Midlife Mom Reset | Perimenopause, Encouragement, Boundaries, Burnout, Work-Life Balance

Are you exhausted all the time, even after a full night's sleep? Do you find yourself wondering, "Why am I always so tired?" or worrying that you've become lazy or unmotivated? If you're in your 40s or early 50s, there's a good chance what you're experiencing isn't laziness at all. It may be perimenopause. In this episode of Midlife Mom Reset, Christian mentor and certified life and performance co...

Are you exhausted all the time, even after a full night's sleep? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, irritable, emotionally drained, or struggling to find joy in things you used to love? If so, you may be experiencing burnout. In this episode of Midlife Mom Reset, Christian mentor and certified life and performance coach Shannon Howard discusses 7 common signs of burnout in moms and practica...

Do you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or resentful in your marriage? Many Christian wives have been taught that loving their family means saying yes to everything, carrying everyone's burdens, and putting their own needs last. But what if healthy boundaries in marriage aren't selfish at all? What if they're one of the most loving things you can do for yourself, your spouse, and your family? In this...

Are you feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, or stretched too thin? As moms, it's easy to carry the weight of everyone's needs while neglecting our own hearts. Between work, family responsibilities, marriage, aging parents, finances, and the endless mental load of motherhood, many women feel like they're running on empty. In this encouraging episode of Midlife Mom Reset, we're diving into 10 p...

Have you been forgetting appointments, losing your train of thought, struggling to focus, or feeling mentally exhausted no matter how much coffee you drink? You're not alone. In this episode of the Midlife Mom Reset Podcast, Shannon Howard dives into one of the most common—and frustrating—symptoms of perimenopause: brain fog. If you've been wondering why concentrating feels harder, why your memory...

Are you constantly saying yes at work… even when your mind and body are screaming no? In this powerful episode of the Midlife Mom Reset Podcast, Shannon Howard dives deep into why so many high-achieving career moms struggle to set boundaries at work without guilt, fear, or burnout. If you’re exhausted from carrying everyone else’s responsibilities, answering emails after hours, overexplaining your...

Are you constantly exhausted no matter how much sleep you get? Do you feel mentally drained, emotionally overloaded, overstimulated, irritable, and completely burnt out trying to balance motherhood, work, relationships, responsibilities, and everyday life? In this powerful episode of the Midlife Mom Reset Podcast, Shannon Howard dives deep into the real reason so many busy moms feel exhausted all...

If you are constantly criticizing yourself in your own head… this episode is for you. Because negative self talk is exhausting more women than they realize. Not just emotionally. Physically. Mentally. Spiritually too. In this deeply honest episode of Midlife Mom Reset, Shannon Howard talks about the hidden emotional burnout caused by constant self criticism, internal pressure, perfectionism, and s...

If you’ve been feeling off lately and you can’t explain why… this episode is going to hit. Because this is the conversation most women are not having out loud. You’re tired… but sleep isn’t fixing it. You’re more emotional… but nothing “major” has changed. You’re overwhelmed by things that used to feel manageable. And you’ve probably told yourself you just need to push through it. But what if push...

If you are tired of weak pep talks and surface level encouragement that sounds nice for five minutes but does not actually help you stand when life gets heavy, this episode is for you. Because sometimes you do not need another quote. You do not need someone to tell you to stay positive. You do not need a cute reminder that everything happens for a reason. You need truth that holds. In this episode...

Episode Description If you’re waking up tired… even after a full night of sleep… this episode is for you. Because this is the conversation most women are not having out loud. You’re doing everything “right.” You’re getting to bed earlier. You’re trying to take care of yourself. You’re pushing through your day the best you can. And yet… You still feel exhausted. Not just physically… but mentally, e...

Episode Description: This is the episode for the woman who already knows what she needs to do and has been talking herself out of it for months or maybe years. Because the relationship that is consistently destroying her peace is not a stranger. It is someone woven into the fabric of her family. And everything she has been taught about loyalty and love and being a good Christian woman has been tel...

