few good nights of sleep? Do you feel yourself becoming emotionally distant from your kids to protect yourself from huge emotions? Have you noticed that you’re feeling less joy from parenting moment? You might be in parental burnout.

This episode isn’t about judgement, at all. Rather, we welcome you to an episode of the Imperfects which aims to make you feel seen, less guilty, less alone, as we’re joined by the very special two guests, Missy Higgins and Dr Emily Musgrove.

We touch on the difference between depression and parental burnout, the risk factors of parental burnout, the perfect mother myth, and how to deal with perfectionistic tendencies.

There SO MANY helpful things in this episode, and stories from Hugh, Josh, Missy and Em to make you feel like a good enough parent.

Chapters
00:00:00
TRAILER
00:01:34
Missy returns singer songwriter and single parent
00:05:20
Hughs Burnout When Everything Felt Impossible
00:08:14
Defining Parental Burnout Its Not About Your Kids
00:12:58
Depression vs Burnout How to Tell the Difference
00:23:35
The Shock of Parenthood Nobody Told Us It Would Be Like This
00:29:06
My Cortisol is Where
00:33:44
Escape Fantasies
00:36:27
Our Parents Had It Easier Tennis Newspapers Benign Neglect
00:40:13
Perfectionism The Biggest Risk Factor for Burnout
00:46:13
The Chicken Nugget Meltdown When Missy Snapped
00:49:59
The Perfect Mother Myth Intensive Motherhood Ideology
00:52:34
Mental load resentment your partner
00:58:55
Single Parenting Separation Missys Experience
01:09:52
Asking for Help Why Its So Hard Why We Must
01:13:48
Rest is productive
01:24:07
Dropping your standards becoming a good enough parent
01:30:12
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