110 | Two Reasons Midlife Moms Feel Burnout Even With a Full To-Do List & How Mindfulness Helps You Celebrate Wins

What if your exhaustion isn’t about doing too much—but about never stopping to celebrate what you’ve already done?

You push through every milestone, every obligation, every crisis—yet feel like you're barely staying afloat. If you're a midlife mom who never gets a moment to recognize her own strength, this episode is your wake-up call.

• Discover the real reason behind your burnout (hint: it’s not your calendar).
• Learn two simple, transformative practices to honor your daily heroism without adding more to your plate.
• Reclaim your identity with powerful “I AM” affirmations that reinforce just how accomplished and worthy you already are.

🎧 Press play to start seeing yourself not as someone just surviving—but as a woman truly thriving, even in the chaos.

You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change Podcast. We’ve made some pivots through the years, but we’ve finally landed on the right path: producing content for moms seeking calm within the chaos of midlife changes.

New episodes drop on:

• Sundays: 20-minute episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a featured mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
• Wednesdays: Short guided practice sessions to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique and reset your week

More from The Mindful Midlife Mom:

Discover Valerie's articles on ohhellomidlife.com or watch her videos on Youtube @ohhellomidlife

This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.

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