TPP 070: Family Therapist Neil Brown Talks About Parental Burnout
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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without trying to jump into the middle of gender politics that I think it's, I think men have an easier time saying I'm done. And I think women have a harder time saying I need help and I'm not responsible for everything all the time. I think women think about other people's needs first, second, third, fourth, and fifth before they think about their own needs.
Welcome to the Tilt Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today I'm bringing back to the show Neil Brown, a licensed clinical social worker, the author of Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle, Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect, and the host of the Healthy Family Connections podcast. When I last had Neil on the show, we talked about control battles with teenagers. And if you haven't listened to that episode, I highly encourage you to go back and check it out. You can find it at TiltParenting.com slash session 32.
In today's episode, we're tackling an equally important topic and one I think will resonate deeply with our audience here. That is parental burnout. In our conversation, Neil will explain what exactly parental burnout is and how it negatively impacts parents and families, help us understand how to identify it, and share his strategies for recovering from it. If you feel regularly frustrated and exhausted and are experiencing high levels of stress in relation to your parenting life, this is an episode you'll definitely want to listen to. And before we get started, I wanted to invite you to join over 600 other parents and take part in our free virtual differently wired seven day challenge. Every day for seven days, you'll get a short video delivered to your inbox featuring a practical shift you can make in your world to help you have a more positive and optimistic experience in parenting your unique kid.
You'll also be invited to join a private Facebook group with other parents who've participated in the challenge. We've heard from parents that the challenge has made an immediate difference in their day-to-day life. And that's great news because that's exactly why we created it. To sign up and get started right away, visit tiltparenting.com slash seven day. And now I'll get on with the show. Hey, Neil, welcome back to the show.
Hi, Debbie. Thanks for having me.
Well, I'm happy to have you back. We got a lot of really positive feedback on the last episode we did with you, which was about teen control battles, or more specifically, how to end them. And there's actually quite a few parents in our community who are raising teens. And so I know that they're going to be very interested in what we talk about today. And actually, I know this isn't just about teens, but we're going to speak to so
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We are going to be talking about parental burnout. So I'm really interested in this burnout. And just a little side note, this idea of burnout is a big thing here in the Netherlands. It's something that people can get an official leave from their jobs because they're burned out. And there's a very different culture around stress and burnout here than what I experienced living in the U.S., So I was very interested in learning more about parental burnout and what you mean by that, and then just have a deeper discussion. So let's start there. What is parental burnout?
Okay. Well, I think parental burnout isn't very different from work burnout, except it happens in the context of the job of parenting. And of course, parenting is a job. And like other jobs, you can burn out on it. And so how would a parent know that they're burned out? Well, they would feel burned out. They would feel fatigued, exhausted, ineffective, even losing motivation. They might feel joyless or... perhaps even hopeless about their efforts and whether their efforts are ever going to produce anything. They might feel defeated, like there's no end in sight. And it can affect their self-esteem, their parental self-esteem, start to feel like as a parent, they're not as good as other parents and their kids aren't as good as other kids.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–19:00
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What is parental burnout and how does it differ from work burnout?
19:00–20:41
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How can parents recognize the signs of burnout in themselves?
20:41–28:03
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How can parents assess whether their exhaustion is burnout or clinical depression?
28:03–36:26
Speakers
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