Episode Description: If you are the mom who knows something is wrong, not kind of suspects but actually knows, and you are still telling yourself you will deal with it later, this episode is going to be the honest conversation you have been needing to have. In this episode Shannon Howard gets direct about the real cost of ignoring burnout treatment. Not the vague someday this might catch up with y...

Episode Description: What is the last thing you said to yourself today? Not out loud necessarily. But in your head. When you made a mistake. When you felt behind. When you looked in the mirror and the internal monologue started running before you even had your coffee. Most working moms are speaking to themselves in a way they would never speak to someone they love. And in this episode Shannon Howa...

Episode Description: If you have ever described your symptoms to a doctor, had your labs come back normal, and driven home wondering if maybe it really was all in your head, this episode is for you. It is not in your head. In this episode Shannon Howard gets direct and personal about the years she spent navigating perimenopause on top of PCOS with no real answers, leaving appointment after appoint...

Episode Description: If you have ever been told that work-life balance is a myth and secretly wondered if the people saying that just had not figured it out yet, this episode is going to give you the permission and the practical framework to stop believing that lie. In this episode Shannon Howard makes a bold declaration. Work-life balance is not a myth. The map you were given to find it probably...

If you have ever been told that burnout recovery is about rest and self care and slowing down and thought that sounds great for someone else but I cannot actually do that right now, this episode is going to change the way you think about healing entirely. In this episode Shannon Howard gets brutally honest about what burnout recovery actually looks like for working moms who cannot press pause on t...

If you have a friendship in your life right now that consistently leaves you feeling more exhausted after you hang up the phone than before you answered it, this episode is going to feel like a conversation you have needed to have for a long time. In this episode Shannon Howard introduces the concept of the Friendship Audit, an honest, compassionate assessment of the relationships in your life and...

This one is for the mom who woke up this morning already exhausted before the day even started. The one who is showing up for everyone around her and quietly wondering when somebody is going to show up for her. The one who has cried in the car more times than she can count this month. The one who Googles things like how do I stop being so tired and then closes the tab before anyone sees. In this e...

If you have ever left a doctor's appointment with normal lab results but still felt like you were completely falling apart, this episode is going to feel like a conversation you have been waiting to have. Shannon Howard gets real about her own experience navigating perimenopause while also managing PCOS, what it felt like to lose her sharp corporate edge to brain fog and exhaustion, and the moment...

Stumped by perimenopause brain fog at work? Waking up tired, rereading emails, forgetting words mid sentence, and wondering if burnout is stealing your edge? In this episode we talk honestly about perimenopause brain fog, burnout recovery, and the mental exhaustion high achieving working moms carry every day. Brain fog is not a sign you are failing. It is often a collision of hormonal change, nerv...

Sick of waking up tired no matter how much sleep you get? Feel like burnout is stealing your energy, patience, and joy even though you keep pushing through for your family? In this episode, we’re talking honestly about burnout recovery for high achieving moms who look fine on the outside but feel exhausted inside. Waking up tired every day is not just a sleep issue. It’s often a sign of burnout, n...

Do you ever feel like you are supposed to be strong all the time but your heart is tired, your mind is foggy, and your body feels like it is stuck in survival mode? Are you in perimenopause and wondering why your exhaustion is hitting harder than it used to? Do you try to set boundaries but still end up stretching yourself thin for everyone else? If you are nodding your head right now, this episod...

Boundaries in marriage can feel especially hard for women, even in loving and supportive relationships. For many married women and moms, the pressure to hold everything together quietly leads to exhaustion, resentment, and burnout that often goes unnamed. In this episode of the Midlife Mom Reset Podcast, we talk honestly about why boundaries feel so charged for women, particularly high achieving w...

Hustle culture has taught so many moms that rest is something you earn after exhaustion. Push harder now. Slow down later. But for many women, especially moms, that later never really comes. In this episode, we talk honestly about why hustle culture feels so heavy in motherhood and why constant urgency quietly drains your energy, health, and presence over time. We unpack how living in constant pus...