The Mental Load Is the Real Burnout (Why I'm Stepping Back from snatch)

So this week starts with me bleeding through a leopard-print romper in the vestibule of Mission Barbecue, and ends with me making one of the biggest decisions I've made all year. Only on this podcast, honestly.

Solo mom weekend, day one: I somehow convince myself Target has “farting pigs” (it does not), survive a public period incident with zero backup, and still manage to have one of the best weekends I've had in months with my boys. Then somewhere between the leftovers and bedtime, it hits me — the thing that's exhausting about motherhood was never the mothering. It's everything stacked on top of it.

Which brings me to the part I haven't said out loud anywhere yet: I'm stepping back from SNATCH.

In this episode we get real about:

The period story I have to tell you about, because no one was there to laugh about it with me

Why solo parenting all weekend went better than I ever expected — and what actually changed

My theory that motherhood burnout doesn't come from mothering, it comes from the mental load of everything else (curious if you agree, moms)

Why I'm stepping back from SNATCH, and why that's not the same thing as failing

Giving yourself permission to take something off your plate, even when it feels like letting people down

Momma, if you've ever felt like you're failing just by needing a minute, this one's for you. Thank god it's not just us.

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