Parental Burnout Signs: Why You Feel Angry, Exhausted & Overwhelmed | Dr. Claire Plumbly

About this episode

Dr. Claire Plumbly discusses the signs of parental burnout and offers tools for managing stress and emotional balance.

Burnout is more than feeling tired. For many parents, it can look like snapping at their children, feeling emotionally numb, struggling to make decisions, doomscrolling, overshopping, or moving through the day on autopilot.   In this episode of Family Dialogues, Dr. Claire Plumbly, registered clinical psychologist, trauma expert, EMDR consultant, and author of Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You , explains how chronic stress affects the nervous system and why so many modern parents feel overwhelmed. Dr. Plumbly breaks down the key signs of parental burnout. She also explains the difference between normal stress, chronic stress, and toxic stress, and how unmanaged stress can push parents into survival mode.   This conversation explores the hidden risk factors that contribute to burnout. Dr. Plumbly also shares practical tools for nervous system regulation. Whether you are a working mother, overwhelmed parent, or caregiver feeling stretched thin, this episode offers compassionate, practical guidance to help you recognize burnout, protect your mental health, and rebuild patience, connection, and emotional balance at home. Mentioned Resources…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Taniesha Burke

Guest: Dr. Claire Plumbly

Topics covered

• parental burnout
• mental health
• nervous system regulation
• stress management
• parenting challenges

Keywords

• parental burnout
• chronic stress
• nervous system
• emotional health
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Plum Psychology

Products: Burnout: How to Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You

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