Summer Break Blues: Maintain Your Sanity Through Changes to Routines & Schedules

Compassionate Heart Mindful Life Audio Essays

Compassionate Heart Mindful Life Audio Essays
Summer Break Blues: Maintain Your Sanity Through Changes to Routines & Schedules
Jun 26, 2025
Michelle Puster

Let's be real, parenting is way harder and way less fun than any of us were expecting.

Gentle parenting is a work in progress, a practice, similar to meditation, mindfulness, and self-compassion

“The kids are finally asleep. I'm exhausted, overwhelmed, and stressed out. The house is a mess. That thing for work is coming up. I didn't think life was going to be like this.”

“I lost my temper too many times, I tried so hard to be patient but I was on edge all day. I didn't think life was going to be like this.” 

Feel familiar? This is parenting burnout and if you can relate, you are not alone. Burnout is giving and giving until you are exhausted and have nothing left but still feeling like it's not enough.

I help parents trapped in anger and burnout free themselves from overwhelming guilt and shame.

Here
you will find:

  • Quick, bite-sized strategies to reclaim your sanity and clarity of mind 
  • Tools to find relief from shame and mom guilt
  • A game plan to shift from yelling to connecting with your children 
  • How to pause so you can respond rather than react in life’s toughest parenting moments
  • A deep sense in your core you are not alone, and you are a good Parent.


Free Gift: 4 step Guided Pause & Regroup: 

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I walk you through 4 steps to pause, regroup, and rejoin your family with more calm. 


Find Your Balance & Inner Calm with Compassionate Heart Mindful Life.

A reminder: This content is intended for educational purposes only and should not be used as a replacement for private psychotherapy services. Compassionate Heart Mindful Life does not provide psychotherapy services in any capacity.

I am a therapist. But I am not your therapist, and this is not therapy and should not be a substitute for mental health treatment. If you need mental health treatment, please find a qualified professional in your area.


Join me each week for a tail from the trenches of parenting burnout and how I (and you) can use mindfulness, mediation and self-compassion to find your inner calm and a little more sanity in your parenting.

You’ll get a story from my heart and a quick win you can use the same day.

A free gift for you: the RAGE Break, a free guided audio pause for when you are about to lose or have just lost it with your kids and you need a moment to regroup. Find the audio download in the links. I created the Rage Break because it is exactly what I needed when I was struggling with anger and yelling in parenting.

This story was brought to you by “Yelling to Connecting.” If you or someone you know struggles with yelling at your kids, losing it, or being constantly on edge this course will be a helpful tool.

A reminder: This content is intended for educational purposes only and should not be used as a replacement for private psychotherapy services. Compassionate Heart Mindful Life does not provide psychotherapy services in any capacity.

I am a therapist but I am not your therapist and this is not therapy and should not be a substitute for mental health treatment. If you need mental health treatment please find a qualified professional in your area.

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Episode Artwork Summer Break Blues: Maintain Your Sanity Through Changes to Routines & Schedules 16:30 Episode Artwork Traveling w/ Kids: How to Avoid Losing It & Stay In Your Calm 16:09 Episode Artwork When Stress Becomes All Consuming In Parenting 34:02 Episode Artwork Letting Go of Our Too High Parenting Expectations 26:52 Episode Artwork Shifting from Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion 21:33 Episode Artwork Parenting: My Favorite Tool, Play 21:20 Episode Artwork How to Be Less Stressed and More Playful 22:22 Episode Artwork What Gets In the Way of Being a Playful Parent? 15:54 Episode Artwork Why Don’t I Play More with My Kids? 24:30 Episode Artwork Playful Parenting: Navigating Sibling Fights 6:19 Episode Artwork Parenting Challenges: When We Love Our Kids BUT Struggle to Like Them 4:01 Episode Artwork Surviving Holiday Meltdowns: Why They Happen and How to Respond 18:27 Episode Artwork Surviving the Holiday Upheaval and Long Days with Everyone Home Together 22:16 Episode Artwork A Surprising Tool to Respond Rather Than React in the Toughest Parenting Moments 14:16 Episode Artwork Postpartum Anxiety: How Yoga Helped Me Release My Anxiety 8:23 Episode Artwork Parenting Through Depression: Why We Isolate Ourselves and How to Break Free 10:52 Episode Artwork Parenting with Anxiety: Screen Time Stress, How to Acknowledge Your Worries and Find Balance 10:06 Episode Artwork Parenting Stress: How to Name Our Stress and Tools to Tame It 6:27 Episode Artwork Finding Balance in Parenting Overwhelm: Work vs. Home 8:43 Episode Artwork Overcoming Parenting Stress 8:35 Episode Artwork Navigating Our Thoughts: Balancing Reality and Magical Thinking 6:17 Episode Artwork Finding Calm and Patience During Parent Burnout 9:34 Episode Artwork How to Be Mindful of Your Thoughts When Exhausted 6:46 Episode Artwork What to Do When We CANNOT Find Compassion for Our Kids 7:33 Episode Artwork How to Cope When Negative Thoughts Hijack Your Mood 6:49